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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 next season of Dexter, which SoHo will debut in July, will be the last. It goes to air June 30 in the US, several months earlier than normal, and will be preceded by season seven’s release on Blu-ray. But whereas fans probably will see season eight within days of the US, there will be [...]

The complete series collection of Friends is slated for release here on November 14 for a price still to be disclosed. The 21-disc set will include 17 hours of extras from the DVD releases, plus three hours of new bonus content (incuding a retrospective documentary with new interviews, never-before-released cast appearances, unaired footage, and a new gag reel). [...]

Sky has announced the latest season of True Blood will premiere in HD on SoHo 10 days after its SD run ends on Prime. “Catch the brand new season of True Blood, fresh from its HBO airing, uncut and in high definition,” reads the press release. Peculiarly, however, the first-run episodes will air as a [...]

TV series dominate this week’s Blu-ray slate, with only Dr Seuss’ The Lorax being so fresh from the multiplex that its 2D and 3D discs go on sale here ahead of the US. But it deserves to hog the limelight if advance online reviews about its demo-worthiness are a guide. “This digital-to-digital transfer of the [...]

SoHo will premiere the penultimate season of Dexter in October. It will go to air here only a couple of weeks after its September 30 launch in the US. Season six was a shocker for all the wrong reasons but it did end on a cliffhanger that fans will be desperate to see resolved. Dexter’s [...]

NOT new to Blu: The Borgias. In what could be the biggest distribution gaffe of the year, season one of The Borgias is being released here only on Blu-ray DVD. What a travesty – and an extraordinarily shortsighted decision given how sensational the period drama looked in HD when TV3 screened it in 1080i. As [...]

SoHo Highlight: Dexter(Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Season finale: Dexter and the Homicide Division race against a lunar eclipse to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final gruesome act; Debra faces up to a new emotional reality. US reviews were mixed. “The personal stuff really resonated this season, particularly Deb’s big awakening,” The Atlantic Wire said. “Whatever happens, the [...]

SoHo Highlight: Dexter (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) To catch the Doomsday Killers, Dexter must follow in their footsteps and create a macabre tableau of his own; Debra’s battle with LaGuerta over the case of the dead call girl boils over. The AV Club labelled season seven’s penultimate episode ”the lowest point of a terrible season. I don’t even think that [...]