Watch Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘Grimm’ Season 2
The second season of NBC’s supernatural drama series Grimm will receive its UK premiere on Watch on Monday October 22nd at 9pm, it has been announced.
Syfy UK Moves Premiere Date For ‘The Almighty Johnsons’ Season 2
After initally announcing that the second season of The Almighty Johnsons would premiere on Thursday September 13th at 10pm, Syfy UK has moved the premiere date for the show’s second season to Monday September 17th at 10pm.
Sky1 Renews ‘Stella’ For Third Season, Orders Christmas Special
Sky1 has renewed its original comedy series Stella for a third season of 10 episodes and ordered a 60 minute Christmas special. The early renewal comes as the show’s second season is being filmed in Wales and ahead of its premiere in early 2013.
ITV1 Orders Three-Part Drama ‘The Ice Cream Girls’ From ‘Strike Back’ Producers
Left Bank Pictures has landed its first production order after Sony Pictures Television acquired a majority stake in the production company last week. ITV1 has ordered a new three part drama titled The Ice Cream Girls from the production company, whose other credits include the Sky1/Cinemax series Strike Back and ITV1’s DCI Banks. Based on the novel of the same name, the three part drama was adapted by writer Kate Brooke and will enter production this August in Dublin.
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Four ‘Parks and Recreation’ Announcement “Premature”, Not A Done Deal Yet
Exclusive: Out of deference to everything that is involved with the acquisitions process, I, as Editor In Chief of TVWise, made the decision on Friday evening not to run a report, based on a single line in a BBC Four press release (in which channel controller Richard Klein spoke about the future of BBC Four), stating that Parks and Recreation has been acquired by the channel. Said line was subsequently removed from that press release and we received a lot of emails asking us if we knew what was going on.
Freema Agyeman & Harriet Walter Exit ‘Law & Order: UK’
Exclusive: Freema Agyeman and Harriet Walter will not be returning for the recently announced seventh season of ITV1’s drama series Law & Order: UK.
ITV1 Renews ‘Law & Order: UK’, ‘Scott & Bailey’ & ‘Vera’
ITV1 has renewed drama series Law & Order: UK, Scott & Bailey and Vera. Law & Order: UK will return for a seventh season, Scott & Bailey for a third season and Vera will also return for a third season.
BBC One Orders David Walliams Comedy Series, ‘The Ark’, ‘Quirke’ Adaptation & More
Following on from BBC Two’s announcement of new comissions yesterday, BBC One controller Danny Cohen today announced a number of new commission for BBC One at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. Highlights from the many new commissions include a brand new comedy series from David Walliams, a new drama series based on the Quirke novels by Irish writer Benjamin Black (pseudonym of award-winning Irish writer John Banville) and a new comedy series from veteran writer Ben Elton.