Doctor Who

• David Duchovny wants to be a villain?
• Pictures of Sweet FA in Survivors

Film

• Peter Berg to direct Hercules: The Thracian Wars
• Jenna Dewan and Luke Goss to star in hot, holy warrior film Magdalena
• Trailer for Yes Man
• Trailer for Pineapple Express with Seth Rogen
• Top Gun 2?
• Simpsons 2 will happen, but not for a while

Music

• First night tickets at Royal Opera House to go to Sun readers
• BSkyB setting up rival to iTunes

British TV

• Fox adding 24, Bones and My Name is Earl to iTunes
• John Hurt, Michelle Ryan and Richard Wilson to appear in Merlin
• BBC4's Janice Hadlow tipped to take over at BBC2…
• …as Roly Keating steps down to head up archive content
• Dragons' Den gets 3.4m

US TV

• More cast and action for Knight Rider series
• Joss Whedon shooting new Dollhouse first episode
• ABC making US version of Argentine crime drama Brothers & Detectives
• Elizabeth Berkley to recur on The L Word
• Another 90210 actor joins the spin-off
• Lots of guest stars for Chuck

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Brace yourself for an attack of the snivels: here come the two saddest comic strips in the world (big nod of the head to Stuart for these). Certainly had me nearly crying on the way home from the take-away this evening...

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I think I'm going to have to have another snivel again.

Is the nerd in your life worried? Has he seen the new teaser trailer for the movie The Watchmen and become anxious that it might not be identical, frame for frame, to the graphic novel? Is he already preparing a strongly worded letter to the Internet that will shake every major movie studio to its very core and make them very, very sorry indeed that they would dare to make a movie he will go to see only 15 times before buying it on DVD and Blu-Ray?

Fear not.

Empire had put together a scene-by-scene breakdown of the trailer, comparing it with the graphic novel, just to see how faithful it is.

It seems to be, apart from that owlish six-pack. We can all be thankful, I'm sure you can agree.

Doctor Who

• What's happening in various Sarah Jane Adventures, including a DT cameo? [minor spoilers]
• Steven Moffat turned down Tin Tin 2 for Who

Film

• Trailer for How To Lose Friends and Influence People
• Djimon Hounsou to play Conan villain Thulsa Doom
• 10 to be remade
• Zack Snyder talks Watchmen

Comics

• Alan Moore already disowning Watchmen but loves The Wire

British TV

• BSG's Jamie Bamber to star in Law & Order: UK - with Bradley Walsh
• Channel 4 censured over climate change film
• Julie Walters to appear in euthanasia drama
• Top Gear co-stars get their pay rises

US TV

• James Purefoy to play NBC's Philanthropist after The Saint collapses?
• Megalyn Echikunwoke joins CSI: Miami
• Jaime Murray to be Valentine in Valentine
• Showtime picking up Nurse Jackie starring Eddie Falco
• In Plain Sight renewed and three new pilots commissioned by USA
• New CSI in CSI not normal
• ABC orders secret genius pilot
• The CW might start its 2009-10 season in summer
• SciFi announces its development slate
• Caprica might go straight to series

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Film

• Helena Bonham Carter joining Terminator Salvation
• Matthew Fox to play Billy Smoke?
• Naomi Watts to play another of Lear's daughters
• Another Dark Knight trailer
• 300 follow-up confirmed

Theatre

• Gillian Anderson to appear in A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse next year
• All Bob's Women to close after less than a week

British TV

• Blackpool writer turns to Iraq war for three-part drama
• Alex Kingston to play convict in Hope Springs
• Jane Tranter not leaving, honest

US TV

• The Wire's Amy Ryan joins The Office for multiple episodes
• HBO to make pilot based on bipolar Manic
• More cast for Virtuality and Inseparable
• TNT to remake Cracker again
• Jason Schwartzman to star in HBO's Bored to Death
• Neal McDonough to join Desperate Housewives

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Danger, Will Robinson! The engines canna take it, Captain. There are simply too many pop culture references, Mrs Peel, and unless you fetch Skippy right now, Commissioner Gordon is going to be in serious trouble.

Welcome to The Middleman, a show that pelts you with a 1,001 ironic references per second without ever really knowing why or what it's even satirising. It's still funny, though.

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