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WSJ: Nielsen Will Start Tracking How Much People Watch Netflix

According to the Wall Street Journal, Nielsen will begin tracking how much TV people are watching through Netflix and Amazon next month. The goal is to give networks a sense for how much streaming services cut into regular TV watching. Spoiler: People who use Netflix and Amazon watch less regular TV. According to a Nielsen…

Television Mario Aguilar

On Agents Of SHIELD, Revenge Is A Dish That Only Tastes Good To Psychos

Last night’s Agents of SHIELD was chock full of backstory, and we learned a ton about a handful of the show’s villains and psychopaths. But the over-arching theme seemed to be revenge, and the ugly things that people do to get revenge for ancient injuries. Spoilers ahead… “The Things We Bury” was a flashback-heavy episode,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Peter Capaldi Turned Down The Chance To Audition For The Eighth Doctor

Back when Doctor Who was coming back from oblivion as an American TV movie in 1996, Peter Capaldi was asked to audition for the role of the Eighth Doctor, and he turned it down… because he knew he wouldn’t get it. Watching the video above, everybody seems as surprised as we are to hear this.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Has A Major Clone Wars Character Already Appeared In Star Wars Rebels?

Obi-Wan Kenobi made a disembodied appearance in the pilot of Star Wars Rebels, but has another important character from Clone Wars also had a cameo? Some speculation about last week’s episode has just gotten a bit more intriguing. In the episode “Out of Darkness,” we hear Hera talking to her contact, Fulcrum, who helps her…

Television Lauren Davis

Gorbachev Tried To Get George Bush To Spoil Who Killed Laura Palmer

Twin Peaks can add another fanatic to its long list of obsessed fans, one Mikhail Gorbachev. In fact, the former President of the Soviet Union was so into Twin Peaks he tried to get U.S. President George H. W. Bush to pressure David Lynch into revealing who killed Laura Palmer. Lynch declined, obviously. Songwriter Ryan…

Television Meredith Woerner

First Peter Pan Live Clip Gives AMAZING Christopher Walken

NBC’s Peter Pan Live! show is nearing its official air date. In hopes of getting us all very, very excited, the studio has released a snippet of dress rehearsal footage, and Christopher Walken’s Captain Hook is already stealing the show. When we heard that Christopher Walken would be performing the role of Captain Hook for…

Television Meredith Woerner

Watch Peggy Carter Interrogate Agents of SHIELD‘s Hydra Leader

If there are two things I really love about season 2 of Agents of SHIELD, they are 1) How it’s tying itself into the history of SHIELD and 2) Reed Diamond as Hydra head Daniel Whitehall. Behold, a clip from Tuesday’s episode with both of those things. I’m going to be pretty sad when Diamond’s…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

7 weird and wonderful Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Theories

Human beings, always seeing patterns in things that aren’t there. But part of being a fan of something is all about discussing theories and diving into interpretations of the franchises you’re obsessed with. Here’s 7 of the strangest, and sometimes silliest, Fan theories about the TV, Films and Games we love. Warning: Some of these…

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Supernatural Showrunner To Reboot Frequency Into A TV Series

Magical ham radio movie Frequency is getting a TV reboot. And Supernatural showrunner Jeremy Carver is behind it! Frequency starred Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel as father and son; Quaid played a detective who tragically died on the job and Caviezel is his adult son who grew up sans father. The two are magically connected…

Television Meredith Woerner

Did The Next James Bond Film Just Score An Absolutely Perfect Villain?

News on an updated Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves recasts the title character as “Allen.” Steven Moffat explains what makes a good companion for the Doctor and whether they’d ever deviate from the current formula. Plus new details on Gotham’s Harvey Dent, and the best-yet look at Lois Lane in Batman v. Superman. Spoilers…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

The 100 Is Much More Interesting When It’s Building Its World

With the Ark gone, the only corners of The 100 left to explore are on (or under) the Earth. And the show becomes much more interesting when it spreads out beyond the “Sky People” and Grounder factions. Although “Many Happy Returns” did, in fact, feature a few significant returns and reunions, a good deal of…

Television Lauren Davis

Behold The Terrifying Real-Life South Park From Last Night’s Episode

Last night, South Park used Oculus Rift and The Matrix to fall into a virtual reality hole where nothing was what it seemed. And everyone was being told that their reality “wasn’t real”—over and over, until we ended up just as lost as the kids. And then there was a twist. Warning: spoilers in this…

