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John Barrowman gets a recording contract

Film

Jason Lee is on The Other Side

British TV

George Michael to be in The Catherine Tate Show

US TV

Bionic Woman will be post-feminist. Allegedly
Meanwhile, Katee Sackhoff signs a last-minute deal to stay in the show
Danny Glover joins the cast of Brothers and Sisters
CBS buys fantasy drama Kingdom
Aaron Sorkin sort of takes the blame for Studio 60
Kal Penn and Olivia Wilde join the cast of House. Maybe
Linux Roache joins the cast of Law and Order
Spoilers for My Name is Earl, Scrubs, The Office and 30 Rock
Standoff creator gets a three-year deal with Fox
American Gladiators coming back?
Friday Night Lights spoilers

Tuesday’s Charming news

17 July 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Prince Charming that is

Torchwood/Doctor Who

John Barrowman talks a bit more about season two of Torchwood
Anyone else notice that the creator of Between The Lines, JC Wilsher, is one of the writers for season two?
Scott reckons he knows what role James Marsters is playing
Steven Moffat looks a bit shifty after being asked about RTD leaving. But Who will be back no matter what…

US TV

William Shatner: celebrity interviewer
Jerry Seinfeld to appear in 30 Rock‘s season opener
The next The Apprentice will star celebrities and will be for charity
Isaiah Washington (previously on Grey’s Anatomy before you-know-what was said) is to do five episodes of The Bionic Woman
Mandy Patinkin will have a farewell episode of Criminal Minds
Keith Carradine joins the cast of Dexter (spoilers)
NBC’s schedule for the Fall

Monday’s news of squee

16 July 2007 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Doctor Who

James Marsters talks a bit about Torchwood. Plus Alan Dale (Neighbours, 24, Ugly Betty, Lost et al) will be making an appearance, too
John Barrowman does lots of interviews including this one which is going to make lots of fan fic-writing fangirls very happy (if they like James Marsters and John Barrowman, that is)
Anthony Head talks Who and more

Film

Naomi Watts joins Clive Owen on thriller The International
Seth Green joins the cast of Old Dogs
Goodie. The next Bond movie will have more jokes

Radio

Harry Enfield stars as Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently

Web TV

Farscape returns as a web series

British TV

More on Ashes to Ashes
Sky One’s ratings drop by a third

US TV

X-Files 2 nearly ready for filming
Elisha Cuthbert wants to be in the 24 movie
Watch out Marie: SciFi has a new mini-series, Going Homer, starring Ben Browder as a man helped and hindered by Greek and Roman deities, as well as a load of other shows
Mandy Patinkin gets a slagging off extraordinare from Criminal Minds’s exec producer
Lots of Dexter spoilers
Showtime commissions an MPD comedy pilot off Spielberg
Steven Moffat has a go at NBC for ruining the remake of Coupling
The Wire will be back in early 2008
More BSG webisodes coming

Friday’s mixed pot of news

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Doctor Who

K9 Adventures will appear in July 2008

Film

Waste your time with an online Bourne Ultimatum game
Jim Carrey returns to comedy with an adaptation of Danny Wallace’s Yes Man
Aaron Sorkin writing The Trial of the Chicago 7 for Dreamworks

British TV

BSkyB adds 90,000 customers in three months [free registration required]
BBC unhappy about lack of Tuck in Robin Hood
ITV1 unveils its Autumn programmes

US TV

FX plans anti-24
Ileana Douglas joins Ugly Betty
Chances of Deadwood movies 50/50
Little Britain US is a go

Thursday’s ratings-blowing news

12 July 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

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

Doctor Who

Jessica Hynes develops a crush on David Tennant in one of BBC1’s forthcoming comedies

Film

Zachary Quinto (Heroes’ Sylar) as Spock in Star Trek XI?
Footloose remade with star of High School Musical
The Dark is Rising trailer and site now up

British TV

Goodie. An extra news summary on BBC1 at 8pm every weeknight
Dexter gives FX its best ever audience numbers
Cape Wrath gets 1.6 million viewers

US TV

George Clooney to produce a show about televangelists for Showtime
David Cassidy’s daughter, Katie, joins the cast of Supernatural
Smallville has its Supergirl: Laura Vandervoort
Mandy Patinkin off Criminal Minds?
Rick Schroder, Eric McCormack, Andre Braugher and Christa Miller join the cast of The Andromeda Strain

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