Television

Warehouse 13: Artie keeps pushing people away

Probably the main reason why I keep watching Warehouse 13 is because it has such a positive, upbeat message about cooperation. The show’s heroes solve their problems by working together, and by being a family. And the show manages to spread this message without (usually) being too cornball — if anything, the characters often bond…

Is the Robocop reboot in trouble? Plus Chloë Sevigny is a nymphomaniac in American Horror Story.

Fox hopes it’s found its very own Hunger Games. Khal Drogo gets a new lease on life as a badass werewolf patriarch. Kick-Ass 2 gets another insane villain. There’s a photo of Jamie Chung as Mulan in Once Upon a Time. And how about Space Jam 2… starring LeBron James? Spoilers from here on out!…

True Blood’s finale climaxes in a tornado of vampire true death

Last night, True Blood’s fifth season climaxed atop a pyramid of vampire intestinal goo. So many beloved characters met their true deaths, and we’re actually pretty pissed about how some folks were written off. But on the plus side, this episode marked the return of “fun Eric!” Let’s break down the finale, Pro/Con style. Spoilers…

Matt Smith and Karen Gillan explain how Doctor Who will make the Daleks scary again

Doctor Who is back this weekend, with the episode “Asylum of the Daleks” — whose trailer showcased hundreds of screaming Daleks. It’s been so long since we’ve been genuinely afraid of a Dalek, so why should we be afraid of thousands of these killer cyborgs? We talked to stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan at…

This Week’s TV: Summer Glau is a super-mutant again. And Doctor Who returns!

This week on television, there’s a full hour of Futurama, including one episode where the Planet Express crew star in a nature documentary. Summer Glau is once again kicking ass and building cool robots. Breaking Bad features Walt making a really questionable decision. But the big news on TV this week is probably return of…

First episode of Doctor Who’s Rory and Amy spin-off Pond Life online now!

Ramping up to the season premiere this weekend, BBC has released the very first episode of Pond Life, a five-part webseries focusing in on what happens to Amy and Rory when they’re not bashing around in the TARDIS. They’re short, adorable, and full of hilarious Doctor moments — watch what happens when the Eleventh Doctor…

6 clips from Seth Green’s new Star Wars series help us decide: fun or a flop?

Last week the Star Wars Detours trailer premiered to outcries of delight and horror. Personally, we still stand by the fact that this is a children’s program backed by the folks at Robot Chicken — a show that tends to respect the Star Wars world — so we remain hopefully optimistic. https://gizmodo.com/first-supercute-trailer-for-seth-greens-secret-star-war-5937714 And this crop…

Ben Affleck definitely isn’t directing Justice League, but could the Wachowskis take his place?

Hugh Laurie won’t be a villain in Robocop, but another awesome Brit is lined up to take on the role. Steven Moffat explains why the new Doctor Who is all blockbusters, all the time. Plus the first Fringe season five photos! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Dredd. Justice League Ben Affleck confirms…

Watching reruns can actually help restore willpower

Time to break out the DVDs! New findings out of SUNY Buffalo suggest that watching summer repeats of your favorite TV show may actually be good for you. Ever since psychologists discovered that willpower was a finite mental resource, people have been looking for ways to tap into and restore it. Now, in a study…

Continuum renewed for second season. Now when will the U.S. get it?

Canada’s time travel cop show Continuum is set for a second season, so we may actually get some resolution on the insane cliffhanger the show left us with. According to the Showcase channel, the show will have a 13-episode second season (up from 10 episodes for its first season) in 2013. This is great news…

Why you should be watching Hulu’s creepy deal-with-the-devil series The Booth at the End

A father whose child is dying of leukemia. A Catholic nun who no longer hears God speaking to her. An elderly woman whose husband is suffering from Alzheimer’s. A man whose only ambition is to date a centerfold model. Each of these people in the Hulu series The Booth at the End wishes for something…

Monster of the Week recaps The X-Files in webcomic form

Great shows never die; they just jump to Netflix and Hulu. Anyone who wants to relive nine seasons of The X-Files need only subscribe to a streaming video service. So how does the show hold up after all these years? Veteran webcomicker Shaenon Garrity decided to dive into an X-Files rewatch with her pens and…

The creator of the British Life on Mars creates a new show about the cross-universe police

This actually sounds amazingly promising — Matthew Graham, best known for creating the original British Life on Mars, has a deal with Fox to create a new show called Para Time. According to Heat Vision, the show “revolves around a group that polices parallel worlds.” So, sliders meets police procedural? We’re in. [Heat Vision]

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

We’re coming up on the 20th anniversary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but it’s still amazing how ground-breaking that show feels. Deep Space Nine didn’t just defy our expectations of what a Star Trek show could be — it also helped to transform our ideas about genre television, in general. To watch DS9 is…

The eyeball-stroking 8k televisions of the future are still years away, but at least the spec has been approved! [Verge]

Is Divergent the next big YA movie franchise? Plus Falling Skies brings in big names for season three!

Emperor Palpatine wants in on the Star Wars TV show. Eli Roth is turning his fake Grindhouse trailer into a real horror film. Billy Crystal reveals the world of Pixar’s Monsters University. Plus a casting update for Syfy’s Defiance! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from Falling Skies. Divergent With the Twilight franchise…

What if The Magic School Bus was a horror film?

FILE #: COLE-DEGEN-85 | SUBHEAD: MIKE-SIERRA-BRAVO | CLEARANCE LEVEL: SCHOLASTIC | FRIZZLE PROTOCOLS (v) 3.5 If you’re reading this, I’m probably dead already. And if you even know this memorandum exists — I’m addressing Robinson, Rodriguez, and Hooper here — you better pray that you’re packing the wherewithal to pierce the hide of an ornery…

Lost‘s Mr. Eko joins Thor: The Dark World. Plus Catching Fire finally finds its Finnick!

We now have the official premiere date for Doctor Who, plus tons of photos and videos from the Christmas special set. A viral PSA warns you of the dangers of Dredd’s futuristic drug. Plus Kick-Ass 2, Walking Dead, and Arrow updates! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Looper. Thor: The Dark World Adewale…

TV Characters Addicted to the Internet: They’re Just Like Us!

Wearing yesterday’s outfit. Refusing to look away from the screen. Irritability. Power cord-possessiveness. Fake-listening to your IRL friends. TV characters suffering from Internet addiction are just like you and me! Even in 1996, when it was but a pale glimmer of its current self, we were already well-acquainted with the Internet’s strange and seductive ways.…

What’s the shortest time it took for you to fall in love with a TV show?

Over in the comments on our post about how to tell from a pilot whether you’re going to like a TV show, Michael_GR has a great question: https://gizmodo.com/how-to-tell-from-a-pilot-if-a-tv-show-is-going-to-be-an-5936264 What’s the shortest time it took for you to like a show? I think it took me all of ten minutes to like Battlestar Galactica. The specific…