Television

Say goodbye to Smallville – next season will be its last

Tom Welling confirms it: the CW’s putting the kibosh on Smallville after its 10th season. Will Clark finally fly and don his trademark blue-and-red speed-suit? Will Kristin Kreuk guest-star? Will we finally get a Smallville version of Batman? [Hollywood Life]

Television Cyriaque Lamar May 19

Finally! The Syfy character crossover we’ve been dying for

We’ve been dreaming of a Syfy shared universe for a long time, and it looks like those wishes haven’t fallen on deaf ears. Syfy is finally delivering Warehouse 13 and Eureka crossover episodes. But which characters get to go? https://gizmodo.com/syfys-great-missed-opportunity-a-shared-universe-5508744 It’s no secret Syfy loves to use actors from various original Syfy shows as guests…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 19

What if Doctor Who were a Disney movie?

Can you imagine Britain’s quirky time-travel show made into a Walt Disney movie? Commenter Cristoval did, and the result was this “purposefully terrible” poster. Check out a better look at his his Disneyfied Daleks, below. Here are the Disney Daleks: And a “clean” look at the poster, with no titles: The scary thing is, you…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 19

V gets shoved to ABC’s midseason line-up

Alien series V may have picked up for a second season but the new episodes won’t be starting until midseason for ABC, which is quite a ways away. [TV] https://gizmodo.com/v-picked-up-for-a-second-season-5538692

io9 Meredith Woerner May 19

The Smoke Monster doesn’t want lemonade. The Smoke Monster wants blood!

A whole bunch of characters achieved their capital-D Destiny on Lost last night – which mostly seemed to involve reverting to being the people they’d started out as. You can run from the Smoke Monster, but not yourself. Spoilers below! It’s really hard to judge “What They Died For” on its own, since it’s so…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 19

Lost: The 14 Casting Tapes That Started It All

Before the second to last Lost starts tonight, see how far your favorite castaways have come. Check out our collection of Lost casting tapes — including Matthew Fox and Jorge Garcia auditioning for the role of Sawyer. Josh Holloway Auditioning For Sawyer Matthew Fox Auditioning For Sawyer Dominic Monaghan Auditioning For Sawyer Jorge Garcia Auditioning…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 18

Chuck Versus the Idiot Ball

The penultimate episode of the third season brings lots of revelation, awesomeness, evil portent, and Yvonne Strahovski in tanktops. Too bad it came wrapped in a Chuck’s-a-moron shell. Listen, we could go through the plot hurdles of this week’s episode, “Chuck Versus the Living Dead” — Chuck’s dad is back, Ellie is a confused spy…

io9 Marc Bernardin May 18

All Of Lost’s Secrets Are… On Star Trek?!?

Hankering to know all the mysteries of the Island? Well, you’ve been watching the wrong damn show! All of Lost’s questions were answered years earlier on the Star Trek series. Learn that Jin is an alien and Locke had hair! The cast of Lost is a prolific bunch, and many of them have collected a…

Television Cyriaque Lamar May 17

Spielberg’s Terra Nova: Land Of The Lost Meets Avatar

Just how much does this new Terra Nova concept art remind you of Avatar? Fox has announced its plans to launch Steven Spielberg’s time-traveling epic, along with a lot of new details about the top-secret project. Today, Fox revealed that Spielberg’s dinosaur show will be airing early in 2011. But more interesting than that is…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 17

Lost Has Already Given Us More Answers Than Battlestar

Tomorrow’s the last episode of Lost before the big-blow-out finale, and some people feel like the island-castaway show hasn’t explained enough. Is Lost another answers-averse show like Battlestar Galactica? No. In fact, Lost has already provided more answers than BSG. I’ve seen lots of people fretting about a lack of answers on Lost, and comparing…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 17

New Glimpses Of Futurama, True Blood And NBC’s New Line Up

You’ve seen sneak peeks of J.J. Abrams Undercovers and the show some people are calling the new Lost, The Event. But now see the full-length feature trailers, clips and interviews. Plus True Blood’s full-length season 3 promo has been released! https://gizmodo.com/first-glimpses-of-j-j-abrams-undercovers-and-nbcs-the-5540231 Futurama Futurama is back this June, and this is the first trailer promoting it’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 17

Leonard Nimoy Explains How Science Fiction Has Improved Since The 1950s

Star Trek and Fringe star Leonard Nimoy got his start in the 1952 serial Zombies Of The Stratosphere. We talked to him on a conference call the other day, and he raved about how science fiction has improved since then. During the conference call with reporters, someone asked Nimoy how he felt science fiction had…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 17

How Did Science Fiction Defeat Horror In The War For The Zeitgeist?

