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　　HBO已续订《硅谷》第四季。

　　瑪波小姐來到英國的小鎮，穿梭於過去與現在，為富家小姐Gwenda破解一個浮現在幻覺中的謎團。Gwenda自從遷到英國一間大屋居住後，就經常在夜深人靜時看見一幕幕驚心動魄的謀殺片段。神探瑪波小姐相助Gwenda查案，經過與不同人物交談及詳細調查後，瑪波小姐終為Gwenda查出一宗在她童年時目擊的謀殺案真相，Gwenda更因而發現一些自己早已被遺忘的童年往事……

　　Rosemary's Baby is the modern-day adaptation of the 1967 best-selling suspense novel by Ira Levin. The story centers on a young married couple (Saldana and Adams) who move into a Paris apartment that has a haunted past. After getting pregnant, the wife becomes increasingly suspicious that both her husband and their neighbors will have ulterior motives when her child is born.

Season two will pick up three years after the dramatic conclusion of series one, with Tasha hiding on the island with her daughter Emily, while Jen has moved on and is preparing to get married. Living under false identities, Tasha has started a new life for herself and Emily. However, Tasha is forced to abandon her fresh start when she learns that Jack has been released from prison early having only served a year of his sentence. Jack appears to be a changed man, but who can each of them really trust, and can anyone truly change?

　　A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.

　　据外媒报道，尽管当前《硅谷》还在播放第四季的内容，但 HBO 已于今日宣布同 Mike Judge 和 Alec Berg 续签了这部讲述科技界创业故事剧集的第五季。
　　不过据 Vulture 报道，当《硅谷》新一季归来的时候，其中一名主演（T.J. Miller 的 Erlich Bachman）将离队。

　　FX续订杰夫·布里吉斯主演《老头子》第二季。

　　NBC的DC喜剧《无能为力 Powerless》由Ben Queen开发，这部剧被形容为类似《办公室 The Office (US)》，但会加入DC的角色。原本该剧背景为一个在全美工作环境最恶劣的保险公司RetCon，因为他们身处的的是DC漫画宇宙，所以他们负责的是英雄及反派决战过后的烂摊子。
　　不过近日该剧宣布修改一点设定，把主角的公司改为Bruce Wayne的Wayne Enterprises子公司 - Wayne Security，该公司开发产品以保护平凡大众，以免成为英雄及反派对决时的「附带损害」。
　　在《油脂 Grease Live》演出的Vanessa Hudgens饰演Emily Locke，她刚于Wayne Security的研究开发部成为新任主管。充满信心﹑点子的她，发现她的期望远超过老板及同事，理解到不必有超能力才能当英雄的她，决定领导团体发挥出最大潜力。
　　Danny Pudi扮演Teddy，是Emily值得信赖的知心伙伴，他喜欢弄点恶作剧，目的是为了让这个超平凡的办公室，多一点不平凡。Christina Kirk扮演Jackie，沉迷超级英雄，而且还在自己办公位置贴满肌肉发达型的英雄照，由于新来的上司超多无理要求，让她陷入新的工作生活形态。
　　Ron Funches饰演在I.T.部门﹑天真无邪的Ron，他不像其他同事，仍然充满对超级英雄有孩子般的热情；Alan Tudyk扮演上司Del，没什么特长，自称为到处游学镀金的壕废柴。性格扭曲，超迷恋灾难的独裁上司。

