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   TV to See This Week: The Live Feed's Look Ahead

   12:05 pm 4/23/2012

   • by Jethro Nededog

   Among the highlights: Will Wheaton guest stars this week on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory," "Desperate Housewives" returns with new episodes and "The Good Wife" meets its season finale.Read more

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   'Downton Abbey' Star's Olympics Mockumentary Coming to BBC America

   11:32 am 4/19/2012

   • by Michael O'Connell

   "Twenty Twelve," featuring Hugh Bonneville, gets a stateside premiere in June ahead of the London games.Read more

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   ABC Network Chief Paul Lee to Deliver Banff Festival Keynote Address

   10:00 am 4/17/2012

   • by Etan Vlessing

   UPDATED: The Canadian TV and new media event has booked the U.S. television executive to make a post-Upfront speech at the Canadian Rockies retreat on June 11.Read more

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   'Top Gear's' Richard Hammond Talks 'Crash Course,' Operating Beastly Machines

   10:00 am 4/16/2012

   • by Philiana Ng

   The six-episode series sees Hammond, who told THR he had to climb a tree that felt "15,000 feet high," learning the ins and outs of lumberjacking, demolishing buildings and working in the military. Read more

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   MIPTV 2012: 'Copper' Producer, Actors Preview BBC America's Immigrant Drama

   10:38 pm 4/1/2012

   • by Rebecca Leffler

   Show producer Christina Wayne and stars Tom Weston-Jones and Franka Potente tell THR what to expect from the network's first scripted series, set to premiere on August 19th.Read more

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   BBC America Brings Dramas 'White Heat' and 'Inside Men' to the U.S.

   11:01 am 3/27/2012

   • by Jethro Nededog

   The series will make their American premieres on the cable network.Read more

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   BBC America Co-Producing 'Ripper Street' From 'Waking Dead' Writer

   9:36 am 3/19/2012

   • by Michael O'Connell

   The latest scripted series for the cable network, which will premiere in the fall, has already begun shooting in Dublin for the BBC.Read more

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8. 

   Australia’s SBS, Cordell Jigsaw Sell Top Rating Doc Format to BBC America

   4:04 am 3/13/2012

   • by Pip Bulbeck

   “Go Back to Where You Came From” fuelled the often heated debate about and challenged Australians' attitude to refugees. Read more

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   'Misfits' Producers Developing Two New Series for BBC America

   9:15 am 2/28/2012

   • by Philiana Ng

   "Wired" and "The Dead Beat" are the first projects to come out of the development deal.Read more

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    'Being Human' Boss Toby Whithouse on Season 4 Cast Changes, Challenges and 'Doctor Who' (Q&A)

    6:16 pm 2/25/2012

    • by Philiana Ng

    The U.K. series debuts its fourth season on BBC America as part of "Supernatural Saturday."Read more

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