Syfy’s Defiance – one of the spring/summer’s most entertaining shows – has been picked up for a second season. The series, which takes place in a world that is shared with MMOG – each of which have some small effect on the other – is about the struggles of the people of the town of […]
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PBS Fall 20/13: Shakespeare, Superheroes, The Great American Hoax and More!
PBS has set a very different fall season with a unique combination of literature, pop culture, and history. Great Performances takes four of William Shakespeare’s ‘history plays’ – Richard II, Henry IV, Parts I & II, and Henry V – and folded them into a single narrative; Superheroes is a three-part documentary miniseries that examines […]
Magic City: Bright City, Dark Doings!
“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?” Ike Evans risks everything in a life and death battle to rid his Miramar Playa Hotel of the mob and Ben “The Butcher” Diamond. Even if Ike’s long-shot gamble to take back his hotel succeeds, will the price […]
Eureka! Haven Welcomes Handsome Stranger in Season Four!
Haven enters its fourth season with a mysterious, handsome stranger getting a juicy, season-long arc. How handsome? Sheriff Jack Carter handsome! Eureka’s Colin Ferguson will play a character whose secret agenda leads him to Audrey Parker (whom you will recall vanished into thin air at the end of season three). Haven went into production of […]
TNT Orders Legends!
TNT has greenlit the Sean Bean vehicle Legends – a spy drama based on the novel The Company, by Robert Littell. Bean stars as Martin Odum,an undercover agent working for FBI’s D.C.O. (Deep Cover Operations) who is known for his ability to become a completely different person for each assignment. Legends’ cast also includes Ali […]
BBC America’s In the Flesh: Soulful Zombie Miniseries Event!
Zombies are everywhere these days. There are even movies about zombies who ‘reform’ – Warm Bodies even turned them into a subject for a romantic comedy. That’s not quite the direction that BBC America’s miniseries event In the Flesh (part of the network’s Supernatural Saturdays, June 6-8, 10/9C) takes. Here, zombies can rehabilitated and rejoin […]
TNT Orders Michael Bay’s Post-apocalyptic Drama The Last Ship to Series!
TNT has ordered Michael Bay drama The Last Ship, starring Eric Dane, to series. The crew of the U.S.S. Nathan James survives a global catastrophe and the Navy destroyer’s crew must come to terms with the reality of their new circumstances. The order is for ten episodes to launch in 2014. Details follow the […]
Warehouse 13 Hosts Mini-Galaxy Quest Reunion!
There’s a mini-Galaxy Quest reunion coming to the May 13th episode of Syfy’s Warehouse 13 (Mondays, 10/9C). Enrico Colantoni and Missi Pyle guest-star in the noir tribute episode, The Big Snag, as a possibly murderous couple with hidden agendas. Follow the jump for details.
FX’s The Americans Promotes Nina and Martha to Regular Status!
Fans of FX’s family/spy drama The Americans will no doubt be pleased to hear that Annet Mahendru (Nina, left, the Soviet double/triple spy) and Alison Wright (Director Gadd’s secretary/Philip Jennings’ newest wife) have been made regulars for the show’s second season. Follow the jump for details.
Black Sails Poster & Trailer–Michael Bay and Starz May Just Have Another Winner!
The poster for Michael Bay’s Black sails (coming to Starz on January, 20/14) is a cool riff on the skull and crossbones flags flown by pirate ships. The first teaser trailer for the series (following the jump) is also pretty spiffy.
Trailer: Aaon Sorkin’s The Newsroom Will Continue to Polarize Watchers!
People either loved or hated season one of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newroom – for exactly the same things (Sorkin’s use of the past to sermonize; prickly relationships; the detail of the show; the accuracies/inaccuracies of the behind-the scenes/workplace stuff, etc.). When it returns to HBO for a second season on July 14th, it will undoubtedly […]