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Breaking News: The new Syfy series ALPHAS is the flipside to the superhero team

By CARL CORTEZ | 04/15/2011
Malik YOrba, Azita Ghanizada and David Strathairn in ALPHAS - Season 1 |©2011 Syfy/Ken Woroner

With movies and TV fascinated with superheroes, it’s about time someone looked at the other side of being superhuman – namely the human side of things. That’s what the new Syfy series ALPHAS (debuting in July) hopes to accomplish. Created by X-MEN and THE AVENGERS scribe Zak Penn and Michael Karnow, the series follows five ordinary people who end up forming an extraordinary team helping out the Department of Defense. “I think superheroes have a lot of trouble on TV in general,” admits Penn while speaking today at NBC’s Summer Press Day 2011 in Pasadena, CA. “This show, from its […]Read On »


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Breaking News: The scoop on RED FACTION: ORIGINS Syfy movie set between the games RED FACTION: GUERRILLA and RED: FACTION: ARMAGEDDON

By CARL CORTEZ |
RED FACTION: GUERRILLA | ©THQ

The incredibly popular THQ game RED FACTION is getting the Syfy TV Movie treatment with RED FACTION: ORGINS following the adventures of hero Jake Mason (STARGATE: UNIVERSE’s Brian J. Smith), the child of RED FACTION rebel hero Alec Mason (Robert Patrick). “The movie takes place in between the third game GUERRILLA and [the forthcoming game] RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON,” says THQ’s Lenny Brown. “What’s cool about this TV piece, you can get deeper and get to know the character through the movie and that’s been exciting for us at THQ.” RED FACTION: ORIGINS debuts June 4 which is less than a […]Read On »


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Breaking News: RPM MIAMI breaks new ground as the first bi-lingual original series

By CARL CORTEZ |
mun2 executive Flavio Morales and the stars of RPM MIAMI Frankie J, Fernanda Romero, Adrian Bellani and executive producer Alonso Galvez at NBCUniversal's Summer Press Day 2011 | ©2011 NBC/Chris Haston

The mun2 brand of creating bilingual programming is taken to the next logical extension with the first bilingual original series RPM MIAMI debuting May 1. The series is set in the streets of Miami with struggling young friends finding solace in the racing scene by night. At today’s NBC Summer Press Day 2011, Flavio Morales, Senior V.P. Programming & Production of mun2 says the time has come for this type of show which will feature both English and Spanish dialogue. “There are over 50 million Hispanic Latinos in America and they need to be entertained,” says Morales. “They watch AMERICAN […]Read On »


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Breaking News: Why NBC’s LOVE IN THE WILD reality dating show is different than other dating shows

By CARL CORTEZ |
LOVE IN THE WILD host Darren McMullen | ©2011 NBC/Trae Patton

What happens when you combine SURVIVOR with THE BACHELOR? You end up with the new NBC dating reality show LOVE IN THE WILD which debuts this summer. Set in Costa Rica, is places a bunch of unlucky in love single people and puts them through adventure challenges to potentially bring certain couples together (and hopefully finding lasting love). At today’s NBC Summer Press Day 2011 in Pasadena, CA, executive producer Tom Shelly explained why these contestants were so different than those other dating shows. “We went after people who were unlucky in love and looking for relationships and wanted to […]Read On »


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Breaking News: The scoop on what makes THE VOICE different than AMERICAN IDOL

By CARL CORTEZ |
Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton in THE VOICE - Season 1 | ©2011 NBC/Michael Desmond

While speaking to the press at today’s NBC Summer Press Day 2011 in Pasadena, CA, THE VOICE executive producer Mark Burnett spoke about what makes this singing competition show different than AMERICAN IDOL and other shows of its ilk. The coaches, which include Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine (of Maroon 5), are a start. “We have four superstar music performers that are at the top of their game and that was really important to me,” says Burnett. “We wanted people who are at the top of their game currently, worldwide. I think it makes a […]Read On »


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Breaking News: THE VOICE coach Cee Lo Green said “Forget You” to THE X FACTOR

By CARL CORTEZ |
Cee Lo Green in THE VOICE - Season 1 | ©2011 NBC/Michael Desmond

Cee Lo Green said “Forget You” to THE X FACTOR and instead chose to be a “Coach” (aka Judge) on NBC’s new reality singing competition THE VOICE premiering April 26. At today’s NBC Summer Press Day 2011 in Pasadena, CA, Green revealed exactly why. “I said ‘no’ to X FACTOR because quite honestly I was unfamiliar with the concept of X FACTOR,” says Green. “I knew the name. I knew the partners involved as an enterprise. I felt too that AMERICAN IDOL and these other entities had run their course. This was a course prior to the new casting [on […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 6 – “The Truth in the Myth”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF |
David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in BONES - Season 6 - "The Truth in the Myth" | ©2011 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Ryan Cartwright Writers: Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Director: Chad Lowe Network: Fox, Thursdays @ 9 PM Airdate: April 14, 2011 On occasion, BONES resembles an older Fox series involving the FBI, namely THE X-FILES. One of the primary differences between the two shows is that on X-FILES, the explanation was almost always otherworldly, whereas on BONES, no matter how weird the clues, the culprit will turn out to be as human as the investigators. Even with this caveat (if it’s a spoiler to say […]Read On »


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News from the NBCUniversal SUMMER PRESS DAY 2011 (Update)

By CARL CORTEZ |
NBCUniversal Summer Press Day 2011 logo

Today, NBCUniversal held its 2011 Summer Press Day and ASSIGNMENT X was in attendance getting all the scoops from the event. This article will be continually updated throughout the day, so keep checking back. Click on the links below to  read about what happened at the event. CLICK HERE for the scoop on the new Syfy series ALPHAS CLICK HERE for the scoop on the Syfy RED FACTION: ORIGINS TV Movie based on the hit videogame CLICK HERE for the scoop on  mun2’s first bi-lingual TV Series RPM MIAMI THE VOICE producer Mark Burnett explains why this singing show is […]Read On »


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Paul Reiser reveals his new series THE PAUL REISER SHOW came about in a sane way

By CARL CORTEZ |
Paul Reiser in THE PAUL REISER SHOW - Season 1 | ©2011 NBC/Chris Haston

Former MAD ABOUT YOU star Paul Reiser debuted his new comedy series THE PAUL REISER SHOW on NBC last night and this morning he was at NBC’s Summer Press Day to talk about the show’s evolution and returning to television. “I wasn’t thinking of doing a show and they said, ‘why don’t you come up with a show’  and this came to me,” he says. The reason for the long delay in between TV projects wasn’t due to the lack of opportunities, he just was ready to “sit down.” “We had a wonderfully long run after MAD ABOUT YOU,” says […]Read On »


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Paris Hilton reveals details on her new Oxygen show THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PARIS

By CARL CORTEZ |
Paris Hilton in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PARIS - Season 1 | ©Oxygen Media/Sheryl Nields

Is the world ready to get inside the head of the REAL Paris Hilton? Be prepared, the rich blonde has decided enough with tabloid TV chronicling her life, she’s going to do it herself. At today’s NBC Summer Press Day, Paris Hilton spoke to the press about her new Oxygen reality series THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PARIS (premiering June 1) which opens her life to cameras in a completely different way including a prominent appearance by her heiress mom Kathy Hilton. “This show is not like anything I’ve ever done,” says Hilton who is also a producer on the show. […]Read On »


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