ABC announced it summer 2112 schedule today and it’s 89% reality-based programming. Of the nine new and returning series, only one is a scripted, fictional series – Rookie Blue [and drama doesn’t get much lighter than that…]. New are Duets, a singing competition for duos – with a twist; Trust Us with Your Life, wherein […]
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The 71st Annual Peabody Awards: The Complete List of Winners!
The winners of the 71st Annual Peabody Awards – possibly the most prestigious awards for television, radio and online programming – have been announced and it should probably come as no surprise that HBO’s Game of Thrones and Treme, PBS’ Austin City Limits, Showtime’s Homeland and syndicated game show Jeopardy were among them. For a […]
That’s Not My Penguin! Awake’s Cast Promised A Penguin; This Week We Get A Penguin!
Awake [NBC, Thursdays, 10/9C] is one of the best of the season’s new programs, but you’d never know it from the ratings. At least when the show’s cast and creator promised a penguin, they came through with a penguin. Maybe that will help the ratings; maybe not. Still, it looks like a thoroughly entertaining hour […]
Make No Bones About It: Booth and Bones Get Season 8!
When Bones [Fox, Mondays, 8/7C] returns on April 2, FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth and forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan will welcome their first child [a girl] into the world and onto the series – but that’s not the only big news for the show, which has been picked up for an eighth season. Fox […]
ABC releases “Body Of Proof” web series
Yesterday ABC had released online their “Body Of Proof” web series. This series will have a total of five webisodes and each webisode will be worth watching. More details from the press release and episode one after the jump
Is There A Doctor In The House.. Er… Street?
The BBC’s first trailer for the seventh season of the rebooted Doctor Who is now available for your enjoyment. There’s a pat on the back and a cheery ‘well done’ if you can spot two appearances that harken back to the very first season of the original series back in 19 and 64.
EM Exclusive!!! The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Trailer Debuts on Eclipse!
Assemble!! Marvel’s The Avengers hits the big screen May 4… But in the meantime, get your hero fix with Marvel TV’s trailer for season 2 of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, premiering April 1 inside Marvel Universe on Disney XD! The Avengers have fought against some of the most […]
Smash-ing News!
It may not be burning up the ratings race, but NBC is showing a little faith in its critically acclaimed freshman series Smash. The network today announced that smash will be back for a second second season. The series is about the making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe – and the lives of […]
Jenna-Louise Coleman Is The Doctor’s New Companion!
When Karen Gillan [Amy Pond] and Arthur Darvill [Rory Williams] leave the TARDIS for the last time, Doctor Who’s Timelord will be joined by Jenna-Louise Coleman, a twenty-five year old from Blackpool who will, according to showrunner, Steven Moffat, ‘can talk even faster than he does.’ Coleman’s first appearance will be in the 2012 Doctor […]
Sir Patrick Stewart To Host 71st Annual Peabody Awards!
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is going where no starship captain has gone before. Sir Patrick Stewart has been officially announced as the host of the 71st Annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony on Monday, May 21, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Stewart, who has been involved in two Peabody Award-winning productions, is the […]
Treasure Island Is One Night Movie Event For Syfy!
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic swashbuckler, Treasure Island, comes to Syfy on May 5th as a one night, four-hour special event. The RHI Entertainment production stars Eddie Izzard as Long John Silver, Elijah Wood as Ben Gunn and Donald Sutherland as Flint. Tony Regbo [the Harry Potter films] is young Jim Hawkins. The official press release […]