TV Squad

• Heroes: Season 2 - DVD review
  

  Filed under: TV on DVD, Heroes, Reality-Free

  
  Poor Heroes. After a phenomenal first year, it was one of the most highly-anticipated returning shows last season. However, not only was it claimed by the dreaded sophomore slump, but its season got cut short by the writers' strike, leaving us with eleven kind of awkward episodes.
  
  While season one was about ordinary people discovering that they have extraordinary abilities, much of season two was about these people trying to return to their ordinary lives with the knowledge of what they, and others, can do. The problem that Heroes...
  



• Michael Phelps set to cameo on Entourage
  

  Filed under: Sports, OpEd, Lost, Saturday Night Live, Entourage, Celebrities, Heroes, NCIS, Casting, Reality-Free

  Annie posted earlier today about Michael Phelps' upcoming hosting duties on Saturday Night Live. The Olympic swimming champ isn't wasting any time capitalizing on his stardom, because now he's also landed a cameo on HBO's Entourage.
  
  According to the World Entertainment News Network, the eight-time gold medal winner will appear as himself in an upcoming episode of the buddy-series, which begins its fifth season on Sept. 7....
  



• Giveaway Monday: Heroes season two DVD, one signed
  

  Filed under: TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways, Heroes, Reality-Free

  Hey everyone! This time we've got five copies ofHeroes - Season Two on DVD for five lucky, random commenters. One of the copies is signed by several main cast members. The DVD is available in stores tomorrow.
  
  To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, August 29 simply telling why you'd like to own this set. As always, we'll randomly choose five winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
  
  • To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating why you'd like to own the Heroes season two DVD set.
    
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  • New Heroes trailer is online - VIDEO
    

    Filed under: Video, Heroes, Reality-Free

    NBC is set to debut the trailer for the new season of Heroes on August 30th as part of the big "NBC Primetime Preview." But since most of us grew up with MTV, we don't have the patience to wait for that. Luckily, it's already online, and embedded after the jump.

    I'm one of those that had some issues with the last season. It felt like Maya, Alejandro, Micah, and Monica were all part of an elaborate scheme to make me put my head through a wall. And man, I was ready for Hiro to be done with ancient Japan...
    

  
  
  
  • Seth Green and Breckin Meyer join Heroes
    

    Filed under: Celebrities, Heroes, Casting, Reality-Free

    This is going to please Buffy The Vampire Slayer fans.
    
    Entertainment Weekly'sMichael Ausiello is reporting that Seth Green, who played Oz on Buffy and currently is one of the brains behind Robot Chicken, is joining NBC's Heroes this season. He'll have a multi-episode storyline with fellow Robot Chicken-er Breckin Meyer. They'll play two comic-book aficionados who cross paths with one of the heroes, though it's not certain right now which of the heroes they'll interact with, in what way, or what their character names are going to be.
    
    Is this good news for the show, or...
    
  
  
  
  • Robert Forster takes on paternal duties on Heroes
    

    Filed under: Heroes, Casting, Reality-Free

    In the Heroes universe (as with the Buffy universe before it), death has never stopped anyone from being a guest star. According to EW's Michael Ausiello, Robert Forster will be joining the cast as Arthur Petrelli, the father of Nathan and Peter Petrelli. The character has been well-established as being dead on the series. Forster is best known for his Academy Award-nominated performance in the movie Jackie Brown.
    
    As the original article states, there isn't a definitive way to know how we'll meet Papa Petrelli. Hiro's time-travel abilities could be involved or it could simply be a flashback.

    Continue reading Robert...
    

  
  
  
  • Heroes creator Kring worries about online content, product placement
    

    Filed under: Web, Heroes, Reality-Free

    And thousands of Heroes fans around the world say "well, duh."
    
    Heroes creator Tim Kring admits that there might be a little bit too much going on in the show's universe. At a NATPE LATV Festival panel discussion, Kring says that there might be so much content going online -- and so many employees working on the online content -- that it sort of takes away from the experience of the show and the storyline, especially if you have a creative team working online that really isn't close to the team that works on the TV show. Sounds like he's...
    
  
  
  
  • Heroes - VIDEO - Comic-Con Report
    

    Filed under: Video, Heroes, Reality-Free, Comic-Con

    
    Ah, Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center. If you've been to Comic-Con before, you know how cavernous Hall H is. If you don't, well, it's just frick'n huge. I didn't think anything could make Ballroom 20 seem small.
    
    I got in like over two hours before the panels in this room started, and by the time I got in it was about 3/4 full. Then, finally, the Heroes panel started.
    
    The thing about the Heroes panel is that, unlike any of the other TV panels I went to so far, there were very few things discussed...
    
  
  
  
  • Comic-Con Countdown: Saturday, July 26th
    

    Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, The Simpsons, Animation, Stargate, The Office, Children, Eureka, Kyle XY, Heroes, Pushing Daisies, Chuck, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free, Comic-Con

    Saturday -- a time of rest and relaxation. A time to put your feet up, grab a lemonade, open a book, and let the cool, summer breezes gently rock your hammock as a lazy July day passes. Of course, that's...
    

  
  
  
  • Heroes webisodes launched yesterday
    

    Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Reality-Free, Webisodes

    NBC launched a webisode series called Going Postal to whet your appetite for the fall season of Heroes. Each week we'll get introduced to a new villain, their ability and their motives.
    
    The first installment called "A Nifty Trick" features Echo DeMille played by Kiko Ellsworth (General Hospital, Dexter). Echo is a mailman with a secret ability that involves really loud screaming. An official-looking agent and a pale thug are after him.
    
    Over the next few weeks we'll find out more about Gina (Rebeka Montoya), Constrictor (Mark Steger), Agent Howard...