EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central and Big Talk Productions have locked down the main cast for their upcoming comedy series Mummy’s Boys. Sources tell me that Sarah Hadland (The Job Lot), Ben Ashenden (Tom And Jenny), Gemma Chan (Bedlam), Ellie Taylor (Family Tree) and Scott Folan (Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!) have joined the cast of the comedy series. They join previously announced main cast member Johnny Flynn.
The tenth season of BBC One’s drama series New Tricks will receive its UK premiere on Tuesday July 30th at 9pm, it has been announced.
Channel 4 has closed a deal with Sony Pictures Television to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Showtime’s upcoming drama series Masters of Sex. The series will premiere in the UK shortly behind its US debut, which is currently set for September 29th.
EXCLUSIVE: With pilot season, the upfronts and the LA Screenings now behind us, numerous UK broadcasters are in various stages of acquiring next season’s new shows for their schedules (Sky Living just acquired The Blacklist from Sony Pictures Television, while Disney Media Distributions’ Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. & CBS Studios International’s The Millers and We Are Men are also close to landing sales with UK broadcasters). While all eyes are on these new series and the various deals that are being hammered out, TVWise continues its extensive acquisitions coverage with our broadcaster-by-broadcaster breakdown of which current shows will be coming back later this year or early next.
Cinemax has released a trailer for the upcoming second season of their original series Banshee (the trailer was originally unveiled yesterday at SDCC), which is set to premiere in early 2014.
BBC Three has released a number of clips for their comedy pilot Going Native.
In the wake of the untimely death of series star Cory Monteith, Fox Broadcasting Company, 20th Century Fox Television and the series executive producers have jointly decided to delay the start of production of Glee until early August. Season Five of Glee will now premiere a week later than previously announced on Thursday September 26th at 9/8c.
AMC has announced that the upcoming 16 episode fourth season of The Walking Dead will premiere on Sunday October 13th at 9/8c. The series is being split into two parts with the first 8 episodes debuting this fall and the remaining 8 following in February 2014.