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HBO chickens out; Preacher too much
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cancellations, Reality-Free  It looks like HBO is just TV after all. After airing such intense fare as The Sopranos and Carnivalé, the new head of production, Sue Naegle (or at least that's my guess on who pulled the plug based on the quotes) is pulling the plug on the in development HBO adaptation of DC/Vertigo's Preacher. The Garth Ennis-Steve Dillon comic book series was controversial for its intense violence and handling of religious subjects, but it was also a huge sales and critical hit.
There was talk of adapting the series with each episode comprising exactly one comic issue. Dialogue was lifted almost...
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The Middleman: The Clotharian Contamination Protocol
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, The Middleman  (S01E11) "We have vents large enough to crawl in through with accessible registers everywhere. Was this building designed by TV writers, or what?" --Wendy Watson
Well, well, Wendy Watson. Wow! Natalie Morales was possibly looking hotter than ever in the opening scene of tonight's episode. it's amazing the depth of cleavage they are able to create with what assets she has. The power of Hollywood brassieres, I guess. My wife would kill for that magical ability. I wouldn't be displeased either.
Then they upped the ante by giving us a full-on panties and bra...
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Another Red Dwarf episode?
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free  Robert Llewelyn, best known to Red Dwarf fans as the android Kryten, has confessed on KTSC-TV in Seattle that the BBC has commissioned a one-hour special of Red Dwarf to film in October. For those keeping track, Red Dwarf hasn't been on television since 1999.
This may be a mistake. On one hand, eight seasons of the show was beating a dead horse. It stopped being good after season three. On the other hand, nine years is certainly enough time for creators Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (or whomever they designate) to write an...
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Giveaway Tuesday: Signed True Blood promo poster
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Contests and Giveaways, Reality-Free  The giveaways continue this week! This time we've got three signed promotional posters for HBO's new series, True Blood (premieres Sept. 7). As you can see from the image to the right, most of the primary cast has signed them.
To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Tuesday, September 2 simply telling us what you're looking forward to most about HBO's True Blood. As always, we'll randomly choose three winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating what you're looking forward to most about True Blood.
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Witchblade: The Complete Series - DVD review
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on DVD, Reality-Free  There's a moment in one of the extras on the Witchblade DVD set where Peter Mensah, who played Hector Mobius, says that the show was ahead of its time. Now, I tend to think most people involved in a project of the size and scope of Witchblade would say something similar. In this case though, there is something to it. The landscape for cable based original series was quite different in 2001, when Witchblade debuted.
While we now take it for granted that great shows are coming from the likes of TNT, FX,...
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Gemini Division: the next step - VIDEO
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Video, Web, Reality-Free  The marriage of the internet and television production continues to mature. The latest entry, launching this week, is Gemini Division. While it's too early to tell how the 50 episode saga is going to ultimately be received, it's still worth talking about. Gemini Division is another big step for the future of internet-based productions.
The show is being produced by NBC Universal Digital Studios, which, among other things, means a much larger budget. Something evident in the cast which includes the star of the show, Rosario Dawson. That's a pretty...
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Alex O'Loughlin inks deal with CBS...now if they could just create a show like Moonlight...
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, OpEd, Grey's Anatomy, Short-Lived Shows, Criminal Minds, Cancellations, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free, Army Wives  I can't decide if this is good news or bad news. Moonlightstar Alex O'Loughlin is staying at CBS.
Unless you've been in another galaxy for the past year, you know that the Aussie actor cultivated an enormous fan base with his role as vampire P.I. Mick St. John on CBS' Moonlight. The uproar caused by the cancellation of the show in May can still be heard, well,...
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ABC sets up shop in Eastwick
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free  With Maggie Friedman (Dawson's Creek) behind it, I have to imagine that The Witches of Eastwick ABC pilot project just announced may feature a younger cast than the 1987 film on which it is being based. The announcement specifically states that it is a variation on the film as opposed to the controversial John Updike novel. The book has been blasted for being misogynistic, while the movie offered more in female empowerment.
This will be third time someone has made a go of adapting the film for television. I can't help but think think of...
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Primeval: Episode 1 (series premiere)
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free  (S01E01)Primeval already has a pretty rabid following across the pond where two series, or seasons as they say in the States, have already been completed. It looks like BBC America will be combining these two seasons into one thirteen episode long run. A third season has been greenlit and is set to premiere in January 2009 in the UK. Presumably, should this do well here, BBCA will pick it up shortly thereafter, to avoid an extensive gap.
I'd heard about this show, time travel and prehistoric creatures running rampant in and around London. It's one of those shows that...
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Falls spills on plans for Journeyman
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Reality-Free  I wish I could tell you that those plans included a television mini-series or at least a small screen film, but alas series creator Kevin Falls has moved on. In fact, his new series featuring a womanizer trapped in a woman's body, is currently coming together for FOX, so at least he's sticking with the "different." He did, however, take some time out to chat it up with AICN about the bigger plans for Journeyman.
This was a show that was hugely under-appreciated by the mainstream, and almost dismissed out of the gate as a Quantum Leap derivative by many of the sci-fi crowd. The...
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