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Wednesday’s time-travelling déjà vu news

Catherine Tate and Billie Piper

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Review: Supernatural 3.1

Supernatural

In the US: Thursdays, 9/8c, The CW

In the UK: ITV2 at some point

Characters re-cast: 0

Major characters gotten rid of: 0

Major new characters: 1-2

Format change percentage: 5%

Number of souls sold: 1

The pretty-boy ghost hunters are back. After doing some bad things and some stupid things that can’t be talked about until ITV2 finishes showing the second season, they’re back on the road hunting all sorts of nasty demons again.

If this first episode of the third season is anything to go on, things are going to be a whole lot grimmer this season, interspersed with just a little bit of humour.

Let’s talk about it after the break. Not you though, ITV2 viewers. I’ve put salt outside the door – you’ll have to wait.

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Preview: Chuck

Chuck

In the US: Starts September 24th, NBC, 8pm
In the UK: Not yet acquired

There have been many iterations of the “nerd becomes spy” genre over the years: Jake 2.0, Joe 90, Condorman, Spies Like Us and many more. Joining this not-so-elite genre is Chuck, in which a tech support guy accidentally gets thrown into the deep end of international politics, thanks to an email from his former roommate.

Despite this somewhat derivative concept and despite coming from McG, “creative force” behind Charlie’s Angels, Fastlane, Supernatural and Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll, Chuck is actually a surprisingly good action-comedy show with some nicely fashioned characters and a good cast.

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Thursday’s ratings-blowing news

David Tennant and Kylie Minogue

Kylie dressed as a maid at Christmas? Let the bets on viewing figures begin here!

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