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The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting and entertaining perspective. So The Weekly Static's "Justice League" (myself, Rocky, Trejo, Bat-Murr and Margo Staten) makes you these three promises…

The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting and entertaining perspective. THIS WEEK: Rick and Morty; Sherlock; Family Guy; Daniel Bryan; and Hallmark Christmas movies.

The streaming service giant has acquired the entire Python catalogue of films, Flying Circus episodes, and various live performances and will be launching them sometime later this year. Credit: Netflix The UK and Canada Netflix subscribers will actually get access to everything on April 15th (at least according to Deadline), but the US won't until sometime later in[...]

Who, Black-ish and Inclusion Riders! [The Weekly Static s01e31] (https://youtu.be/8HPD1WZ9SoU) Did ABC Pull 'Black-ish' Episode over Political "Creative Differences"? Christopher Eccleston Claims BBC Blacklisted Him After Leaving Doctor Who CM Punk Set for Long-Awaited Return… to UFC Fox Chair on 'Buffy' Revival: "When Joss Decides It's Time, We'll Do It" Netflix CEO "Not So Big" on Inclusion Riders at Streaming[...]

The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting and entertaining perspective.

Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge's spy thriller series Killing Eve has found a new "safe house" with the BBC, with the British broadcaster securing the rights to broadcast the eight-part drama on both BBC One and BBC Three later in 2018 The Sandra Oh (Sideways)-starrer was previously announced to air on BBC America in the U.S[...]

The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting and entertaining perspective. THIS WEEK: Weird Al, Ronda Rousey, M. Night Shyamalan, John Oliver and networks behaving badly.

The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting, unique and entertaining perspective. At least that’s how it reads on paper… let’s see how this goes.

Credit: BBC America In your typical spy thriller, the action usually comes down to a constantly shifting game of "cat and mouse" that leaves audiences guessing who will get the upper hand in the end But what if there wasn't a mouse? What if the two seemingly different cats shared an equal obsession for each other,[...]

That's the premise behind Netflix and BBC2's Collateral, the upcoming limited series starring Carey Mulligan (Mudbound, Wildlife), John Simm (Doctor Who), Nicola Walker (MI-5) and Sam Otto (Snowpiercer) Created and written by Oscar-nominated writer David Hare (The Hours, The Reader), the series is directed by Jessica Jones and The Defenders filmmaker S.J[...]

As tweeted by Hiba Issa, here's a photo of one who may be the youngest cosplayer as the Thirteenth Doctor at Gallifrey One, the Doctor Who convention happening at the Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel this weekend.

Comedy Central renews Tosh.0, The CW expands their Sunday programming, first look at the new Karate Kid series Cobra Kai, and more from the past week in TV!

Justin Timberlake's comparably tame Super Bowl halftime show, Chrysler's questionable decision to use MLK in an ad, what the Game of Thrones creators' new Star Wars project could mean for HBO's Confederate, and more from the realm of TV this week!

Produced by Dan Lin (It, The LEGO Movie) and written by Lethal Weapon's Amanda Green, the series is based on the BBC miniseries. Lin and Green are set to executive produce, and Lindsey Liberatore as co-executive producer; with Lin Pictures, Warner Bros TV and CBS Television Studios sharing production. Murder explores crime through the unique and often-conflicting[...]

The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting, unique and entertaining perspective. At least that’s how it reads on paper, so let’s see how this goes…

Directed by Sam Miller and Hans Herbots, the series originally aired on BBC One in 2017 and marks HBO and Cinemax's continued programming partnership with the British broadcaster. Here's Cinemax's first official teaser for Rellik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=vYTkPlaGQZEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Rellik | Official Tease #1 | Cinemax (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=vYTkPlaGQZE) Rellik, an original six-part thriller, stars Richard Dormer[...]

Expect this one sometime in May of 2018. Black Mirror technically came back in December of 2017, but after the holidays is sometimes the better for watching stuff like this. Sense8 gets to finish it's story with a 'season 3' 2 hour film, and is due to hit sometime in 2018. The OA got picked up for a second[...]

Credit: BBC America London has one of its greatest protectors back, investigating the evils that the streets spew out Idris Elba (Thor: Ragnarok) took to Twitter on Thursday to let fans know that Detective John Luther was "back in London, back in the coat" – which means Elba is back to filming new episodes of BBC[...]

Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com With production on the second season of his BBC comedy series White Gold already suspended, the co-producers of BBC One's adaptation of Agatha Christie's mystery Ordeal By Innocence have announced that they are recasting the role that Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick had already finished portraying In addition, Mammoth Screen and Agatha[...]

Welcome to The Weekly Static's three-part mid-season finale — here, we take a look at one of the biggest television disappointments from 2017: Spike's The Mist.

BBC Radio 4's new drama Game Over tells the story of a female game developer's attempts to get her new project produced despite some petty industry sexism The game dev, Chelsea, is pitching a new game to the sexist game auteur Harrison Reed about climate change eroding an Alaskan village Her game is called Glacier and is[...]

Is there a point to enforcing the law in the face of certain destruction? With the end of the world looming, how far would you go to make things right? Those are just some of the themes to be tackled by Neil Cross' (Luther) Hard Sun, a six-part "pre-apocalyptic" crime drama from BBC One and Hulu. Written[...]

Presidential Election (and I wish I was joking about that one). Hulkamania Triumphant as WrestleMania 3 Venue Survives Attempted Demolition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xiDl4M2AaUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: TWS17 SILVER (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xiDl4M2AaU) Neil Gaiman's Present to Us All on Christmas Day – A BBC Adaptation of Anansi Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bePH2qot3h4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: TWS17 ANANSI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bePH2qot3h4) Steven Moffat: Doctor Who[...]

streaming rights to the crime thriller, the BBC has acquired Natalie Dormer-led Picnic at Hanging Rock from FremantleMedia A re-imagining of Joan Lindsay's classic 1967 Australian novel, the series is directed by Larysa Kondracki (The Whistleblower), Michael Rymer and Amanda Brotchie; from a script by Alice Addison. Picnic at Hanging Rock will premiere on Foxtel in Australia in 2018[...]

Now is the time." Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor, courtesy of the BBC Outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat will sing his swan song on Christmas, as the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special, Twice Upon a Time, will see both Moffat and Peter Capaldi exit the show as new showrunner Chris Chibnall and new Doctor[...]

The Weekly Static offers the lighter side and interesting perspective on the past week in networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, and shadow puppets.

We were even more fortunate that he's a fan of the books and a remarkable actor." Good Omens is co-produced by BBC Studios with Narrativia (Rhianna Pratchett's production company) and the Blank Corporation in association with BBC Worldwide for Amazon Prime and the BBC Gaiman, Caroline Skinner, and Chris Sussman are executive producing for BBC Studios;[...]

Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], Wikimedia CommonsAndrea Levy's bestselling and critically acclaimed 2010 novel The Long Song has found a home at BBC One, with producer David Heyman (Gravity, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) set to adapt the story into a three-part historical limited series Produced by Heyman's Heyday Television and written by Sarah[...]

As the days march closer to Christmas, the outgoing series showrunner and BBC continue to treat Who fans to previews of the eagerly anticipated Doctor Who Christmas Special: Twice Upon a Time. What makes this year's special different from many of the others is the level of change fans will see take place in front of[...]

Credit (right): Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0) Television's love affair with author John le Carré rolls along with word that Big Little Lies' Alexander Skarsgård has been cast in the upcoming BBC One–AMC series adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl Set to begin production in 2018, Old Boy writer-director Park Chan-wook has been tapped to direct the series[...]