With Strike Back, HBO’s racier cable outlet steps away from its ‘Skinema’ nickname and moves into the realm of hard-edged action-adventure. The premise of new series [which premieres on Friday, August 12th at 10/9C] is as follows: when a resourceful international terrorist group plots an attack, a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative joins forces […]
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True Blood: Season 4, Faeries, Magic and more, Oh My!
White Collar: Choose a Side, Neal!
My initial thought, on screening the summer finale of White Collar [USA Network, Tuesdays 9/8C] was this: from the moment Mozzie let him know he’d stolen the Nazi treasure [from the season two finale] Neal Caffrey has to have known this moment was coming.
Presenting – The 2011-12 Fall Broadcast Schedule!
After months [or even years] of developing shows, shooting pilots and holding dozens [if not hundreds] of test screenings for focus groups, it all comes down to show time. Literally dozens of new shows await the approval of an audience – while many more dozens hope to keep the audience they’ve already built. So, when […]
Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions Forge Development, Production and Distribution Agreement!
If you love Torchwood: Miracle Day, here’s a little news tidbit to give you hope for more highly entertaining original programming from Starz Entertainment – the company has signed a deal with the BBC Worldwide Productions [home of Torchwood: Miracle Day, Dancing With The Stars, Top Gear and What Not To Wear] to develop, produce […]
The Winners of the 2011 Teen Choice Awards Are – Not All Twilight Related!
The 2011 Teen Choice Awards were unusual for any number of reasons – not the least of which was that the latest Twilight movie didn’t glom onto every award in sight. As a result, there was more than the usual amount of suspense as the winners were revealed. Indeed, wizards and tourists also hoisted surfboards […]
The Doctor Is Back In – Beginning August 27th!
Check out the BBC’s new teaser for the next part of Doctor Who’s sixth season. Doctor Who returns to BBC America on August 27th.
CW Stars Attend the Network’s 2011 Summer TCA Party at the Pagoda Beverly Hills
Pictured (L-R): Cress Williams; Jaime King; Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW Network; Rachel Bilson; Wilson Bethel, and Scott Porter of HART OF DIXIE. August 3, 2011 The CW Network President Mark Pedowitz hosted the CW Network TCA Party at the Pagoda Beverly Hills in California. On hand for the festivities were stars from CW Network’s […]
Alphas Signs Two Terminators, an Android,a Superhero Medic, a Lost Anthropologist, a Victorian Inventor and a Warehouse Doctor!
Syfy’s new hit series Alphas will feature an impressive lineup of special guest stars for its debut season. Garret Dillahunt (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Burn Notice), Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Alaina Huffman (Smallville, Stargate Universe), Rebecca Mader (Lost), Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Lindsay Wagner (Warehouse 13) and Peter […]
Syfy’s Haven Brings In Jason Priestly and Edge® for Multi-Episode Arcs!
Syfy’s Haven [Fridays, 10/9C] is bringing two wildly disparate guest stars onto into the series for four-episode arcs: Jason Priestley and the WWE’s Edge®. For details on their arcs, follow the jump.
Spartacus: Vengeance – Bigger! Bloodier! Better?
The new trailer for the new season of Starz’s original series, Spartacus: Vengeance, looks like it will be more than up to the challenge of mixing drama and blood. Check it out. ‘The gods shall weep…’ The series returns in January.