Burn Notice

Friday’s Dragons’ Den/Hustle crossover news

22 January 2010 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film

Theatre

  • Danny Boyle to direct Frankenstein at the National Theatre

British TV

  • All-star cast for second series of Moving On, including John Simm and Roy Marsden, with Dominic West directing an episode
  • BSkyB forced to sell most of its stake in ITV [subscription required]
  • BBC Wales tries to attract indies to its new drama hub [subscription required]
  • Fiver picks up Melrose Place, Archer and Burn Notice
  • What everyone’s been waiting for: the Dragons’ Den/Hustle crossover [spoilers]
  • The InBetweeners to end after series three?
  • More4 picks up The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
  • BBC to work on iPhone, Wii et al games for Top Gear and Doctor Who?

US TV

US TV

Burn Notice – Season 3.5 promos, including a Cagney and Lacey reunion

6 January 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Burn Notice 3.5

In the weird world of the USA Network, some shows don’t have seasons – they have half-seasons. Burn Notice is currently in the middle of its third season, but because the gap since the last episode has been so long, on January 21st it’s due to start “season 3.5”. Yes, that’s a half-season.

So after the jump, some exciting promos to thrill you all. This half-season is going to have guest appearances from Tyne Daly, Clayne Crawford, Chris Vance, Danny Trejo, Jason Vargas, Spencer Garrett, Tim Matheson, Seth Peterson, Rick Kelly, Carlos Bernard, Garret Dillahunt and more, but no firm details yet (as you might expect) on any of the plots, unfortunately.

And yes, that means a Cagney and Lacey reunion. See?

Burn Notice Cagney and Lacey reunion

Oh, and Gabrielle Anwar: please eat some food. We’re worried about you, love.

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Thursday’s “Happy Thanksgiving” news

26 November 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Happy Thanksgiving to US readers, who probably aren’t going to read this because they’re eating turkey

Doctor Who

Film

  • Trailer for new Universal Soldier movie with Dolph and Jean Claude
  • Dirk Benedict to cameo in The A-Team

Theatre

British TV

US TV

US TV

Preview: White Collar 1×1

21 October 2009 Rob Buckley 9 Comments

White Collar

In the US: Fridays, 10/9c, USA Network. Starts October 23rd

You may remember that while watching Chuck recently, you thought to yourself, “Why that dashing and handsome young Matt Bomer – who plays the possibly, possibly not evil secret agent Bryce Larkin – is so dashing and handsome, he deserves his own TV series.”

Someone at USA Network seems to have thought the same thing, because here comes White Collar, a show about just how dashing and handsome Matt Bomer is.

The ostensible plot of the series is that Bomer is one of the world’s smartest white collar criminals. Forgery, art theft, con tricks: you name it, he’s done it, although he’s only ever been caught once. When the man who caught him – FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) – finds himself stumped in his hunt for another art thief, he turns to the first thief to catch his second thief.

But, in actuality, the show is merely about Bomer going around being charming to various women while looking pained because of his lost love, who appears to have run away.

Guess the intended demographic. Go on. I dare you.

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