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US Life on Mars reveals ﬁrst story, Annie Cartwright character

2008-07-17T23:37:05Z

Some more news on US Life on Mars has emerged from TCA (the Television Critics’ Association), as reported at After Ellen. Executive producer Josh Appelbaum was there—the last time I recall seeing Josh’s credit regularly was the first season of Ma...

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US Life on Mars’ Chris Skelton announced

2008-07-16T10:26:38Z

More casting announcements are emerging from Hollywood about the American re-remake of Life on Mars. Jonathan Murphy (formerly Ronnie of October Road) has been cast as Det Chris Skelton, which means David E. Kelley’s successors on the program...

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I Cant believe it

2008-07-14T08:51:16Z

It’s understandable that TV One in New Zealand has to cut around 13 minutes out of each Life on Mars episode to fit commercials in, but why did it have to be the Camberwick Green sequence from episode five of series two? It was the best bit! (Sam ...

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Torchwood (we’re only 21 months behind)

2008-07-09T09:28:14Z

Torchwood finally premières on TV2, 10.30 p.m. tonight. So how many years behind the British are we? And has anyone seen a single promo for this show?

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New Tricks is cool

2008-07-03T06:02:56Z

I know Britain is as youth-obsessed as America sometimes, and an article in The Daily Telegraph, about cop show New Tricks, reminded me of that fact. Amanda Redman, the star of the show, and doing better here than in Honest, the remake of the N...

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Michael Imperioli joins Life on Mars US cast

2008-07-03T05:26:26Z

Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) will join the cast of US Life on Mars, according to Entertainment Weekly. The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, says Imperioli is the American Ray Carling. This does bode well: it means at least one of R...

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I thought it was Samantha Hoo, not Who

2008-06-27T10:23:52Z

If ABC hadn’t advertised on Lucire last year with its series Samantha Who? I would have wondered what folks were talking about. For instance, I probably would have thought it was the first proper Chinese–American sitcom, Samantha Hoo. Yes, folk...

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Life on Mars dumps Meaney, Lefèvre?

2008-06-26T22:32:19Z

E’s Kristin dos Santos and Jennifer Godwin report that executives have put the roles of Gene Hunt and Annie Cartwright back on the open market for the American version of Life on Mars. In my opinion, these are the two they should have looked at ke...

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‘I dream of Gene Genie’—now download the Manc Lion

2008-06-24T02:12:51Z

Just been brought to my attention: your own downloadable Gene Genie cellphone illustration! http://www.voeveo.com/images/wallpaper/81694 It’s Ashes to Ashes Gene rather than Life on Mars Gene. And, fortunately, not US Life on Mars Capt Gene Hunt ...

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Ashes to Ashes heads to Prime

2008-06-21T23:18:14Z

Ashes to Ashes will be coming to New Zealand, according to the BBC. Though by the time it is on, I probably will have bought the DVD of the second series from Amazon UK. It will be on Prime, which either means no one will watch it, or it will beco...

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