“Fringe” Cast Discusses Upcoming Developments
November 5, 2009 || Category: Featured, TV News | 2 Comments
At long last, the baseball playoffs are over and we can (finally) turn our attention back to one of the best shows on television, “Fringe.”
The series returns to Fox tonight at 9 p.m. EST with an all-new episode that focuses on the character of Broyles. According to reports, tonight’s episode will reveal a few clues [...]
If you’re a big fan of finding out tidbits and SPOILERS for the upcoming season of “Lost,” you may find yourself facing a drought in the coming weeks.
According to E! Online, promotional clips, posters, still and other things will be held until the show premieres in Janaury. Citing the desire to keep some of hte [...]
If the current trend in television programming continues, at some point in the near future we’ll have little else on television but procedural dramas and shows about vampires. Unless, of course, they do a procedural show about vampires…
With the success of “True Blood” and “The Vampire Diaries,” it was only a matter of time before [...]
Director Roland Emmerich is hoping his upcoming disaster movie “2012″ wil leave viewers wanting more.
Emmerich says that he is currently in talks with ABC to create a spin-off series of the disaster movie that would follow the rebuilding of the planet after its destroyed in the upcoming film.
“The plan is that it is 2013 and [...]
ABC appears to have a winner on its hands with the relaunch of “V.”
The first episode of the highly anticipated remake of the iconic 80’s miniseries delivered solid ratings Tuesday evening for the alphabet network.
“V” was Tuesday’s No. 1 program in several demographics, delivering a bigger number than any other new show this season. [...]
A lot of new “Doctor Who” fans are worried about where the series will go without David Tennant in the iconic role as the Doctor.
Tennant is leaving the series after three and a half seasons as the universe’s best known Time Lord. And while the actor says that he has his regrets about leaving [...]
If ABC’s relaunch of the classic series “V” has you feeling nostalgic for the original series, you can catch up on it over at the WB.
The classic series from the 80s is now available for viewing.
And, of course, to help give fuel to the fire over which is better–the original or the new series.
Last weekend, many of our listeners in the United States had to set their clocks back an hour.
This weekend, we get the return of “Legend of the Seeker.”
The hit syndicated series returns this weekend with its second season.
If you’d like to catch a sneak peek at the season premiere, check out the video below. There [...]
Exclusive Trailer for AMC’s “The Prisoner”
November 4, 2009 || Category: Featured, TV News | 4 Comments
Thanks to AMC, Slice of SciFi is proud to bring you this exclusive trailer for AMC’s new miniseries, The Prisoner!
For its ninth season, “Smallville” producers are looking to bring in as many of the expanded D.C. Universe characters as possible as Clark slowly begins to grow into his destiny as the Man of Steel.
Fans are buzzing about an upcoming episode that will see actor Michael Shanks guest star as Hawkman. The episode will feature [...]
Actress, Producer Respond to “SG:U” Criticism
November 3, 2009 || Category: Featured, TV News | 32 Comments
There’s a small but extremely vocal minority of fans who are unhappy with the new direction of the “Stargate” franchise. This group of fans have been extremely critical of “Stargate: Universe” since its debut a month ago.
Now an actress and a writer on the series are responding via their blogs.
Actress Julie Benson, who plays 2nd [...]
After months of speculation and wondering, ABC’s “V” debuts tonight at 8 p.m. EST.
The series, which will air the first four episodes in November and then nine more next year, is a re-telling of the classic mini-series in which aliens come to Earth, at first appearing benevolent but hiding a darker agenda.
Actor Scott Wolf is [...]
WARNING: This article contains the identity of the major character who wil l die this season on “Heroes.” If you don’t want to know who is leaving the show, please turn back now or click over to our next article. There are MAJOR SPOILERS ahead.
“Sherlock Holmes” Steps Up for MacFarlane Sponsorship
November 2, 2009 || Category: TV News | Leave a Comment
Warner Brothers’ upcoming release of “Sherlock Holmes” will serve as the exclusive sponsor for this Sunday’s “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show.”
The special lost its original sponsor last week when Microsoft pulled out after seeing the script for the upcoming variety show.
The special will feature MacFarlane and Alex Borstein in a [...]
U.K., U.S. Airdates for “Waters of Mars” Announced
November 2, 2009 || Category: TV News | 3 Comments
After months of speculation, the BBC announced Friday that the second “Doctor Who” special of 2009 would air on Sunday, November 15.
Titled “The Waters of Mars,” the special will air at 7 p.m. on BBC1.
BBC America also confirmed that American fans will get to see the special quickly. The cable network announced Friday at the [...]
