May sweeps will be something else again for Fox this season. Among its more momentous events: the season finale for the off-the-wall dark The Following; the two-night season premiere of so You Think You Can Dance; the world premiere of the music documentary Rihanna 777; the on-hour season finales for The Cleveland Show, Family […]
Category: Television
Defiance Defies The Odds!
Syfy’s Defiance (Mondays, 9/8C) continues 2013’s run of exciting and excellent summer television programming. It’s an ambitious series that shares a world with a Massively Multi-player Online game, with events in each impacting the other. It’s also a crackerjack piece of multi-layered entertainment on its own.
Silver Linings Playbook and The Avengers Lead MTV Movie Awards Wins!
David O. Russell’s little film about people with mental health issues didn’t just kick butt at the box office, it also tied Marvel’s The Avengers in MTV Movie Awards wins, nabbing Best Female Performance (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Male Performance (Bradley Cooper) and Best Kiss (Lawrence and Cooper). The Avengers took Movie of the Year, […]
Next on Doctor Who: Monsters on a Submarine?
It’s about time Doctor Who did a submarine episode – and it’s very cool that Game of Thrones regular Iain Glen seems to be the sub’s captain. Doctor Who: Cold War, tonight on BBC America 8/7C.
Spartacus: War of the Damned Goes Out Loud and Proud!
History cannot be changed, so we all knew this day was coming. The series finale of Spartacus: War of the Damned (Starz, Friday, 9/8C) does, in fact, end with a lot of death – including the title character. That’s not a spoiler, that’s what happened. What remains to be seen is the manner in which […]
Da Vinci’s Demons Make Historical Fantasy Fun!
Leonardo Da Vinci was the man who caused the phrase ‘Renaissance Man’ to enter the lexicon. He was a painter, sculptor, mathematician, and inventor – and one of the best in history in every category. It’s a wonder that no one had ever seized upon his genius as the basis of a TV series, but […]
Alfre Woodard To Guest Star in Season Two of Copper!
Alfre Woodard (Memphis Beat, True Blood) will guest star on BBC America’s first in-house scripted series Copper. She will play ‘Hattie Lemaster, a former slave who has recently arrived to the Five Points to start anew.’ Woodard joins previously announced guest Stars Donal Logue (Terriers, Sons of Anarchy, Life), Eamonn Walker (Chicago Fire, OZ), Lee […]
It’s Louis CK! On HBO! OMG!
You may have seen the above promo for Louis CK’s comedy special on HBO. It’s a lovely bit of satire as well as an example of Louis’ unique sense of humor. Louis CK: Oh My God! premieres on Saturday, April 13th at 10/9C. Follow the jump for the special’s teaser and full trailer. If they […]
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell–No Clones Here!
W. Kamau Bell is not your average talk show host – as this promo is clearly intended to show. Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell returns to FX in May. Two more equally unsubtle – but very funny – promos follow the jump.
Sundance Channel’s One-Night-Only Rectify Screening Benefits Osborne Association!
On April 16th, Sundance Channel is holding a one-night-only theatrical screening of the first two episodes of its scripted drama series, Rectify, to benefit the Osborne Association – known for its re-entry and alternative to incarceration programs – in its efforts to ‘create opportunities for people affected by the criminal justice system to further develop […]
Teaser: Dexter: Season 8
Our soon to be not-so-neat monster reappears on Showtime on Sunday, June 30th.