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TV Review: HELIX – Season 1 – “274”

Peter Farragut (Neil Napier) turns himself in on HELIX "274" | (c) 2014 SyFy

Cast: Billy Campbell, Jordan Hayes, Kyra Zagorsky, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mark Ghanime, Neil Napier Writer: Misha Green Director: Steven A. Adelson Network: Airs on SyFy, Fridays @ 9 p.m. Original Telecast: Jan. 17, 2014 The problem of just a few infected on HELIX just got a hell of a lot bigger. “274” showed that the infection isn’t just contained to a half dozen or so individuals inside the research facility but nearly one-third of the entire facility is now in some sort carrying the infection But that just might be the tip of the preverbal iceberg. As we found out toward […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Sam Laybourne on NBC’s THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW

Michael J. Fox and Frederick Weller in THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW - Season 1 - "Couples" | ©NBC/Eric Liebowitz

On NBC’s THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW, Thursdays at 9:30 PM, Michael J. Fox plays Mike Henry, who returns to being a television newsman after years away – not unlike the way Fox is returning to anchoring an NBC half-hour comedy after years away. Additionally, both the fictional Henry and the real Fox are happily married family men with children, and both matter-of-factly deal with their Parkinson’s disease. The series was created by Will Gluck and Sam Laybourne, both of whom are executive producers with Fox. Laybourne is at an event held by NBC for the Television Critics Association press […]Read On »


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Interview: Connie Britton on NASHVILLE Season 2 and AMERICAN HORROR STORY

Connie Britton in NASHVILLE - Season 2 | ©2013 ABC/Bob D'Amico

NASHVILLE, created by Callie Khouri, is now in its second season on ABC, Wednesday nights at 10 PM. The show follows the occasionally intertwined lives of two country music stars, veteran Rayna Jaymes, played by Connie Britton, and rising newcomer Juliette Barnes, portrayed by Hayden Panettiere. Known for both television and film, Britton has been steadily employed as a series regular in 2006 when, following an arc on 24, she began her five-season stint as beloved high school football coach’s wife Tami Taylor on FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, reprising her role from the 2004 feature. When FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ended, Britton […]Read On »


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TV Review: HELIX – Season 1 – “Vector”

Dr. Jordan (Jordan Hayes) gets taken hostage by infected scientists in HELIX "Vector" | (c) 2014 SyFy

Cast: Billy Campbell, Jordan Hayes, Kyra Zagorsky, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mark Ghanime, Neil Napier Writer: Keith Huff Director: Brad Turner Network: Airs on SyFy, Fridays @ 9 p.m. Original Telecast: Jan. 10, 2014 HELIX furthered the depth of where this series is going with “Vector,” where a group of scientists get infected by Peter Farragut (Neil Napier) who is still running amok in the facility after escaping in the first episode. While the second episode focused mainly on finding the infected scientists, treating the scientists and above all else how and why Peter infected them, there was plenty of new questions […]Read On »


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TV Review: HELIX – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Season Premiere

Alan Farragut (Billy Campbell) investigates what's happening at the arctic complex in HELIX "Pilot" | (c) 2014 SyFy

Cast: Billy Campbell, Jordan Hayes, Kyra Zagorsky, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mark Ghanime, Neil Napier Writer: Cameron Porsandeh Director: Jeffrey Reiner Network: Airs on SyFy, Fridays @ 9 p.m. Original Telecast: Jan. 10, 2014 SyFy is back in the science business of science fiction with HELIX, a new series on the network with the backing of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA creator Ronald D. Moore. HELIX is a slick show. From the get-go, you can see the amount of money they spent bringing such a series to television with high production values, decent special effects and an interesting script that by the end of the […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Bob Harris talks THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BOB book

THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BOB by Bob Harris | ©2013 Walker and Company

What better way to start the new year than with adventure and helping others? Bob Harris combines both in THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BOB: CONNECTING OUR WORLDS ONE $25 KIVA LOAN AT A TIME. The nonfiction book discusses both the phenomenon of micro-lending – individuals giving small sums so that people in impoverished countries can start their own businesses – and Harris’ personal experiences with it, which took him to all corners of the globe. Harris previously authored PRISONER OF TREBEKISTAN: A DECADE IN JEOPARDY!, which both chronicled Harris’ stints on the game show and examining how and why people […]Read On »


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TV Review: MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD – Season 1 – “The Magical Place”

Sky (Chloe Bennet) searches for Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) in AGENTS OF SHIELD "The Magical Place" | (c) 2014 Ron Tom/ABC

Cast: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Elizabeth Henstridge, Iain De Caestecker Writer: Paul Zbyszewski, Brent Fletcher Director: Kevin Hooks Network: Airs on ABC Tuesdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: Jan. 7, 2014 Show of hands. How many actually thought that something bad happened to Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) on this week’s AGENTS OF SHIELD episode and S.H.I.E.L.D. was covering up exactly what happened? Yeah, pretty much everyone. So when we were promised in “The Magical Place” that we would get the big reveal about what went down, I think everyone was expecting to learn just what happened […]Read On »


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Interview: GRIMM co-creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf chat more GRIMM Season 3 news

David Giuntoli in GRIMM - Season 3 - "Eyes of the Beholder" | ©2013 NBC/Scott Green

In Part 2 of our interview with GRIMM co-creators/executive producers/show runners David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf, they discuss the series mythology, Broadcast Standards, production challenges, GRIMM fandom and how far they’ve planned ahead. ASSIGNMENT X: Have you found any new sources of mythology for the episodes? DAVID GREENWALT: Boy, have we. JIM KOUF: The world’s full of it. GREENWALT: Yeah, we’re worldwide now. We’ve got a great Filipino story coming up for Reggie [Lee, who plays Sergeant Wu]. KOUF: I think it’s cool that the first couple of seasons, we were reading from the book of fairytales, and now finally, […]Read On »


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TV Review: ALMOST HUMAN – Season 1 – “Simon Says”

An innocent banker gets caught in a deadly game on ALMOST HUMAN Simon Says | (c) 2014 Fox

Cast: Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Minka Kelly, Mackenzie Crook, Lili Taylor Writers: Alison Schapker Director: Jeannot Szwarc Network: Airs Mondays on Fox @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: Jan. 6, 2014 After the “Pilot” episode of ALMOST HUMAN, which was rich in mythology of the show and backstory about both of the main characters, the show has gone into the technology of the week routine with one bad guy after another possessing some sort of new type of technology in order to create havoc and chaos. For this show, however, it hasn’t been that bad. In fact, the one-shot episodes have […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Magda Apanowicz on THE GREEN INFERNO and Syfy’s CONTINUUM

Magda Apanowicz as Emily in CONTINUUM - Season 2 || ©2013 Syfy

Actress Magda Apanowicz [pronounced Ap-a-no-veech] was in Season 2 of HUSBANDS: THE SERIES. She’s not in Season 3 but, as she explains at the Paley Center premiere event for HUSBANDS Season 3 – now nominated for two Writers Guild of America awards and available for viewing at CWSeed.com – “I came here to support and love.” Apanowicz, a native of Vancouver, Canada, has a strong science-fiction genre pedigree, with regular roles on KYLE XY and CAPRICA to her credit. She’s now a regular on Syfy’s time-travel drama CONTINUUM and is one of the stars of Eli Roth’s upcoming THE GREEN […]Read On »


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