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Wednesday’s “sexless Touchwood” news

20 July 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Teeny tiny clips from part two of season six
Explicit sex scene to be cut from UK Torchwood broadcast
Miranda Hart stopped from taking Who role?

Film

Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf to star in The Company You Keep
300 writer takes on Spartacus

British TV

Sky Go app now available for iPad and iPhone

US TV

Jere Burns to recur on Burn Notice [spoilers]
Love Bites cancelled
Chuck‘s Mercedes Masöhn joins The Finder
Camelot‘s Liam Cunningham joins Game of Thrones
Jaime Murray joins Ringer
Teaser for Fringe season four

Monday’s “Saturday Night Lights?” news

18 July 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Matt Smith drops by on Doctor Who theatre show
Torchwood gets 5m viewers

Film

Trailer for Without Men
Another Friday Night Lights movie?
Sean Bean to play Snow White‘s dad
Tom Cruise joins One Shot

US TV

Mike Vogel replaces Jonah Lotan on Pan Am
TNT cancels Men of a Certain Age
Julie White joins Wild Card
Dillon Casey joining Nikita
Clip from second season of The Walking Dead
Emma Caulfield to guest on Leverage
Trailer for Dexter season 6

Wednesday’s “Cheers to CSI” news

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Doctor Who episodes to be made available to rent via Facebook [subscription required]

Film

Kristen Wiig to star in Imogene
Ed Norton to play baddie in The Bourne Legacy?
True Blood‘s Deborah Ann Woll joins He Loves Me
Christopher Lloyd joins Dead Before Dawn
Ruth Wilson to join Lone Ranger?

Radio

BBC World Service loses 14m listeners [subscription required]

British TV

BBC drama output fell by 630 hours in 2010/11

US TV

Ted Danson joins CSI
David Gallagher joins The Vampire Diaries
Mark Valley joins Harry’s Law, Jean Smart to recur
Matthew McConaughey, Will Ferrell return for Eastbound & Down season 3
SGU‘s Brian Smith joins Gossip Girl
Lauren German joins Hawaii Five-0
The Closer starts with 7.2m viewers
Alphas starts with 2m viewers
Curb Your Enthusiasm gets 2.1m viewers
HBO acquires The Sinking of the Laconia
Juliette Lewis joins The Firm

Tuesday’s news

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Torchwood ratings on a par with Camelot‘s

Film

Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in The Last Stand
Chris Hemsworth to play James Hunt in Rush
Elizabeth Banks joins What To Expect When You’re Expecting
Michael Chiklis to be villain in Jason Statham’s Parker
Trailer for The Inbetweeners
Christian Slater and Adewale Akkinuoye-Agbaje join Bullet To The Head
New trailer for Tintin
Teaser trailer for Sherlock 2

Theatre

Theatres cutting back on actors and shows

British TV

Virgin launches smartphone app for TiVo customers
Trailer for Life’s Too Short

Canadian TV

Flashpoint returns to 1.4m viewers
Rookie Blue picked up for third season

US TV

Watch one minute of the new Dallas
ABC Family renews Melissa & Joey
Better With You‘s Jennifer Finnegan to guest on Psych
Christopher McDonald to be a regular on Harry’s Law
Dylan Baker to guest on White Collar
Callum Keith Rennie joins The Firm

Friday’s “Skies not falling” news

8 July 2011 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

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Torchwood: Miracle Day press pack
Doctor Who exec producer Beth Willis returning to Kudos

Film

Melissa McCarthy joins Knocked Up spin-off
Teaser for The Iron Lady
Trailer for Final Destination 5

British TV

Luther‘s Steven Mackintosh and Warren Brown to reunite for Inside Men
Channel 4 planning Rupert Murdoch drama

US TV

Why HBO isn’t worried about True Blood‘s drop in ratings
Teaser for The Walking Dead – season two
Falling Skies renewed for season 2
Jason Ritter returning to Parenthood, working with Jason Katims on drama
Rachelle Lefevre joins A Gifted Man
Jason Sudeikis to appear on Eastbound & Down
Alfred Molina to recur on Harry’s Law

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