Glee

Besides the new pilot orders, the US networks have also confirmed their renewals of existing shows.

Heavy-hitters such as Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, The Big Bang Theory, Family Guy, Glee, New Girl and CSI are among the shows to get new seasons for 2013/14.

Here are the shows from NBC, Fox, CBS, ABC and The CW that we can expect to see more of over the next year. Continue reading »

Glee renewed for two more seasons

Glee has been renewed for a fifth and sixth season. Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly said: “Glee debuted as the first and only successful musical comedy series on television, and more than four years later, it continues to defy genres, break new ground and have a significant impact on popular culture.”

Rolf Harris shows pulled

Shows featuring Rolf Harris have been pulled from UK TV channels in the wake of the news he had been questioned regarding historical claims of sexual abuse. Continue reading »

Gap between Arrested Development series and movie

Jason Bateman believes that the proposed Arrested Development movie could take some time to make given the fact they have just finished the new season. “Unfortunately, there’s probably gonna be about a year, maybe a year-and-a-half gap between the two, so you’ll end up having to watch these episodes again. It wasn’t perfectly scheduled, but we were just happy to get together as soon as we could.”

New drama from Murphy picked up

HBO has picked up the new adult sex drama Open from Glee and American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy. A pilot has been ordered. Continue reading »

Sagal joins Glee

Sons of Anarchy’s Katey Sagal has joined the cast of Glee to play the mother of series regular Artie (Kevin McHale).

S.H.I.E.L.D. series given new title

The new superhero series based on the S.H.I.E.L.D. character has been given a new title. The series will air as marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. An official press pack tells us: “Fresh from his role in the summer’s box office smash The Avengers, agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) returns to the worldwide law enforcement organisation S.H.I.E.L.D. He puts together a small, highly-trained team of agents to tackle the cases that haven’t been classified yet, the new, the strange and the unknown. Continue reading »

Anderson signs up for thriller pilot

Former X-Files actress Gillian Anderson has signed up for a regular role in the new unnamed thriller pilot. Anderson will be joined by Australian actress Rachael Taylor who has featured in the likes of Charlie’s Angels and Transformers.

Homeland actor cast in NCIS

Homeland’s Jamey Sheridan has been cast in NCIS as the father of McGee (Sean Murray). Sheridan featured in Homeland as Vice-President Walden. Continue reading »

VIBE – Weekdays from 22 January, 6.30pm

It takes an optimistic high-school teacher (Will Schuester, played by Matthew Morrison) attempting to refuel his own passion to put the spark back into a languishing group of Glee Club outcasts, who set about recapturing their starry-eyed goals with a series of show-stopping set-pieces based around musical hits both new and old. The series has catapulted its young stars (Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley) into the spotlight, and Vibe is delighted to be reliving the high notes and the heartbreak with them from the beginning, every weeknight.

7:30pm – Wednesday, December 26 on FOUR

It’s Boxing Day, and FOUR is celebrating with a special encore screening of the Gwyneth Paltrow Glee instalment, screening on Wednesday, December 26 th at 7:30pm on FOUR. Titled “The Substitute”, the episode sees the Oscar-winning actress joining Glee as Holly Holliday, a substitute teacher who takes over New Directions when Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) falls ill.

“Gwyneth Paltrow is a genius,” Matthew Morrison said during filming. “Who knew that she was such a triple threat? Great dancer, great singer, obviously a great actress – I just had the best time.”

“Our set is kind of like a playground – especially [for] the ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ number,” Morrison continued, revealing how Paltrow will be joining his character for a mash-up of Rihanna’s “Umbrella”.

“We were just having so much fun like, splashing each other, getting each other wet. It was fun!”

Make sure not to miss this when Gwyneth Paltrow guest stars in Glee, screening on Wednesday, December 26 th at 7:30pm on FOUR.

VIBE – Monday 24 December, 3pm

Celebrate the holiday season in all-singing, all-dancing style as Vibe joins McKinley High’s New Directions for the entire third season of the musical comedy sensation over two merry marathons. It’s fall, and that means back-to-school for the students and faculty at McKinley High. The New Directions clan returns after a devastating loss at Nationals, so Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) assigns a project to get them back on track. Meanwhile, Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) starts her congressional campaign with an anti-arts platform. Special guest stars this season include Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Lindsay Lohan.

7:30pm – Wednesday, November 7 on FOUR

It’s the last week of the Glee season five U.S. and New Zealand hiatus, and what better way to end FOUR’s Glee encore season than with the series’ “Michael” instalment, screening on Wednesday, November 7 th at 7:30pm on FOUR. “One of our challenges,” co-costume designer Jennifer Eve, explained at the time of filming, “was to take the inspiration of Michael Jackson but keep the iconic Glee characterisations.”

“What makes ‘Michael’ a great tribute episode is that it successfully carries a lot of our storylines forward while at the same time paying homage to the King of Pop,” added Cory Monteith, who plays Finn on the series.

Make sure not to miss this when Glee pays tribute to Michael Jackson on Wednesday, November 7 th at 7:30pm on FOUR.