Wednesday “Running Wilde runs out” news

Doctor Who

  • Matt Smith and Katherine Jenkins talk about the Christmas special

Film

British TV

French TV

  • Jonathan Ross to host programmes for Cinémoi [subscription required]

US TV

Wednesday’s pruning news

Film

British TV

  • Channel 5 acquires The Walking Dead [subscription required]

US TV

Tuesday’s “Spanish Hulk” news

Doctor Who

Film

British TV

  • Spooks gets the BBC into trouble in China
  • Jim Broadbent and John Simm to star in Exile by Paul Abbott
  • ITV3 and ITV4 go HD on Sky

Canadian TV

US TV

US TV

Question of the week: who’s your favourite comics-inspired TV or movie character?

Wonder Woman

Comics are just one of the many sources of characters that movies and TV shows have draw on for inspiration – and continue to draw on. In the last few weeks, we’ve seen TV show versions of both Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk mooted. Both of course were adapted for TV in the 70s, and Spiderman, Batman, The Green Hornet and others have all had TV shows. The movies have also adapted the likes of Watchmen, Green Lantern, Electra, Daredevil, Blade, the Fantastic Four et al.

So this week’s question is:

Who’s your favourite TV or movie comic book hero and why?

The advanced respondent can, of course, cheat by talking about characters in TV and movie who have ended up in comic books (eg Buffy, Angel, Chloe Sullivan, Doctor Who, The Thing from Another World, Heroes) if they so prefer it.

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

Friday’s “ABC smash puny ratings” news

Doctor Who

  • Strictly‘s Laila Rouass to play UNIT soldier in The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • More crossovers with SJA unlikely

Film

British TV

US TV

  • ABC remaking The Incredible Hulk
  • Tea Leoni to star in and produce Spring/Fall fashion comedy pilot for HBO
  • ABC orders more scripts for No Ordinary Family, Off The Map, Brothers and Sisters
  • The CW orders more Life Unexpected
  • Law and Order: LA drops 21% in the ratings
  • Helen Hunt to direct an episode of The Paul Reiser Show
  • SyFy picks up Sinbad and the Minotaur
  • Wayne Knight to guest on The Whole Truth