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January 18, 2012

News of the Day 18/01/12

JOSH HOPKINS, BUSY PHILIPPS, DAN BYRD, COURTENEY COX, CHRISTA MILLER, IAN GOMEZ, BRIAN VAN HOLT

Cougar Town has a return date and unfortunate timeslot

A clip from the return of New Girl has been posted

Daniel Radcliffe has leapt to Lana Del Ray’s defense

Alcatraz premiered to pretty good numbers

Mad Men has released a pretty cool poster for season 5

Lifetime has greenlit a Dance Moms spin-off

Grant Bowler has been cast in a new show on SyFy

CBS has greenlit two new shows including a modern Sherlock Holmes… wait, what?

BBC’s modern Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, has been greenlit for a third season



About the Author

David Owen
Dave is the founder of the 400 Club. A screenwriter, comic book writer and pop culture fiend Dave is stoked to be combining his love of blogging with his love of TV and writing. He is currently working on two feature films based on scripts that he co-wrote, is developing a TV show. In amongst all that he is tearing through as many seasons of TV as he can.




 
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