TBS has renewed its nerd competition series, King of the Nerds, for a ten-episode third season. Competitors’ victories depend upon their intellect, ingenuity and knowledge of pop culture. The ultimate winner gets $100,000. For more, check out the press release after the jump.
Tag: Television
First Look: Guillermo Del Toro’s Creepy The Strain!
Guillermo Del Toro has a love of the scary and the creepy and so, when he and Chuck Hogan co-wrote a trilogy of vampire novels, they were filtered through his unique sensibility. Now the trilogy is being adapted for television for FX – and the first teaser looks every bit as creepy as we might […]
Fox’s Chairman Steps Down!
Kevin Reilly, who has been Chairman of Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company since 2012, is stepping down. Over the course of his stints at 21st Century Fox, he oversaw FX shows like Nip/Tuck and The Shield, and the arrival of such highly regarded series as New Girl, Glee, The Following, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Sleepy Hollow […]
Marilyn Manson To Recur On Sons Of Anarchy!
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson has signed on to recur on Sons Of Anarchy. He will play a white supremacist. For more, check out the press release after the jump.
Syfy Summer 2014: Aliens and Angels and Wizards, Oh My!
Syfy has two new and two returning series set for summer, 2014 – along with a startling documentary. It’s angels versus humans in new series Dominion, which follows season two of alien invasion series Defiance on July 19th; sci-fi make-up effects series Face Off returns July 22nd, and competitive magic series Wizard Wars debuts on […]
Critics’ Choice Awards Nominees Announced!
Like most awards, the Critics Choice Awards (voted on by the Broadcast Journalists Association) don’t always get it right. Unlike The Emmys, of late, they do get it right more often than not (TCA got it right for Tatiana Maslany last year and she is among the Best Actress nominees again this year). The TCA […]
Stay Indoors! It’s Sharknado Week!
To celebrate (if that’s the right word) the upcoming premiere of Syfy’s Sharknado 2: The Second One, the network has planned Sharknado Week. Between July 26th and August 2nd, Syfy will unleash three, count ‘em, three original movies featuring the world’s most perfect predator – and a light-hearted look at the fifteen best shark movie […]
POTUS To Visit LIVE with Kelly and Michael!
President Barack Obama will sit down with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Friday morning’s edition of LIVE with Kelly and Michael. Ripa and Strahan will conduct the interview in the White House’s historic Blue Room. For more details, check out the press release following the jump.
DeKnight In Goddard Out On Netflix Daredevil!
Steven S. DeKnight has been named showrunner for Netflix’s Daredevil limited series. Follow the jump for details.
WE tv Greenlights Supernatural Series South of Hell!
South of Hell is the story Maria Abascal is a demon-hunter-for-hire in Savannah, Georgia, who has to also fight the demon inside her. Abigail feeds on the evil that Maria exorcises from others and Maria has to constantly struggle of overcome Abigail. In both arenas, her most trusted aide is her brother, David. WE tv […]
Syfy IS Spartacus!
Syfy has acquired the U.S. basic cable rights to all thirty-nine episodes of Starz Entertainment’s Spartacus. The series will premiere on Syfy on Thursday, June 26th (10/9C) – following the second season premiere of Defiance (8/7C) and series premiere of Dominion (9/8C) – and it will be interesting to see how the very R-rated series […]