Doctor Who heads to American TV
" Doctor Who leading man David Tennant is set to make his American television debut.
According to the Hollywood Reporter , Tennant will take on the lead role in the upcoming legal pilot Rex is Not Your Lawyer . He'll play Rex Alexander, "a top Chicago litigator who begins suffering panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court".
US network greenlit the Rex pilot in August and had spent several months trying to find a suitable leading man for the project before Tennant was hired.
Tennant will have to do an American accent for the role — which won't be a problem for the Scottish actor, who already puts on an English accent for his role in Doctor Who .
The 38-year-old has played the time-travelling Doctor since 2005, the 10th actor to play the role in the program's four-and-a-half-decade run. In 2006, fans voted him the best Doctor ever.
However, Tennant will vacate the role at the end of 2009 and be replaced by 26-year-old actor Matt Smith. Before he leaves the series, Tennant will appear in two more Doctor Who specials: The Waters of Mars and The End of Time .
Doctor Who airs on ABC2 and UKTV."
TV Shows
- 10 Years Younger in 10 Days
- 30 Rock
- Air Ways
- All Saints
- Australia's Got Talent
- Beauty and the Geek
- Better Homes and Gardens
- Bones
- Brothers and Sisters
- Castle
- City Homicide
- Dancing With The Stars
- Deal or No Deal
- Double Take
- Desperate Housewives
- Family Guy
- FlashForward
- Find My Family
- Grey's Anatomy
- Heroes
- Highway Patrol
- Home and Away
- It's Academic
- Larry The Lawnmower
- LOST
- New Idea TV
- News
- No Leave No Life
- Packed To The Rafters
- Surf Patrol
- Private Practice
- Saturday Disney
- Sport
- Sunday Night
- The Logies
- Sunrise
- The Zoo
- Thank God You're Here
- The Great Outdoors
- The Morning Show
- Today Tonight
- Triple Zero Heroes
- TV Burp
- Ugly Betty
- World's Strictest Parents
Primetime TV Guide
| Seven | 7:00 Home and Away | 7:30 Border Security - Australia's Front Line |
| 7TWO | 7:00 Whacked Out Sports | 7:30 American Gladiators |
| ABC1 | 7:00 ABC News | 7:30 The 7.30 Report |
| ABC2 | 7:20 Mr Bean with Rowan Atkinson | 7:31 The Reinventors |
| Nine | 7:00 Two and a Half Men | 7:30 Two and a Half Men |
| GO! | 7:00 Entertainment Tonight | 7:30 Frasier |
| TEN | 7:00 The 7pm Project | 7:30 Celebrity Masterchef |
| One HD | 7:30 NASCAR Sprint Cup | |
| SBS ONE | 7:30 Inspector Rex | |
| Seven | 8:00 Medical Emergency | 8:30 City Homicide |
| 7TWO | 8:30 Heroes | |
| ABC1 | 8:00 The New Inventors | |
| ABC2 | 8:00 Whatever! The Science of Teens | 8:30 Inside Hana's Suitcase |
| Nine | 8:00 Two and a Half Men | 8:30 RPA - Where Are They Now? |
| GO! | 8:00 Seinfeld | 8:30 Fringe |
| One HD | 8:30 NASCAR Nationwide Series | |
| SBS ONE | 8:30 Law and Disorder | |
| Seven | 9:30 Criminal Minds | |
| ABC1 | 9:00 Hungry Beast | 9:30 John Safran's Race Relations |
| Nine | 9:30 Crime Investigation Australia | |
| GO! | 9:30 300 | |
| TEN | 9:30 White Collar | |
| One HD | 9:30 Sports Tonight | |
| SBS ONE | 9:30 World News Australia | |
| Seven | 10:30 My Name is Earl | |
| 7TWO | 10:30 What About Brian | |
| ABC1 | 10:00 At the Movies | 10:30 Lateline |
| ABC2 | 10:00 Rare Chicken Rescue | 10:26 Air Australia |
| Nine | 10:35 True CSI: Cold Blood | |
| TEN | 10:50 Ten Late Night News/Sports Tonight | |
| One HD | 10:00 Real NBA | 10:30 NBA |
| SBS ONE | 10:00 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey | |
Copyright © 2009 Yahoo!7
All rights reserved.
10 Comments
I cant believe he is leaving Doctor Who..... He was seriously the best Doctor ever.I have no doubt that all us Doctor Who fans will always remember him as the best Doctor of all time....I will. I will definitely watch this no doubt it will be brilliant. After all David is the main character!
well I'll be watching it. Anything with David Tenant gets my vote, the fabulously gorgeous man that he is!
Good luck, David - you are an excellent actor who has delighted millions - I'm sure that you will 'break a leg' in America. You deserve all of the hype and rave reviews.
Well he had to leave Dr Who sometime. I'd like to see him as the next James Bond myself! Good luck mate :)
let's hope the yanks will let him play himself
get your facts straight -- three more episodes as The Doctor
Tragic. Dr. Who without David is almost as bad as Dr. Who without Tim Baker. I'm devastated. Who next will help re-invent the best TV series ever? All doctors are Special.
Well, I certainly didn't vote for him as 'the best doctor ever.' Pertwee was the best doctor of all time as he often wrote the episodes himself and he changed the whole feel of the show. Oh, I'm sure many will say Baker was and yes Baker was excellent. I think the only good thing about Tennant as doctor was that he brought young fans in... though there was too much 'drama' created with facial expressions in the Tennant series'. At leas ...
You rock David...knock 'em dead baby....can't wait to see it and enjoy your brilliant acting performance.
In the UK we have been aware since 2008 that David Tenant will be leaving Doctor Who I'm not suprised to hear he is trying his luck in roles in the USA but feel he would be better off in theatre roles instead of TV, there are better roles than you can sometimes get in TV.