Television

Dollhouse Will Give You Closure Before Wiping Your Mind For Good

Joss Whedon‘s weird-brain-science show Dollhouse may struggle in the live ratings, but enough people are watching it on their DVRs that Fox promises to run all 13 episodes of season two. But season two is unlikely to have 22 episodes. Fox scheduling chief Preston Beckman tells The Hollywood Reporter that even though Fox isn’t happy…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 13

Top 10 Greatest Space Zombies Of All Time!

Pandorum’s space-zombie rampage was a huge letdown, but at least Zombieland reminded us how great zombies can be. Especially in space! Here’s our list of the top 10 space zombies of all time. Possible spoilers ahead… We hadn’t realized quite how many space zombies there are out there — especially if you throw in some…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 12

Dollhouse: Prepare For The Comic Book Active

Ratings for the television incarnation of Dollhouse saw a 25 percent uptick, but remain perilously close to the danger zone. But news from this weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con suggests the show may have comic-book life after potential death after all. During Dark Horse Comics’ Buffy The Vampire Slayer panel, editor Scott Allie said that Dollhouse…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 12

Red Dwarf Back Again?

After last year’s Back To Earth mini-series, is Red Dwarf coming back for good? The series’ Robert Llewellyn told fans this weekend that scripts for a tenth season of the SF comedy have already been commissioned. Llewellyn made the announcement at this weekend’s Dimension Jump ’09 Red Dwarf fan convention, twittering it to the internet…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 12

Buffy and Hellboy Skins on Apple Products, Dual-Fanboys Ascend to Nirvana

Dark Horse Comics (Buffy, Hellboy) and GelaSkins (those dudes who make reusable sticky skins for iPhones, Macbooks, etc) have conceived and birthed a line of products to which all geeks will find themselves un-immune. Hellboy, Buffy and a bunch of other Dark Horse IPs are now available in GelaSkin form (heck, there’s even some Bettie…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 12

Are NBC’s Troubles Good News For Chuck?

With ratings falling for their hit shows, returning series canceled before the first episode of their second season and rumors of the network writing off the majority of their primetime line-up, are NBC’s current woes good news for Chuck? Following the surprise cancellation of critical hit/ratings survivor Southland earlier this week, the storm clouds have…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 11

Voltron Sells Out

He may have been displaced on most kids’ Top Bot lists by the Transformers, but don’t count Voltron out just yet: The giant robot has been signed to United Talent Agency, who have big plans for him. The Hollywood Reporter notes that UTA has taken on Voltron’s US rights holder, World Events Productions, and plan…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 11

All Women Are Whores Who Need To Be Taught A Lesson

That’s more like it. After two seriously “meh” episodes, Dollhouse returned to form with a twisty story of a serial killer and a college professor — and the weird secret they have in common. Naked, dripping wet spoilers below. Despite a couple of flaws — which I’ll get to in a bit — “Belle Chose”…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 10

Did Stargate’s Second Week Hold Up?

Last night’s Stargate Universe finished up the opening “Air” story in sandy, hallucinogenic style. Meredith’s take will be forthcoming tomorrow, but while you’re waiting, why don’t you tell us what you thought in the comments below?

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 10

Don’t Feed the Sexy Mercenary, and Other Lessons from Sanctuary

Sanctuary returned last night with an ailing Bigfoot, monster-making madness, and more of vampire Nikola Tesla. And we learned many important lessons about everything from dealing with hot female mercenaries to hanging out with Jack the Ripper. Sasquatch Hate Vampires: We’ve apparently abandoned the Lazarus virus plotline from last season. The villainous Cabal had created…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 10

Even In FlashForward, Nazis Still Suck

This week’s Flash Forward may have been full of characters telling the audience that the world has changed, but its moral was one that we’ve known for many, many years: Nazis are not to be trusted. Even when they’re old. After last week’s pyrotechnics and introduction of a second Suspect Zero (“Suspect Minus-One”?), this week’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 10

Paris Hilton Must Be Destroyed On “Supernatural”

