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Bachelor will infect Canada with a Canadians-only version of the dating series

Canada is getting its own version of The Bachelor, which has started casting and will air on Citytv. Our long-suffering neighbors to the north, who frequently have to watch our reality TV shows but cannot apply to them, have actually sent us a number of cast members for The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, including Jillian Harris. But now they get their own version, so more Canadians will know what it’s like to date on television and break up after they’ve bled it for all the publicity they can. The nine-episode series will debut in the fall, according to a press release , which says the “nine-episode, Canadian, romantic reality series is in the pre-production phase with principal photography slated to begin this spring,” and it will be produced by Force Four Entertainment. Chris Harrison appeared on Breakfast Television today to announce the new series, and said “the good news is, it won’t take our show [the ABC version] away. It’s a double-dose, it’s all good, it’s a win-win for Ca...
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Call The Midwives commissioned for second series

Home > Factual > Call The Midwives commission ed for second series January 23rd, 2012 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Following outstanding ratings BBC One Controller, Danny Cohen, announces Call The Midwife has been re commission ed for a second series from Neal Street Productions. Call The Midwife has captured the hearts of audiences on Sunday nights at 8pm, the series opener last week consolidated at 9.8million viewers making it BBC One’s highest launch episode of a new drama on record. With last night’s episode averaging a massive 8.6 million as audiences tuned in to see Miranda Hart join the cast of nursing nuns. Danny Cohen says: “Call The Midwife has had a huge impact with audiences. It’s a very high-quality drama series from a brilliant team. It manages to be both hard-hitting and emotional, gritty and warm. I am already looking forward to the second series.” Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commission ing, adds: “Call The Midwife is a totally original mix of comedy,...
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After Sherlock series finale ‘The Reichenbach Fall’ Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss confirm third series

Home > Drama > After Sherlock series finale ‘The Reichenbach Fall’ Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss confirm third series January 16th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have confirmed that a third series of hit drama Sherlock has been commission ed by BBC One. The co-creators of the show took to Twitter yesterday, not long after the finale of the current series aired, to promise fans that work on a third run will begin shortly. Moffat started the discussion, telling his followers: “#sherlock Yes of course there’s going to be a third series – it was commission ed at the same time as the second. Gotcha!” Gatiss later tweeted: “Gotcha! And of course there’ll be a third series! It was commission ed at the same time as series two!!” Martin Freeman – who plays the role of Sherlock’s sidekick Dr John Watson – recently confessed that he was hoping for a third series, though we assume that he knew all along that one was in the pipeline. Did you enjoy the Sher...
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Don’t Miss: The Magicians, back on BBC for series 2 on Saturday!

Home > Entertainment > Don’t Miss: The Magicians, back on BBC for series 2 on Saturday! January 3rd, 2012 by Sarah. No comments The BBC’s hugely popular The Magicians returns to our screens this Saturday, January 7th at 6:35pm, and it promises to be “an astonishing line-up of magicians who train their celebrity assistants through a range of seemingly impossible tricks.” Series two will consist of a whopping six episodes, each 75 minutes long, and will be transmitted lived from the BBC’s studios. And there’s a new host for series two, Darren McMullen, who has formerly presented show in Australia and America. Of landing the role of host on The Magicians, Darren said, “I can’t wait to host live shows here. “The Magicians is a huge entertainment show and talked about around the world so I can’t wait to be at the heart of it… “Being a live show, the pressure really will be on the magicians and whether or not they can pull off dangerous stunts in front of a live audience. “I’m cert...
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BBC insider says a new series of Absolutely Fabulous will air in 2013!

Home > Comedy > BBC insider says a new series of Absolutely Fabulous will air in 2013! January 3rd, 2012 by Sarah. 1 Comment Well, it seems like a long way off right now, but a BBC insider has told the Daily Express that Jennifer Saunders IS preparing to write a new series of hit comedy Absolutely Fabulous , which would air in 2013. As fans of the show will know, over Christmas and New Year, we were treated to two new episodes of the sitcom, with another promised for later this year to tie in with the televising of this year’s Olympics. The insider told the paper, “The viewing figures prove it’s as popular as ever and there’s a real appetite for more episodes. “Obviously it’s down to Jennifer to write more and getting all the actors together takes some organising. “But the current understanding is there will be another Christmas special for the end of 2012 and then more episodes the following year.” And of course, Jennifer – who’s currently recovering from breast cancer – r...
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Richard Hatch wants on Amazing Race, may star in a sperm donation offspring series

Survivor »     by Andy Dehnart / December 14, 2011, 11:56 AM Now out of prison, Richard Hatch would like to be on The Amazing Race, and said that visits from children who were born as a result of his donations to a sperm bank is the subject of a potential reality series. “The offspring want connections with their biological donors because of all kinds of varying reasons from health to emotional to whatever they are,” Hatch told the AP , which reported that he’s talking to a production company about a series that focuses on his reunions with biological children. “It was additionally challenging to be wrongfully imprisoned knowing that these children were coming forward. I told the court that beforehand. I explained this is a fascinating time in my life when I was at a place where I wanted to get to know these people who are my children who have come forward and want to get to know me.” Sibling Donor Registry executive director Wendy Kramer has “known Hatch for years and that they have ...
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Sober Model House: Janice Dickinson's newest series

Celebrity Rehab cast member Janice Dickinson will soon begin production on a new show called Sober Model House that helps models get sober in a house. Produced by the company that created her previous series, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (the show on which a Survivor cast member came out ), Stuart Krasnow Productions, the show “moves a bunch of models, who need to get sober, into a UK residence and gives them the tools necessary to get and stay clean,” The Insider reported . It starts filming in January; no network was mentioned. Recently, Janice said America’s Next Top Model is rigged because CoverGirl selects each season’s winner, and said she quit the show when she realized that’s what was going on. View the original article here
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Pretty Little Liars, Series 2 Episode 6

