May 05 2015

Castle – “Dead From New York” Recap. The Show Must Go On.

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A spoof on the NBC hit sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, Castle’s latest episode, “Dead From New York,” embarks on a murder mystery involving the death of the producer Sid Ross (actor uncredited) of “SNT,” also known as “Saturday Night Tonight.” The list of potential suspects varies, including the current host, a suave and dashing actor named Danny Valentine (guest star Gregory Harrison). And like the real show, there’s always a musical guest and this week’s guest is Carly Rae Jepsen (herself).

May 05 2015

Chiller Unveils 2015-2016 Original Programming Including Original Movies and First Ever Original Series

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On the heels of its most-watched original movie to date (Animal) and the SXSW 2015 premiere of its original movie The Boy, Chiller announces new original content for 2015 and 2016, including its first-ever original series, Slasher, and two new original movies, Lifeforce and Siren.

May 05 2015

TV News: Shooting for Syfy’s New Series The Magicians Begins This Summer

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As a little girl, I was always fascinated by magic. As an adult, I still am—although I now understand what goes into creating the fantasy behind the magic. Now, following last year’s announcement, Syfy’s new series #TheMagicians is coming to fruition. Production of the 12-episode series begins this July in Vancouver, and stars Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Hale Appleman, and Summer Bishil.

May 04 2015

Outlander –“The Watch” Top Three Moments. Safety Comes With a Price.

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As a filler episode, “The Watch” does a fair job of holding my attention when nothing is really happening. It certainly cements the feeling things won’t always be sunshine and rainbows for the Fraser newlyweds.

May 03 2015

Nurse Jackie – “Nice Ladies” Review. The Best Laid Plans.

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This season of #NurseJackie is turning out to be one of its best with terrific acting, great dialogue, and exceptional directing. As a matter of fact, writer Abe Sylvia and director Keith Gordon do a stellar job with “Nice Ladies.”

May 03 2015

Penny Dreadful – “Fresh Hell” Review. Evil Comes This Way.

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Snow falls gently, blanketing the already white ground beneath Vanessa Ives’ (Eva Green) feet. She walks seemingly without a care, yet each step brings her closer to an old evil that stalks her every move. As “Fresh Hell” begins, so does the terror awaiting Vanessa and her friends. Penny Dreadful comes roaring back with ferocity so intense and deliberate, it takes your breath away. Each calculated minute of this second season premiere has you checking your pulse, anxiously anticipating the next scene. You won’t want to miss a moment of “Fresh Hell.”

May 03 2015

Bitten – “Dead Meat” Retrospective. Can’t Keep a Good Wolf Down

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Weird medical experiments, necromancy, and sexual magic are just some of the topics addressed in “Dead Meat.” And here I thought the human world would be the greatest obstacle for the characters in the second season of Bitten. It is, but in a completely different way. So, brace yourselves, folks, because you’re about to be served a whole slew of twists and surprising outcomes in ”Dead Meat!”

May 02 2015

Grimm – “You Don’t Know Jack” Recap. The Devil Inside.

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Suspense, drama, and death are the stars of “You Don’t Know Jack,” and that’s not even the half of it. A killer, long thought dead, comes back to wreak havoc on Portland’s prostitutes. Sound like someone you’ve heard of before? Could “Jack the Ripper” be a Grimm or even a Wesen? Better yet, is it the devil himself possessing someone to do his bidding?

May 01 2015

The Goldbergs – “Dance Party USA” Retrospective. The Lucky Watch.

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Erica’s (Hayley Orrantia) dream of dancing on Dance Party USA, a popular 80s dance show turns into her worst nightmare when she catches pink eye from her brother Barry (Troy Gentile) in “Dance Party USA.” Will this be the end of her rise from awkward to awesome?

May 01 2015

Discovery Channel Renews Hit Series Naked and Afraid For Third Season

Discovery Channel Renews Hit Series <i>Naked and Afraid</i> For Third Season 10

Discovery Channel announced that it has renewed the pop-culture phenomenon NAKED AND AFRAID for a third season. From Renegade 83, NAKED AND AFRAID, the #1 survival series on cable, drops a man and a woman – complete strangers – in a remote location with no food, no water…and no clothes. From Guyana to Thailand, Nicaragua to Belize, the Florida Everglades to Namibia, the survivalists are stranded all over the world across four continents and they must survive 21 days to complete the challenge.

May 01 2015

The Comedians – “Celebrity Guest” Retrospective. Wardrobe Change.

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When the studio puts the premiere of “ The Billy and Josh Show” on hold because of director issues, among others, Billy (Billy Crystal) and Josh (Josh Gad) each decide to take matters into their own hands.

Apr 30 2015

TV News: A+E Networks Upfront Announcements

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  • April 30, 2015

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A+E Networks held its Upfront presentation today, announcing the upcoming programming lineup for its subsidiaries and affiliates, A&E, History, Lifetime, and FYI. Check out the official press release below for all the deets.

Apr 30 2015

Interview: The Walking Dead Q and A with Danai Gurira (Michonne)

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The Walking Dead returns in the fall. Don’t miss it.

Apr 30 2015

Casting News: American Horror Story: Hotel Adds Angela Bassett

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Golden Globe® Award winner Angela Bassett is the latest American Horror Story veteran to return for AHS: Hotel, the fifth installment of Ryan Murphy’s horror anthology series. Bassett joins fellow AHS alum Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Wes Bentley, Chloë Sevigny and Matt Bomer in the cast of Hotel, along with Lady Gaga and Cheyenne Jackson.