Television Meredith Woerner

This Box Lets You Split Your TV Screen In Case You Are Totally Insane

Anyone living in a house with more people than TVs has run into the problem at least once (or if you grew up in my family, pretty much every night): People want to watch different shows at the same time. A startup calledScreensTVis trying to fix family fighting by offering a box that lets you…

Television Kate Knibbs

Hermit Crabs Line Themselves Up From Biggest To Smallest To Swap Shells

Seriously, HERMIT CRABS FORM ORDERLY QUEUES. In height order. To more efficiently trade shells. I, for one, welcome our new crustacean bureaucrats. This is a segment from BBC’s Life Story, and it captures some pretty extraordinary animal behavior. When a new shell washes up on shore, these hermit crabs measure each other and then line…

Television Lauren Davis

At Last We Learn The Meaning Of Agents Of SHIELD‘s Mysterious Writing

Last night’s Agents of SHIELD pushed Agent Coulson to the very edge of his sanity, and made us (and some of his subordinates) question whether he was finally going bonkers due to the Kree blood in his system. And then… we got a startling, clever solution to the “alien writing” riddle. Spoilers ahead… The episode…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

10 TV Episodes That Everybody Pretends Never Happened

Science fiction and fantasy television has produced plenty of bizarre or terrible episodes. But sometimes, an episode isn’t just bad, it’s world-breaking — because it introduces plot holes or character traits that would kill a show. Here are 10 episodes that everybody had to pretend just didn’t happen. (Two of which are really, really good.)…

Television Diana Biller and Charlie Jane Anders

Star Wars Rebels Finally Focuses On Its Badass Female Characters

Most episodes of Star Wars Rebels have thus far focused on Ezra and his relationships with Kanan and Zeb. But this week, we finally take a moment with Hera and Sabine and get a hint at our Mandalorian rebel’s backstory. The most intriguing character, however, is the one we never see. The meat of this…

Television Lauren Davis

Tonight’s Person Of Interest Is A “Bloody, Messy” Game-Changer For Shaw

Sarah Shahi’s nervy, ruthless performance as Shaw has been one of the greatest reasons to watch Person of Interest for the past couple of years. And with tonight’s episode, she’s going to be in her stickiest situation yet. We talked to Shahi on the phone, and she told us about Shaw’s biggest upcoming showdown. Tonight’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Have We Seen The Last Of Michelle Gomez As Missy On Doctor Who?

Steven Moffat answers the question. Also, has Wonder Woman really secured a female director at last? Matt Reeves details what’s next for Caesar in the Planet of the Apes prequels. Check out one last Exodus trailer. Plus, details on what’s next on The Walking Dead, The Flash, Constantine, and Agents of SHIELD. Spoilers now! Top…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Oscar the Grouch used to be orange (but was supposed to be magenta)

Sesame Streetis 45 years old today, and the warm-spirited puppeteers behind the show’s Twitter account did a fun thing. They shared45 facts aboutSesame Street over the course of the day. Chief among them is the fact that Oscar the Grouch was actually orangefor the entire first season of the show. Orange! The story behind the…

Television Adam Clark Estes

WSJ: Nielsen Will Start Tracking How Much People Watch Netflix

On Agents Of SHIELD, Revenge Is A Dish That Only Tastes Good To Psychos

Peter Capaldi Turned Down The Chance To Audition For The Eighth Doctor

Has A Major Clone Wars Character Already Appeared In Star Wars Rebels?

Gorbachev Tried To Get George Bush To Spoil Who Killed Laura Palmer

First Peter Pan Live Clip Gives AMAZING Christopher Walken

Watch Peggy Carter Interrogate Agents of SHIELD‘s Hydra Leader

7 weird and wonderful Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Theories

Supernatural Showrunner To Reboot Frequency Into A TV Series

Did The Next James Bond Film Just Score An Absolutely Perfect Villain?

The 100 Is Much More Interesting When It’s Building Its World

Behold The Terrifying Real-Life South Park From Last Night’s Episode

This Box Lets You Split Your TV Screen In Case You Are Totally Insane

Hermit Crabs Line Themselves Up From Biggest To Smallest To Swap Shells

At Last We Learn The Meaning Of Agents Of SHIELD‘s Mysterious Writing

10 TV Episodes That Everybody Pretends Never Happened

Star Wars Rebels Finally Focuses On Its Badass Female Characters

Tonight’s Person Of Interest Is A “Bloody, Messy” Game-Changer For Shaw

Have We Seen The Last Of Michelle Gomez As Missy On Doctor Who?

Oscar the Grouch used to be orange (but was supposed to be magenta)

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

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Instagram Will Finally Let You Lurk to Your Heart’s Content—for a Price

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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