24: Even when a character played by Eddie Izzard is recast, his spirit lives on in the role
30 Rock: Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin speak pretty good German. Inbreeding jokes never get old.
CSI: Left to his own devices for too long, William Petersen will always grow an unfortunate beard.
Daybreak: Was cancelled way too soon. Be patient, networks!
Heroes: Just get on with it will you. Plus Christopher Eccleston really can act when given a grumpy role to play.
House: Sooner or later, the crankiness of a character needs an explanation. He can’t be cranky for no reason at all.
My Name is Earl: Some Americans actually think the US won the 1812 war.
Smallville: Red Kryptonite needs to be in every script from now on.
Studio 60: It’s no use applying the rules of reality to anything Aaron Sorkin writes. You just have to sit back and enjoy it.
Heroes
Events
Morning, you
Have a nice weekend?
Film and comics
- Joss Whedon’s off the Wonder Woman movie.
- Ghostbusters 3 is still happening. Both Dan Ackroyd and Bill Murray are up for it. But it’s going to be all-cg.
- A new version of Barbarella is in the works.
- Joel Schumacher wants to film Sandman.
- The Flash has a new director.
Commercials
- The Cadbury’s Flake ads are coming back on Friday. Directed by Jack “son of Ridley” Scott, they will focus “on the unique way of eating a Cadbury Flake: peeling back the wrapper and enjoying the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate in the world.” Ooh, top euphemism.
Events
- Free comedy nights at the Science Museum.
British TV
- Jo O’Meara reckons cancelling Big Brother is a good idea. Hmm.
- Wank week’s been postponed. Or as Broadcast put it, it’s been pulled.
US TV
- Adam Sandler is to appear on King of Queens.
- Studio 60‘s going on hiatus, with The Black Donnellys due to get its time slot.
- Thomas Schlamme talks about West Wing and Studio 60 walk-and-talks
- Promo images for next week’s Heroes.
- Another interview with Tim Kring of Heroes.
News
Friday’s glorious news
Doctor Who
- Peter Davison has a new sitcom
- There’s an evening with John Leeson on Sunday at the Questors Theatre, Ealing. Tickets are £12.
- Lots of Big Finish news.
- There’s a move to have Cardiff’s new shopping centre named Torchwood.
- Billie Piper’s on tour.
Commercials
- Orange has decided to continue with its Film Board cinema ads. First up: Michael Madsen.
Film
- There’s a remake of the infamous Cannibal Holocaust on the way.
- Distributors are pulling Ben Stiller/Ricky Gervais comedy Night at the Museum from screens because Fox is bringing the DVD out too soon.
- The Hot Fuzz premiere is on the 13th. You could just go to your local Vue this Monday for a gala screening instead.
- More on an Alan Partridge movie.
- Brideshead Revisted might be getting the big-screen treatment with the same director as the 1980s ITV series.
- Never fear. There will be more Wallace and Gromit.
- John Travolta has his own 707.
British TV
- Apparently, we needed another The Bill. Details of the long-promised HolbyBlue are emerging. It’s got Zoe Lucker and Tim Piggott-Smith, for one thing. Oh Tim. You were so good in The Chief. Why ruin the memory?
US TV
- Five clips from Monday’s episode of Heroes.
News
Thursday’s “never could get the hang of Thursdays” news
On this particular Thursday, something was moving quietly through the blogosphere…
Doctor Who
- Michelle Collins has been cast in a/the Chris Chibnall episode. No doubt she’ll be with evil Ian Beale in his extinct undersea volcano base.
Film
- Some clips of Hannibal Rising.
- Aardman and Dreamworks have ended their five-year deal early.
Music
British TV
- Ricky Gervais might be thinking of doing a one-off Extras special with Mel Gibson.
- The Beeb’s iPlayer has been approved by the governors. Yes, you’ll be able to watch Doctor Who with it. And thankfully, the board of governors have decreed the Beeb has to make sure the iPlayer works with non-Microsoft systems [registration required].
US TV
- Heroes: This season will end on a cliffhanger of sorts.
- Lost: spoilers aplenty on this weeks’s official vidcast. Make sure you get the one marked “LOST: Season 3, Video Podcast 7”
- So much pilot casting: Jordana Brewster is to get the Angelina Jolie role in the Mr and Mrs Smith pilot; Jason O’Mara is probably going to play Philip Marlowe in another pilot, while Ted Danson and Glenn Clone are to appear in an FX legal thriller
- Season three of Airwolf – that’s the sh*t one that’s not quite as sh*t as the one the Canadians made – is coming to DVD in May. Watch as the war helicopter helps disabled kids!
News
Wednesday’s mellow-out cool news
Or maybe overly geeky news. Which do you think?
Doctor Who
- Lots of Runaway Bride pictures.
- An interview with Verity Lambert, first producer of Who (originally published in Dreamwatch in 2004, but they’re reviving their archive of material online)
Film
- Shredder won’t be in the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Like you care.
- Fancy meeting Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright? They’re on tour at HMV.
Music
- The Police are reuniting for the Grammys.
US TV
- Genre pilot pick-ups, including the US version of Life on Mars.
- Futurama: Those new Comedy Central episodes are going to be re-edits of some Futurama movies coming to DVD.
- Heroes: Masses of spoilers from E!’s Kristin.
- From Ask Auriello:
- Heroes: Malcolm McDowell might have a part.
- Prison Break: What sort of things will happen in season three.
- Studio 60: There’s going to be a flashback episode soon.