良药苦口

　　本剧故事基于Al Ruddy在电影《教父》中从未公开的制片经历创作。

　　Season 3: 2001–2002
　　Cast: Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford and Martin Sheen
　　The third season, which covers the administration's third and fourth years in office, starts off with Bartlet announcing his intention to run for reelection and is heavily devoted to the upcoming presidential election. Other prominent plotlines include Congressional investigations into whether Bartlet committed electoral fraud by concealing his MS, a death threat against C.J. and the ensuing relationship she develops with a Secret Service agent assigned to her, the Qumari defense minister Abdul Shareef plotting terrorist attacks against the US, and a troubling meeting between Toby and the President that leaves Bartlet with a bout of insomnia in "Night Five." The season finale, "Posse Comitatus" closes several of these storylines as Bartlet meets his opponent in the elections and reaffirms his commitment to beat him. The episode ends with the president finally deciding to order Shareef's assassination (a legally questionable act) and C.J.'s agent's murder, just after the man threatening C.J. was caught.
　　From a critical perspective, series creator Aaron Sorkin acknowledged in October 2002 that the terrorism-related plots designed to keep the series relevant after the real-life 9/11 attacks were awkward at times, saying "from week to week, you felt like you were writing the show handcuffed, a little bit. I didn't know how to write it anymore. It was a constant search for what I wasn't doing that used to make the show work. [...] Maybe there was a way to make it work; there probably was. I wasn't able to find it in twenty-two episodes." [1] Nonetheless, the show went on to win its third "Outstanding Drama" Emmy in a row.

　　《海扁王》、《王牌特工》、《通缉令》等漫画的作者马克·米勒（Mark Millar）又有两部漫画将被改编成电影了，Waypoint娱乐公司今天宣布他们已经获得《美国耶稣》（American Jesus）和《超级骗子》（Supercrooks）两部漫画的电影版权，正着手将其拍成电影。
　　《美国耶稣》（American Jesus）讲述了一个当代美国的12岁男孩有一天得知自己就是耶稣转世，而他的使命就是拯救人类的故事。《超级骗子》（Supercrooks）则讲述了八个超级坏蛋重出江湖，策划盗窃全世界最臭名昭著的犯罪大佬的财产，以恶制恶的故事。
　　目前还不清《美国耶稣》和《超级骗子》什么时候开始制作。

　　该剧由前《爆笑办公室》（The Office）编剧兼制片人Ruben Fleischer开发，America Ferrara和Ben Feldman主演，故事描述一家超级广场店的员工们的爱情、友谊和每一天经历的美好时刻。这里有天真的新人、见惯不怪的老手、毫无工作经验的夏季临时工和干了一辈子的经理，他们将共同应对狂热的「讨价还价猎人」（购便宜货上瘾的人）、容易引发骚乱的促销活动和令人昏昏欲睡的业务训练课。

　　Netflix 限定纪录片剧集《黑夜跟踪狂：追捕连环杀手》讲述了美国历史上最臭名昭著的连环杀手之一如何被捕并绳之以法的真实故事，吸引了众多人的关注。在 1985 年的酷暑中，一场破纪录的热浪袭击了洛杉矶，随之而来的是一系列起初看起来毫无关联的谋杀和性侵案。受害者有男人、女人和儿童。他们的年龄从 6 岁到 82 岁不等。他们来自不同的社区、种族背景和社会经济水平。在犯罪史上，还从来没有一个杀手能犯下如此多令人发指的罪行。洛杉矶县治安官部门的年轻警探吉尔·卡里略和传奇凶杀案调查员弗兰克·萨勒诺争分夺秒地阻止这个夜行怪物。当他们不知疲倦地努力侦破此案时，媒体则紧随他们其后，恐慌笼罩着整个加州。
　　通过令人悲伤的第一人称采访、牵动人心的档案影像和惊人的原始摄影，这部四集剧集完整讲述了这一出名的洛杉矶真实恐怖故事，描绘出生活在恐惧中的感受，在那个时期，任何人都可能成为黑夜跟踪狂的下一个受害者。

　　HBO《堕落街传奇》获第三季续订，第三季也将是最终季。剧集聚焦上世纪七八十年代纽约色情产业的发展，但随着艾滋病的上升、毒品和暴力的泛滥，以及房地产业的更迭，色情行业被渐渐肃清。

