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News: NBC Cuts The Cape By Three

by Roco February 2, 2011

Can’t say that I’m surprised: NBC has reduced its order for The Cape by three episodes. Instead of the originally planned 13 episodes, the network has only committed to 10. This comes on the back of a series low ratings (1.5 adults 18-49). Tweet

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CW To Walk In The Walking Dead’s Zombie Footsteps With Awakening

by Roco January 31, 2011

The success of The Walking Dead didn’t just guarantee a second season for the AMC series, it paved the way for more zombie shows to lurch onto the small screen. Want early proof? The CW are developing a script for an hour-long drama called “Awakening”, in which two sisters who face off against one another just [...]

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Inspired By The Movie Taken, ABC Go Missing With New Summer Series

by Roco January 29, 2011

Unfortunately Liam Neeson is not doing a small-screen TV version of his rather good movie, Taken. Instead, the news is that ABC are developing a Taken-esque TV series called “Missing”. (see what they did there!!!?). Tweet

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The CW Push Back Smallville and Supernatural – Afraid of Fringe?

by Roco January 28, 2011

It’s unofficial. Supernatural is afraid of Fringe. Well, not quite. The CW has pushed back the much-anticipated return of Supernatural and Smallville by one week, because they’ll be repeating The Vampire Diaires (another chance to ‘catch VD‘) and Nikita tonight. Tweet

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News: Outcasts Will Take You To Carpathia From February 7th

by Roco January 27, 2011

It’s official. The BBC has confirmed (via Twitter) that their much-anticipated sci-fi drama, Outcasts will debut with the first episode airing Monday February 7th and the second episode the day after, Tuesday February 8th – both at 9PM on BBC and BBC HD. Apparently, the opening two episodes are two halves of one story, so it [...]

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Ratings: First Blood Goes The Way Of Fringe In Friday Frolics

by Roco January 25, 2011

First blood in the Friday night ratings game goes to Fringe after topping the night with a 1.9 in the coveted 18-49 demo and 4.9 million observers. That’s 12% up on its fall average, and you have to believe they are the kind of numbers that would make a fourth season very possible, given the ‘carrot [...]

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Pilot News: Wonder Woman To Whip Her Lasso Back and Forth On NBC

by Roco January 22, 2011

Never write Wonder Woman off. Or the ability for things to change very quickly in TV Land. After apparently being rejected down by the major networks a couple of weeks ago, NBC has decided that, actually, they quite fancy themselves some Wonder Woman. I guess the hints were there, or was it all spin in [...]

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Burned By Heroes? Tim Kring Wants To Touch You Again With New FOX Pilot

by Roco January 19, 2011

Having failed in his bid to give Heroes a that big screen farewell, producer Tim Kring is back instead with another small screen offering – a new drama called Touch, which has been given a pilot order by FOX. By the sound of things, Touch has more than a..touch of supernatural flavor. It ‘focuses on a [...]

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The Differences Between Being Human: SyFy Remake Vs BBC Original

by Roco January 14, 2011

With the American version of the popular BBC TV series Being Human premiering January 17th on SyFy, fans of the original are wondering how the remake will compare. At this week’s Winter TCA, Jeremy Carver executive producer of the SyFy series offered some details: “I would say if you’re a fan of the original, you’re [...]

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Wonder Woman Could Yet Reboot On TV

by Roco January 14, 2011

First it was on, then it was off. Could the Wonder Woman TV reboot be back on again? Producer David E. Kelley says that he “optimistic” that the project might see the light of day..eventually: “I had a lot of fun writing it, and I’m still optimistic we’ll do it,” Kelley said. “It’s a huge project, [...]

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