US TV

An archive of articles about US television programmes and production.

Wednesday’s foxy cat news

26 August 2009 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

British TV

  • ITV set to join Hulu
  • Arqiva completes acquisition of Project Kangaroo VoD technology
  • Big Brother to be dropped after next year?

US TV

Preview: Dexter 4×1

25 August 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Dexter 4x1

In the US: Sundays, 9pm ET/PT, Showtime. Starts September 27th

Dexter is of course America’s favourite serial killer. Trained by his adoptive police officer father to channel his homicidal instincts for ‘good’, Dexter only kills bad people.

However, as pleasing as that might have seemed, the third season of Dexter didn’t appeal to as many fans, as politician Jimmy Smits’ plan to befriend Dexter, learn his secrets and then go off killing his own enemies failed to interest viewers as much as the previous seasons’ stories did. To some (not me), it all felt a bit flabby, a bit drawn out, a bit tired.

With Dexter marrying and having a baby at the end of season three, many worried that the show might be jumping the shark or at the very least that season four was going to have a stupider or less captivating plot.

Worry ye not. Episode 1 of season four looks to be a cracker, with John Lithgow turning up as the new, mental serial killer in town. If only he didn’t spend so much of it naked. We just don’t have to see that kind of thing on tele, do we?

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Steven Seagal: Lawman

25 August 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Well, this looks cracking, doesn’t it? Steven Seagal: Lawman is a reality TV show that follows good old Steven Seagal around as he performs his duties as a deputy sheriff in New Orleans. Yes, you read that right. He really is.

Don’t worry, you haven’t missed anything. It starts on A&E in December.

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Tuesday’s Queen and Country news

25 August 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

British TV

US TV

  • MTV to remake Skins
  • FX picks up Don Cheadle’s March To Madness
  • HBO considering Savage Love
  • Carlos Bernard guest starring on Burn Notice

Supernatural and Smallville new season trailers

24 August 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Next month, the US Fall TV season starts to crank into gear. As well as new shows, there’ll be returning shows including Supernatural, which returns for probably its final season on September 10th. Here for your delectation is a little trailer containing one or two spoilers. Looks good – better than Smallville‘s anyway, which I’ve also embedded for fun. Good Zod, though – that’s a cracking Terence Stamp impression.