It would appear that former British day-time TV host Trisha Goddard is getting her own daily talk show in the United States. It was announced today that NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has sold Trisha to local station groups representing more than 80% of the US, including 27 of the top 30 markets, that include Sinclair, CBS, Hearst, Weigel, Belo, Capitol, Cox, FOX, Granite, Lin, Sunbeam and more.
HBO has released the first full length trailer for Veep, the political comedy series from British writer Armando Iannucci, which is set to debut on Sunday April 22 at 10/9c. The series stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a US Senator who unexpectedly becomes the Vice President of the United States only to find the job isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. HBO has ordered 8 episodes for the show’s first season.
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Syfy has announced the premiere dates for two of their Saturday original movies, Leprechaun’s Revenge and Seattle Superstorm, both of which will debut on the network in March.
Exclusive: I’ve learned that MTV has acquired the UK broadcast rights for the first season of I Just Want My Pants Back and they have already set a premiere date for the series: Tuesday March 27th at 10pm.
Several weeks ago, TVWise reported that E4 had the broadcast rights to the final season of One Tree Hill and intended to start airing the series in the UK in March. The channel made that official this week when they announced that the show’s final season would premiere on Monday March 5th at 9pm.
FX has renewed espionage themed animated series Archer for a fourth season. The cable network has given the series a 13 episode order for its fourth season. Compared to its season two averages, new episodes of Archer’s third season are delivering significant ratings gains: +62% in Adults 18-34, +44% in Adults 18-49 and +32% in Total Viewers.
ITV has canceled fantasy drama series Eternal Law after just one season, the channel has confirmed. Eternal Law starred Samuel West, Ukweli Roach, Tobias Menzies, Orla Brady and Hattie Morahan and revolved around two angels who are sent to practise as Barristers in order to provide assistance to people in need of help. The final episode of the series attracted just under three million viewers.
Alibi has released a new trailer for the fourth season of Castle, which will receive it’s UK premiere on the channel on Wednesday March 7th at 9pm. Season 4 sees the addition of Penny Johnson Jerald (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 24) to the main cast as Captain Victoria “Iron” Gates; Roy Montgomery’s replacement as the new commanding officer of the twelfth precinct.
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