Wil Wheaton has gone from playing one of the most unfairly despised characters on Star Trek: The Next Generation, to being one of geekdom’s most popular figures – and playing Sheldon’s recurring arch-nemesis on The Big Bang Theory. Beginning May 27th, Wheaton will be hosting a weekly comedy show called The Wil Wheaton Project on […]
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73rd Annual Peabody Awards Winners Announced!
This morning, a record 46 recipients of the University of Georgia’s 73rd Annual Peabody Awards were announced today on CBS THIS MORNING and www.peabodyawards.com. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board from almost 1,100 entries, comprise the best in electronic media for the year 2013. Among the winners are television series Breaking Bad, The Returned […]
Aw Jeez! It’s a First Look at Fargo!
Fargo is, for my money, one of the most darkly funny movies ever made – and, with Grit, perhaps the best of the Coen Brothers movies. The news of a Fargo TV series filled me, simultaneously, with joy and dread. It helped it had the Coen Brothers’ blessing (they’re executive producers on the series), but […]
Already Renewed, The Musketeers Debuts in June!
BBC America’s co-production The Musketeers, a new take on Alexandre Dumas’ classic swashbuckling tale of adventure, will premiere on Sunday, June 22nd. The tale of D’Artagnan, Athos, Aramis and Porthos has already been renewed for a second season because of its ratings in the U.K. Follow the jump for the press release – including series […]
NBC Orders Event Series for David Duchovny!
Well, we now know what David Duchovny is doing after Californication. NBC has ordered Aquarius, a thirteen-episode vehicle for Duchovny, who will play a police sergeant with a complicated personal life in late 1960s. He and his young partner are tracking a ‘small-time criminal and budding cult leader’ – who turns out to be Charles […]
The Man with the Hats To Coach Season Seven The Voice Performers!
Grammy Award-winner and Academy Award-nomine Pharrell Williams has signed up to coach contestants for season seven of NBC’s The Voice. Check out the press release after the jump.
Warehouse 13’s Final Season Gets Premiere Date!
All good things must come to an end – even one of Syfy’s most popular shows ever, Warehouse 13. W13’s final six-episode season – which posits ‘a painful realization that Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanne Kelly) must face together’ and ‘a soul-searching journey regarding her long-lost sister’ that Claudia (Allison Scagliotti) must undertake, along […]
It’s Binge Week at ABC!
Beginning today and lasting through April 6th, ABC’s Binge Week is now live. For the next weeks, viewers can watch every episode of nine of the network’s shows online at ABC.com, the free WATCH ABC app and Hulu.com. The shows being made available are: Resurrection, Grey’s Anatomy, Nashville, Betrayal, Killer Women, The Neighbors, Once Upon […]
Friends With Better Lives: A Salty Relationship Buffet!
Friends With Benefits (Mondays, 9/8C) is CBS’ latest rude with-heart half-hour comedy. Here, we see members of a group of friends at differing points in their relationships – a couple who’ve just had their first child after seven years of marriage; a woman who has just become engaged to the man of her dreams; a […]
Syfy Gives Helix Season Two Order!
Syfy’s outbreak-turned-immortals series Helix has been renewed. The 13-episode second season will go into production later this year and is targeted for a Winter 2015 premiere. The first season finale of the series airs tonight (10/9C).
Syfy Slots Defiance and Dominion on Thursdays!
This summer, Syfy expands its schedule of original programming to Thursdays with the premieres of Defiance and Dominion. Season two of Defiance will take the 8/7C slot, while new series Dominion will follow at 9/8C. Both shows will premiere on Thursday, June 19th. For more series details, check out the press release after the jump.