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Doctor Who Is Finally Getting Its First Female Writer In 7 Years

Doctor Who’s been bringing in a lot of new writers in the past couple years, with some excellent results (notably Jamie Matheson and Neil Cross). But as Neil Gaiman recently pointed out, the show hasn’t had any female writers since 2008. Luckily, it looks like Torchwood veteran Catherine Tregenna is writing for season nine. https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-really-does-need-more-female-writers-461257152…

The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Star Trek Season 2

No matter how much you already know about the original Star Trek, there’s still undiscovered territory out there. And just like with season one, the new book series These Are The Voyages by Marc Cushman uncovers loads of surprising secrets. Here are a dozen things you probably never knew about Star Trek’s second season. Season…

Constantine Should Team Up With Papa Midnite More Often

We had a glimmer of a more interesting, more bastardly John Constantine last week, but this week, it was his rival Papa Midnite who got to be the morally complex character. There is something fun about watching these two characters work together to solve a supernatural problem and insult each other all the way. Even…

Confirmed: Batman And Superman Are Off-Limits For Arrow And The Flash

It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, but The Flash and Arrow producer Andrew Kreisberg has confirmed that the Emerald Archer and the Scarlet Speedster won’t be stopping by Gotham City or Metropolis anytime soon. Just like the Smallville TV series wasn’t allowed to incorporate Batman or Wonder Woman, but had full access to the…

Nickelodeon Comes To Its Senses, Brings Legend Of Korra Back To TV

Well, this is good, if somewhat baffling news: just days after Nickelodeon released The Legend of Korra clip show episode (thanks to Nickelodeon slashing the show’s budget mid-season), the network has announced that Book 4 of The Legend of Korra will be airing on TV starting this week. Uh, yay, I guess? GIF from Korranation.…

This Week’s TV: Drug-Enhanced Zombies Defend The Fort Knox Of Oxycontin

American Thanksgiving means a somewhat lighter week for television, but we’ve still got some big things happening with the the mid-season finales of Gotham and The Walking Dead. Plus, The Flash’s Barry loses his powers and Person of Interest gets involved in power struggle for control of the city’s gangs. Update: There’s also a bunch…

​The Streets Are Paved With Half-Melted Zombies In A Tense Walking Dead

Not a lot of things happened in “Crossed,” the episode before next week’s mid-season finale; it’s clear that most of it is setting the stage, especially since it checks in with everybody in the group for the first time in a long time to see how things are about to go horribly, horribly wrong for…

Here’s the good news: The makers of the Attack on Titan TV series have finally officially announced that the hit anime will get a second season. Now the bad news: It’s not going to debut until 2016. UGH. Well, at least we have the compilation films and the live-action movie to tide us over… [Via…

What Are Arrow‘s Epic Plans for Black Canary?

Which of the contradictory rumors about Episode VII’s ending do you believe? A major star could play Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad. Dean DeBlois explains the questions How to Train Your Dragon 3 will address. William Shatner joins Haven. And the next Harry Potter film gears up production. Spoilers now! Top image: Arrow Suicide Squad…

NBC Stalls Production of Constantine After 13 Episodes

Instead of ordering more episodes, which would be a sure sign that NBC is happy with the show, Constantine will only have 13 episodes in its first season. On the other hand, the numbers have been improving, so it could still pull off a renewal. Before the show even premiered, NBC showed confidence in it…

Legend Of Korra Does A Clip Show And Decides To Make Fun Of Itself

Due to budget issues, The Legend of Korra spent this episode on a clip show, revisiting the first three seasons of the show. But at least while Korra was forced to tread water, it poked a bit of fun at itself along the way. First off, thanks to Aldo O. Carvalho, who pointed me to…

Vampire Diaries Finally Acquires A Plot… And It’s A Pretty Decent One

Only eight episodes into the season, The Vampire Diaries has finally spun up its might plot engine to give us some actual stakes, beyond just whether Damon and Elena will be together. And the good news is? It’s actually a pretty good plot, that justifies a lot of the slow buildup. Spoilers ahead… The bad…

Netflix Nabs a Tina Fey-Created Series From NBC

Saving shows that networks stupidly cancelled has been kind of a thing for the new wave of content creators, like Yahoo famously taking the reins of Community. In a slightly different twist, Netflix has snapped up a midseason replacement from NBC, starring Ellie Kemper and created by Tina Fey. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was created…

Warren Ellis’ Global Frequency Is Getting A TV Pilot—Once Again

Back in 2005, Warren Ellis’ comic book series Global Frequency was adapted as a television pilot, but wasn’t picked up for a full series. Now the tale of crowdsourced covert intelligence is getting a second shot at the small screen, with the creator of Farscape and Defiance behind the wheel. Deadline is reporting that Global…

Video Proof That We Must Restore The Original Battlestar Galactica

What would the original Batttlestar Galactica series look like if it was remastered, and rereleased? It would look a lot like this, and this is awesome. Thanks to Ain’t It Cool News, we were alerted to this amazing reel of restored original BSG, created by Adam “Mojo” Lebowitz. This video is just a proposal, a…

The Walking Dead Midseason Finale Made Daryl Cry For An Hour. AN HOUR.

Actor Norman Reedus told TV Guide that the events of The Walking Dead’s midseason finale, airing on November 30th, were so emotional that he genuinely cried for an hour before he was able to shoot the episode’s finale scenes. Huh. Why do I suspect that these weren’t tears of happiness? Oh, right, because nothing happy…

​6 Episodes That Prove Castle Is Science Fiction

Nathan Fillion will always be best-loved by nerds for his role as Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly, but did you know he’s also starred in another major scifi franchise? It’s called Castle — yes, the show where he’s a mystery writer solving crimes with police detective (and love interest) Kate Beckett. Don’t believe me? The…

Aereo Has Filed for Bankruptcy

The struggling Aereo, which closed its Boston offices but refused to actually shut down, is now filing for Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. https://gizmodo.com/aereos-latest-death-rattle-comes-as-boston-office-shutt-1655599827 In a company blog post, CEO and founder Chet Kanojia explained: While we had significant victories in the federal district courts…

Alfred Kicks Ass, Flirts With Fish Mooney In This Exclusive Gotham Clip

Pennyworth and Bullock hit the streets looking for Bruce Wayne. And what we get is a totally great, ass-kicking Alfred Pennyworth. Take an exclusive look at next week’s episode now. The clip opens with Bullock screaming, “Am I the only one in this town who waits for backup?” Before wildly firing his gun into yet…

Singing Pirate Christopher Walken Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Peter Pan Live! has released even more dancing and singing footage from the dress rehearsal of their soon-to-be-live and televised musical show. If there was any doubt that there is magic in this world, please let the pausing and mugging Walken clear that up for you. Casting Walken in this role was probably the smartest…