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Drunk History Reveals The Great Battle Between Tesla And Edison

Earlier this month Crispen Glover explained all about remaking history as Thomas Edison with John C. Reilly, who played Nikola Tesla, on Drunk History. Watch the first clips from this segment, and learn about why Edison was such a dick. WARNING there is vomit in this at about 4:00, but then he calls Tesla the…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 8

World’s Largest DVR Records 50 Shows At Once, Saves 13 Years of TV

You would need 326 TiVo Premiere boxes to match what the Snapstream DVR can do with just one coax plug. This Snapstream DVR is basically just a tech demo—but it’s one hell of a tech demo. Loaded with 50 analog tuners, it can pull and record 50 channels, simultaneously, from your cable feed onto 136TB…

Television Mark Wilson Apr 8

South Park Shows Us How Facebook Can Ruin Everything — Even Tron

Last night on South Park, Stan got sucked into the day-glo virtual world of Facebook, which looked just like the digitized Tron world. Except instead of light cycle races, guys in unitards want to show you pictures of their dog. Don’t get us wrong — we’re addicted to Facebook as much as the next program,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 8

I Can’t Tell If I’m Taking Drugs Or Watching “V”

OK, look. I love the idea of the show V. I love the actors, many of the writers, and both the current and ex-showrunners. But last night’s episode, “Pound of Flesh,” sucked us into the plotholes of doom. The math problem First of all, let’s talk math. Seriously. One of the big plot points of…

Television Annalee Newitz Apr 7

Chekov Stars In Fright Night Remake, Plus Twilight Nabs An Oscar-Winning Director

New vampire news is bleeding out all over the internet. The Fright Night remake picks up steam, a new True Blood poster hits, plus Twilight gets the Dreamgirls director to helm Breaking Dawn. Fright Night Remake Anton Yelchin has signed on to star in the Fright Night remake. While we’re happy that Hollywood is making…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 7

15 Things We Learned In Last Night’s Lost

So are you a bit more convinced now that Lost’s final season is going someplace amazing? The Desmond-centric “Happily Ever After” recharged our faith in the “flash-sideways.” Here are 15 cool things we learned last night. Spoilers ahead, brotha… Desmond’s “catastrophic electro-magnetic event” back in season three is still significant. Remember when Desmond activated the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 7

Love Actually Star Will Slay Zombies In Walking Dead

The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes has finally been cast. Thank goodness, producer Frank Darabont ditched Eli Stone and Lee Adama for a different Brit, Andrew Lincoln, better known as the “sign guy” from Love Actually. THR broke the news that AMC has cast Lincoln in the brand new Walking Dead TV series. The writer of…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 6

Chuck vs. the Happily Ever After

And it all comes down to this: Chuck faces off against Shaw, Morgan and Casey step up, and there’s lots of smooching. Spoilers ahead… Buenos dias, amigos y amigas. I hope your day began as nice as Chuck and Sarah’s did: satiny sheets, a view of the Eiffel Tower, lots of smooching. What…no? Yeah, me…

Television Marc Bernardin Apr 6

ABC Readies Its New “Desperate Housewives Meets Buffy” Series

ABC’s casting call for its new series The Gates revealed a massive supernatural spoiler about this small-town cop show. Turns out Rhona Mitra plays a vampire housewife, the town quarterback is a werewolf, and more. Spoilers ahead… Leaked casting calls explain that the show takes place in a suburb of Chicago. Nick Monohan (Frank Grillo)…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 6

On Smallville, Everyone Must Get Laid!

On last Friday’s Smallville, every main character got laid, Clark stammered cryptically about dirty dancing lessons he got from Jor-El, and Silver Banshee showed up to die immediately. It was exactly like the 1950s George Reeves serials, but with fornication. Was last Friday’s episode of Smallville any good? Not particularly. Was it harmless and unintentionally…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Apr 5

FlashForward Likely Won’t Be Renewed; V’s Fate Up In The Air

Bad news for scifi shows – FlashForward’s renewal prospects are looking incredibly slim, and V could be in jeopardy if its ratings slip further. If these two shows disappear, then what will be our new Lost? [THR]

Television Cyriaque Lamar Apr 5

Lucas Says Yes To Star Wars Sitcom From Robot Chicken Team

There have been lots of funny moments in the Star Wars Universe — though many probably weren’t on purpose — but now George Lucas is drafting the Robot Chicken team to make an out-and-out comedy TV series. “Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo” was probably one of the funnier lines of…

Television Marc Bernardin Apr 5

Now Playing At A Fringe Alternate Universe Theater Near You

Fringe has bounced us back and forth between parallel Earths — most memorably in last week’s episode — but all that dimensional travel simply begs the question: What movies do Other Earthlings watch? Now we know. Apparently, They love sequels. A visitor (read: interloper) to Fringe’s Vancouver set snapped these pics, revealing our/their/the writers’ penchant…

Movies Marc Bernardin Apr 5

First Android-Based Television, From Sweden’s People of Lava. Wait, Who?

