These classic Doctor Who aliens will be in Season 4. That's good.

No more Deadwood. That's bad.

David Tennant is likely to stay on for a fifth season of Doctor Who following the "gap year" of three TV movies. That's good.

They're remaking Near Dark, a film only released in 1987. The Horror remake bandwagon careens, driverless, through yet ( Read more... )

Heroes has been nominated for Golden Globe in the BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA category along with 24 and Lost. I hope it wins, and that's not just because I'm no longer watching 24 and Lost. (Non-genre contenders are Grey's Anatomy and Big Love.)

Sadly Veronica Mars is nowhere to be seen, and perhaps surprisingly neither is the higher ( Read more... )

We've spent a lot of time recently sipping wine and watching TV and films, so time for a brief roundup:

( Robin Hood )

Deadwood looks like it'll get a pair of two hour TV Movies to wrap up the story after Season 3. It's such a good series that I'd hate to see it trail off into cancellation without a proper ending, so that's a relief.

The article also mentions The Wire, another obsure-but-excellent show that's been salvaged from limbo for a fourth season. ( Read more... )

Neil Gaiman, he so rightheaded. And just to remind Maj you all, Doctor Who is on at 7 p.m. again tonight. (It's even earlier next week, at 6.35, which will no doubt make a massive dent in the ratings.)

EDIT: Outpost Gallifrey informs me that at 8.15 p.m. on BBC4 is Time Shift: The Time Shift series celebrates the 40th anniversary of Doctor Who's ( Read more... )

This subspace hyperdrive theory reported in New Scientist is clearly bollocks. Right?

More plausibly, Deadwood may get a fourth season before the third has even aired. One of the few times a renewal causes more swearing than a cancellation.

EDIT: The Screen Actors Guild have their own awards and they've nominated Ian McShane in the "Outstanding ( Read more... )

Watch Deadwood. Sky One, Mondays 11 p.m., repeated on Sky One Mix on Wed and Sun. You can still catch the repeat of the first episode this Sunday. A superb, dark western with swearing, violence, great characterisation, Ian McShane, Brad Dourif and Wild Bill Hickock. What more do you want ( Read more... )