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Emily Watson, Sarah Lancashire & More Join BBC One/Starz Co-Production ‘The Dresser’

By Patrick Munn | March 3, 2015 - 3:51 pm | No Comments

BBC One and US premium cable network Starz have rounded out their cast of the co-production The Dresser. Emily Watson, Sarah Lancashire, Vanessa Kirby, Edward Fox, Tom Brooke, John Ashton, Ian Conningham, Annalisa Rossi, Helen Bradbury, Carl Sanderson, Matthew Cottle and Martin Chamberlain have signed on for co-starring role opposite Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen in the two-hour drama.

Mireille Enos Set As Lead In ABC’s Shondaland Pilot ‘The Catch’

By Patrick Munn | March 2, 2015 - 9:35 pm | No Comments

Mireille Enos is returning to television. The former star of AMC's The Killing has been tapped to play the lead in The Catch, ABC's hour-long drama pilot from Hannibal‘s Jennifer Schur and Scandal & How To Get Away With Murder production company Shondaland, TVWise has learned.

Netflix Sets June Premiere For Sci-Fi Series ‘Sense8’ From J. Michael Straczynski & The Wachowskis

By Patrick Munn | March 2, 2015 - 8:26 pm | No Comments

Netflix has set a global launch date for their first original sci-fi series. The streaming giant has announced that Sense8, their 12 episode series from Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski and The Wachowski siblings (The Matrix), will premiere in every territory where Netflix has a presence - including the US, the UK & Ireland - on Friday June 5th.

UKTV’s Alibi Channel To Air Short-Form POV Murder Mystery During Ad Breaks

By Patrick Munn | March 2, 2015 - 1:18 pm | No Comments

In what is being hailed as a TV first, UKTV is set to air a short-form Murder Mystery series during ad breaks on their Alibi channel.

Channel 4’s ‘Indian Summers’ Renewed For Second Season

By Patrick Munn | March 2, 2015 - 10:00 am | No Comments

Channel 4 is returning to India. The broadcaster has renewed their hit period drama Indian Summers, starring Julie Walters and Craig Parkinson, for a 10 episode second season set to air in 2016, TVWise has learned.

BBC One Sets Premiere Date For ‘Poldark’ Reboot

By Patrick Munn | February 27, 2015 - 7:57 pm | No Comments

BBC One's eight episode Poldark reboot will premiere on Sunday March 8th at 9pm, it has been announced.

‘Star Trek’ & ‘Fringe’ Alum Leonard Nimoy Passes Away Aged 83

By Patrick Munn | February 27, 2015 - 7:18 pm | No Comments

Veteran Hollywood actor Leonard Nimoy has passed away at the age of 83. The iconic actor, well known and universally praised for his role as Spock in the Star Trek franchise, died earlier today in his Bel Air home from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to The New York Times, quoting Leonard Nimoy's wife Susan Bay Nimoy.

Warren Kole, Drea de Matteo, Ray Liotta & More Cast In Jennifer Lopez’s NBC Drama ‘Shades Of Blue’

By Patrick Munn | February 26, 2015 - 9:02 pm | No Comments

Warren Kole (Common Law, The Following), Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos, Sons Of Anarchy), Ray Liotta (The League, Texas Rising) and Vincent Laresca (24, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) have joined the cast of NBC's 13 episode drama series 'Shades Of Blue', which is being toplined by Jennifer Lopez.