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io9Farscape‘s Rockne S. O’Bannon making a cult TV show about a cult TV show?
Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon is having a bit of a long-awaited resurgence. Syfy has picked up his post-apocalyptic frontier drama Defiance, starring Grant Bowler. And The CW has revived his 2005 pilot Cult, which was originally going to be a show on predecessor network The WB before it was killed in the WB/UPN merger. … Continued
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Syfy buys pilot for time-traveling anti-terrorism series Rewind
Looks like Syfy has added one more show to their rapidly depleting list of scripted series. Their latest purchase is Rewind, a show about a time-traveling anti-terrorist unit who tries to change the past to alter their terrible future. It’s written by Justin Marks from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Syfy has ordered a … Continued
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io9The Weirdest Creatures that Vampires Have Gone to War Against
This weekend, the Underworld series returns, and once again vampires will resume their endless war against the Lycans. (Plus the humans, this time.) These days, we’re used to thinking of vampires and werewolves as mortal enemies — but vampires have also fought an assortment of much weirder foes. Here’s a semi-complete list of all the … Continued
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io9Unearthed Quantum Leap convention footage shows vintage Bakula and one smug Doogie Howser
While compiling our list of fan campaigns that saved TV shows, we stumbled across a group of Quantum Leap fanatics known as “The Leapers.” And they ruled. These group of body jumping fans hosted a set of Quantum Leap conventions so amazing, they even got the show’s wardrobe to let them borrow the clothes for … Continued
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io9TelevisionBlack Mirror is television science fiction at its best
Aired late last year in the UK, the short anthology series Black Mirror is one of the best works of science fiction I’ve seen on television in a long time. All three episodes, set in near and distant futures, are about how we integrate new technologies into the most intimate parts of our lives, often … Continued
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io9Everything You Need To Know About Babylon 5
It was the dawn of the third age of television, many years before networks would discover the power of long-form storytelling, when Warner Brothers helped former Murder She Wrote writer J. Michael Straczynski realize his dream to cross The Lord of the Rings with Casablanca…IN SPACE! The resulting series would revolutionize television storytelling. The year … Continued
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Will Syfy’s Defiance be the next Firefly?
Syfy has finally found a lead for their joint television and massive multiplayer online series, Defiance. It’s Cooter from True Blood, better known as Grant Bowler. And with the announcement of their lead, a few new details for this space Western have been revealed. According to Deadline Defiance will take place on… A future Earth, … Continued
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The Being Human season premiere digs up a new Big Bad
The Americanized Being Human is back with new bosses, baby ghosts, Amish vampires and original story lines! Will the second season hit the sudsy high-water mark this supernatural soap achieved last year? When the powers of Sam Witwer’s dimple chin, Sam Huntington’s puppy face, and Meaghan Rath’s newly found charm combine, they unleash a krakken … Continued
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All the Tech That Makes Future TVs So Gorgeous
CES was more than just a Grand Canyon filled with eye candy—the sci-fi-beautiful TVs we saw are real, and you’re gonna want them. But OLED? 8k? Crystal Display? What’s all this mean? We’ll explain the pretty new things. It’s worth keeping in mind that many of the super extreme ultra HDTVs on the horizon were … Continued
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io9Alcatraz is only really interesting when it’s about prison brutality
Crime never sleeps, but it does jump forwards in time. At least, that’s the premise of Alcatraz, the latest J.J. Abrams head trip that debuted on Fox last night. Present-day San Francisco is in for an invasion of escaped convicts, bringing their brutal 1960s ways to our more civilized namby-pamby era. Because the Kennedy era … Continued
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When will the superhero cop show Powers hit TV?
We saw the scriptto the TV adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s comic Powers, but when will we see the actual show? Sadly, it sounds like Powers is stuck in development purgatory. The comic, which is written by Bendis and illustrated by Oeming, follows detectives who’ve been assigned to the “Powers” beat … Continued
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io9Insane 1990s video equates the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with witchcraft
Did you know the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are evangelizing our children with outright Hinduism and occultism? Burn them to ashes! At least that’s what the fellows from this 1990s Canadian Christian panel “Not Just Fun and Games” desire. The best part of the video is when they start informing the public that “ninjas were … Continued
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io9The Making of Doctor Who‘s Most Notoriously Bad Special Effects
Behold, the reason so many people diss the original Doctor Who and its horrendous special effects. The disastrous dinosaur effects in the Who story “Invasion of the Dinosaurs” are legendary, and here’s a clip from the new DVD featurette exploring just how they went so wrong. And they did go so very, very wrong. The … Continued
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io9Once Upon A Time does Pan’s Labyrinth with boobs!
Last night, a hungry beast chased after a child who had woken it, by eating its tempting, delicious treats! No it’s not the infamous Pale Man from Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale movie Pan’s Labyrinth — it was Once Upon A Time, cribbing from the best. Spoilers ahead! I was supremely excited when I found … Continued
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Real Online TV Is Finally Here
Hulu has not one, but two original shows ready to stream over the Interwaves in the near future—one of them is even scripted. (The other is reality. Groan.) These aren’t just six-packs of five minute webisodes; they’re original content aiming to follow in the footsteps of HBO. Giddyup! Hollywood is teetering on a ledge, debating … Continued
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io9Being Human Season Two: The One Where Everything Goes Wrong
Syfy’s version of the British hit Being Human returns tonight, and it sounds like the show cranks up the torture machine right away. We got a chance to talk to the show’s stars a while back, and they told us to expect nothing but suffering and horrible mistakes from the very first minutes of the … Continued
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Are we reaching the end of the J.J. Abrams era of television?
J.J. Abrams’ new series Alcatraz, debuting tonight, feels very much like an attempt to recapture the glories of Lost. It features yet another mystery on an island, and the return of Jorge Garcia. The show was created by a Lost writer — who was replaced during production. And there are lots of random little mysteries … Continued
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io9Watch three clips from The River, the best TV pilot we’ve seen in years
Oren Peli’s new ABC horror series The River, is still the Best TV Pilot We’ve Seen in Years. Here’s a trio of clips showcasing Joe Anderson, a.k.a. our favorite nutjob deputy from The Crazies. Watch what happens when a disjointed family goes searching for their missing TV explorer father down the Amazon. The River premieres … Continued
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This Week’s TV: You’ll never guess who’s getting back together with their ex!
J.J. Abrams brings you another mysterious island and a ton of sinister clues, with his new show Alcatraz. Plus there are two other new shows debuting tonight. Meanwhile, this week also sees the return of several of your favorite shows, including Adventure Time, Being Human and Archer. Plus take a tour of the Lego factory! … Continued
