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First two episodes of season six to be shot and set in Utah [spoilers]

Film

No Jason Bourne in The Bourne Legacy
Trailer for Peter Weir’s The Way Back

British TV

BBC to cut S4C budget by £4m

US TV

CSI:NY ratings up 12%, Blue Bloods down 10%, Outlaw the same
Thursday night comedy slumps
NBC picks up supernatural spy script from 300 writer
ABC picks up Suburgatory script
ABC Family orders pilot for What Would Jane Do
Kathryn Erbe returns for L&A:CI
Jaimie Alexander to recur on Nurse Jackie
Trailer for the 200th episode of Smallville

Friday’s Mad Move news

1 October 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

The Sarah Jane Adventures press pack

Film

Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep to star in adaptation of August: Osage County
Emma Thompson to replace Rip Thorn on Men in Black 3?
Ciaran Hinds to play the Devil in Ghost Rider 2?
Christopher Plummer joins The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

British TV

Mad Men moving to Sky?
Living to get a channel boss but no commissioning team [subscription required]
Pete vs Life gets a second series [subscription required]
Lynda La Plante goes exclusive with ITV Studios

US TV

Fox orders Connected pilot from American Dad producer
L&A:LA starts well but Undercovers and The Whole Truth dangerously low in ratings
Charles Dance joins Neverland
Lifetime greenlights Meet Jane pilot
Hitch: the TV series?
Izabella Miko to recur on The Cape
Kyle MacLachlan to guest on HIMYM
Parminder Nagra to guest on The Whole Truth

Thursday’s “Amanda Seyfried’s dad?” news

30 September 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

41 teasers for the new series [minor spoilers]

Film

Vincent Kartheiser to play Amanda Seyfried’s dad in I’m.mortal
MYST gets optioned for a live-action movie

British TV

BBC drama controller rejects call for long-running series
Sam Mendes, Jane Campion and David Hare to create new BBC dramas
ITV rejects Hulu in favour of its own web site…
…and considers charging for online content
Welsh stars back S4C
ITV2 HD to launch on Sky in October
Sky1 HD to launch on Virgin

US TV

NBC picks up Jack Black’s My Life As An Experiment adaptation
Tuesday night ratings
Bryan Fuller and NBC remaking The Munsters
Mistresses‘ Shelley Conn to star opposite Jason O’Mara in Terra Nova
Fox developing Lawyers For Less

Friday’s 3D plants news

24 September 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Suranne Jones to guest in third episode of next series

Awards

Results of the Rose D’Or TV festival

Film

Kate Beckinsale to return for Underworld 4
Woah. A third Bill and Ted movie on the way
Day of the Triffids: 3D?
Christopher Guest planning new comedy
Trailer for The King’s Speech with Colin Firth

Theatre

Avenue Q going on tour
Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles’ The Rivals to transfer to West End

British TV

Comedy Central UK wants one-third of its output to be British commissions by 2013 [subscription required]
More details of ITV’s Monroe with James Nesbitt
The InBetweeners to finish this series

Canadian TV

The Listener gets a second season

US TV

Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva get renewed for additional seasons
Eliza Dushku to guest on Big Bang Theory
Jon Seda joins Treme
One Tree Hill and Hellcats get additional episodes
Wolfgang Petersen developing 60s motor racing drama for Starz
House’s Michael Weston to guest on The Good Guys
Amber Benson to guest on Grey’s Anatomy
Bryan Singer and McG working on two online series
Modern Family sets ratings record, Undercovers okay, The Whole Truth tanks

Thursday’s two Loises news

23 September 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Stevie Moffat teases cliffhanger [minor spoilers]

Film

Scarlett Johansson to get Black Widow Iron Man spin-off?
New Harry Potter trailer
Elizabeth Banks joins Man on a Ledge

British TV

Caroline Aherne working on sitcom for ITV1 [subscription required]
NAO to access BBC accounts
James Purefoy and Dervla Kirwan join ITV’s Injustice

US TV

Entourage‘s Emmanuelle Chriqui to guest on The Borgias
Fox picks up Kurtman and Orci’s Exit Strategy
Lois & Clark‘s Teri Hatcher to play Lois Lane’s mum on Smallville
Gavin & Stacey remake shelved
GoodFellas: the TV series?
NBC picks up JJ Abrams’ Terry O’Quinn/Michael Emerson show…
…and Alcatraz picked up by Fox
Tuesday ratings not great
In Treatment season 3 teaser

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Mark Carroll My goodness, I'm so sorry to learn of your loss, from what you share above it's clear that you were very lucky to have found each other. I liked learning over the years a little of what...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
TMINE Thank you It’s been a devastating time for all of us but it’s been amazing how much love and support have been sent our way by people who knew Sarah as well as those who didn’t. I’m very...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
JustStark Oh no. I’m so so sorry. What a wonderful person and you were so lucky to find each other. How cruel this world can be. Please accept condolences beyond my mere words.
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
Pinky's Mom I watched this show first run back in the 80s. Surprisingly arch and intelligent, it held me with its graphic-novel style storytelling. Little on TV appealed to me back then, and that fact hasn't...
Lost Gems: Max Headroom (1985-1988) · 2 years ago
TMINE Agreed re: Three Body Problem. Reading ahead in the Wikipedia rundown for the novels, it does feel there are more exciting things ahead in the next season than there were in this season. Let's...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
Mark Carroll Goodness, I didn't even recognize Keiko. We watched and enjoyed it but for me it very much had the sense that it's promising more than we've yet seen, where I'd be a lot more...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Managed to watch some more TV! Apple TV+: Lessons in Chemistry. Adaptation of the bestseller about a discriminated against, possibly autistic chemist in the US in the 50s who ends up being a TV chef...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Watching Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen TV series on Netflix. It's actually not bad. Nothing extraordinary and not as good as his movie of the same name, but a pretty decent cast and some actual nuance...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE The Richard Chamberlain version loomed large in my teenage years. Almost life-changing. Although the difference between that version and this version is a bit like the difference between the...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Yep, Andor is great. A little slow at first but after about episode 3, it's absolutely blinding
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago

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