　　Season 4, Episode 1: Fun Run
　　Original Air Date—27 September 2007
　　Michael accidentally runs over Meridith in the parking lot, and his guilt causes him to organize a 5-K run for her. Dwight and Angela have a falling-out after he kills her cat, and the Jim and Pam's relationship is discovered.
　　Season 4, Episode 2: Dunder Mifflin Infinity
　　Original Air Date—4 October 2007
　　Michael feels threatened when Ryan returns to the Scranton office to share his ideas about the future of Dunder Mifflin. Jim and Pam's relationship is shared with the entire office, while Angela and Dwight's relationship is on the rocks.
　　Season 4, Episode 3: Launch Party
　　Original Air Date—11 October 2007
　　The Dunder Mifflin Infinity website is launching and Michael is excited about going to the big launch party in New York while Angela plans a satellite party for the Scranton branch. Meanwhile, Dwight competes against the website to see who can sell the most paper in one day.
　　Season 4, Episode 4: Money
　　Original Air Date—18 October 2007
　　As Jan renovates the condo, Michael confronts his growing debt every way he can, which includes pressuring his employees for a loan. Pam and Jim spend a night out on Dwight's family farm, now a bed and breakfast.
　　Season 4, Episode 5: Local Ad
　　Original Air Date—25 October 2007
　　Michael tries to make a local Dunder Mifflin commercial that is better than the one the professional ad agency made for them. Meanwhile, Andy tries to confide in Dwight about his new relationship with Angela.
　　Season 4, Episode 6: Branch Wars
　　Original Air Date—1 November 2007
　　Michael and Dwight try to play a prank on Karen, who is now manager of the Utica branch, after she tries to steal Stanley from the Scranton office. Meanwhile, Pam, Toby, and Oscar start their own exclusive office book club.
　　Season 4, Episode 7: Survivor Man
　　Original Air Date—8 November 2007
　　After Michael isn't invited to a camping trip with Ryan, he sets out to prove that he can brave it out in the wilderness by himself. Jim, who is in charge of the office while Michael is gone, tries to change the birthday party policy.
　　Season 4, Episode 8: The Deposition
　　Original Air Date—15 November 2007
　　Michael is put in an awkward position when Jan sues Dunder-Mifflin for wrongful termination and he is deposed as a witness. Meanwhile, Kelly begins smack talking Pam after Darryl beats Jim at ping pong.
　　Season 4, Episode 9: Dinner Party
　　Original Air Date—10 April 2008
　　Michael invites Jim and Pam and Andy and Angela to a couples-only dinner party, which makes Dwight very jealous. However, the only thing he's missing is a ringside seat to witness Michael and Jan's extremely dysfunctional home life.
　　Season 4, Episode 10: Chair Model
　　Original Air Date—17 April 2008
　　Kevin and Andy team up to reclaim the stolen Dunder-Mifflin parking spaces, which forces them into a showdown with the other five bosses of the office park. Meanwhile, Michael becomes fascinated by a women modeling chairs in a catalog.
　　Season 4, Episode 11: Night Out
　　Original Air Date—24 April 2008
　　Michael and Dwight to to New York to party with Ryan, who is having lots of personal and professional problems. The rest of the office employees work late, and wind up getting locked in the business park.
　　Season 4, Episode 12: Did I Stutter?
　　Original Air Date—1 May 2008
　　Michael tries to figure out how to respond to Stanley's insubordination during a meeting, and Dwight buys Andy's vehicle and immediately flips it for more money.
　　Season 4, Episode 13: Job Fair
　　Original Air Date—8 May 2008
　　Dunder-Mifflin participates in a high school job fair, but few students are interested. Jim, Andy, and Kevin play a round of golf with a prospective client. Back at the office, everyone but Dwight and Angela leave for the day.
　　Season 4, Episode 14: Goodbye, Toby
　　Original Air Date—15 May 2008
　　Michael throws an extravagant going-away party for Toby, and falls in love with the woman who is replacing him. Jim plans to propose to Pam at the party, but gets out-staged. Back at corporate, Ryan is arrested for fraud.

　　本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红（其实已经在走下坡路）的《Friends》，因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平，要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说，英剧的水准本身就高于美剧，这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的，美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧，以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥，编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化，老的走新的来，造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾，故事往往缺乏深度，人物性格平面化，缺少发展。这都是题外话了。《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士，以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系，Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展，还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事，等等。本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止，而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平，无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。

　　The second series of Outnumbered began on 15 November 2008. New characters in the second series include Barbara (Lorraine Pilkington), the next door neighbour who is meant to be brilliant at raising her children and always highlights Sue's problems,[5] and Jo, a female friend of Jake's, played by Michaela Brooks. Pete and Sue are suspicious that Jo may actually be Jake's girlfriend, although there is no evidence to suggest that Jake and Jo are more than friends. Angela appears less prominently in the second series than in the first, although she still appears in the first episode. Sue's demanding boss, unseen character Veronica, is replaced by another unseen character, Sue's new boss Tyson, who Pete is suspicious of. It is revealed in the final episode of Series 2 that Tyson was a conman.