Joe Biden cameoed on NBC’s Parks and Recreation last week. Everyone keeps raving about the show, but having watched the video, I’m still not seeing the funny, probably because Ron Swanson’s not in it. Anyone else ‘get’ it?
News
Monday’s “Last Resort, Partners, 666 Park Avenue cancelled, Web Therapy renewed and ITV1 becomes ITV again” news
Doctor Who
- Details of the Christmas special
- David Tennant back for anniversary special?
Film
- Vincent D’Onofrio and Anton Yelchin to star in Broken Horses
Trailers
- Trailer for The Heat, with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy
- Trailer for Beautiful Creatures, with Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson et al
- Trailer for Now You See Me with Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson et al
- Trailer for Admission with Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen et al
Canadian TV
- Five more episodes for Saving Hope
UK TV
- ITV in major rebranding exercise, including renaming of ITV1 back to ITV
- S4C now available throughout the UK on Virgin
- Thursday ratings
- Friday ratings
US TV
- Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue cancelled
- Partners cancelled
- Showtime renews Web Therapy for third season
- Elementary gets two more episodes, Vegas cut by one
- Guys With Kids gets four more episodes
- Hot in Cleveland to have a live episode
- Thursday ratings: The CW down, Elementary up
- Friday ratings: Malibu Country down 41% on first episode
US TV casting
- True Blood‘s Janina Gavankar to recur on Arrow
- Mykelti Williamson to recur on Touch
- Rebecca Mader to guest on 30 Rock
New US TV shows
New US TV show casting
- Eddie Izzard to guest on Hannibal
News
Monday’s “Last Resort, Partners, 666 Park Avenue cancelled, Web Therapy renewed and ITV1 becomes ITV again” news
Doctor Who
- Details of the Christmas special
- David Tennant back for anniversary special?
Film
- Vincent D’Onofrio and Anton Yelchin to star in Broken Horses
Trailers
- Trailer for The Heat, with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy
- Trailer for Beautiful Creatures, with Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson et al
- Trailer for Now You See Me with Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson et al
- Trailer for Admission with Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen et al
Canadian TV
- Five more episodes for Saving Hope
UK TV
- ITV in major rebranding exercise, including renaming of ITV1 back to ITV
- S4C now available throughout the UK on Virgin
- Thursday ratings
- Friday ratings
US TV
- Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue cancelled
- Partners cancelled
- Showtime renews Web Therapy for third season
- Elementary gets two more episodes, Vegas cut by one
- Guys With Kids gets four more episodes
- Hot in Cleveland to have a live episode
- Thursday ratings: The CW down, Elementary up
- Friday ratings: Malibu Country down 41% on first episode
US TV casting
- True Blood‘s Janina Gavankar to recur on Arrow
- Mykelti Williamson to recur on Touch
- Rebecca Mader to guest on 30 Rock
New US TV shows
New US TV show casting
- Eddie Izzard to guest on Hannibal
UK TV
This year’s Doctor Who Children in Need fun
Every year more or less since it came back, there’s been a tradition of having a little bit of extra Doctor Who broadcast as part of Children of Need. Sometimes it’s been a whole mini-episode or ‘mini-sode’; sometimes it’s been a trailer for the Christmas special. This year, it’s both and you can watch them below. Enjoy!
Remember the BBC’s House of Cards? Here’s the US remake
Remember the marvellous BBC series House of Cards, starring Ian Richardson as machiavellian British politician Francis Urquahart? If you don’t, here are some of the best bits:
Well, Netflix – yes, the streaming movie and TV service – is remaking it, this time setting it in the US. Before you sarcastically suggest that the average web series has the budget of the average local theatre production and a cast to match, allow me to disagree. Netflix has invested no less than $100 million in the project and has commissioned two seasons of 13 episodes. It’s also got David Fincher directing and the cast includes Kevin Spacey (as ‘Frank Underwood’), Robin Wright and Kate Mara.
Here’s a trailer. The entire first season will be available worldwide from February 1 next year. They’ve maintained the commentary to camera, I note, but will the famous phrase “You might very well think that – I couldn’t possibly comment” make it into the production? We might have to wait and see on that.
What do you think? Is it good enough to make you want to take out a free trial to Netflix at least?