Wednesday’s “the government taketh away, the government giveth?” news

Film

Technology

  • TiVo to be included in next Apple TV?

British TV

US TV

Question of the week: which TV show has had the best finale?

So, it’s finale time in the US. Various shows have already aired their finales (Smallville, Supernatural, Gossip Girl) while others are still to come (Chuck). However, some of these finales are going to be series finales, rather than season finales (Lost, 24). There’s not going to be any of these shows, so the writers are going to have to find a way to complete their stories.

Trouble is, a lot of shows when placed in such situations come up with endings that almost no one liked (Life on Mars US, The Sopranos, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise), maybe kind of liked (Battlestar Galactica) or that didn’t really finish off the stories at all (Rome, Quantum Leap). There are very few that almost everyone liked and more or less finished the narrative (Sex and the City – until the movies, of course; Star Trek: The Next Generation).

So this week’s question is

Which TV show has had the best ever final episode?

As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.

Tuesday’s “dawn of the dreadfuls” news

Doctor Who

Film

Books

  • Trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls

British TV

US TV

  • SyFy working on Three Inches, Alphas and another BSG spin-off
  • Mia Maestro to star in Cutthroat + more pilot casting
  • Actor leaving True Blood for The Good Wife?

Monday’s poisonous Italians news

Film

  • Judy Greer, Robert Forster and Beau Bridges join George Clooney on The Descendants

Radio

British TV

Canadian TV

US TV

Monday’s digital illustrated Torchwood news

Doctor Who

Awards

  • Results of the whatsonstage.com awards

Film

  • Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro want to work together again
  • Bradley Cooper to star in The Grey
  • Treasure Island to be adapted again
  • Mike Newell to direct The Terminal Spy about Alexander Litvinenko
  • Glenn Close to star in Albert Nobbs
  • Sean Bean and Dougray Scott to join Irvine Welsh’s The Magnificent Eleven
  • Trailer for Centurion with Michael Fassbender and Dominic West
  • Clash of the Titans featurette  

British TV

US TV