The Winchester Brothers traveled deep into the dark heart of fandom in Thursday night’s episode, with a monster of the week straight from reality TV. There was also a lot of processing about trust issues. Spoilers ahead! “Fallen Idol” wasn’t a terribly strong episode, but it was still good fun watching the Winchesters trying to…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 10

Leonard Nimoy Explains Fringe’s Final Storm

Last night on Fringe, we drank worms, did drugs, and stole cryogenically frozen heads. But more importantly, we finally got to see Olivia’s visit to the other universe, and hear Leonard Nimoy explain all about the coming interdimensional war. The Great Cryo-Caper: Agent Broyles nails it with the absurd Fringe quote of the night: “Why…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 9

R.I.P. Barry Letts, The Man Who Made Doctor Who Transcendental

Barry Letts, the producer of Doctor Who from 1970 to 1974, died at the age of 84. He was responsible for introducing Buddhist themes and ideas to the series during the Jon Pertwee era, and also cast Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor. I will always think of his strange, wonderful moment in the Doctor…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 9

We Saw Monday’s Lesbotastic, Rainbow-Britey Heroes!

It’s the Heroes episode we’ve been waiting for, called “Hysterical Blindness,” and NBC was kind enough to send us a preview copy. Dying to know the future of your television life? We’ve got a spoiler-lite breakdown for you. Let’s go through our favorite subsubsubplots and grade them, shall we? We’ve also got a tasty batch…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 9

Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG’s Final Cylon Revelation Be?

The Edward James Olmos directed film, Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, is gearing up for a release and we’ve got all the details. The 112-minute feature has all new Cylon-on-human action, plus never-before-seen BSG behind the scenes features. The new press release describes “The Plan” as a 90-minute feature, but we’re guessing that’s just the length…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 9

Strap Yourselves In. Dollhouse Is About To Go Off!

Season two of Dollhouse gets “darker and stranger” and further from the “client-of-the-week” aspect as it goes along, says writer Jed Whedon. And there are lots of exciting twists coming up. Plus clips from tonight’s slasher-tastic episode. Spoilerama! Writing in the Chicago Tribune, blogger Maureen Ryan makes an impassioned case for why we should cherish…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 9

Furries Take Hollywood: The Year of Yiff

It’s turning out to be the year of the Furry. There’s cat people, wild things, a fox in a suit. Here’s the complete list of this year’s furry people, ranked by sexiness. You can’t turn on the TV with out running into a little bit of Furry fodder these days. The fur love is practically…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 8

Listen to Dr. Horrible’s Batman-Fighting Musical Number

Neil Patrick Harris is up to his old singing supervillainy, this time as the Music Meister on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Listen to his first nefarious number, where he forces the show’s heroes and villains to sing along. NPH’s episode, “The Mayhem of the Music Meister” premiered at Comic Con, where it wormed…

Television Lauren Davis Oct 8

Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists

If you’ve been yearning to see what old-school Battlestar Galatica would look like recreated with new-school CGI, then you’re about to have a fangasm. FX artist Darth Mojo, who worked on the new BSG series, whipped up this little movie. Ah, memories . . . via Darth Mojo

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 8

Dollhouse Will Give You Closure Before Wiping Your Mind For Good

Top 10 Greatest Space Zombies Of All Time!

Dollhouse: Prepare For The Comic Book Active

Red Dwarf Back Again?

Buffy and Hellboy Skins on Apple Products, Dual-Fanboys Ascend to Nirvana

Are NBC’s Troubles Good News For Chuck?

Voltron Sells Out

All Women Are Whores Who Need To Be Taught A Lesson

Did Stargate’s Second Week Hold Up?

Don’t Feed the Sexy Mercenary, and Other Lessons from Sanctuary

Even In FlashForward, Nazis Still Suck

Paris Hilton Must Be Destroyed On “Supernatural”

Leonard Nimoy Explains Fringe’s Final Storm

R.I.P. Barry Letts, The Man Who Made Doctor Who Transcendental

We Saw Monday’s Lesbotastic, Rainbow-Britey Heroes!

Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG’s Final Cylon Revelation Be?

Strap Yourselves In. Dollhouse Is About To Go Off!

Furries Take Hollywood: The Year of Yiff

Listen to Dr. Horrible’s Batman-Fighting Musical Number

Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists

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