Letterman returns

The Late Show with David Letterman is set to return to UK screens. The CBS chat show has been picked up by Diva TV, the new channel from the Hallmark stable set to launch in the autumn.

Letterman has had a bizarre history in the UK, acclaimed by critics but unable to sustain ratings. SKY One, Paramount, ITV2 and ITV4 have all screened the series at various times but all eventually relegated it until after midnight and then dropped the series.

Diva have picked up a several US shows talkies for their late '07 launch

Casting around

Linus Roache is joining the cast of Law and Order, dropping out of his role in the Julianna Marguilies vehicle Canterburys Law....Meanwhile brand new Special Victims Unit premieres on Hallmark on August 23rd while Channel Five shows season five on Fridays.....NYPD Blue chief Esai Morales will join Jericho.....Cherry Jones will play the first female President on 24.....Dawson Creek star Kerr Smith goes into CSI New York......Geena Davis is rumoured to be replacing Mandy Patinkin in Criminal Minds.....Michael Rappoport will take a recurring role in My Name Is Earl....Danny Glover will play a love interest for Sally Field in Brothers and Sisters next season......

30 Rock arrives and Nip/Tuck is nicked

Channel Five have bought the acclamed NBC sitcom 30 Rock

The show was nominated for the best comedy emmy yesterday and there were noms also for stars Tiny Fey and Alec Bladwin. Set by behind the scenes of a Saturday Night Live style show, 30 Rock will air on both Channel Five and the networks digital channels.

In other news, Nip/Tuck will move from SKY One to FX for its next season. The plastic surgery drama originates from FX in the US.

Emmy Nominations

The 2007 Emmy Nominations are out. Here are the main categories
Best Comedy Series nominees: Ugly Betty (C4), 30 Rock, Entourage (ITV2), Two and Half Men (Paramount), The Office (ITV2). Two and Half Men??? Really???
Best Drama Series: Sopranos (E4,C4) Boston Legal (Living), Greys Anatomy(Living, C5) House(C5), Heroes(BBC2). No Shield. No Rescue Me. No Lost. Madness
Best actor: James Gandolfini (Sopranos), Denis Leary (Rescue Me)(SKY One), Keifer Sutherland (24)(Sky One), Hugh Laurie (House), James Spader (Boston Legal)
Best actress; Edie Falco (Sopranos), Patricia Arquette (Medium)(BBC1), Sally Field (Brothers and Sisters)(C4,E4), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer, E4), Minnie Driver (The Riches)
Best actress, comedy: America Ferrera(Ugly Betty), Julia Louis Dreyfuss (Christine) (UK Gold), Tiny Fey (30 Rock), Mary Louise-Parker (Weeds)(SKY One), Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives)
Best actor, comedy: Steve Carell (The Office), Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Ricky Gervais (Extras)(BBC), Tony Shaloub for (Monk)(BBC, Hallmark) Charlie Sheen(Two and a Half Men)
What do you think??

While I was gone...

BBC4 bought Flight of the Conchords, the HBO comedy will air in the autumn......Meanwhile HBO returns Curb Your Enthusiasm in September, expect it here next year......Disgraced Greys Anatomy star Isiah Washington will show up in The Bionic Woman, bought by ITV......Mandy Pantinkin has left Criminal Minds after two series.....Alicia Witt is joining Law and Order:Criminal Intent.....Illeana Douglas is joining Ugly Betty.....The Battlestar Galactica movie airs in the US in November ahead of the final series in January, here's a preview