http://www.thetvking.com/news/ TheTvKing the top 20 latest news and reviews. Thu, 23 May 2013 03:24:43 UTC Article first published as TV Review: Doctor Who - "The Name of the Doctor" on Blogcritics. Overall, the back half of Doctor Who series seven wasn't nearly as strong as the first half. One might chalk this up to adjustmenting to new characters, including a fresh companion. But I think it's more than that. The stakes and the fun just aren't quite there. However, the series seven finale, "The Name of the Doctor," is the exception. It doesn't have a lot of signature Doctor Who whimsy, but it does have some top notch acting by Matt Smith (the Doctor), http://www.thetvking.com/reviews/1714/doctor-who-the-name-of-the-doctor-review/ 2013-05-22 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com Showtime's The Big C came to an understated end this week in "The Finale." Rather than make a big showy production, the final hour is about Cathy's (Laura Linney) last days, and the way that her loved ones say goodbye to her. Each of the main characters get a touching scene with Cathy, and the hour ends when she passes on. I do kind of wish we'd gotten to see her funeral. Yes, Cathy's ending, speaking to her therapist (Kathy Najimy) about her story, taking Angel's hand (Michael Ray Escamilla), swimming in the pool with Marlene (Phyllis Somerville) and her http://www.thetvking.com/reviews/1715/the-big-c-the-finale-review/ 2013-05-22 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com CBS's Elementary is one of those shows that I often dread watching, because, like most crime procedurals, most weeks concentrate on a single case that is solved by the end of the hour. Despite that, when the series is good, it's very good, and this year's three-part season finale, which ended with "The Woman" and "Heroine" this week, are two of the best hours of television I've seen lately. Sherlock (Johnny Lee Miller) finds the love of his life, Irene Adler (Natalie Dormer, Game of Thrones, The Tudors), is still alive, not dead as he had thought. Taking himself off http://www.thetvking.com/reviews/1713/the-woman-on-elementary-is-no-heroine/ 2013-05-20 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com ABC's Scandal begins season two last fall with "White Hats Off" and ends it this week with "White Hats Back On." In between, we get a dark, twisted game of manipulation, struggles for power, torture, murder, and intrigue. The characters go to places lower than they consider possible before, and do things they will live to regret. It's a hell of a ride. It's nice to see the "White Hats Back On" for Olivia (Kerry Washington) and crew. They've done enough, suffered more than their share. They need to refocus on a mission of helping people and making the world http://www.thetvking.com/reviews/1711/scandal-puts-its-white-hats-back-on/ 2013-05-18 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com ABC's Greys Anatomy likes to show the ups and downs of the doctors who work at Seattle Grace Seattle Grace Mercy West Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, their loves and their losses. In the penultimate episode of season nine, the focus is the positive, and delivers a heartwarming story. In the season finale which aired this week, "Perfect Storm," things get much more depressing. It's understandable that Callie (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) still aren't seeing eye to eye. Arizona goes something very traumatic with the plane crash and losing a leg. There is no way for Callie to grasp http://www.thetvking.com/reviews/1712/greys-anatomy-finale-not-quite-a-perfect-storm/ 2013-05-18 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com New Girl is coming back to the UK with season 2. Season 2 is set to air on Tuesday nights at 9PM on E4 begining on Tuesday 26th March. New Girl season 2 begins with Jess (Zooey Deschanel), having just lost her teaching job. Volunteering to be a 'shot girl' at Schmidt's (Nick Greenfield) 'rebranding' party at Nick's (Jake Johnson) bar. While Cece (Hannah Simone) introduces her new boyfriend and Winston (Lamorne Morris) drinks one of Nick's fuity concoctions. Having started on Channel 4 last January with season 1, New Girl made the move to its new home on E4 last Summer to http://www.thetvking.com/news/526/new-girl-season-2-e4-air-date-confirmed/ 2013-03-17 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com Season 1 of The Mindy Project will begin at 9:30PM on Tuesday 26th of March on E4. As we said back in October, Channel 4 had aquired the rights to the FOX comedy series The Mindy Project. The series was expected to air in "early 2013". I can now confrim that the FOX comedy will air on Tuesday nights on E4. Along side the returning New Girl at 9:30PM. The brand new series, was created by and stars Mindy Kaling. Kaling play a successful gynaecologist Mindy Lahiri. While Mindy is unlucky in love and desperately needs to get her personal life back on track before her http://www.thetvking.com/news/527/the-mindy-project-e4-air-date-confirmed/ 2013-03-17 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com Say it isn't so! After just one season on the air, it was confirmed to E! News on Wednesday that "The Jeff Probst Show" has been cancelled. It was "Survivor" host Jeff Probst's first attempt at a daytime talk show. Earlier this year, it was announced that Ricki Lake's newest daytime talk show was also cancelled, making Katie Couric's daytime show one of the only new shows (along with Steve Harvey's) from this past Fall to get picked up for a second season. "The Jeff Probst Show" just couldn't find a strong viewership, averaging only 950,000 viewers through the show's first 100 http://www.thetvking.com/news/525/the-jeff-probst-show-has-been-cancelled/ 2013-02-14 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com Update: Channel 5 have confirmed that The Mentalist will be returning on Friday 22nd February at 9PM. The Mentalist will be returning to Channel 5 this February. Unfortunately not along-side its running mate Castle. Which ended season 2 with a double bill on Friday 28th December on Channel 5. However, Castle season 3 isn't expected to air on Channel 5 any-time soon. The Mentalist ended with Episode - 9 Black Cherry on Channel 5. The Mentalist returns from its mid-season break(which made room for CBB) with Jane and Lisbon investigating the murder of a botanist who was working on a new strain of marijuana. While the return date hasn't been http://www.thetvking.com/news/524/the-mentalist-returns-to-channel-5-with-series-5-part-2-this-february/ 2013-02-03 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com The Americans, starting this week at 10PM on Wednesday 30th January on FX. Will also be airing soon in the UK on ITV! FX's new 80's spy drama star Golden Globe winning actress Keri Russell along side acclaimed actor Matthew Rhys. The drama focuses on the arranged marriage of two KGB spies, Phillip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), who pose as Americans in suburban Washington, D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The couple have two children who know nothing of their parents’ true identity. ITV have acquired the UK rights to The Americans and in doing so have made http://www.thetvking.com/news/523/fxs-the-americans-coming-to-uk-on-itv/ 2013-01-28 00:00:00 en-gb Copyright: (C) TheTvKing.com