Homeland

Homeland promotes pair to series regulars

Homeland has promoted Sarita Choudhury and F Murray Abraham to series regulars for season three. The pair play Saul’s wife Mira and retired black-ops whiz Dar Adal respectively.

New JJ Abrams show picked up

The new JJ Abrams TV project Believe has been picked up for series by the NBC network. The drama is about a former prisoner who watches over a young magical girl who is constantly under threat from dark forces. It will feature Kyle MacLachlan, Delroy Lindon and Jake McLaughlin. Continue reading »

Homeland details announced

A few details have been released regarding the third season of Homeland. An official release from Showtime says that the season opens “during the aftermath of the horrific terror attack that decimated the U.S. intelligence apparatus, and prompted a global manhunt for the world’s most wanted terrorist — Nick Brody (Damian Lewis).  As Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) begin to pick up the pieces of their shattered professional and personal lives, they are swept up in the political and media firestorm surrounding the terror attack and the subsequent search for Brody’s whereabouts.”

Dallas renewed for third season

The Dallas reboot has been renewed for a third season for 2014. The renewal comes two weeks after the second season finale in the US. Continue reading »

New Kiwi drama series The Blue Rose has picked up some recognition overseas by being nominated in the Festival de Television de Monte-Carlo.

The South Pacific Pictures drama, which features former Outrageous Fortune duo Antonia Prebble and Siobhan Marshall, is one of the 12 productions nominated in the Drama TV Series category.

It’s fair to say The Blue Rose will have some tough competition. It’s up against the likes of Downton Abbey, Breaking Bad, Homeland and Doctor Who to name a few. Continue reading »

Misfits renewed for fifth season

A fifth season of UK series Misfits has been announced. The comedy-drama will continue into season five with none of its original cast members.

Raimi to make TV directing debut

Film director Sam Raimi will make his TV directing debut with the new pilot Rake. The pilot is based on the Australian series of the same name and features Greg Kinnear in the lead role. Continue reading »

Homeland actor cast in Blacklist

Homeland’s Diego Klattenhoff has scored a role in the new TV thriller Blacklist. He will play an FBI field agent in the project, which also features James Spader.

Meloni cast in new sitcom

Law & Order: SVU actor Christopher Meloni will return to TV in the new sitcom from Scrubs and Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence. He will feature in I Suck at Girls, where he will play a hard-working father who is forced to become more involved in his kids’ lives. Continue reading »

Fourth season for Sherlock

A fourth season of Sherlock has been confirmed by actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the lead role. “We’ve agreed to two more series, but I could get into trouble for saying that,” Cumberbatch told Radio Times. “All I know at the moment is I’m doing these three [the third season] and another three.”

Ulrich cast in new Homeland team pilot

Skeet Ulrich has been cast in the new drama pilot from the team behind Homeland. The actor will join Anatomy of Violence alongside Homeland’s David Harewood, who will be playing the lead. 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 »

Marciano and Cohan to guest on Law & Order: SVU

Homeland’s David Marciano and The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan have been cast alongside each other in an episode of Law & Order: SVU.

Spartacus actress joins The Vampire Diaries

Spartacus actress Cynthia Addai-Robinson has been cast in The Vampire Diaries, playing a character called Aja. Best known for playing Naevia in Spartacus, Addai-Robinson has also appeared in FlashForward and NCIS: Los Angeles. Continue reading »

The Claire Danes “cry face” meme did the rounds last year and it appears we’re not done with it just yet.

American website CollegeHumor has released a new “Homeland RPG” video that parodies the show and its characters, especially Danes and her “cry face”.

On an entertainment level, a lot of people would agree that Homeland really hits the mark but it should come as no surprise that in terms of accurately portraying the intelligence community, it appears to leave a lot to be desired.

“At the very least the show is entertaining, albeit very very unrealistic” is how one actual intelligence analyst described the drama series.

“[No TV show] really gets intelligence work right, and the reason is because intelligence work makes for boring TV. A “real” spy [show] would probably involve lots of Powerpoint presentations, and lots of people huddled over computers (still running windows xp) with empty cans of Redbull/Monster surrounding them.”

They also pointed to the character of Carrie (Claire Danes) as being highly unrealistic, given some of her actions on the show. Continue reading »