EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just learned that Sky1 has cancelled comedy series Parents after just one season. The series aired six episodes on the channel between July and August 2012. The decision not to re-commission the series comes in the wake of Sky1 also cancelling action series Sinbad and fellow comedy series Spy.
Daredevil Jonathan Goodwin performed a stunt earlier today in which he was wearing straitjacket and had to escpape from a flaming rope from which he was dangling from the London Eye. The stunt was filmed as part of Goodwin’s new show, The Incredible Mr Goodwin, which is set to premiere on UKTV’s Watch channel on Thursday March 7th at 9pm.
With over 100 pilots currently in various stages of production, the five broadcast networks are set to start making decisions on which shows from the 2012-2013 season will be returning. Back by popular demand is TVWise’s broadcast TV buzz, which lists, by network, the latest industry intel (buzz if you will) on which shows will be back next year and which shows we will be saying goodbye to. We’re starting pretty early this year and as such everything is rather preliminary, so everything listed below should be taken with a grain of salt. In past years, by this time of year a good number of shows had already been granted early renewals. This year the shows that have received the early nod are The CW’s Arrow, Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries, CBS’ NCIS, The Big Bang Theory (as part of a previous deal) and How I Met Your Mother and Fox’s American Dad, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Following, New Girl, The Mindy Project and Raising Hope.
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EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4’s long-gestating mini-series The Mill has found its cast. I’ve learned that Matthew McNulty (The Paradise), Ciaran Griffiths (The Bill), Kerrie Hayes (Good Cop), newcomer Conner Chapman and Kevin McNally (Pirates of The Caribbean) have all been cast as regulars in the mini-series, which just recently entered production. I hear that other actors appearing in The Mill include Flo Wilson (Hebburn), Jamie Draven (The Body Farm), Sacha Parkinson (Coronation Street), Holly Lucas (Doctors) and Craig Parkinson (Great Night Out).
The first season of NBC’s drama series Revolution will receive its UK premiere on Sky1 on Friday March 29th at 9pm with a double-bill, it has been announced.
EXCLUSIVE: I’ve learned that former Sinbad star Elliot Knight has landed (and I’m told already completed shooting) a guest lead on the seventh season of ITV’s Law & Order: UK. The exact nature of Knight’s role is being kept under wraps but one source tells me he was “a joy to work with.” A relative newcomer, Elliot Knight, repped by Affirmative Entertainment and Payne Management, is best know for playing the eponymous lead character on Sky1’s action series Sinbad, which was cancelled by the broadcaster last week. Law & Order: UK, produced by Kudos Film and Television and Wolf Films, is based on the well known US series Law & Order and follows the investigation of a major crime by the Metropolitan Police Service and the subsequent prosecution undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service. The series was renewed by ITV with an 8 episode order back in August, with the broadcaster eyeing a May premiere.
BBC Two has given the green-light to Wipers Times, a a feature length movie about the satirical World War I magazine. TVWise first reported last November that the BBC was developing the project in conjunction with Trademark Films, although at the time it was unclear whether the project was being developed for BBC One or BBC Two. I have now confirmed that the film is being produced for BBC Two with Trademark eyeing theatrical releases in other countries.
Fox has handed early renewals to The Following, New Girl, The Mindy Project and Raising Hope. The Following will return for a second season, New Girl for a third, The Mindy Project for a second and Raising Hope for a fourth.