Apr 30 2015

Smithsonian Channel Presents Two-Part Series David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals – Triumph of the Vertebrates

Smithsonian Channel Presents Two-Part Series <i>David Attenborough's Rise of Animals - Triumph of the Vertebrates</i> 14

Smithsonian Channel will premiere the two-part series DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S RISE OF ANIMALS – TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES on Wednesday, May 13 at 8 and 9 p.m. ET/PT. From Atlantic Productions, the team that produced Sir David Attenborough’s Emmy® Award-winning series First Life, comes a new landmark series about the astonishing evolutionary advances that created the dazzling diversity of vertebrates which now dominate our planet, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and ultimately, mammals like us. Vertebrates have produced the largest, fastest, most intelligent creatures the world has ever seen.

Apr 30 2015

News: Syfy Confirms – Helix is Cancelled.

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Nearly three weeks after the April 10 season two finale of Helix, my sources at Syfy confirmed today Helix is, indeed, cancelled.

Apr 29 2015

News: NBC Will Make All 13 Episodes of Aquarius Available After Network Premiere May 28

News: NBC Will Make All 13 Episodes of <i>Aquarius</i> Available After Network Premiere May 28 16

To offer viewers the same binge-viewing experience they now enjoy on streaming platforms, NBC will make the unprecedented move of releasing all 13 episodes of David Duchovny’s new series “Aquarius” on NBC.com and the NBC app after the show’s two-hour linear network premiere on May 28, 2015. The entire series will also be offered to all other video-on-demand platforms for release at that time as well.

Apr 29 2015

Trailer: Preggoland Starring Sonja Bennett, James Caan, Danny Trejo In Theaters/VOD May 8

Trailer: <i>Preggoland</i> Starring Sonja Bennett, James Caan, Danny Trejo In Theaters/VOD May 8 17

When Ruth ruins a baby shower with her drunken, juvenile antics, her old high school cronies, who are all mothers now, promptly de-friend her. But when she is later mistakenly thought to be “with child,” she is inexplicably welcomed back into the group. Ruth plans on coming clean, but when her dad has a heart attack and tells her that the only thing keeping him alive is the promise of grandkids, Ruth decides to continue to fake the pregnancy.

Apr 29 2015

Trailer: That Sugar Film Opens in Select Theaters and VOD On July 31

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THAT SUGAR FILM is one man’s journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as ‘healthy.’ Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. THAT SUGAR FILM will forever change the way you think about ‘healthy’ food.

Apr 29 2015

STARZ Releases First Look Trailer/Photos for Limited Series Flesh and Bone

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Starz released a first look trailer for “Flesh and Bone,” the eight-hour limited series created by Emmy® award-winning “Breaking Bad” Writer and Executive Producer Moira Walley-Beckett, premiering Sunday November 8, 2015. “Flesh and Bone” follows a young dancer with a distinctly troubled past as she joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. The dark, gritty, complex series unflinchingly explores New York City through the eyes of Claire, played by Sarah Hay (“Black Swan”), an emotionally wounded but transcendent ballerina navigating the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world.

Apr 29 2015

Showtime® Debuts Two Documentaries Nationwide Under New Banner Showtime Documentary Films®

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Following their success at the 2015 Sundance Festival, Showtime is bringing Listen to Me Marlon and Prophet’s Prey to theaters nationwide prior to their television debuts under the newly created banner Showtime Documentary Films®. The highly anticipated documentaries revolve around two of the most fascinating and elusive men in American history — two-time Oscar® winner Marlon Brando, and leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Warren Jeffs. For more details about both films, check out the press release below.

Apr 29 2015

Video: Go Behind the Scenes of “March 8, 1983” with the Cast and Crew of The Americans

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Following last week’s season finale of The Americans, the cast and crew offer up their thoughts about “March 8, 1983.” Truth is the most dangerous thing in the world. Go behind the scenes with “The Americans Declassified—Inside the Finale.”

Apr 28 2015

Castle – “In Plane Sight” Recap. Mile High Murder Club.

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“In Plane Sight” is a great episode to clear our minds after a somewhat dismal showing in last week’s “Sleeper” where we were supposed to learn about Castle’s mysterious disappearance. This week, Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Alexis (Molly C. Quinn) take a mini father/daughter vacation to London but encounter more than turbulence during their flight. When Air Marshal Kyle Ford (Brian Perry) is found dead in the cargo hold, Oceanic Air flight 57’s captain (Lisa Kaminir) asks Castle to step in to help solve the mystery.

Apr 27 2015

TV News: Season 5 of Homeland Moving to Germany

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  • April 27, 2015

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What a change of scenery for our favorite CIA operative, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), in season five of the Emmy-award winning Showtime® drama Homeland. Production of the 12-episode series begins this summer in Berlin, Germany, and picks up two years after Carrie leaves Islamabad. Below is the official press release.

Apr 27 2015

HBO Documentary Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop Debuts May 11

HBO Documentary <i>Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop</i> Debuts May 11 24

Dubbed “The Cannibal Cop,” former NYPD officer Gilberto Valle was convicted of conspiring to kidnap and eat women in March 2013. Valle had argued it was all a fantasy, but the prosecution’s narrative convinced jurors otherwise. His story made headlines not only for its chilling details, but also because of its landmark decision regarding a man many consider “patient zero” in a growing thought-police trend across the nation.

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