Last week, Zachary Levi, the star and Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak, executive producers of NBC’s Chuck – premiering with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010 at 9/8 and moving to its regular timeslot Monday, Jan. 11th at 8/7C – took part in a conference call Q&A session. Here are the highlights from that […]
Category: Television
TELEVISION: Syfy Plans 8-Hour Chuck Marathon to Celebrate The Show’s Upcoming Third Season!
If you’re a fan of NBC’s Chuck [Chuckies? Chuckles?], then you won’t want to miss Syfy’s eight-hour Chuck Marathon on Thursday, January 7th, 2010. Running from 5 p.m. [4C], the eight eps will feature guest stars like Michael Clarke Duncan, John Larroquette, Melinda Clark, Tony Hale, Chevy Chase, Scott Bakula, Bruce Boxleitner and Morgan Fairchild. […]
Television: Check out the Full Caprica Pilot, Now!
Dave Howe, SyFy, President announced that the full two hour pilot of Caprica is now available online. Check it out after the break.
Hollywood Insider: Dave Howe, President of SyFy Speaks!
On Monday I took part in an hour long conference call with Dave Howe the President of SyFy. He’s quite a talker and had a lot of good things to say, I drilled him about SyFy’s recent penchant for “reimagining” everything under the sun and I followed with him regarding his dream of getting SyFy […]
Syfy Renews Stargate Universe and Sanctuary!
Syfy announced pickups for a second season of Stargate Universe and a third season of Sanctuary today. Both series are shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – with SGU being shot on sets and locations, while Sanctuary is shot mostly on green screen and in CG. Filming for both series will commence in early 2010 […]
TELEVISION: Syfy’s Annihilation Earth Is Explosive!
Annihilation Earth [tonight, 9/8C] harkens back to the allegorical science fiction B-movies of the ‘50s with its technology may doom us all stance. When one of the three supercolliders in the world is sabotaged, it destroyed the French city of Orleans and the surrounding area resulting in the deaths of thirty million people. The result […]
MOVIES & TELEVISION: Gene Barry, Star of The War of the Worlds, Bat Masterson, Dead at 90.
Gene Barry, best known for playing Dr. Clayton Forester in George Pal’s groundbreaking 1953 film The War of the Worlds and the dandified marshal, Bat Masterson in the series of the same name, died December 9th. Cause of death is, as yet, unknown. Barry, who was born Eugene Klass, changed his surname to Barry as […]
TV Recap: 90210, Ep 2.12, Winter Wonderland AKA Michelle was Right!
It’s been a few weeks since I last did a 90210 Re-cap because frankly I got tired of complaining about a show that was awful and the new V momentarily caught my attention – I’ll be glad when I get home back to my Tivo. With no V on, I tuned back into the show […]
TELEVISION: Monk – Sure Gonna Miss Him Now He’s Gone
Adrian Monk found his late wife Trudy’s killer in the two-part conclusion to USA’s eight-season wonder, Monk. Then, after a bit of pondering his wife’s killer’s last words, he discovered that Trudy’s daughter was still alive. [That won’t make sense to anyone who hasn’t followed Monk, but this column isn’t for you, anyway.]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Outer Space Astronauts – Syfy’s Demented New Space Sitcom Is Quark For The 21st Century!
Syfy has gone the homemade route for its odd little space sitcom, Outer space Astronauts [Tuesdays, 9:30/8:30C]. The series, about the “highly distractable” crew of the O.S.S. Oklahoma, is the brainchild of Russell Barrett, who created the series and co-writes, shoots, edits, scores and plays a supporting role [Captain Bruce Ripley], among other things. The […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Syfy’s Alice Underwhelms!
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is a classic tale for two reasons – it functions as a cheerfully demented children’s story and it is also a genuinely wicked satire of politics and England’s nineteenth century society through the innocent Alice’s inability to understand the bizarre behavior of Wonderland’s inhabitants. Alice [Sunday, Dec. 6 & Monday, […]