One of the predictions I made in my advance review of The CW Network’s new Wednesday night series, Hellcats, is that it had the potential to be a hit with the younger female audiences. Judging by the cheering coming out of the CW Network offices over the ratings success, I would say my prediction was […]
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Television: CW’s Nikita -Mildly Entertaining Action Despite A Lack of Spark From Maggie Q
On Thursday, September 9th at 9PM EST (Supernatural’s old time slot), The CW Network is set to offer up their re-imagining of the 1997 USA Network series Nikita which starred Peta Wilson. That series was in itself an adapting of the 1990 French film, Le Femme Nikta. While the blue eyed blonde Wilson has been […]
Television: Hellcats-CW’s New Cheerleading Drama Brings It On In Generic But Classy Style
Hellcats is described by the CW Network as a coming-of-age story about Marti Perkins (Aly Michalka, “The Roommate,” “Bandslam”), a pre-law scholarship student at Lancer University in Memphis, Tennessee. Marti is a hip, edgy townie with working class roots, whose world flips upside down, literally and figuratively, when her scholarship is canceled and her well-meaning […]
Television: Actor/Comedian Zach Cregger Joins Cast of NBC Series, Friends With Benefits
Zach Cregger, an Arlington VA native who has most recently spent his time in New York City working as a writer/producer and actor in the comedy troupe Whitest Kids U’ Know, has been signed on to join the cast of the new NBC comedy series, Friends With Benefits. Cregger, who starred in the 2009 comedy […]
Television: TNT Orders New Seasons of Three Hit Series: The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles and Leverage
TNT knows drama and they also know how to keep hit drama series on their Network – by renewing them! Which is why TNT has ordered new seasons of three of the network’s hit series, The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles and Leverage. On the renewal of these three hit series, Michael Wright, executive […]
Video Games Live on PBS
If you haven’t had the opportunity to catch a live performance of Video Games Live, the group has secured a deal with PBS to air a 90 minute concert. I attended this show a few years ago and it’s a pretty amazing experience that features a full orchestra performing music from the most popular video […]
Ellen and Kara Booted from American Idol!
Ellen Degeneres made the announcement official, she is leaving American Idol. TMZ is reporting that Kara Dioguardi is also out (although that announcement isn’t official)? leaving the Dog Pound and Randy Jackson the last man standing. Yo, Dog, that’s hot! Not. Ellen said she had trouble criticizing the singers and in her official statement that […]
Comic Con 2010: Eureka’s Colin Ferguson Talks About Season 4 & The Trials of Wearing Period Piece Costumes
Eclipse Magazine’s coverage of Comic Con 2010 continues as we sat in on the The Syfy channel’s double billed press roundtable of Eureka and Warehouse 13. We’ll have lots of goodies to share with Eclipse Magazine readers from this very informative combo, but right now we leave you with a video treat: Colin Ferguson talking […]
Comic Con 2010: Eclipse Gets In On The Lowdown On AMC’s The Walking Dead
I have to admit that one of things I was excited about covering at Comic Con was the new AMC horror/drama show, The Walking Dead which is based on the graphic novel of the same name written by Robert Kirkman. The Walking Dead tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group […]
Comic Con 2010: Eclipse Gets the Latest Lowdown On Stargate Universe – Here’s A Teaser!
EclipseMagazine is here at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con to get all the scoops and inside information on some of our reader’s favorite series and we started Friday off with an up close press panel meeting with the cast of the Syfy series, Stargate Universe. On hand was, Robert Carlyle, David Blue, Alaina Huffman, […]
Pillars of the Earth is Overstuffed But Still Fun!
Before Ken Follett wrote epic, thousand-page bestsellers like Pillars of the Earth, he wrote sleek, taut thrillers like The Big Needles, and sci-fi classics like Capricorn One. I mention this because, however well done Pillars of the Earth might be [I’ve not read it], the television miniseries [Starz, Friday, 10/9C] is an overstuffed, frequently ponderous […]