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Television

William Shatner To Recur On Haven! Mid-Season Finale Date Announced!

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As Haven’s final episodes run down, William Shatner is joining the show in a recurring role that has a four-episode arc. Naturally, his character is pivotal and has the potential to affect the town an its fate.

Haven (Syfy, Fridays, 7/6C) reaches its mid-season finale on December 5th – by which point, Mara’s endgame will be revealed.

The show’s final 13 episodes will air in 2015. For further details, follow the jump.

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Alphas Alum Joins Haven!

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Laura Mennell, who played the persuasive Nina Theroux on the late and lamented Alphas, has joined the cast of Haven for its fifth season. She will play Dr. Erin Reid, a brilliant epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who has unknowingly discovered a genetic marker found only in the Troubled.

Haven is currently shooting its 26-episode fifth season in Canada’s Nova Scotia province. For more details, check out the press release following the jump.

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Syfy Continues Alphas’ Blue Collar Supers

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Syfy announced today that they have renewed Alphas, the Zak Penn/Michael Karnow creation that features characters with unique mental abilities that are simultaneously a gift and and a problem.

The press release follows the jump.

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Television, TV Reviews

Alphas – Blue Collar Superheroes for a Salary and a Great Dental Plan!

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Syfy’s new original series, Alphas [Mondays, 10/9C], is a unique take on people with extraordinary powers. It may remind of things we have seen before, but it manages to take familiar ideas into fresh territory. They might seem like superheroes on paper, but the reality is far more interesting.

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