Television

Chris Eccleston Would Willingly Star In Heroes Reborn For Some Reason

So let me get this straight: Christopher Eccleston was so miserable making Doctor Who that he wouldn’t appear in the 50th anniversary special, but he had such a blast playing Claude the invisible man on Heroes he’d star in the new sequel series? That is messed up. And yet, it’s the truth. During an event…

The Ultimate in Game of Thrones-Themed Weddings

Kerry Ford and Darren Prew won a Game of Thrones wedding by entering a blinkbox competition. We’re talking a rented castle, a rented horse, and over 50 hours of fitting, styling, and theatrical makeup. All creating a wedding party full of characters which would never get along this well in Westeros. There’s Daenerys Targaryen and…

Laura Palmer’s Twin Peaks House Is For Sale

For a sum of $549,950, the home of Laura, Sarah and Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks can be yours. And yes, the interiors still maintain that “What is going on?” charm; it even has that creepy wicker rocking chair! Welcome To Twin Peaks found the fictional home of Laura Palmer for sale here on Estatelyand…

Sherlock Will Return In 2015

Martin Freeman has spilled the beans about the triumphant return of Sherlock, and thank goodness. Too long have we gone without our Benedict Cumberbatch snark. And in even better news it sounds like the series will be making their first Christmas special as well. In an interview with The Telegraph, Freeman revealed that the gang…

CBS Making A Show About Animals Planning A Global Attack Against Humans

CBS is making a show that’s basically The Birds, but instead of birds attacking humans, it’s all of the animals across the globe attacking humans. All of them. CBS has ordered 13 episode of the TV adaptation of James Patterson’s totally wacky Zoo. The book is centered around an outbreak of organized animal attacks. The…

What’s The Most Embarrassing Superhero Costume Ever Designed?

Superheroes battle evil without any protection other than their fantastic powers, and a few strips of latex or pleather. But which superhero costume is the worst? Is it ClooneyBatman’s nipples? Emma Frost’s weird white thingy? Power Girl’s window? Electric Blue Superman? Who’s got the most costume of all time? Please include a picture or clip…

The Dome Explains Why It Killed Someone To Prove That Killing Is Bad

Hey everybody, it’s me. The Dome. Did you miss me? I’ve been having a lot of self-image problems lately. Like I keep thinking I’d look cooler if I were geodesic. More Buckminstery, you know. Why can’t I have Pauly Shore under me? Anyway, this week I subjected Big Jim to A Christmas Carol, with magnets.…

Devon Aoki will join season 3 of Arrow as the sword-wielding superheroine Katana. Deadline says the Sin City star “will be one of Oliver’s mentors in the [Hong Kong] flashbacks and a critical influence on his journey to eventually become The Arrow of present day.”

Bryan Fuller Is Developing The American Gods TV Series For Starz

Holy hell—Bryan Fuller is going to bring Neil Gaiman’s American Gods to television. We are freaking out. After American Gods got stuck in development hell at HBO it bounced around until finally finding a place to land today. Starz just announced in a press release that not only will they be providing a home for…

Fox Cancels Ancient Egyptian Fantasy Show Hieroglyph Before It Airs

In a rare, but not-unprecedented move, Fox has pulled the plug on Hieroglyph, a show that it had ordered 13 episodes of rather than just a pilot. Only the first episode has actually been filmed, but scripts for other episodes had been written and were presumably in the process of being filmed. In addition to…

Who Would Win A Knife Fight, Salem‘s Puritan Minister Or Its Witches?

In this corner, we have Increase Mather, the torture-loving witch hunter supreme of Salem. And in the other corner, we have a pair of Satan’s handmaidens, armed with a cauldron of magical tricks. When they cross blades, who will come out on top? Now that Tituba has named two witches under Increase Mather’s torture—Mercy Lewis,…

Community Is Getting That Sixth Season After All

So it looks like the six seasons portion of “Six Seasons and a Movie” is coming to fruition. Community has found a home on online television, just not on Hulu. Variety is reporting that Yahoo! has picked up Community’s sixth season, with show creator Dan Harmon onboard. TV-length original content is a relatively new venture…

The Leftovers Isn’t About To Explain The Rapture—Or Anything Else

There is a lot to like about The Leftovers, HBO’s new show set after a Rapture-like event. It’s an intriguing exploration of a world experiencing a collective existential crisis. But if you want mysteries unveiled and character histories revealed, you’ve come to the wrong show. On October 14th, two percent of the world’s population disappears.…

What Was The Golden Age Of Television Science Fiction and Fantasy?

Some people say we’re living in the golden age of genre television right now, with Game of Thrones, Person of Interest, Orphan Black, Black Mirror and other shows. But when was the absolute greatest era to be watching science fiction and fantasy on television? Please include a picture or clip to represent your chosen era.…

The Exact Moment When We Gave Up On Falling Skies Ever Making Sense

Here it is: the scene where Falling Skies basically abandons any notion of having a coherent plot. It’s sort of fitting that Falling Skies’ slide into illogic began with Tom Mason randomly getting on a spaceship, and it ends with the same thing. Spoilers ahead… The good news is, after this, Falling Skies can just…

Manhattan TV Series Is Set In The City That Built The Atomic Bomb

Half-period piece, half-science documentary (OK, probably a lot less science documentary), the series Manhattan takes place in Los Alamos, New Mexico, smack-dab in the middle of the Manhattan Project. The WGN series is centered around the scientists and their families who move to this remote town and attempt to live out the American dream amidst…

This Week’s TV: What’s Worse Than A Town-Covering Dome? A Magnetic Dome

Under the Dome returns this week, and things are looking even worse for the people of Chester’s Mill. Witches of East End is also back for more mystical weirdness, while war comes to Adventure Time and Dominion’s Chosen One tries to outrun his destiny. Get all the latest details right here! Tonight Beauty and the…

Here’s The Strain Poster FX Had to Take Down

The full poster is below, but yes: worms coming out of eyes was apparently too much for the stomachs of some people and, after complaints, FX has had to start taking the image down. Now, the yuck factor may be a selling point of the show as a whole, but apparently some people were not…

The Last Ship Takes a Stand, Declares “Terrorists Are Bad.”

In its second episode, The Last Ship looked at Guantanamo Bay, with all its associations in politics, ethics, and the media, and decided to answer the difficult question of “Are terrorists bad?” This was an episode that wasn’t really about the disease. It was about getting supplies to the ship and the fact that no…

John Constantine Won’t Be Smoking On TV

Producer David S. Goyer says he fought to keep it, but it looks like John Constantine’s trademark chain-smoking will not make it to the TV adaptation of DC’s Constantine. https://gizmodo.com/damn-if-nbcs-constantine-doesnt-look-exactly-like-jo-1542952012 Said Neil Marshall, who directed the show’s pilot, in a recent interview with Collider: …it’s the one thing you can’t smoke on network. That’s one…