Month: September 2011

The premier of The X Factor USA gave viewers and TV critics a quick look at Cheryl Cole, who was axed by Cowell after one week. TV critics in America have praised Cole’s short lived role on the judging panel, criticising Simon for axing her. She was replaced with Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger. Simon Cowell spoke to CNN earlier this […]

BBC Three’s new supernatural series The Fades launched with over 700,000 viewers last night. Overnight figures reveal The Fades had a strong launch for BBC Three last night. The supernatural series starring Natalie Dormer and Iain DeCaestacker, had 732,000 viewers at 9pm for BBC Three. Meanwhile Channel Four’s new comedy Fresh Meat, starring Kimberley Nixon and Jack Whitehall, also had […]

Alias actor Victor Garber is near to a deal to join ABC’s revived Charlie’s Angel. The actor would play the reclusive millionaire Charlie Townsend, who hires the three ‘angels’ to work for him, in the revived detective drama. Robert Wagner was originally hired to play the recluse but dropped out after the pilot due to “scheduling conflicts” forcing producers to […]

Over the weekend ratings for Big Brother dropped below 1 million viewers. The ‘normal’ version of Big Brother just isn’t performing that well for Channel Five. While the Celebrity version, which finished two weeks ago, attracted good ratings for the broadcaster the ‘normal’ version has proved to be a turn off for viewers. Average ratings for the new series are […]

{jcomments off}As we reported earlier this week rock group Foo Fighters launched a counter-protest against the notorious Westboro Baptist Church when members of the anti-gay movement tried to picket on of their concerts. Well now you can watch a video of Foo Fighter’s own way of getting back at the Westboro Baptist Church. They are called America’s most hated family […]

Brannon Braga, who was a showrunner on Star Trek: Voyager, has defended the introduction of Seven of Nine at the end of the show’s third season. The Borg drone was introduced to the Star Trek spin-off at the end of its third season as Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) formed an ‘unholy alliance’ with the collective against the invading species 8472 […]

Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new series Ringer saw a drop in ratings for its second episode. The CW drama, which also stars Ioan Gruffudd, opened last week with 2.8 million viewers. However, its second episode lost viewers in an all predictable ratings drop – second episodes usually rate lower than premiers as a section of the audience decides the show isn’t […]

{jcomments off}Ratings for the season three premier of Glee were down considerably on last year. Could it be a sign that the sparkle has faded from Fox’s smash-hit musical series? It is far too early to right off Glee after just one episode of its third season – but some may be asking if the bubble has burst for the […]

The BBC has confirmed the return date for its fantasy drama series Merlin. For the first time Saturday evening dramas Merlin and Doctor Who will air on the same night.  Due to the splitting of this year’s series of Doctor Who the two shows will air on the same day when usually Merlin returns months after the finale of Doctor […]