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After an exceptional run of series screening within only hours or days of their US broadcast, SoHo is unexpectedly delaying the debut of hot new crime drama Ray Donovan. The Showtime series goes to air in the US on June 30, the same night as the final season of stablemate Dexter premieres. SoHo will launch […]

SoHo will screen the eighth and final season of Dexter only hours after its US broadcast but True Blood again will air first on Prime. Sky’s premium HD drama channel has just announced its July highlights, which are headed by Dexter, and seasons two of Magic City and The Newsroom. But there’s no sign of True […]

SoHo’s scheduling of Justified means it won’t catch up with US screenings of the modern-day western until at least a year from now. Season one of Justified will replace The Wire on Tuesdays at 9.30 from June 25, when it and season two, which already have aired in SD on TV One, should have been boxed-set as a […]

The Miami vice drama, Magic City, heads a TV-on-Blu bonanza that includes a special edition of Game of Thrones’ first season, the latest seasons of Downton Abbey and Supernatural, and HD remasters of classics Star Trek: The Next Generation, Life on Earth and Trials of Life. “Magic City: The Complete First Season rolls onto Blu-ray with a polished and […]

SoHo Highlight: Magic City (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Ike faces the disappearance of Mike Strauss, while DA Klein attacks organised crime through Ike’s law-student son. “Throughout the history of television, there has been a long, depressing tradition of a series’ second episode being little more than a retread of its first episode,” said the AV Club. […]

SoHo Highlight: Magic City (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Series premiere: Ike Evans, owner of Miami’s most glamorous hotel, needs his 1958 New Year’s Eve concert to be a smash — so to ensure its success, he makes a deal with a mobster. “After an episode or two, when you sort out the characters and how their lives […]

My Sky HDi/+ subscribers will be able to preview free-of-charge in HD the new SoHo drama, Magic City, up to two weeks ahead of its satellite TV premiere. Unlike Game of Thrones’ season two preview, which was limited to SD on iSky, the first episode of Magic City also will be available through Sky’s On […]