In this time of peak TV there were so many scripted shows available that no one person could ever hope to watch them all. So I didn’t. I did, however, check out an awful lot of shows and discovered several that replaced shows I’d previously thought of as ‘must see’ – over half the list, […]
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Exclusive: Burkely Duffield from Freeform’s Beyond talk about the Show!
Burkely Duffield has one of those everyman faces. The 24-year-old Canadian actor has started to string himself an impressive list of credits that include appearances in Minority Report The TV Series, Warcraft: The Beginning, The Tomorrow People and Supernatural. He’s now getting his big break heading up Freeform’s Sci-Fi series Beyond. If Stranger Things and […]
2016 Sheldon’s Bottom Feeders – Television!
It stands to reason that in an era of Peak TV there would be some terrible shows. After all, Sturgeon’s Law clearly states that ‘90% of everything is crap’ – and in a time of over four hundred and fifty scripted series, that leaves plenty of room for dross. It would have been possible to […]
TCM To Celebrate Life and Career of Debbie Reynolds!
TCM will celebrate the life and career of triple-threat (actor-singer-dancer) legend Debbie Reynolds with a 24-hour tribute on Friday, January 27th. Films to be shown include classics like The Tender Trap, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, How the West was Won and, of course, Singin’ in the Rain. Details follow the break.
First Look: Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in Our Souls at Night!
Robert Redford and Jane Fonda are together again for the first time in decades on Netflix’s Our Souls at Night – based on the novel by Kent Haruf. The first photo featured the duo follows the break. Our souls at Night also stars Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Judy Greer (Jurassic World), Matthias Schoenaerts (The Danish Girl), […]
First Look: Bong Joon Ho’s Okja!
Netflix has released two first look stills and a storyboard from the Netflix original film Okja, a bold global adventure from director Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Snowpiercer). Okja stars Tilda Swinton (Hail, Caesar!), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Paul Dano (Love & Mercy), Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply), Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead”), and Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking […]
Not a Recent Thing Trailer: Doctor Who: Season 10!
Meet the Doctor’s new companion, Bill (in her own words), and learn something we’ve always kind of suspected about the Doctor but never heard him actually say out loud before, in the first trailer for the tenth season of Doctor Who. Doctor Who returns to BBC America this spring.
Sing for a Chance to Appear On The Fosters Winter Premiere!
Today Freeform is launching a singing competition with a ‘big break’ kind of prize – fans can submit videos of themselves singing the show’s theme song for a shot at being featured on the winter premiere of the show on January 31st. For every entry received by the network, Disney and Freeform will donate a […]
Bond. James Bond. Esquire Channel Marathons Brosnan Bond for New Year’s!
With New Year’s Day, 2017 arriving on a Sunday, Monday becomes a statutory holiday – and what better way to celebrate the New Year than with a little espionage? Esquire Channel is celebrating with its ‘Pierce Brosnan James Bond Marathon’ on Monday, January 2nd – and to help you get ready for 2017, there’s a little help […]
20/20 Profiles The Lives of Legends Who Died in 2016!
20/20 will profile the lives and legacies of legends who died in 2016 – featuring Prince, Muhammad Ali, Florence Henderson and Fidel Castro, but also including many others, like David Bowie, Merle Haggard, Craig Sager, Gene Wilder and Leonard Cohen – on a special edition, tomorrow, December 23rd (ABC, 10:01/9:01C).
Underground Video: DreamWorks’ Trollhunters!
In this new clip from Netflix, Jim sees Heartstone Trollmarket – the place he is now sworn to protect – in the Guillermo de Toro-created animated series, DreamWorks’ Trollhunters which premieres tomorrow, December 23rd.