Very interesting news from the US where NBC has just announced its schedule for the next year from the autumn (fall) through to next summer. Most interesting for Brits to note is that Merlin, a series being made by Shine for the BBC, and starring Anthony Head, is going to air on Sunday nights from January 2009.
By my reckoning this might actually be the first British drama series to end up on one of the big US networks since The Avengers finished in 1969. I’m happy to be corrected on this, but I can’t think of another.
Of course with upcoming negotiations with US actors’ unions, NBC might be wisely ensuring that they’ve got at least some drama available in the event of a strike.