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On Eureka, with great intelligence comes being a great big jerk

Yesterday’s Eureka answered one of the show’s age-old hypothetical questions: what if Sheriff Carter was just as smart as all the mad scientists? The answer, it turns out, involves exploding engines, power-stealing robots, sibling rivalries, and some serious romantic complications. As Jack and Allison enjoy their very sudden onset of marital bliss, they prepare for…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Season-ending TV cliffhangers that actually paid off

The season-ending cliffhanger has been a major part of television, going back to Dallas. Sometimes they work, sometimes… not so much. Falling Skies just resolved its crazy-pants cliffhanger in a respectable fashion — but what about TV shows that actually paid off their big season-ending cliffhangers in style? Here are a dozen or so science…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

True Blood’s got 99 plot lines, and now Rick Santorum’s one?

There are so many emotions to feel about last night’s True Blood. So many emotions. On one hand, there was the formation of supernatural power couple Steve Newlin and Jessica, the return of Russell, baby wolves in PJs and the introduction of the razor jawed savior of man with the eyes of an undead frost…

Television Meredith Woerner

Falling Skies brings us a tale of two survivors

Falling Skies came back with a two-hour season premiere last night, written by a trio of Battlestar Galactica writers. And both the creep factor and the alien menace were amped up from the first season, along with a noticeable reduction in the rate of platitudes per minute. Most of all, though, this show seems to…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Here Is Your New Biggest (LED) TV in The World

The LC-90LE745U has a long, unmemorable name. The LC-90LE745U costs ten grand—you probably can’t afford it. The LC-90LE745U is 90-inches wide: the biggest LED LCD TV in the world, and it’s completely beautiful. The LC-90LE745U dominates your eyeballs. Debate the point of a 90-inch TV all you want. Think about the possibility that you’d have…

Television Sam Biddle

The IKEA TV Reviewed: Worse Than Assembling 100 Bookshelves at Once

Uppleva, Ikea’s magical TV-cum-entertainment center meatball, won’t be arriving in America until next year. Fortunately, we’ve got an early review from friends in Sweden. The bad news: it’s really bad. We had high hopes for the all-in-one Uppleva—after all, if there’s a company that can produce a single unit with a TV, Blu-ray player, 2.1…

Television Sam Biddle

This Week’s TV: Good News, Everyone: Futurama is back!

In this week’s TV, Futurama returns with a full hour of insanity. And Legend of Korra reaches its intense conclusion. You’ll never guess which show is doing a body-swapping episode! Also, Lumpy Space Princess is writing a tell-all book, the Red Hulk is on a rampage, and there’s a startling loss. Meanwhile, Syfy’s latest TV…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Ultra-Creepy Look at the First Forensic Scientists: Were the bones in the sausage factory human or animal?

We’re all obsessed with forensic science nowadays, from CSI to Bones — but this amazing science had some pretty weird origins. A new show on the Smithsonian Channel, Forensic Firsts, looks into the history of early forensics — and we’ve got an exclusive sneak peek clip, dealing with some mysterious bones in a sausage factory.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy Stuff With Your TiVo Remote

Thanks to a new partnership between PayPal and Tivo, you could be ordering Girls Gone Wild DVDs Shamwows at the click of your TV remote as soon as this fall. There’s just one glaring question, who asked for this? The proposed system, as reported by Bloomberg, would enable TiVo Premiere owners to make political donations…

Television Michael Zhao

This Week’s TV: Falling Skies returns, and Kristen Schaal travels through time!

This week’s TV has a lot of exciting stuff in store. Falling Skies is back, and we’re going to get to see what happened after last season’s crazy cliffhanger. Spider-Man and Wolverine are doing a “Freaky Friday” storyline together. Everything comes to a head in the Thundercats finale! Syfy unleashes… the Piranhaconda! And there’s a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Is Arnold Schwarzenegger preparing to make two new Terminator movies?

It’s been a long, winding road from the failure of Terminator Salvation to a new movie in the Terminator series. Now original star Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s ready to make two new movies very soon. But is this for real? Plus check out the first official photo of the Doctor with his brand new companion!…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Fangbangers, rejoice! True Blood is back!

