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Today I’ve got some TV news bits about Syfy‘s Merlin, Mark Valley casting news, The Vampire Dairies casting bits, ABC’s Rookie Blue, MTV’s Teen Wolf, Glee, and the sad news regarding Men of a Certain Age.  Scroll on through to your favorite bit to see what’s up…

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Merlin

Syfy renewed Merlin for a fourth season! Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Angel Coulby, Katie McGrath, Anthony Head, Richard Wilson and John Hurt are returning with the fourth season.

New cast will include Nathaniel Parker and guest stars Gemma Jones and Phil Davis.

The third season of Merlin averaged 1.9 million viewers, which was 12% increase from the season before.

[tvguide.com: Syfy renews Merlin]

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Mark Valley Lands Role in Harry’s Law

Mark Valley fans can rejoice once again. Though all his fans were sad to see Human Target go by the wayside, Valley is joining Harry’s Law as a regular cast member in the second season of the series.

Karen Olivio is also joining the cast.

[ew.com: Mark Valley to Harry's Law]

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The Vampire Diaries Cast News

Did you catch the news that David Gallagher from 7th Heaven, is joining The Vampire Diairies this next upcoming season? Yep, it’s true. Well, he’ll be in the first two episodes at least.

Gallagher will be playing a werewolf named Ray Sutton who has to deal with Klaus.

The Vampire Diaries returns to your TV set with new episodes for a 3rd season, starting September 15th.

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New DVD and Blu-ray Releases from Cinema Static

This week with over 250 new titles, we have quite the variety of new DVD and Blu-ray releases coming out.  New titles include the surprise hit (for me) of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the first season of the TV series Sherlock.  We also finally get a chance to snatch up the fifth series of Doctor Who, starring Matt Smith.

Other titles include Grown Ups with Adam Sandler, Charlie St. Cloud with Zac Efron and an animated DC Showcase of Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam.

Surprise releases that caught my eye was a Cary Grant movie called Arsenic & Old Lace & a classic of a different nature, Westworld!   Plus Mystery Science Theater 3000: Vol. XIX is coming out this week!

Movies on DVD

  • A Christmas Carol on Blu-rayA Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Edward Woodward
  • Arsenic & Old Lace starring Cary Grant and Raymond Massey (Love this film… great classic!)
  • Charlie St. Cloud starring Zac Efron and Kim Basinger
  • Demolition Man starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Nigel Hawthorne  (You might want to check out the under $6 price, at the time of this article.)
  • Executive Decision starring Kurt Russell and Ray Liotta (Another sub $7 movie)
  • Grown Ups starring Adam Sandler and Maria Bello
  • Hunt To Kill starring Steve Austin, Eric Roberts, and Gary Daniels and Emilie Ullerup
  • Scott Pilgrim Blu-rayRamona & Beezus starring Selena Gomez and Joey King
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin
  • Tremors [Blu-ray] starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward
  • Westworld starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin

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MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE: A Potential Hit ?

December 31, 2009

Men of a Certain Age, which first aired on December 7th, continues its 10:00 PM eastern Monday night time slot on TNT. It marks the return of the Emmy® winning writing talents of Ray Romano and Mike Royce to series television; this time with a drama. Their ability as story tellers and to write realistic [...]

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