Tuesday, March 11, 2008

TV News

Michael Rosenbaum and Kristen Kruek will only be back "on a recurring basis" for Smallville's 8th season.

Alexander Skarsguard has joined the cast for HBO's Alan Ball series based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire books, True Blood, as a thousand year old vampire Viking. Focusing on the love story between mind reading waitress Sookie Stackhouse and vampire Bill Compton, it takes place in a world where vampires have been a part of society for four years.

24's producers are developing a two hour TV movie for this fall that will bridge the two year gap that takes place between seasons 6 and 7. While filming will start on the remaining season 7 episodes in April, and the season will premiere in January.

Friday Night Lights will return for a third season.

Robert Carlyle has said officially that rumors of BBC approaching him to become the 11th Doctor are just rumors.

Patrick Swayze's The Beast is "in contention to become one of the new drama series on the network," according to A&E, despite him having pancreatic cancer.

Eriko Tamura, who played Taeko last season in Heroes, has some spoilers for next season.

Ben Browder is working on mini series Going Homer for the SCI FI Channel that "brings to life characters from Greek and Roman mythology."

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