The weather is getting warmer and it’s time for the vampires to come back out of their coffins. Tonight, we’ll finally get some answers to the questions we’ve been asking since September. Want to chat about tonight’s episode? You’ve come to the right place. If you’ve forgotten where True Blood left off last season, get…

Television Lauren Davis

Watch the cheesetastic intro for the quasi live-action American Sailor Moon TV show that never aired

Before the Sailor Moon anime series made its way onto North American TV sets, someone had the bright idea to create a half live-action, half-animated Sailor Moon show for American audiences. The proof-of-concept is a horrifying mix of bad song lyrics, cheesy dancing, and much grabbing of floppy hats. The premise was that Serena and…

Television Lauren Davis

Walking Dead set photos take us inside Woodbury

We’ve already seen David Morrissey as the nefarious Governor of The Walking Dead’s survivalist commune of Woodbury, but what about the town itself? A new set video and series of photos offer a sneak peek inside Woodbury – and may suggest the return of an old friend. Spoilers ahead! The set video above was filmed…

Television Lauren Davis

What if other TV families had Game of Thrones house sigils?

Every Stark remembers that “Winter is Coming” and each Greyjoy must live by the words “We Do Not Sow,” but what are words of Walking Dead’s House Grimes, Breaking Bad’s House White, and The Office’s House Schrute? Caldwell Tanner at CollegeHumor dreamed up some sigils and sayings for televisions various fictional families. Some of the…

Television Lauren Davis

A List of Celebrities Who Don’t Own a TV

PaperMag compiled a nice little list of celebrities who like to say (or humblebrag) how they don’t own a TV. Which really translates to, “haha you suckers watch me on TV and give me millions and I don’t even own a TV and I have beautiful cheekbones”. Alexis Swerdloff and Elizabeth Thompson found all the…

Television Casey Chan

Visit Future Vancouver in Continuum Concept Art

After a couple episodes, Continuum remains our favorite new science fiction show on television. In a year when everybody else is doing fairies, witches and werewolves, the Canadians are giving us some good solid cyborgs and time travel. The third episode airs this Sunday — and to help get you ready, here are a couple…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Game of Thrones meets Beauty and the Beast: My Vision of Sansa and the Hound

io9 has already featured ‘making of’ posts for my Eddard Stark and Bran Stark artworks for the 2012 George R. R. Martin / A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar. This week, I’m sharing how I created my artwork for Sansa Stark and the Hound. One of the many great things about this job was…

Television John Picacio

More People Pirate Game of Thrones Than Watch Game of Thrones on HBO

According to TorrentFreak, Game of Thrones averages around 3.9 million pirated downloads per episode. According to the great Internet resource known as Wikipedia, only 3.8 million people watch Game of Thrones on HBO. That means more people pirate the show than actually watch the show on TV. To no one’s surprise, Game of Thrones is…

Television Casey Chan

Learn all the latest secrets of The Dark Knight Rises, Star Trek 2, and Doctor Who!

Mark Millar reveals what his friend thought of the Justice League script. Check out more Amazing Spider-Man videos. Maybe Catching Fire hasn’t found its Finnick after all. A Harry Potter star might board Noah’s Ark. Plus True Blood and Vampire Diaries! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Doctor Who. The Dark Knight Rises…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

On Eureka, with great intelligence comes being a great big jerk

Season-ending TV cliffhangers that actually paid off

True Blood’s got 99 plot lines, and now Rick Santorum’s one?

Falling Skies brings us a tale of two survivors

Here Is Your New Biggest (LED) TV in The World

The IKEA TV Reviewed: Worse Than Assembling 100 Bookshelves at Once

This Week’s TV: Good News, Everyone: Futurama is back!

Ultra-Creepy Look at the First Forensic Scientists: Were the bones in the sausage factory human or animal?

Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy Stuff With Your TiVo Remote

This Week’s TV: Falling Skies returns, and Kristen Schaal travels through time!

Is Arnold Schwarzenegger preparing to make two new Terminator movies?

Fangbangers, rejoice! True Blood is back!

Watch the cheesetastic intro for the quasi live-action American Sailor Moon TV show that never aired

Walking Dead set photos take us inside Woodbury

What if other TV families had Game of Thrones house sigils?

A List of Celebrities Who Don’t Own a TV

Visit Future Vancouver in Continuum Concept Art

Game of Thrones meets Beauty and the Beast: My Vision of Sansa and the Hound

More People Pirate Game of Thrones Than Watch Game of Thrones on HBO

Learn all the latest secrets of The Dark Knight Rises, Star Trek 2, and Doctor Who!

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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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