Sky Atlantic has announced that they will begin airing the fifth season of Matthew Weiner’s critically acclaimed drama series Mad Men on March 27th at 9pm, just two days behind the series premiere in the United States on AMC. The series, set in the 1960’s, follows the exploits of the staff of an advertising agency in New York.
The third season of the FOX musical hit Glee will return to Sky 1 on Thursday March 1st at 9pm, the channel has confirmed. The drama series follows a high school teacher as he attempts to inspire a group of his students and restore the school’s glee club. Currently airing it’s third season in the United States, the series is one of the highest rated series on FOX and is considered a lock for a fourth season renewal. This is the first season of the musical drama series to air on the BSKYB channel since they out-bid Channel 4 for the rights to the third season of the programme. Season three returns in March with the episode “Yes/No” which features voice overs from Dame Helen Mirren and a cover of Rihanna’s We Found Love. Sky 1 will then air a new episode every week until the season finale.
Really will start airing The CW’s new drama series Hart Of Dixie in the UK in April, sources at the channel confirm exclusively to TVWise. I’m being told that the channel has penciled in Monday April 30th at 8pm as the premiere date, though this is not set in stone and may be subject to change.
Exclusive: Clinton, a four hour documentary which is part of PBS’s continuing series of presidential biographies will have its global premiere on PBS UK of February 20th at 10:15pm GMT (5:15pm EST) before subsequently airing on PBS in the United States at 10/9c.
Noted author and co-creator of the It Gets Better project, Dan Savage, will host a one hour “It Gets Better” special which will air concurrently on MTV and Logo on February 21st at 11/10c. The “It Gets Better” project was co-created by Savage and his partner Terry Miller to spread a message of hope and acceptance to the LGBT community in the wake of a string of teen suicides that occured in September, 2010. From that point the project blossomed and It Gets Better videos have been uploaded to Youtube from a wide variety of celebrities ranging from Savage himself to Stephen Colbert, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and even President Obama. The project also led to punk band Rise Against creating a song addressing the issue which was included on their 2011 album “Endgame”.
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ABC Family has renewed The Secret Life of The American Teenager for a fifth season. There has been no official word on how many episodes have been ordered, but I’m being told that it is somewhere in the 20 – 24 episode range. The drama series’ fourth season is set to return to ABC Family on March 26th.
Showtime has found its lead actors for upcoming pilot Masters Of Sex. Michael Sheen (who will also serve as a producer) and Lizzy Caplan have been cast in the project which is based on Thomas Maier’s book Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, The Couple Who Taught America How To Love which chronicles the lives of human sexuality pioneers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The pilot was green-lit by Showtime’s new President of Entertainment, David Nevins, back in November, 2011 and comes to the cable network from Sony Pictures Television. The project is being directed by John Madden and executive produced by Judith Verno, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly.
Scrubs alum Donald Faison is returning to TV Land. The cabler has renewed his comedy series The Exes for a second season which is set to air in the summer. The decision to renew the series comes just one day after the season finale aired on TV Land. The half hour sitcom boasts a series of notable actors amongst its cast; Donald Faison (Scrubs), Wayne Knight (Seinfeld), David Alan Basche (The Starter Wife), Kristen Johnston (3rd Rock From The Sun) and Kelly Stables. The Exes revolves around three newly single guys sharing an apartment which is owned by the one person they have in common: their divorce attorney. The renewal comes as no surprise as the series has been averaging an audience of 1.5 million total viewers and a 0.65 rating in the 25-54 demographic.