US TV

News

Following on from the crossover ads that launched Royal Pains with a little help from Burn Notice a couple of years ago and last year’s Royal Pains/White Collar/Burn Notice/Psych crossover ads, USA is promoting the return of Royal Pains and the arrival of Necessary Roughness with a couple of crossover ads:

Not as good as the previous ones, but still quite fun.

Neil Gaiman talks to fellow Doctor Who fan Craig Ferguson

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Thursday’s “not gone away” news

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Film

Teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse
He-Man movie back on track
Catherine Tate and David Walliams starring in The Itch of the Golden Nit
Chris Hemsworth to star in Shadow Runner

British TV

BARB to measure online viewing [subscription required]
S4C loses nearly £7m in 2010 [subscription required]
Miranda Richardson, Cynthia Nixon, Peter Firth and Ben Chaplin to star in Pillars of the Earth sequel, World Without End
Campus cancelled

US TV

Matt Lauer to guest on Royal Pains
Better With You‘s Jennifer Finnigan to star in USA pilot Wild Card
True Blood‘s Joe Manganiello to guest on White Collar
Valerie Harper to guest on Drop Dead Diva
Felicia Day to guest on Eureka
BBC America acquires Channel 4’s Free Agents
Hulk TV show still going ahead
Slumdog Millionaire‘s Dev Patel joins Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series

Wednesday’s “3D animated Graham Chapman” news

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Doctor Who

An 11-minute Torchwood featurette

Film

New trailer for The Three Musketeers
Breaking Bad‘s Giancarlo Esposito joins I, Alex Cross
Trailer for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Alias‘s Mia Maestro joins The Savages
A Party Down movie?
Monty Python reunite for 3D animated movie based on Graham Chapman’s memoirs
The Rock to be in GI Joe sequel

British TV

Press pack for The Night Watch
Sirens starts with 1.6m viewers

US TV

The Playboy Club finds a home in Utah
True Blood returns with 5.4m viewers
Cougar Town to become Friends With Beverages?
Martin Short joins How I Met Your Mother

Tuesday’s “Greek myths and singing Johanssons” news

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Doctor Who

Torchwood to premiere in UK on July 14th

Film

New trailer for The Immortals
Carey Mulligan to star in Outback
Scarlett Johansson to star in – and sing in – Can A Song Save Your Life?
Tobey Maguire out of The Paperboy, Nicole Kidman in?
Xerxes becomes 300: Battle of Artemisia

Theatre

Alistair McGowan to replace Rupert Everett in Pygmalion
Sharon Gless to star in A Round-heeled Woman

Canadian TV

Ed Asner to recur on Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays

US TV

Michelle Trachtenberg to guest on Weeds
Ed Begley Jr to guest on Rizzoli & Isles
HBO to make pilot based on The Big Girls
Tom Sizemore to recur on Hawaii Five-0
Trailer for season 2 of Boardwalk Empire
Falling Skies ratings drop 29% for episode 2

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