Once upon a time, science fiction and horror were both pulpy genres, in both books and movies. But now, science fiction has its own bookstore section, and SF films are huge blockbusters. How did SF beat horror, Cinematical asks.

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 17

Holy Fish Biscuits! It’s The Series Finale Of Lost!

This week offers us a solid 3.5 hours of new Lost, but it’s the last new Lost we’ll ever get. That is, until The Lost Polynesian Christmas Reunion Special of 2020. Also, the season finales of V and Fringe! MONDAY 5/17/10 On the penultimate episode of Chuck (8 PM, NBC, “Chuck Versus the Living Dead”),…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 17

Heroes Might Get a Two-Hour Movie Finale

Word on the street is that NBC is approaching the producers of their recently canceled superheroic drama about some kind of closure event, a climactic good-bye movie. Should they even bother? Listen, I’ve devoted as much time as any of you in Heroes — moreso, if you count the hours upon hours of midnight lamp-lit…

io9 Marc Bernardin May 17

Watch The First Previews Of The Cape, NBC’s New Superhero Drama

In NBC’s The Cape, Dave Lyons plays Vince Faraday, a cop who assumes the mantle of his son’s favorite comic-book hero after he’s left for dead by his corrupt police force. How do the first clips look? Spoilers on! In The Cape – which debuts midseason on NBC – Lyons stars as the titular hero,…

Television Cyriaque Lamar May 16

First Glimpses Of J.J. Abrams’ Undercovers And NBC’s The Event

Watch Martha Jones’ sister kick a whole lot of ass in our first clip from J.J. Abrams’ new spy show Undercovers. It looks frankly amazing. And there’s also a tense clip from NBC’s new 24-esque conspiracy show The Event. NBC’s upfront presentations aren’t until tomorrow, but you don’t have to wait to see your first…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 16

Alec Baldwin’s Timecrowave Serves Up Roast Beef And The End Of Humanity

Last night on Saturday Night Live, host Alec Baldwin unleashed the Timecrowave. Be warned, the time traveling microwave side effects include nazis, cat monsters and hilarious time paradoxes. Watch the video clip, it just keeps getting better and better. [via NBC]

io9 Meredith Woerner May 16

V Aliens Prefer Kindle

Well, the debate is over. Insidious, world-invading lizard aliens with knowledge of fantastical things like Blue Energy and green screen set pieces prefer to take over the world using a Kindle, not an iPad. Or does this simply mean that Disney-owned and Apple-friendly ABC is saving the iPad cameo for the “good guys” in the…

Commerce Jack Loftus May 16

What’s Really Going On This Year On Doctor Who?

Steven Moffat doesn’t bother waiting until the penultimate episode the season to start unpacking the mysteries of Doctor Who — episode six, “Flesh And Stone,” is full of huge twists and revelations. But what do they mean? Spoilers ahead. So at this point, U.K. viewers have had the advantage of seeing a couple more episodes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 15

Say goodbye to Smallville – next season will be its last

Finally! The Syfy character crossover we’ve been dying for

What if Doctor Who were a Disney movie?

V gets shoved to ABC’s midseason line-up

The Smoke Monster doesn’t want lemonade. The Smoke Monster wants blood!

Lost: The 14 Casting Tapes That Started It All

Chuck Versus the Idiot Ball

All Of Lost’s Secrets Are… On Star Trek?!?

Spielberg’s Terra Nova: Land Of The Lost Meets Avatar

Lost Has Already Given Us More Answers Than Battlestar

New Glimpses Of Futurama, True Blood And NBC’s New Line Up

Leonard Nimoy Explains How Science Fiction Has Improved Since The 1950s

How Did Science Fiction Defeat Horror In The War For The Zeitgeist?

Holy Fish Biscuits! It’s The Series Finale Of Lost!

Heroes Might Get a Two-Hour Movie Finale

Watch The First Previews Of The Cape, NBC’s New Superhero Drama

First Glimpses Of J.J. Abrams’ Undercovers And NBC’s The Event

Alec Baldwin’s Timecrowave Serves Up Roast Beef And The End Of Humanity

V Aliens Prefer Kindle

What’s Really Going On This Year On Doctor Who?

Amazon Is Sticking With ‘Rings of Power’ to the End

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‘Kamen Rider’ Is Ready to Take on the World

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The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

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