The next series of Doctor Who will premiere on April 3 on BBC One, it has been confirmed.
New showrunner Steven Moffat made the announcement this morning on BBC Breakfast.
The episode is entitled 'The Eleventh Hour' and will feature Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan as his new companion Amy Pond.
The upcoming series is the 31st since Doctor Who first aired in November 1963 and the fifth since the programme's 2005 relaunch headed by Russell T. Davies.
Fox network execs are allegedly pressuring their local affiliate stations to keep the 11pm to 12am timeslot open for Conan O'Brien.
According to TMZ, the former Tonight Show host and network bosses are "seriously talking" but no deals have been made.
It is believed that a number of the affiliates in question are resistant to running an O'Brien late-night show because they would make more money with reruns of established series like The Office.
The cast of Glee have been invited on to The Oprah Winfrey Show to coincide with the premiere of season one's second half in April.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Winfrey's April 7 programme will focus entirely on the musical comedy series.
The episode will include interviews with the cast and show creator Ryan Murphy, along with behind-the-scenes footage on the set and an in-studio concert performance.
Oprah.com is also launching a destination page for Glee fans on March 29. The mi...
According to Entertainment Weekly, the pilot is in development at The CW and is on track for a fall pickup by the network.
The plot is said to focus on the world of competitive college cheerleading. If Tisdale remains with the show, it will be the first time that she has taken on a character her own age since leaving the High School Musical films.
The programme is executive produced by Kevin Murphy and Smallville lead Tom Welling.
keet Ulrich has been tapped for a role in an untitled medical drama on CBS.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the former Jericho star will play a doctor on a mobile medical team that travel the US lending aid to patients who can't get to a hospital.
His character was written as a cardiologist with "rock star good looks" and is a single parent who is still in love with his junkie ex-wife.
This will be the third time that the network has cast the actor in a project, first with Jericho an...
Actor Marco Sanchez has reportedly joined drama NCIS.
The 40-year-old will play recurring character Alejandro Rivera, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Rivera is described as a Justice Department official in Mexico who arrives in Washington, DC to help start an international law enforcement task force.
Sanchez has appeared on The Mentalist, Bones and Dollhouse.
FX’s critically acclaimed Elmore Leonard adaptation Justified premiered to 4.2 million viewers Tuesday, making it the basic cable network’s highest-rated original series debut since The Shield, which was greeted by 4.8 million viewers in 2002. The drama, which stars Timothy Olyphant as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, was a particular hit with men: In terms of FX premieres, it ranked second behind The Shield among men 18-49; last night, it was TV’s No. 1 program in the demo for the 10 p....
Evil will have a new face next season on Burn Notice, and it’ll look a lot like the guy in the inset to the left. His name’s Robert Wisdom, he’s best known from his work on The Wire (as Bunny), Prison Break (as Lechero), and Supernatural (as bad angel Uriel), and sources confirm to me exclusively he’s joining the cast of the USA smash as the latest thorn in Michael’s side.
According to a Burn insider, Wisdom will play — Alias flashback alert! — Vaughn, a veteran spy handler who ...
The premiere of FX’s “Justified” on Tuesday night was the second most-watched series debut in the network’s history.
“Justified” was seen by 4.2 million viewers, topping all of cable TV and ranking as FX’s biggest series premiere since “The Shield” first aired in 2002.
As is the tendency with Western-styled shows, the appeal was particular strong among older viewers. Only 1.4 million of “Justified” viewers were adults 18-49.
‘Eureka‘ stars Colin Ferguson and Salli Richardson-Whitfield could barely contain themselves when teasing the Syfy series’ fourth season, premiering July 16.
“Something happens at the beginning of the season where everything shifts,” Ferguson told Fancast at Syfy’s upfront party Tuesday night. “It’s one of those things where you assume at the end of the episode, ‘Oh, it’s going to reverse itself’ – and it doesn’t.”
The start date for the third and final series of Ashes To Ashes has been confirmed - and it's not what you might be expecting...
The BBC has now confirmed that the eagerly awaited third series of Ashes To Ashes - the one that'll mark the end of DCI Gene Hunt's adventures - will be screened fron Friday 2nd April at 9pm.
The move to Friday nights is a bold one, as it's traditionally been considered a graveyard slot for drama. But the BBC has confidence in the show, and you'd imagine it's loo...
Season 3 ended in the last episode so, it isn´t "pending".
Michael Westen is now resting comfortably in... well, we actually have no idea where he is. But we'll find out this June when Burn Notice kicks off its fourth season with the first of 16 new episodes!
White Collar’s loss is Parks and Recreation’s gain.
Natalie Morales, whose stint on the USA Network drama concluded on March 9 with the show’s season finale, is joining NBC’s Parks and Recreation for a multi-episode arc, sources confirm to me semi-exclusively.
Morales will play Lucy, a smart and funny busgirl at a local Pawnee bar.
Morales’ deal caps a busy couple of weeks for the casting gurus at Parks and Rec. As previously reported, departing Brothers & Sisters star Rob Low...
Lady GaGa will make a guest appearance in the second season of Glee.
The 'Telephone' star signed up to play a cameo role in the Fox drama series following a request from show bosses.
WENN quotes show creator Ryan Murphy as saying: "We reached out to Lady GaGa and she said, 'Yes, I'd love to be a part of it'. So we will be doing Lady GaGa this season."
Murphy also praised Madonna for "[cooperating] in every way possible" by allowing the programme to use ten of her songs in a special trib...
Carrie Preston has apparently left True Blood to star in ABC's The Good Wife.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the actress departed the role of waitress Arlene to appear as Elsbeth Mann, a member of Peter's (Chris Noth) legal team.
The move has insiders speculating over the fate of Preston's True Blood character given that The Good Wife shoots in New York and the HBO drama films in Los Angeles.
"Arlene isn't a major presence in the third book," said a source.
Mary Steenburgen is set to star in ABC's comedy pilot "Southern Discomfort."
Carly Pope and David Ramsey are set to co-star opposite Jimmy Smits in NBC's untitled John Eisendrath drama pilot, Ian Reed Kessler has landed a lead on the NBC comedy pilot "Friends with Benefits" and Lindsey Broad has landed a lead on ABC's comedy pilot "Who Gets the Parents."
Elsewhere, "Reno 911" co-star Kerri Kenney has joined Fox's comedy pilot "Tax Man," Xander Berkeley has been added to the CW's drama pilo...
USA has picked up a new legal drama, Facing Kate, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The cable network has ordered 11 episodes on top of the 90-minute pilot. Sarah Shahi (The L Word) stars as a lawyer-turned-mediator. "Kate" centers on Kate Reed (Shahi), a top litigator who, frustrated with the bureaucracy and injustice she witnesses in legal system, decides to become the ultimate anti-lawyer: a mediator.
USA president of original programming and UCP co-head Jeff Wachtel said that the netwo...