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Freema Agyeman joins The Carrie Diaries
Former Doctor Who star Freema Agyeman has been cast in the upcoming Sex and the City prequel, The Carrie Diaries. Agyeman, who also appeared in Torchwood and Law and Order: UK, will play Larissa in the...
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Returning: Raising Hope
A new season of US sitcom Raising Hope begins on ELEVEN next week. It returns 8pm Monday March 19 with the episode “Prodigy.” Updated: In other ELEVEN changes, Snog, Marry, Avoid airs from 8:30pm –...
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Airdate: Girls
Next month Showcase premieres HBO’s Girls, focusing on a group of 20-something women and their adventures after they move to New York. The series comes from writer, director and actress Lena Dunham,...
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Upfronts 2012: The CW
Youth-skewed US network The CW is adding five new drama series for 50 extra original hours to its 2012-13 primetime schedule. New offerings include a Beauty and the Beast update starring Australia’s...
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Vale: Robin Gibb
Veteran pop star Robin Gibb, one third of the legendary Bee Gees, has lost his battle with cancer, aged 62. A statement released by the Gibb family says, ”The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees,...
View ArticleThe Carrie Diaries: trailer
Here’s the trailer for the Sex and the City prequel, The Carrie Diaries. Set in 1984 (with just a hint of Ferris Bueller) it stars AnnaSophia Robb as 16 year old Carrie Bradshaw and Freema Agyeman....
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Girls “Money Shot” too hot for Foxtel
Foxtel was forced to edit a scene in this week’s episode of Girls because it was too hot under current censorship rules. The scene from “On All Fours” involved Adam (Adam Driver) and his new...
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Renewed: The Carrie Diaries, Nikita.
The CW has renewed two dramas, Nikita and The Carrie Diaries. The Carrie Diaries has been renewed for a second season. The prequel to Sex and the City starring Anna Sophia Robb has been averaging 1.5...
View ArticleBoardwalk Empire: trailer
Boardwalk Empire looks better than ever, based on this new trailer released by HBO. The fourth season includes Jeffrey Wright (Casino Royale) and Ron Livingston (Sex and the City). It returns in the US...
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The ultimate TV Map
Looking for a TV themed Christmas present for somebody yet? Check out this very cool TV Map which features over 700 British and US programmes marked on a very fun city-style map. It includes Sex and...
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The Project: Oct 13 – 17
Chris Noth from The Good Wife and Sex and the City will join The Project desk next week. The host of the US news program Huffpost Live, Aussie Josh Zepps is special guest co-host, joining Carrie...
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Gone: Nurse Jackie. Returning: Reckless
Not happy about this at all. ELEVEN has yanked Nurse Jackie from the schedule immediately and replaced it with Reckless, which was dumped from TEN. Next Tuesday Reckless airs at 11:15pm. “Bloodstone”...
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HBO greenlights new comedy for Sarah Jessica-Parker
HBO has given a series order to Divorce, a single-camera comedy starring Sarah Jessica-Parker (the name isn’t exactly upbeat). It marks her first major TV acting commitment since Sex and the City....
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Vale: Anne Meara
Veteran US comedy performer Anne Meara, mother of Ben Stiller and who appeared in such shows as Rhoda and Sex and the City, has died, aged 85. Her husband, former Seinfeld star Jerry Stiller, and son...
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Entourage bad boys? Not really, says Kevin Dillon.
Reading the press coverage for Entourage, you could be forgiven for thinking the 5 men who star in the series-turned-movie were as wild as their characters. On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, they were...
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Vale: Fred Thompson
Veteran US actor Fred Thompson, best known for Law & Order, has died aged 73. “It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of grief that we share the passing of our brother, husband, father, and...
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Sunrise tells Kristin Davis: ‘We are Sex & the City tragics”
Sunrise has ‘apologised’ to US actress Kristin Davis for being “Sex and the City tragics” after a asking her to join Sam Armytage (in a bad wig), Edwina Bartholomew & Natalie Barr (in another wig)...
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Sam Armytage replaced as host of Kristin Davis fundraiser
Sunrise host Samantha Armytage has been replaced as host of Kristin Davis’ UNHCR fundraiser today, following yesterday’s Sex and The City sketch. She will be replaced by UNHCR director Naomi Steer....
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Today wins first two weeks of ratings over Sunrise
Today has snatched the first two weeks of the ratings year from Sunrise. Feb 8-12 Today: 339,000 Sunrise: 325,000 Feb 15-19 Today: 320,000 Sunrise: 304,000 The shift follows a much-criticised “Sex and...
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Sunrise 317,000 / Today 317,000
Has it ever been so close? The battle in breakfast television has heated up to a fight far more exciting than anything in primetime. Last week both shows were locked on 317,000 viewers each. While...
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Where your SoHo shows are moving to
Foxtel launches its new Binge channel on October 5, which signals the end of one of its most popular channels, SoHo. Binge will operate like Boxsets but the content is aimed at a younger market. Most...
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Divorce
Sometimes an actor can be so successful in a role that it makes it nigh on impossible for us to imagine them in anything else. Divorce marks Sarah Jessica Parker’s first series lead since her six...
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Renewed: Divorce, Insecure.
HBO has renewed two new comedies, Insecure and Divorce, for second seasons. Both have won a further 10 episodes, expected for 2017. Insecure, featuring Issa Rae, increases from 8 to 10 episodes as...
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2017 Foxtel highlights
New and returning Australian drama, factual and lifestyle shows will join a suite of HBO and BBC titles and a new NRL channel on Foxtel in 2017. Wentworth and A Place to Call Home return alongside new...
