At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Fox’s horror drama The Exorcist was just about to start filming its second season, so we didn’t get much dirt beyond its new, Pacific Northwest setting and some freshly cast new characters. Now we finally have a glimpse of what to expect, and it looks scarier than ever.
American Horror Story has long been one of the most in-your-face shows on TV, layering fantastical plots with cartoonish violence and knowingly over-the-top acting. Last season’s Roanoke took aim at reality TV, with mixed but generally amusing results. This season’s Cult takes aim at reality itself, and so far it’s…
The nominations for the 69th Emmy Awards were full of buzzy genre hits which all deserved attention for various reasons. But the undisputed winner of all them tonight was Handmaid’s Tale which took home five awards, including one for star Elisabeth Moss and for Best Drama.
“All the stuff I’ve done in my career,” Don Ohlmeyer once told an ESPN interviewer, “and that’s what I’m going to be remembered for. It serves me right.”
Fox premiered Seth MacFarlane’s Star Trek-ish comedy, The Orville, last night. Was it as bad as all the early reviews claimed it would be? It was worse, actually, because nothing truly captures the pain of something actually managing to crawl under the low bar it set for itself. And there’s no reason for The Orville…
Twin Peaks: The Return may have concluded its run, but that doesn’t mean we’ve been able to get it out of our heads. The entire series was really one surprise after another, but there were some obvious standout moments, which included the introductions of new (and old) characters, sudden shocks, and weird reveals.
Greetings and/or salutations, people! Welcome to io9's (occasionally weekly) mail column, where I solve the mysteries of the world of nerd-dom to you, both fictional and otherwise. This week: What was Elektra’s deal in The Defenders? Is an evil BB-8 droid a good thing or a bad thing? And, most importantly, who’s to…
Rick and Morty is one of the smartest shows on TV—and crafting the adventures of the dysfunctional duo can be a challenging and arduous process (part of which is why season three took so long to premiere). An extensive new art book documents just what goes into creating the show, and we’ve got a look inside.
The latest craze among Millennials is the old school TV antenna—at least according to a piece last month in The Wall Street Journal. Combined with standalone services like Netflix, Hulu and HBO Now, adding a $20 over-the-air antenna to your arsenal makes cutting the cord easier than ever. There’s just one problem:…
If you’re going to invest hundreds of dollars on a television set then you want to make sure you’re setting the best picture possible, but far too many of us don’t take the time to correctly configure the display we’re staring at. Here’s how to get your money’s worth from your TV tech and the on-screen settings you…
When Twin Peaks aired its original finale in June 1991, its cliffhanger frustrated fans, who were left wondering “How’s Annie?” for decades. Last night, Twin Peaks: The Return delivered its own open-ended final chapter—but this time around, it felt completely true to what David Lynch has been plotting all along.
SyFy’s story of interplanetary bounty hunters Dutch, Jon Jaqobis, and D’avin Jaqobis is getting two more seasons to wrap up its story and gracefully exit the stage. Unfortunately, another Syfy show didn’t get so lucky.
You might not instantly associate Drew Barrymore with horror, but the Hollywood veteran has a solid association with the genre, going all the way back to Firestarter and up through Santa Clarita Diet. (And let’s not forget Scream.) So it makes sense that she’d be helping guide a new, female-focused horror series to…
Not all of Game of Thrones season seven’s secrets and surprises have been revealed. Now that the latest season has finally aired, the visual effects studios responsible for bringing the fantasy world to life have started releasing their behind-the-scenes reels of the show’s real magic: its movie-caliber special…
Later this week, genre-focused streaming network Shudder will be releasing all four chapters of Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, short-film adaptations of strange and twisted tales by the author of American Gods and Coraline.
It’s the end of an era! Game of Thrones has finished its seventh season, and Beth Elderkin is joined by Gizmodo social media editor Joe Tonelli to chat about whether “The Dragon and the Wolf” managed to close all of the show’s plot holes before heading into the final season. The answer is: kind of.
Starting today, fans of the Tick will finally get to dive into the character’s newest TV revival, courtesy of Amazon. The lead role on The Tick is being played by British actor Peter Serafinowicz, who’s well aware of how beloved previous iterations were. He’s gamely focused on bringing something new to his…
One of the most curious network-and-show pairings in recent years had to be MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles, adapted from Terry Brooks’ epic fantasy series. We had mixed feelings about season one, but will season two’s shift to Spike TV offer a game-changing boost? The first trailer suggests... maybe.
Flashpoint is one of the most important stories in DC Comics’ recent history. But bizarrely, it’s also become one most popular Flash stories to crop up in other media. There’s an animated film, it’s been part of the CW TV show, and now, it’s being set up as the story of the Flash movie. Here’s what you need to know.
Greetings from the future! Welcome to “Postal Apocalypse,” io9's admittedly sporadic mail column by me, editor Rob Bricken. This week I’ve got a lot of Defenders questions (from one curious reader), a lot more Game of Thrones questions (from many curious readers), and I explain why you should only be slightly worried…