　　本季由克里斯·洛克主演，杰克·休斯顿、本·韦肖、詹森·舒瓦兹曼、蒂莫西·奥利芬特、杰西·巴克利、萨尔瓦托雷·埃斯波西托、Andrew Bird、Jeremie Harris等也出演。主创Noah Hawley回归，故事聚焦敌对的黑人黑帮和意裔黑帮：                                    
                               　　1950年代，堪萨斯有两大黑帮犯罪团伙，一个意大利裔，一个非裔，总是作对的双方在某时达成了难得的和平。为维持关系，帮派双方头领同意交换各自的小儿子。                                    
                               　　洛克饰演非裔团伙的老大Loy Cannon，不得不将自己的儿子送到敌人手中，并抚养敌人的儿子。但随后，意大利黑手党的头领进医院做常规手术，却死掉了，于是一切大乱。                                    
                               　　这一季主题被描述为“移民、同化和我们为了钱能干出来的事”，两个移民群体的交集和冲突：意大利来的意裔，为躲避吉姆克劳法案而逃出美国南方的非裔，作为两个黑帮团伙，为了各自的一线美国梦而斗争。                         

　　英国ITV开始根据英国女作家Val McDermid的破案小说Dr.Tony Hill中的故事"Mermaids Singing"和"Shadows Rising"改编的英国悬疑破案剧集。之后又由其他人续写，后来在第四季度第二集"Torment"又改编自Val McDermid的Dr.Tony Hill中的故事"The Torment of Others"。
　　Dr. Tony Hill 这个角色是个大学里面的法庭心理学家，他一起与一位非常干练的女刑事探员Carol Jordan 合作破了一个又一个非常棘手的悬疑案件！

　　在一所临海别墅里，住着Charlie（查理·辛 Charlie Sheen 饰）和Alan（乔恩·克莱尔 Jon Cryer 饰）兄弟俩，一个是花花公子作曲家，身边总有穿梭不断的美女；一个是离婚后被老婆赶出来的按摩师，只能寄居在哥哥家里。这两个单身汉的生活里还有一个小小的“好汉”——Alan的儿子Jake（安加斯·T·琼斯 Angus T. Jones 饰），每到周末，Alan就会从前妻家里把Jake接到这所单身汉别墅。
　　值得一提的是几个不时在兄弟俩生活中露一把脸的配角，让兄弟两个对女人产生阴影的魔鬼老妈，刻薄的前妻，拽得要死的清洁女佣，还有和Charlie春宵一夜之后就跟踪了他两三年的邻居Rose。

　　一个年轻的母亲Cora Tanner（Jessica Biel饰）在公众犯下一件令人吃惊的暴力行为，但无人知道她的动机。而一位流氓似的调查员对她的动机陷入执着，在他的调查过程，他与对方一同走进她的内心深处，在这悲惨的「旅程」将发掘出隐藏在她过去的暴力秘密。Bill Pullman饰演Harry Ambrose，是个感性﹑顽强的侦探，他发现自己着迷于Cora的案件中，幷且深信这案件有着被深藏在背后的真相，因此开始调查Cora的生活。

　　Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
　　Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
　　Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
　　Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
　　"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
　　The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
　　Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
　　"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
　　Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
　　The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.

　　本剧改编自Harlan Coben在2012年出版的同名《纽约时报》畅销小说。Coben将和领头编剧Danny Brocklehurst，及Richard Fee共同负责8集剧本，Daniel O’Hara担任领头导演。
　　这是Netflix和Harlan Coben的5年14本书超级合约下进行的第5个项目。跟随之前的合作项目，本剧将设定在英国。
　　故事聚焦三个生活安好的人，每个人都有不可告人的秘密，而身边最亲近的人都不会对此产生怀疑。Megan (Jumbo)，一名有三个孩子的职业母亲；Ray (Armitage)，曾经未来光明的纪录片摄影师，如今干着一份没有前途的工作，迎合那些痴迷明星的有钱人家孩子；Broome (Nesbitt)，一名侦探，放不下一桩失踪人口悬案。Lorraine (Parish)，来自Megan过去的一位老朋友，带来了一些惊人的消息，这些消息将影响到这三个角色。当不安的过往再次困扰他们，威胁要毁掉他们和亲近之人的生活，他们下一步会怎么做呢？
　　卡司包括《傲骨贤妻》Cush Jumbo、《霍比特人》Richard Armitage、《失踪》James Nesbitt和《美第奇家族》Sarah Parish。