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Vale: Carrie Fisher
Hollywood actress and writer Carrie Fisher, best known as Star Wars‘ iconic Princess Leia, has died, aged 60. She died in UCLA Medical Center after suffering a massive heart attack whilst on a flight...
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Programmer’s Wrap 2017: Foxtel
There are 5 strands of content that are the pillars for Foxtel content, Executive Director of TV Brian Walsh says: Sport, Movies, Premium Drama, Australian Stories and Lifestyle. “Clearly for us Sport...
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Walking Dead actor comes out
Daniel Newman who plays Daniel in The Walking Dead has come out as gay. The 36-year-old actor, who has also appeared on Homeland, The Vampire Diaries and Sex and the City, later said he had decided to...
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Star, Tyrant test multichannel patience.
More rapid changes to TEN’s multichannels shows there is little patience in letting shows find their audience. Take Star for example, Lee Daniel’s newest music drama. It premiered in March but was...
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Sex and the City sequel canned
Sarah Jessica Parker has confirmed there will be no third feature film for Sex and the City (phew!). “It’s over… we’re not doing it”, she has said. “I’m disappointed. We had this beautiful, funny,...
View ArticleKim Cattrall: Sarah Jessica Parker “could have been nicer”
Actress Kim Cattrall has responded (again) to suggestions her demands derailed a third Sex and The City movie, telling Piers Morgan that last December she politely declined the return. “Now to get any...
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Screen Time without fear or favour
These 9 ABC reviewers are set to tear strips off other ABC shows if they don’t meet their criteria as quality television, according to Screen Time‘s host Chris Taylor. The new Film / TV / Web review...
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2018 Upfronts: ELEVEN / ONE
Here is the Upfronts statement from TEN about their two multichannels. ONE: After increasing audience share in its target market of men 25 and older during 2017, ONE will continue to bring viewers...
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Netflix signs RuPaul for new comedy
Netflix has signed RuPaul to a new 10 part comedy series, AJ and the Queen, co-created with Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City). RuPaul will star as Ruby Red, a bigger-than-life but...
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Upfronts 2019: 10: variety, new dramas, multichannel rebrand.
New 10 branding Multichannels rebadged as 10 Boss & 10 Peach 4 Pilot Week shows get greenlight 3 new local dramas 10 All Access subscription service The Gilded Age, Murphy Brown, The Conners TEN...
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Renewed: Divorce
Sarah Jessica Parker series Divorce has been renewed by HBO for a third season. Parker stars as Frances, who’s locked in a contentious divorce battle with her husband Robert, played by Thomas Haden...
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Sex and the City sequel in development
The rights to Candace Bushnell novel “Is There Still Sex in the City?” have been sold to Paramount Television. Bushnell wrote the original Sex and the City. Her new book, due in early August, takes a...
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Vale: Valerie Harper
US actress Valerie Harper, best known for the comedies Rhoda and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died aged 80. She died after being diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 2009. Her daughter Christina...
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Vale: Jerry Stiller
US character actor Jerry Stiller, best known for Seinfeld, The King of Queens has died, aged 92. His son actor and producer Ben Stiller said on social media, “I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry...
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Vale: Mary Pat Gleason
Prolific US actress Mary Pat Gleason, best known for Mom and Desperate Housewives has died aged 70. She died following a battle with cancer. On Mom she played Mary, an AA member who was frequently...
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Darren Star signs new deal with ViacomCBS
US powerhouse Darren Star has signed a multi-year production & development deal with ViacomCBS’ Entertainment Star is the creator, executive producer and writer of such shows as Sex and the City,...
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Sex and the City reboot rumoured
There are rumours in the US of a reboot for Sex and the City. The classic ’90s New York comedy-drama about the sex lives and loves of a group of high-fashion, cosmopolitan women was an era-defining...
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Sex and the City revival proceeding
Sex and the City is officially being revived in the US with three of its four principal cast members. 10 part series titled And Just Like That will centre around Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker),...
View ArticleVale: Willie Garson
US actor Willie Garson, best known for Sex and The City and White Collar has died, aged 57. His son confirmed the news on social media, but a cause of death has not been made public. Garson played...
View ArticleAnd Just Like That… to premiere in December
And Just Like That…, a revival of Sex and the City, will premiere in December on Binge (a date is yet to be confirmed). The ten-episode series is currently filming in New York follows “Carrie” (Sarah...
View ArticleSpreadsheet
Lauren (Katherine Parkinson) wants it all: career, family, sex and more sex. Just without the commitment. With a little help from her gay colleague Alex (Rowan Witt) she devises a Spreadsheet of one...
View ArticleAnd Just Like That…: trailer
The full trailer has been released for And Just Like That… the new chapter of Sex and the City. Eight new episodes follow “Carrie” (Sarah Jessica Parker), “Miranda” (Cynthia Nixon) and “Charlotte”...
View ArticleChris Noth dropped from The Equalizer following allegations
Chris Noth has been dropped from US drama The Equalizer following sexual assault allegations made against him by two women. Universal Television and CBS confirmed he would no longer be part of filming...
View ArticleRenewed: And Just Like That
Sex and the City revival And Just Like That has been renewed for a second season. The series saw original characters Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Mario Cantone, Chris Noth, David...
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Snap yourself at ‘Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment stoop’
In a promotional stunt for the return of And Just Like That… a replica of Carrie Bradshaw’s Sex and The City apartment stoop is being mounted in Melbourne. The stoop – which is 2.2m width x 4.8m height...
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Renewed: And Just Like That
Sex and the City sequel, And Just Like That… has been renewed for a third season. The series, from executive producer Michael Patrick King, follows “Carrie” (Sarah Jessica Parker), “Miranda” (Cynthia...
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