What do you when your show has been picked up for a second season before the first one even airs and your star winds up with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma? If you’re the creative team behind Spartacus: Blood and Sand, you come up with a prequel that uses many of your other cast of characters.
Category: Television
TELEVISION: American Idol Recap (05.12.10)
We’re getting to the end, finally! Tonight one more IDOL hopeful goes home (me thinks Casey James) and then it’s the Top 3 who will travel to their hometowns for a heroes welcome. Also coming up on tonight’s show, Daughtry featuring former IDOL hopeful, Chris Daughtry, and Fantasia. And then some rock band named Bon […]
Four New Shows for Fox; Bubble Shows Lie to Me and Human Target Renewed!
According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter’ Live Feed blog, Fox has picked up four series for the 2010-11 season – and renewed bubble shows Lie to Me and Human Target. The network has selected Shawn Ryan’s latest police drama, RideAlong, and Texas drama Midland (likely retitled as Lone Star), as well as two […]
Television: Sneak Peek Vids & Artwork for Supernatural Season Five Finale S5.22 Swan Song
Ladies and Gentlemen, Fans and Viewers alike, Supernatural Season 5 has now reached the top of the last hill. Now the season finale, Swan Song is poised to take the wildest plummet into excitement yet as Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) gets ready to take on Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino). Of course Sam has some pretty heavy […]
TELEVISION: American Idol Recap (05.11.10)
Before we get to tonight’s show, here’s your chance to tell IDOL producers what you think. They want your opinion of the show. Seriously, they do. They have hired a company to conduct a survey of IDOL viewers. It’s very detailed and covers everything from the judges to mentors to themes, contestants and more. This is your […]
TELEVISION: Jerry Bruckheimer’s Chase Latest of Four More for NBC!
Since Friday, NBC has picked up four more scripted series – two dramas and two comedies: Jerry Bruckheimer’s Chase [pictured], The Event, Outsourced and Love Bites. Details from the press releases follow the jump.
TELEVISION: Woo-Hoo! Syfy Developing Classic British Supernatural Buddy-Cop Series Randall and Hopkirk [Deceased] for U.S.!
Syfy has obtained the rights to one of my favorite TV series of all time – the classic British detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) from ITV Studios, Inc. – for development as a pilot for a one-hour scripted series to be produced by ITV Studios. Josh Bycel (Scrubs) and Jonathan Fener (American Dad) will write and executive […]
Television: Apocalypse Why? Commentary On Supernatural S5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight
“Two Minutes to Midnight” – Bobby (Jim Beaver) sells his soul to help stop the Apocalypse and Dean (Jensen Ackles) goes head-to-head with Death. That short blurb made it all sound so exciting as Supernatural season 5 came down to one of it’s two last episodes, S5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight. The airing of the […]
TELEVISION: Jesse Stone: No Remorse – Paradise Police Track Convenience Store Killer!
Jesse Stone: No Remorse [9/8C] is the sixth entry in the CBS series of TV-movies based on the characters created by the late Robert B. Parker – and the first to not be based, in any way, on a Parker novel. It also continues to be an old-fashioned TV-movie franchise in the way if takes […]
TELEVISION: Mongolian Death Worm is Best Syfy TV-Movie of the Year!
Mongolian Death Worm is exactly the kind of smart/smartass B-movie that Roger Corman used to make. Its director/co-writer, Steven R. Monroe, got his start in television and worked some classic shows – like Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Babylon 5 and Freaks and Geeks – so he knows how to work for the small screen. Its stars – […]
Television: Sneak Peek Vid Clips of Supernatural Season 5 Finale S5.22 Swan Song
With the airing of last night’s Supernatural episode S5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight, the hit CW Network series starring Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins made it to the top of the season five hill. Now comes the exhilarating rocket ride to the end of the season finale episode S5.22, Swan Song, which airs […]