Don’t get too used to seeing actor Leonard Nimoy on “Fringe.” He may not be there much longer.
The actor says that he’s decided to leave the role of William Bell after just three appearances.
“I’ve done three appearances for them. I don’t know if I will do a fourth,” Nimoy tells the Los Angeles Times. “They’ve asked me [...]
If you’ve been looking up in the skies to see if yours is one of the cities ABC will use a skywriting promotion to highlight the premiere of “V” next Tuesday, you can crane your head back down a bit.
ABC has decided not to pursue the promotion.
The decision came after the network discovered that new [...]
One of our favorite series here at Slice of SciFi may be on the bubble according to TV Guide.
In its list of all series that may not make it a full season, TV Guide lists “Fringe.”
The site says, “It’s been consistently fourth in its extremely competitively timeslot (opposite Grey’s Anatomy, The Office and 30 Rock, [...]
SyFy has sent over sneak peeks of tomorrow night’s all new episodes of “Stargate: Universe” and “Sanctuary.
On “SG:U,” the episode is entitled “Water” and finds the Destiny crew searching for water in order to survive.
Meanwhile, over on “Sanctuary” Dr. Magnus finds herself investigating a crime-fighting superhero in “Hero.”
The fifth season of “Supernatural” returns tonight and finds Bobby taking drastic steps to get out of his wheelchair.
SUPERNATURAL: (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) — “The Curious Case of Dean Wichester”
OLD MAN DEAN! — Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) discover a witch (guest star Hal Ozsan) is running a high-stakes poker game where the [...]
SyFy has given the green light for an American version of Britian’s “Being Human.”
According to the Hollywood Reporter, SyFy has agreed to produce a 13-epiosde season of the series as a reboot of the popular British show.
For those of you keeping track at home, SyFy’s episode order is seven longer than the first sesaon was [...]
If you’re a “Chuck” fan, we’ve got a lot of really good news for you today.
First up, those of you pining for your season two DVDs (I’ve had mine on pre-0rder since April), we finally have a release date. The discs will hit stores on January 5, 2010.
And with the news that the DVDs are [...]
Bad news for “Lost” fans hoping to see the entire final season air without interruption.
The series will take a break when NBC airs on the Winter Olympics next year.
Producer Carlton Cuse says that the final season will begin in January and then take off a few weeks in February for the Olympics. Fans can then [...]
Powered by the debut of “Stargate: Universe” and the return of “Sanctuary,” SyFy had its strongest October ever according to the network.
“Syfy jumped to #3 in A25-54 and #4 among A18-49 versus all basic cable entertainment networks - its second best monthly ranking ever in these demos behind December 2002 when Steven Spielberg’s record-setting ‘Taken’ [...]
If you missed the first sesaon of “Legend of the Seeker” or just want a quick refresher before the second season begins on November, set the recording device or make plans to tune into SyFy on Thursday, November 6 from 6 p.m. to midnight.
SyFy will repeat six episodes of the popular syndicated series during that [...]
The CW’s new hit series “The Vampire Diaries” returns Thursday with an all-new Halloween-themed episode.
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) — “Haunted”
HALLOWEEN IN MYSTIC FALLS — As Vicki’s (Kayla Ewell) behavior becomes more dangerous, Stefan (Paul Wesley) tries to help her. Elena (Nina Dobrev) tries to convince Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) to stay away [...]
If you missed this week’s episode of “Castle,” you missed actor Nathan Fillion donning the famous costume of Captain Malcolm Reynolds from “Firefly” for a Halloween costume party.
Luckily, a video clip of the episode, showing Fillion in full costume in available below:
The episode also included several references to other Joss Whedon shows.
You can view the [...]
If you missed last night’s all new episode of “Heroes” you can catch up on it in two minutes thank to NBC.
The video catch-up is available below. Or if you want to see the full episode you can view it on NBC’s web site.
After nine seasons, fans are still wondering if Clark Kent and Chloe Sullivan might ever get together romantically on the CW’s “Smallville.”
For the first several years, Clark only had eyes for Lana Lang. Then Lois Lane entered the picture and while fans of the Man of Steel may know that the Clark and Lois eventually [...]
Microsoft Pulls Sponsorship for MacFarlane Special
October 27, 2009 || Category: TV News | 6 Comments
Computer giant Microsoft pulled their sponsorship of Sunday’s “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show” over content concerns Variety reports.
When the project was announced last month, Microsoft signed as the show’s main sponsor. The show would feature limited commercial interruption along the line of Fox’s premium sponsorships last year with most [...]
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