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Doctor Who

Trailer for The Sarah Jane Adventures (including David Tennant)
David Tennant to co-star in Burke & Hare
Carey Mulligan talks about Sally Sparrow

Film

Rachel Nichols joins The Loop
Fox to dramatise story of Moses
Michael Bay to kill Megan Fox in Transformers 3?

British TV

Beeb to revive Upstairs Downstairs
Simon Amstell to guest in sitcom he’s co-written
John Cresswell to become interim CEO at ITV – then leave
Life on Mars – United Arab Emirates edition?
Tim Kring talks season four of Heroes – series to air in the UK in the New Year

US TV

FlashForward gets a full season
Dollhouse does well from DVR ratings…
…and Fox will air all 13 episodes
Rachael Harris and Alan Ruck to recur on Cougar Town
Emmy-winning Mad Men writer fired
Reno 911! creator writing a comedy for NBC
Radha Mitchell to star in A&E pilot The Quickening
Matthew Perry to star in and co-write comedy

Tuesday’s “Death To Megan Fox!” news

13 October 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

Trailer for The Sarah Jane Adventures (including David Tennant)
David Tennant to co-star in Burke & Hare
Carey Mulligan talks about Sally Sparrow

Film

Rachel Nichols joins The Loop
Fox to dramatise story of Moses
Michael Bay to kill Megan Fox in Transformers 3?

British TV

Beeb to revive Upstairs Downstairs
Simon Amstell to guest in sitcom he’s co-written
John Cresswell to become interim CEO at ITV – then leave
Life on Mars – United Arab Emirates edition?
Tim Kring talks season four of Heroes – series to air in the UK in the New Year

US TV

FlashForward gets a full season
Dollhouse does well from DVR ratings…
…and Fox will air all 13 episodes
Rachael Harris and Alan Ruck to recur on Cougar Town
Emmy-winning Mad Men writer fired
Reno 911! creator writing a comedy for NBC
Radha Mitchell to star in A&E pilot The Quickening
Matthew Perry to star in and co-write comedy

Third-episode verdict: Stargate Universe

12 October 2009 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

In the US: Fridays, 9/8c , SyFy
In the UK: Tuesdays, 8pm, Sky1/Sky1 HD

We’re three episodes into Stargate Universe (if we count the launch movie as a two-parter, which we do since the producers do), so time for a third-episode verdict.

On the whole, not bad. I’m not feeling enthused by it, but coming out of episode three – which actually made a brave stab at not being either Stargate Anything or Battlestar Galactica – I’m feeling pleasantly surprised by the whole experience.

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Monday’s Dick Head (from Susan)

12 October 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

No one loves David Tennant enough to send in pictures of him sitting down. That makes Richard Armitage angry.

Can you write a poem to cheer him up please? Most meters will suffice.

Got a picture of Richard Armitage’s head, preferably wearing a hat? Then leave a link to it below and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Dick Heads” gallery.

Monday’s holistic detective news

12 October 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Clarke Peters to lend voice to Doctor Who cartoon
Richard Curtis talks a bit about his episode [spoilers]

Film

Original Mission: Impossible cast to guest on Mission: Impossible 4?
Ivan Reitman to return to the Ghostbusters franchise?
Simpsons Movie 2 put on hold
Bryan Singer to direct X-Men 4?
Bruce Greenwood and David Walliams to appear in Dinner for Schmucks
Lars von Trier to write and direct Planet Melancholia
Trailer for Toy Story 3
Angelina Jolie to replace Charlize Theron on The Tourist

Art

Welsh culture budget gets a £2.2m boost

Theatre

Keira Knightley and Damian Lewis to star in The Misanthrope

British TV

Stephen Fry’s Kingdom axed
Red Dwarf to get a 10th series
Channel 4 to offer content on YouTube
Criminal Justice finishes with 4.4m viewers
BBC planning Dirk Gently TV series

US TV

Smallville and Dollhouse ratings still very low
Supernatural, Community and FlashForward ratings down
New season of Chuck to premiere this month?
Dallas remake planned
TNT to pick up Southland?
Trauma next to get cancelled – thanks to its £3m/episode price tag?

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Tuesday’s “Death To Megan Fox!” news

Tuesday’s “Death To Megan Fox!” news

Third-episode verdict: Stargate Universe

Monday’s Dick Head (from Susan)

Monday’s holistic detective news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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