Television

Nielsen will launch its Twitter TV Ratings Service on September 30. It will be the first time the company has formally used Twitter data to augment its long-standing media metrics system.

Syfy has just nabbed the Canadian werewolf series Bitten, starring Smallville’s Laura Vandervoort. The show, based on the Women of the Otherworld books by Kelley Armstrong, is about the first female werewolf, and is set for 2014. Sounds like a good companion piece to the sexy supernatural series Lost Girl to us (if hairier).

Breaking Bad inspires George R.R.Martin to make an even worse villain

A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin is an avid viewer of Breaking Bad, but couldn’t help but note on his blog after last weekend’s episode “Ozymandias” that “Walter White is a bigger monster than anyone in Westeros.” His next thought? “(I need to do something about that).” https://gizmodo.com/in-breaking-bad-blood-doesn-t-always-run-thicker-than-1324863782 Holy hell. Given…

Here’s why you should be watching Sleepy Hollow right now

The first episode of Sleepy Hollow aired last night, and in case you made the terrible mistake of not watching, we should talk about changing that. The thing is – and I get it – this is a hard show to take on faith. The pitch is, “She’s a skeptical but driven law enforcement officer…

AMC plans a Walking Dead spinoff series

The Walking Dead was a massive success, so it makes sense the AMC is hoping to squeeze out another post apocalyptic money maker. So Robert Kirkman and Gale Anne Hurd are planning a spinoff series. THR is reporting that this new “companion series” will feature all new characters but it will be set in the…

Last night’s Breaking Bad was the best—and most grueling—episode ever

Yesterday’s episode of Breaking Bad was a gruelling squirm-a-thon from start to finish, featuring a number of major developments — and it proved to be one of the best of the entire series. Serious spoilers incoming. The episode, titled “Ozymandias,” opens with a flashback from season one showing Walt and Jesse conducting their first cook…

Korra returns with family drama and religious extremism

Last night, The Legend of Korra returned to television for Book Two: Spirits, and the premiere featured dark spirits aplenty. But far more promising is this season’s focus on the nature of family, and the possibility of religious war. Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t watched the two-part premiere yet, you can watch it online at…

Watch a sneak peek from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premiere

In this clip from the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) is reluctant to return to the field, and so Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) turns on the charm to pull her from S.H.I.E.L.D.’s bureaucratic basement. Come on, Agent May, how can you resist that Whedony dialogue? Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premieres Tuesday,…

Glee actor will play the Flash on Arrow—and in a possible spinoff

Grant Gustin is going from Dalton Academy Warbler to Fastest Man Alive. Gustin has been cast as Barry Allen in the upcoming season of Arrow—with an eye toward spinning him off into his own series. Arrow spoilers below. https://gizmodo.com/the-cw-gives-the-flash-his-own-tv-show-launched-out-of-964666461 According to the Hollywood Reporter, Gustin, who played Sebastian Smythe on Glee, will appear in the…

Watch a big chunk of footage from the new Walking Dead season!

This is probably the largest chunk of new footage from season 4 of Walking Dead that we’ve seen yet. And it looks like the gang is finally taking advantage of the prison! Check out a whole heap of new walker-stuffed footage, along with a few interviews to help set the scene. Looks like this new…

Stare into the lifeless, CG face of the new Sabrina The Teenage Witch

It’s been a live-action series, an animated show and now Sabrina the Teenage Witch defeats mortality once again. She will be reborn as a computer-generated monster on The Hub! TVLine has the first images of the newly rebooted series which will premiere this October on the 12th. The other big change for Sabrina is that…

Leak: Next-Gen 4K Blu-Ray Discs Pack 100GB of Data

While the Blu-ray Disc Association may not have made any official noises about the existence of 4K Blu-ray discs, a leak from a disc manufacturer reveals that they’re on the way—and they pack 100GB of delicious data. TechRadar reports that disc manufacturer Singulus has stated that it will provide “the machine technology for three-layer Blu-ray…

I Need to Own This Knight Rider Lego Set

It’s a tale as old as time itself. The love between a man and his artificially-intelligent car. One is KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), a badass, snarky, rear-wheel drive, modified Pontiac Trans Am; the other’s a heavily chest-haired, 80s sex bomb. Together, they’re Lego Knight Rider. “KITT get me out of here!” This 7-wide minifig…

First glimpse of American Horror Story cast in their witchy new roles

We’ve seen spooky teaser after spooky teaser for American Horror Story Coven, but no actual footage of the new and returning cast in their new roles. Well, wait no more: Jessica Lange is back and looking fierce as all hell in flanked by Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett. Wow. The new season is set in…

Here’s the massive work that went into making Game of Thrones‘ dragons

Wired got a glimpse of how German VFX company Pixomondo created Daenerys’ three dragons, and the terrifying amount of work that went into it. Researching how big the wings needed to be, figuring out flight patterns, waving tennis balls on sticks at the actors — all this and more was required to bring Drogon, Rhaegal,…

Yahoo’s Screen App for iOS Lets You Channel Surf on Your iPad

Yahoo wants to make browsing its mobile video content feel more like channel surfing on the old-fashioned tube. The new iOS app out today should help. The app uses a swipe-to-browse interface that lets you quickly flip between channels (up and down) and episodes (side to side). Yahoo’s got a pretty big collection of exclusive…

Is Star Wars revisiting its old wretched hive of scum and villainy?

According to set reports, one of the most famous bars in the universe is being rebuilt. Paul Giamatti hints the villains of Amazing Spider-Man 2 are part of a larger design. Plus crazy reports on Christopher Nolan’s Insterstellar. And updates on Walking Dead, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Syfy’s Legion spin-off Dominion. Spoilers! Top image from…

Carl and Beth discuss the afterlife in Walking Dead deleted scene

It’s actually a shame that this scene from Season 3 of The Walking Dead didn’t make it onto television. It’s a great moment between Carl and Beth in which they discuss grief and how the afterlife works with zombies. We saw earlier this week that another rather emotional sequence was trimmed from Season 3: Morgan’s…

Gene Roddenberry’s 1968 memo on improving Star Trek‘s characters

As Star Trek embarked on its final season, creator Gene Roddenberry issued a memo directing the writers on how to approach the characters of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Chekov. It’s a great peek into Roddenberry’s management of the show. Mission Log Podcast came across this memo, from April 1968. It’s fascinating to see what Roddenberry…

Brilliant art posters celebrate Star Trek: The Animated Series!

This Sunday the beloved Star Trek: The Animated Series turns 40! And to celebrate, CBS Consumer Products will be releasing a collection of poster images, one for each episode. We’ve got the first two posters exclusively, right here! The posters will be available for purchase in the future (but no date has been set yet,…