Month: October 2011

Actress Romola Garai has dropped a few hints about possible historical events the second series of The Hour may cover. The first series of the BBC Two drama series, set in a 1950s newsroom, mostly revolved around the Suez Canal crisis though the uprising in Hungary against Soviet control was also mentioned. Actress Romola Garai, who played producer Bel Rowley, […]

The CBBC Channel is currently running a poll to see find the Ultimate Sarah Jane Adventures story. {jcomments on}There are five stories in the poll – one representing each season of The Sarah Jane Adventures. The first season is represented with the two-part opening story Revenge of the Slitheen – which followed the 2007 New Year special Invasion of the […]

Downton Abbey’s executive producer Gareth Neame has defended the ITV hit drama from criticism that it is turning into a soap opera. Downton Abbey continues to draw big ratings to ITV on Sunday evenings but despite its ratings success the second season continues to divide opinion amongst fans and critics. The fast paced nature of the second series – in […]

{jcomments off}The American version of the X Factor is set to allow viewers to vote via Twitter. Press Release: Syco Television, FremantleMedia and FOX announced a partnership with Twitter to allow fans – for the first time in television – to cast votes for their favorite finalists on The X Factor via Twitter; and fans also can vote via mobile […]

Following unconfirmed reports yesterday, Channel 4 has revealed the broadcaster has recommissioned second series for Fresh Meat and Beaver Falls, the latter airing on sister station E4. “Channel 4’s critically-acclaimed smash-hit show Fresh Meat has been recommissioned mid way through its first eight-part run.” The broadcaster states. The Jesse Armstrong/Sam Bain created comedy drama centres on a group of six […]

AMC has commissioned a third season of its horror zombie drama The Walking Dead which stars British actor Andrew Lincoln. Press Release: AMC announced today the renewal of “The Walking Dead” for a third season. Season two continues to deliver the strongest telecasts for any drama in basic cable history against Adults 18-49 shattering a basic cable record set nearly […]

Starz and BBC Worldwide are to produce a new drama adventure series Da Vinci’s Demons. The commission represents the first co-production between the two companies since they signed a deal to collaborate on projects earlier this year. Press Release: Starz Entertainment has green-lit a new original adventure series titled “Da Vinci’s Demons,” developed and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. This […]

{jcomments off}Comedies How I Met Your Mother and Two Broke Girls continued to deliver big ratings to CBS last night. At 8pm comedy How I Met Your Mother on CBS had 9.8 million viewers with a 4.3 18-49 rating. Although the comedy didn’t win the hour in terms of total viewers it did win the first half in terms of […]