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This Week’s TV: The Most Intriguing New Time Travel Show In Years

This week on television, there are eight new and returning TV shows — including the Canadian time travel show we’ve been talking about for months, Continuum, which is finally coming to American TV. There’s also the return of Syfy’s Being Human, and Archer! Katee Sackhoff is back on Star Wars: The Clone Wars! Plus there’s…

Joss Whedon drops some intriguing S.H.I.E.L.D. hints and promises The Avengers 2 will go deeper!

J.J. Abrams explains why Star Trek Into Darkness had to be in 3D, despite his objections. Could some newly registered domain names hint at the new Batman movie? Jurassic Park IV is really happening — and it has a tentative release date in 2014. Plus John Noble talks the Fringe finale! Spoilers from here on…

Clone Wars reminds us that R2-D2 is the unkillable hero of the Star Wars universe

Is it over? Is the D-Squad arc finally over? Clone Wars’ ill-fated team of astromechs (plus WAC and Gascon) had one last hurdle to jump before handing over that encryption chip, and this time there’s more than their lives (or Gascon’s sanity) at stake. That means it’s up to R2-D2 to make sure the Republic…

What would Finn and Princess Bubblegum look like all grown up?

Artist Leila Alvarez imagines a version of Bubblegum who has grown up to be Queen Bubblegum, but still accompanied by her favorite hero, Finn. Finn looks so serious, in the vein of a pulp barbarian. Hopefully he’s still retained his childhood charms. Jake’s back there, too, hanging out in his massive Jake mode—or maybe he’s…

Seriously, Fringe? That’s what you’re going with?

After ten episodes of set-up, last night’s Fringe gave us the long-awaited backstory about the Observers. And Walter’s plan to defeat them. And it was… kind of okay, I guess. The reveals didn’t really sit that well with me, for a few reasons. Although the episode definitely had some nice moments, here and there. Spoilers…

S.H.I.E.L.D. will be a sequel—not a prequel—to The Avengers

Ever since we found out that Clark Gregg would be reprising his role as Agent Phil Coulson in the S.H.I.E.L.D. television series, we’ve been wondering if Coulson did indeed survive the events of The Avengers or if the television series would function as a prequel to the films. But ABC president Paul Lee has revealed…

Person of Interest delivers a dark, weird, soon-to-be-cult-favorite episode

Last night’s Person of Interest has already become a fan favorite, and when you watch it you’ll see why. It has all the ingredients of a cult episode: Intense actorly scenes where two characters (Carter and Reese) reveal their inner souls, a goofy subplot with Fusco rescuing a supermodel, and Finch in a SWAT outfit…

Do we really need two Vampire Diaries shows?

One of the best parts of The Vampire Diaries right now is the semi-evil Klaus, one of the Original vampires who’s also half-werewolf. (Don’t ask.) So at first blush, it’s exciting news to hear that The CW is thinking about giving Klaus and his Original siblings their own spinoff show, possibly focused on their adventures…

This Stupid/Poor Cat Ate a TV Antenna

No matter how bad I feel for Alphie, this cat is stupid. He was rushed to the emergency room after eating a TV aerial antenna. This is what happened, according to the owner Vanessa Waite: One night I heard a loud bang and went upstairs to investigate but I assumed Alphie had fallen off the…

10 Good Reasons to Watch Lost Girl, the TV Show About a Succubus Detective

It started on Canada’s Showcase channel, where everybody could appreciate the jokes about gotch, and the occasional references to First Nations government policies. But then Lost Girl, the soapy, sexy, swashbuckling story of a succubus detective in a Toronto-esque city, took America by storm. OK, well, maybe airing on the Syfy channel doesn’t exactly constitute…

Here’s the New Trailer for Game of Thrones Season 3

Yep, it’s almost time for another season of Game of Thrones. Which is, you know, really awesome and it will be great and yeah yeah yeah. But this teaser is especially foreboding (if very sparsely produced) because of the song, “The Rains of Castamere.” If you’ve read ahead like a good little nerdlet, you know…

Community reveals the Dean’s first scheme of the new season: The Hunger Deans

We’ve been starring at this shot of the Dean, Jeffery and a pair of manly little ponies for months. And now, we finally know what they mean, thanks to this brand new clip from the new season of Community We’re super excited, especially since it means there’s going to be a Hunger Games/Community mash-up in…

Why Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four reboot will remind you of Alien!

Director Ruben Fleischer is pretty sure Zombieland 2 isn’t happening, but it’s not for lack of trying. Bill Pullman says an Independence Day sequel doesn’t necessarily need Will Smith. Plus more Catching Fire and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters photos! It’s all spoilers from this point forward! Top image from Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.…

Netflix has confirmed that there will be 14 new Arrested Development episodes, which will start airing in May. [Netflix]

Controlling a TV With Your Eyes Makes You Feel Telepathic

Tobii’s eye-tracking tech could be what frees us from keyboards and mice, but what if your eyeballs could replace your remote control, too? Haier, of all companies, is trying to make it happen. It’s almost superhuman. https://gizmodo.com/i-just-controlled-a-computer-with-my-eyeballs-and-it-wa-5973592 Haier’s interface is a wreck, but the basic idea here is a lot of fun: you touch nothing.…

LG Curved 3D OLED Hands-On: An Imax For Your House

LG just made the first curved 3D OLED screen. I just saw a crazy setup of three of these 55-inch beauties aligned side-by-side into a perfect cinematic curve. The effect is very dramatic. This could be the whole reason 3D and curved OLED exist. As we saw with the huge curved OLED that Samsung showed…

Aereo’s Cord-Cutting Web TV Service Will Add 22 Cities This Spring

Web TV service Aereo currently only works in New York City, but the IAC-backed startup is planning to roll out its service to 22 more US cities starting in the spring thanks to a hot new injection of $38 million. The service grabs in-market OTA TV signals and allows users to stream shows in real…

Samsung’s Got a Giant OLED TV That Curves (Updated: Hands On)

Samsung, not content to stop at its imprisoned UltraHD televisions, has announced its latest technologically marvelous curiosity: an 55-inch OLED television with a display that curves. https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-giant-amazing-ultra-hd-tvs-are-imprisoned-in-h-5973925 Samsung touts the “panorama effect” and “life-like viewing” that a curve like this provides, but the biggest benefit seems to be that the curve makes all viewing angles…

Panasonic Also Has a 4K OLED TV You Can’t Buy (But It’s Less Than an Inch Thick!)

Sony is going to sell a giant immaculate 4K OLED TV, someday, to kings and robber barons and various queens. Now Panasonic says it’s doing the exact same thing. https://gizmodo.com/sony-56-inch-4k-oled-tv-hands-on-so-bright-so-beautif-5973993 It’s less than an inch thick, which is really pretty amazing, albeit useless unless you’re looking at your TV completely from the side. It looks…

Boxee Wants To Be Inside Your TV

Up’n’coming streaming box company Boxee isn’t content sitting next to your TV. Instead, it’s firing up an initiative to get inside your TV by offering an embeddable option to manufacturers. https://gizmodo.com/walmart-puts-its-boxee-where-its-mouth-is-5956414 The scheme will see Boxee partnering with chip provider Sigma to allow TV manufacturers to embed Boxee’s cloud-based live TV, DVR and streaming apps…