NBC has cancelled struggling freshman comedy series Animal Practice after airing only 5 episodes. The peacock has announced that the second season of Whitney will assume the 8pm Wednesday night time-slot as of November 14th.
BBC One has given the green-light to Our Girl, a one-off 90 minute drama written by Tony Grounds. The military drama is a coming of age story which follows lead character Molly Dawes from civilian to soldier serving in Afghanistan. Lacey Turner (Bedlam) has been cast in the lead role as Molly, with production on the drama slated to commence later this month on location in Hertfordshire.
The third season of NBC’s drama series Friday Night Lights will receive its UK premere on Sky Atlantinc on Tuesday November 6th at 8pm, it has been announced.
CBS has given the green-light to Bake Off, a new reality show based on BBC Two’s hit series The Great British Bake Off. The eye network has ordered 8 episodes for the show’s first season, which is set to air in 2013.
With consolidated figures (live+7) now available, the Thursday October 4th series premiere of BBC One’s spy drama Hunted has seen its ratings rise to an impressive 5.7 million viewers. That is an increase of 1.2 million viewers or 27% on the overnights for the series in the 9pm time slot, where it initially pulled in 4.5 million viewers and a 19% share.
And he’s back. TNT has picked up former Walking Dead showrunner Frank Darabont’s drama project L.A. Noir to series with a six episode order. The show’s first season is set to air on TNT in 2013, as part of the network’s push into year round programming.
The fifth season of CBS’ drama series The Mentalist will receive its UK premiere on Channel 5 on Friday November 2nd at 9pm, it has been announced.
Fresh off of breaking the news that Sky1 has acquired the UK rights to Last Resort, TVWise can reveal that the show’s first season will receive its UK premiere on Sky1 on Tuesday October 30th at 8pm.