Home > American TV Shows > Pretty Little Liars, Series 2 Episode 6 December 21st, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Wednesday 21 December at 10pm on MTV Mystery, scandal and intrigue… it’s all just another day in the lives of the Pretty Little Liars as the hotly anticipated second series of the glossy, sexy drama continues on MTV. Tensions are running high in the sixth episode of the addictive new series, as Allison’s mother makes an unexpected reappearance in town. Still dealing with the news of Ian’s death, the girls have even more to take in when Allison’s mother reveals that she wants the girls to model in the annual Rosewood Charity Fashion Show in her deceased daughter’s honour. Swimming in more scandal and suspicious activity than ever before, the Liars begin to feel like they’re in too deep… With a glamorous star-studded cast, including Troian Bellisario (Quantum Leap, JAG), Ashley Benson (Eastwick, Bring It On: In It to Win It), Lucy Hale (Privileged, The Sisterhood o...
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Grand Designs series finale – Kevin returns to see Mimi da Costa

Home > Entertainment > Grand Designs series finale – Kevin returns to see Mimi da Costa November 30th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments There aren’t many people who would take on the role of project managing an ambitious, minimalist eco build with little previous experience. But three years ago, Mimi da Costa did just that, giving herself a deadline of only 16 weeks and leaving her husband Andre to juggle work and the kids. Andre and Mimi wanted to give their growing family a sustainable and healthy home in the heart of the Kent countryside. The design of their giant two-storey timber house, heated by state-of-the-art glass panels, looked simple enough and aimed to blend effortlessly into the neighbouring woodlands. But the devil was in the detail, and Mimi soon found herself surrounded by a dizzying number of sub-contractors and a very complex build that threatened to drag on for months. Now Kevin returns to find out if Mimi and Andre achieved the house of their dreams. Has ...
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The IT Crowd creator confirms there will be no new series of the show

Home > Comedy > The IT Crowd creator confirms there will be no new series of the show October 22nd, 2011 by Sarah. No comments Graham Linehan, who created comedy The IT Crowd, has confirmed that the show won’t be continuing for a fifth year. Digital Spy report that he broke the news during an online chat at Reddit. He said, “I’ll say right off the bat… the bad news is no IT Crowd series five. “[The] chief reason was the fact that I just wasn’t looking forward to it the way I used to. “I felt that the last series was a nice strong point to go out on, and anything further might just be running on the spot. “You don’t do your best work when you’re running on the spot. “It feels like a natural time to wind things down. Apart from anything else, we’re probably reaching that stage where it begins to feel odd that Roy, Jen and Moss are still stuck down in that basement… “I don’t want to start giving everybody babies to make it feel like they’re moving on with their lives. My kind of ...
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Jack Whitehall says he’ll go to the gym if Fresh Meat gets a second series

Home > Comedy > Jack Whitehall says he’ll go to the gym if Fresh Meat gets a second series September 19th, 2011 by Sarah. No comments Comedian Jack Whitehall has vowed to hit the gym if his new comedy ‘Fresh Meat’ gets a second series. Jack, who plays the role of uni student JP in the E4 comedy – which was written by the Peep Show’s Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong – made the pledge because he’s spent a good deal of the first series appearing naked. He told the PA, “Well, I didn’t go to the gym. I thought it would be all right, I don’t have that bad a body, but then you see it on the screen and you think, ‘Oh my God, what are those chicken legs and hairy a***?’ “It’s not good; I definitely don’t think I’m going to be ‘Torso of the Week’ anytime soon… “Next series I’m definitely going to go down to the gym and make myself a bit better.” As to his character, Jack says the only similarity between himself and JP is that in real life, Jack attended Manchester University. He said, “I we...
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Amir Khan and Richard Ayoade for new series of Eight Out Of Ten Cats

Home > Entertainment > Amir Khan and Richard Ayoade for new series of Eight Out Of Ten Cats September 6th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. 2 Comments Popular comedy panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats returns to Channel 4 Friday 23rd September for 11 brand new shows including the 100th episode of the series. Stand up comic and presenter Jimmy Carr is back to oversee the disputes and deliberations on all the topical events that set the great British public’s chins wagging. And once again heading up the teams will be comedians Sean Lock and Jon Richardson. Sean and Jon will be joined by famous faces from the world of comedy, entertainment and showbiz. The teams will thrash out the hot topics of the week by examining surveys, opinion polls and statistics; from the sublime to the ridiculous and from the silly to the serious. In the first episode of the new series guests include British boxing sensation Amir Khan and The IT Crowd’s Richard Ayoade. 8 Out of 10 Cats: Uncut, an extended version of the ...
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Kevin Smith's comics shop will be the subject of an AMC reality series

AMC »     by Andy Dehnart / September 1, 2011, 2:08 PM AMC has ordered a reality TV series called Secret Stash that is set at director Kevin Smith’s comic shop and will debut early next year. The show, produced by Miami Ink producers Original Media, will “document the daily banter of The Secret Stash and it’s employees and devoted customers; and it will capture the fun and emotion of buying and selling collectibles and comic memorabilia that happens in comic book stores all across the country and in mega-venues like Comic-Con,” according to AMC. In a press release statement, Smith said, “Draper. Meth. Zombies. This show couldn’t be on a better network. AMC is to television what Miramax was to cinema back when I first got in the game: they’re the premier destination for any story-teller looking to spin an offbeat yarn that no other outlet has the stones to touch. And as if I didn’t love them enough, now they’re putting my friends on TV! I’m ecstatic, proud, and extremely lucky to be ...
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