I’d normally be on the fence about the utility of an Android-based television set like Scandinavia (above), but if it’s made by a company called People of Lava it has to be pretty awesome, right? Or at least ridiculous? Fortunately, Scandinavia looks like a little bit of both. Their first Android 1.5-run effort will be…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 5

Knocking Up Earthlings Is No Way To Win The Respect Of Your Peers

What’s new on TV this week? How about Desmond’s return to the Island, creepy V pregnancies, incompetent wizards, and the Mega Piranha? We’re in the salad days of Spring TV – a zillion awesome shows await you! MONDAY 4/5/10 It’s Chuck (8 PM, NBC) with “Chuck Versus the Other Guy.” Morgan’s thinking of leaving Buy…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Apr 5

True Blood Comics To Go Places HBO Can’t? We’re Not Sure That’s Possible

True Blood’s Alan Ball sends us a video message from Merlotte’s about IDW’s new True Blood comics. He claims they’ll be able to “do more” in the books than on TV. Can it really get any more graphic?

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 5

New Doctor Who Clips, Plus A Video Tour Inside The New TARDIS

Now that Matt Smith has firmly established himself as the time-traveling Doctor, it’s time to take a glimpse into what’s next on Doctor Who. Check out two new trailers, plus a guided tour inside the newly upgraded TARDIS. Spoilers ahead. Here’s the trailer for the next batch of Doctor Who Confidential episodes, including a few…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 5

We’ve Seen Tomorrow Night’s Rocktastic Episode Of Chuck!

Chuck started out as a show about a hapless nerd who gets the sum total of spy knowledge uploaded into his brain, but it’s grown into a superspy action-drama-romance. We saw tomorrow’s pivotal episode and talked to the creative team. There are minor spoilers in this post, but we won’t give away everything that happens…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 4

New V Promo Puts The Alien Sex Bite On Us

Do you like seeing Morena Baccarin seduce and destroy hapless males? Then V is going to cater to your every whim! ABC sent us a new V promo, highlighting Baccarin’s sexy mantis-queen side. Including new Anna/Chad action!

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 4

In Heaven, Nothing Is Fine, According To “Supernatural”

I just watched last week’s Supernatural, “Dark Side Of The Moon” a second time, so I could hear Dean say again that Heaven “isn’t Nirvana – it’s the Matrix.” How can paradise be bad, when there’s beer? Spoilers ahead! Unlike other shows that have dealt with devils and gods – like, say, Buffy – Supernatural…

Television Annalee Newitz Apr 4

Drunk History Reveals The Great Battle Between Tesla And Edison

World’s Largest DVR Records 50 Shows At Once, Saves 13 Years of TV

South Park Shows Us How Facebook Can Ruin Everything — Even Tron

I Can’t Tell If I’m Taking Drugs Or Watching “V”

Chekov Stars In Fright Night Remake, Plus Twilight Nabs An Oscar-Winning Director

15 Things We Learned In Last Night’s Lost

Love Actually Star Will Slay Zombies In Walking Dead

Chuck vs. the Happily Ever After

ABC Readies Its New “Desperate Housewives Meets Buffy” Series

On Smallville, Everyone Must Get Laid!

FlashForward Likely Won’t Be Renewed; V’s Fate Up In The Air

Lucas Says Yes To Star Wars Sitcom From Robot Chicken Team

Now Playing At A Fringe Alternate Universe Theater Near You

First Android-Based Television, From Sweden’s People of Lava. Wait, Who?

Knocking Up Earthlings Is No Way To Win The Respect Of Your Peers

True Blood Comics To Go Places HBO Can’t? We’re Not Sure That’s Possible

New Doctor Who Clips, Plus A Video Tour Inside The New TARDIS

We’ve Seen Tomorrow Night’s Rocktastic Episode Of Chuck!

New V Promo Puts The Alien Sex Bite On Us

In Heaven, Nothing Is Fine, According To “Supernatural”

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

Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead with the Golden Dome

‘Kamen Rider’ Is Ready to Take on the World

Twitter Just Can’t Stop Leaking Movies

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

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