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Last night's Fringe gave us a new monster nightmare: giant, tentacled worms that live inside their host until they come bursting out of their faces. But it turns out that not everyone minds an encounter with their fearsome fangs. The Wormy Horror: This week's bit of scientific crime centered ...
Sci-Fi
Fringe
Set in the "Swinging Sixties" of 2263, Slingers features a group of black-suited con-artists, scheming to rob precious cargo from The Raja Pleasure Ship in deep space. Be prepared to be blown away by this hopeful TV show's sizzle reel . SLINGERS from Mike Sizemore on Vimeo . As of ...
Other
Mike Judge
Deciding trailers were simply not enough, Fox infused last night's episode of Bones with a hulking Avatar promotion. It showed fans of the forensic procedural not only that Avatar has amazing effects; liking the movie could also get you laid. After the opening credits, Bones ' King of Kong ...
Drama
Bones
Twentieth Century Fox
New clips from the Lost Season Five DVD set prove that pretending the time/space continuum is turning the sky white and splitting your head open is harder than you'd think. And discover the secrets of the Kate/Juliet 'ship. Lost Season Five comes out on DVD next Tuesday, Dec. 8, to give you a ...
Sci-Fi
The Box
New clips from the Lost Season Five DVD set prove that pretending the time/space continuum is turning the sky white and splitting your head open is harder than you'd think. And discover the secrets of the Kate/Juliet 'ship. Lost Season Five comes out on DVD next Tuesday, Dec. 8, to give you a ...
Sci-Fi
The Box
New clips from the Lost Season Five DVD set prove that pretending the time/space continuum is turning the sky white and splitting your head open is harder than you'd think. And discover the secrets of the Kate/Juliet 'ship. Lost Season Five comes out on DVD next Tuesday, Dec. 8, to give you a ...
Sci-Fi
Diane Sawyer
The Box
This weekend Syfy is taking a trip through a very modern looking glass , complete with romance, casinos and lots of fighting. So is this Wonderland worth revisiting? Check out our spoiler free Alice review. We were sent an extremely early edit of the film, so I'm not making a final judgment ...
Reality
Sci Fi Channel
Queen Latifah
This weekend Syfy is taking a trip down a new modern day looking glass complete with romance, casinos and lots of fighting. So is this Wonderland worth revisiting? Check out our spoiler-lite Alice review. We were sent an extremely early edit of the film, so the two-day mini movie's final ...
Reality
Sci Fi Channel
Tim Curry
We all know Fox wouldn't let Joss Whedon tell the stories he wanted to tell in his mind-bitches-for-money show Dollhouse , resulting in some hit-and-miss early installments. But in a new interview, Whedon says Fox's biggest problem was with sexuality. Even though Fox forced Whedon to scrap ...
Sci-Fi
Dollhouse
Joss Whedon
Twentieth Century Fox
Wonderful news! MTV is finally giving its great animation from the 1990s the tribute it deserves. The Maxx and The Head are coming back, on DVD. Rally your furry jungle bikinis and purple aliens! Publisher's Weekly noticed this little gem on Amazon . Both complete series will be available ...
Reality
MTV
The Best Of
If you've been wondering when we'd see more of the post-apocalyptic world that Joss Whedon granted us a glimpse of in the unaired Dollhouse season one finale, "Epitaph One," wonder no longer. Apparently the series finale — which, God willing, will air in January — is called "Epitaph ...
Sci-Fi
Dollhouse
Joss Whedon
January Jones
Summer Glau
Just when you thought Heroes might have a chance of getting good again, it comes back with an episode so bad that you'll yearn for the days when Hiro time-traveled to feudal Japan. Can't Sylar just die already? In "The Five Stages," he can't. Which is just one of its many, many problems as an ...
Sci-Fi
Heroes
Make 'Em Laugh
Check out a clip from this weeks new Stargate Universe — by the looks of it they've finally found something to eat. But is it any good? Simple solution: make the crazy guy eat it. Watch his reaction. This is the type of humor I really miss from this Stargate series, so I'm happy this ...
Sci-Fi
Stargate Universe
Sci Fi Channel
The television resurrection glove works! Not only will Torchwood return as we'd expected, but it'll have a full 13 episodes, not another five-episode miniseries like "Children Of Earth," John Barrowman told a radio show. Fan-Art by Patrick Fillion . [ BlogtorWho ]
Sci-Fi
Torchwood
Warehouse 13 may have met its quirky match; Syfy has given the go-ahead to the first season of Haven , a new show from the people behind The Dead Zone , adapting a Stephen King story about a town full of curses. The show is based on ideas from King's Hard Case Crime novella The Colorado Kid ...
Drama
The Dead Zone
Larry King
Sci Fi Channel
December isn't a quiet month for science fiction . There's James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar and Peter Jackson's Lovely Bones , double Dollhouse helpings, and rare appearances by Stephen King, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman and Mary Doria Russell. Encompass your future! As always, you can ...
Drama
Bones
Dollhouse
Dying to know more about the Na'Vi, Pandora's future war or just why Sam Worthington keeps getting these plum roles? Now you can ask Avatar 's James Cameron, Worthington and Zoe Saldana yourself as part of a promotional webcast this Thursday. 20th Century Fox and MTV are teaming up for a live ...
Other
MTV
Cameron Diaz
Russell Brand
Zoe Saldana
With some shows off for the holidays already, this week's televisual focus falls to two lost girls: Syfy's reimagination of Lewis Carroll's Alice , and the two-hour return of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse . Viva the gogglebox! Monday It's the usual Monday evening decision between Fox's House ...
Sci-Fi
Dollhouse
House
Heroes
Fringe
MythBusters
Eastwick
To the surprise of no-one, the BBC has confirmed that part two of Doctor Who : The End of Time will air in the UK on January 1st, 2010. Assume that means US transmission will be January 2nd, then. [ Digital Spy ]
Sci-Fi
Doctor Who
BBC
With the first half of Smallville 's ninth season finished and the show off the air until February's Justice Society two-parter, it's time to look back at the season and admit it: The problem with the show is Superman himself. We're not going to argue that this season has been great - Or, at ...
