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- In the week’s most unsurprising news, Fox has announced that they are renewing The Simpsons for its 23rd season. (To put this in perspective, this renewal will bring the longest-running comedy on TV to a total of 515 episodes!)
- Also not terribly surprising is that The Walking Dead will be returning next year for a 13-episode long second season after receiving an encouragingly large audience for its first two episodes.
- From renewals to cancellations - this week has seen the announcement that AMC will not be ordering a second season of Rubicon. If you’re interested though, the conspiracy drama will air on BBC4 as part of its Autumn/Winter lineup.
- ABC has ordered more episodes of Castle, bringing the total this season up to 24.
- David Tennant, Jack O’Connell and Sam Claflin are to star in United, a BBC2 drama about the Manchester United team known as the “Busby Babes,” who were the youngest side ever to win the Football League.
- A brilliant cast, headed by Romola Garai (Emma), Dominic West (The Wire) and Ben Whishaw (Criminal Justice) has been announced for the BBC2 new drama from writer Abi Morgan. The Hour is set behind the scenes at a topical news programme in 1958. Other cast members include Tim Pigott-Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Anna Chancellor and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
- Sunday evening sees the premiere of new series The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (10.40pm, More4). The comedy (starring David Cross) has already been positively reviewed in the US.
- The second series of BBC1 period legal drama Garrow’s Law (starring the rather cute Andrew Buchan in some dodgy hair extensions) begins this Sunday at 9pm.
- The first episode of the new drama Accused from acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern airs on Monday at 9pm on BBC1. The series looks at the journeys of six different people who are undergoing trial, and the first centres on Christopher Eccleston as a man sucked into the world of crime following money problems.
- Scrubs returns for its ninth and final season this Monday on E4 (at 9pm).
- Old-fashioned but often charming and hilarious: Miranda was the sitcom hit of 2009 for BBC2. The tall girl with an uncanny ability to say the wrong thing in every social situation returns for a second series on Monday at 8.30pm.
- Brand new American comedy Raising Hope is coming to Sky1 this Thursday (at 10pm). Raising Hope is one of the most popular and well-received new shows in the US this season and it was also the first full-season pickup of the 2010-2011 primetime television schedule.
- Children in Need is on this Friday from 7pm on BBC1. As well as the annual BBC newsreaders routine, highlights include a Strictly Come Dancing special with Rochelle Wiseman of the Saturdays against McFly drummer Harry Judd, and a special crossover between Eastenders and Coronation Street. (Also, Doctor Who fans will definitely want to check out the included preview of this year’s Christmas episode.)
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