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Thursday’s “that’s not Katy Manning” news

13 December 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Rusty says “declining children’s TV” lobby is stuck in a bygone age

Film

Stephen Chow working on Karate Kid remake
Hammer Films starts up again on MySpace

Theatre

Starsky and Fonzie enjoying doing pantomime

British TV

Channel 4 audience down 11% on last year
Virgin 1 acquires Chuck

US TV

Three different KITTs each with Will Arnett’s voice in Knight Rider
Regular Terminators announced for The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Trailer for Lost season four
Trailer for The Tudors season two

Wednesday’s cancelled news

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Doctor Who

Rusty criticises other writers for hostility to new writers

Film

Nicolas Cage teams up with Alex Proyas for time capsule eeriness, Knowing
Sneak peak at Harry Potter 6
Jay Baruchel a villain in Justice League?
X-Files 2 set photo

Radio

Spin-off of QI with Bill Bailey planned called The Museum of Curiosity

British TV

John Major almost had a cameo in The Thick Of It
The Prisoner remake now filming in Namibia

US TV

Gillian Anderson to host Masterpiece Theatre – now Masterpiece Classic
Scott Bakula to guest on Boston Legal
Buffy alumni join the strikers
Gossip Girl dangerous for America!
Journeyman gets cancelled but plans for closure have been completed
Big Shots is cancelled

Wednesday’s cancelled news

12 December 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

Rusty criticises other writers for hostility to new writers

Film

Nicolas Cage teams up with Alex Proyas for time capsule eeriness, Knowing
Sneak peak at Harry Potter 6
Jay Baruchel a villain in Justice League?
X-Files 2 set photo

Radio

Spin-off of QI with Bill Bailey planned called The Museum of Curiosity

British TV

John Major almost had a cameo in The Thick Of It
The Prisoner remake now filming in Namibia

US TV

Gillian Anderson to host Masterpiece Theatre – now Masterpiece Classic
Scott Bakula to guest on Boston Legal
Buffy alumni join the strikers
Gossip Girl dangerous for America!
Journeyman gets cancelled but plans for closure have been completed
Big Shots is cancelled

Tuesday’s plan-coming-together-love news

11 December 2007 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

Piers Wenger to take over from Julie Gardner in 2009

Film

John Singleton to direct The A-Team?
Paul Rudd to star in I Love You, Man
Plans for a second Sex and the City movie already?
Poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Theatre

Jeff Goldblum to join Kevin Spacey in Speed-the-Plow

US TV

Scrubs‘ Todd song banned
Who’s likely to back for Heroes volume 3 [spoilers]

Monday’s lots of film but not much TV news

10 December 2007 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Doctor Who

Kylie frightened by Who
Ten-second teaser for Voyage of the Damned

Film

Metropolis to be remade
Billy Connolly, Xzibit and Amanda Peet join The X-Files 2
A trailer for Sex and the City
And one for Speed Racer
Josh Lucas to star in God’s Spy
Gabriel Mann, Eliza Dushku and John Savage to star in The Thacker Case
Stanley Tucci to appear with Meryl Streep in Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia
Johnny Depp to star in Michael Mann’s Public Enemies
Judd Apatow doing a Biblical-age comedy

British TV

Sheridan Smith to star as Samantha, Frances De La Tour as Endora in Bewitched remake?

US TV

Strike talks break down again

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Thursday’s “that’s not Katy Manning” news

Wednesday’s cancelled news

Wednesday’s cancelled news

Tuesday’s plan-coming-together-love news

Monday’s lots of film but not much TV news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

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