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• Scanda du Jour: Is This the Real Reason the New Game of Thrones Season Has Been Pushed Back?
• Q&A: Greg Berlanti on ‘Supergirl’ and ‘Blindspot’s’ Girl Power
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• The CW Teasers: SUPERNATURAL, JANE THE VIRGIN, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, REIGN and More!
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Archives for October 2015
AMC Renews THE WALKING DEAD For A Seventh Season
Unsurprisingly, AMC has announced that its hit series, THE WALKING DEAD, has been renewed for a seventh season. The announcement comes almost a week after Sunday’s most talked about episode – which drew in 18.2 million viewers.
“Thank goodness someone had a Magic 8-Ball with them in our many long internal meetings about these renewals. When, on the third shake, ‘without a doubt’ filled the murky blue screen, we knew we had to proceed with a new season of ‘The Walking Dead’,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC. “All joking aside, we are so proud to share this show with fans who have been so passionate, communicative and engaged. We are grateful for and continually impressed by the talent, effort and excellence on continuous display by Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple and the many people with whom we partner to make these unique shows possible. The result: More Walking. Hooray.”
In addition to Walking Dead’s renewal, its corresponding series, THE TALKING DEAD, hosted by Chris Hardwick, has also been renewed for a sixth season, after its highest rated episode ever last Sunday, which delivered 7.3 million viewers.
THE GOOD WIFE Sneak Peek: Foiled Again!
Eli has been doing his best to get Ruth fired on THE GOOD WIFE since she took over his job. He’s tried to use Alicia, as well as Jackie and Grace, to stir up trouble, but thus far Ruth has proven herself resilient.
In the next episode, Eli overhears Peter angrily blaming Ruth for the bad press that he’s getting. Convinced that she’s moments away from being fired, Eli can’t help but try and join the conversation. But Ruth has yet another ace up her sleeve — Peter may be getting bad press, but the voters love him. He’s currently in second place and climbing. So, desperate to get a win over her, Eli stirs up some more Florrick family drama.
Meanwhile, Jason decides to use aggressive investigative tactics when he helps Alicia and Lucca with a student loan case. And over at Lockhart, Agos & Lee, Howard Lyman alleges ageism and accuses Cary of being the primary offender.
Don’t miss an all new episode of THE GOOD WIFE on November 1 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
On TV Tonight: Friday October 30, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Last Man Standing | Dr. Ken | Shark Tank | 20/20 | ||
CBS | The Amazing Race 27 | Hawaii Five-0 | Blue Bloods | |||
CW | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (R) | America’s Next Top Model | ||||
FOX | World Series Game 3: Royals at Mets | |||||
NBC | Undateable | Truth Be Told | Grimm | Dateline NBC | ||
Misc | Evil Dead Movie Marathon (Starz) | The Knick (Cinemax) Satisfaction (USA) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) |
Orange denotes what the TV Addict is watching and/or recording tonight!
ONCE UPON A TIME Sneak Peek: Prison Break
Merlin asks David, Hook and Belle to help him on a little quest in this week’s ONCE UPON A TIME. In a Camelot flashback, he recruits the heroes to help get Lancelot out of prison. The group finds Meridaw while in the dungeons and they free her as well. This chance encounter gives Merida hope that she can save her brothers. But she’s not willing to leave things to fate, so she brings Belle along to help her on her journey.
In present day Storybrooke, Regina, Mary Margaret and David discover a spell that would allow one of Merlin’s chosen to communicate with him. They select Arthur, but when he fails at the task they start getting suspicious.
Meanwhile, Emma orders Merida to kill Belle in hopes of forcing Gold’s transformation into a hero. Since Merida is unable to refuse Emma’s orders, Gold must find the power within himself to fight for the woman he loves.
Don’t miss a new episode of ONCE UPON A TIME on November 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
The CW Teasers: SUPERNATURAL, JANE THE VIRGIN, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, REIGN and More
What’s happening on The CW the week of November 16? Sheriff Donna is returning to SUPERNATURAL, Mary will align herself with Catherine on REIGN, secrets from the past come out on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and Liv eats a magician’s brain on iZOMBIE.
CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 1.06 “My First Thanksgiving with Josh!” (November 16): Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) scores an invite to the Chan family Thanksgiving festivities, where Josh’s (Vincent Rodriguez III) parents fall in love with her much to Valencia’s (guest star Gabrielle Ruiz) dismay. Meanwhile, Greg (Santino Fontana) struggles with taking care of his dad and wanting to pursue his dreams. Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner and Vella Lovell also star.
JANE THE VIRGIN 2.06 “Chapter Twenty-Eight” (November 16): Jane (Gina Rodriguez) and Rafael (Justin Baldoni) begin estate planning for Mateo, but when Jane realizes that Mateo will inherit millions, she worries he will become spoiled. Jane is also finally starting graduate school, but her professor (guest star Adam Rodriguez) is not sympathetic to her situation. Rogelio’s (Jaime Camil) famous show is ending, so he decides to create his own show, with Xo’s (Andrea Navedo) encouragement. Petra (Yael Grobglas) is shocked to learn what she is having and turns to Jane for advice and help in getting her mother out of prison. Meanwhile, after Michael’s (Brett Dier) issues at work, he has decided to go rogue and is even more determined to catch Sin Rostro. Ivonne Coll also stars.
THE FLASH 2.07 “Gorilla Warfare” (November 17): Grodd returns to Central City and kidnaps Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker). Barry (Grant Gustin) and team race to find her before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Cisco (Carlos Valdes) plans his first date with the new barista at Jitters, Kendra Saunders (guest star Ciara Renée) and Patty (guest star Shantel VanSanten) begins to suspect Barry is hiding something from her.
iZOMBIE 2.06 “Abra Cadaver” (November 17): Liv (Rose McIver) consumes the brains of a death-obsessed illusionist who was murdered in cold blood during a magicians’ convention in Seattle. As Liv and Detective Babineaux (Malcolm Goodwin) investigate the case, she uses her new skills to help narrow down the suspect pool. Meanwhile, Blaine (David Anders) gives Liv some interesting news, and Ravi (Rahul Kohli) makes a decision but things don’t end up going quite as planned. Lastly, Major (Robert Buckley) continues to distance himself from Liv.
ARROW 4.07 “Brotherhood” (November 18): Team Green Arrow’s ongoing battle with Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) is complicated by a shocking revelation. Thea’s (Willa Holland) bloodlust returns and she loses control in front of Alex (guest star Parker Young).
SUPERNATURAL 11.07 “Plush” (November 18): Sheriff Donna (guest star Briana Buckmaster) calls Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) for help after a horrific murder with supernatural elements happens in her town. Sam continues to have visions and asks God for help, which frustrates Dean.
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES 7.07 “Mommie Dearest” (November 19): In order to get through to Lily (guest star Annie Wersching) about Julian’s (guest star Todd Lasance) manipulating ways, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) confront their mother with painful memories from their childhood. However, when Lily reveals a dark secret she’s been harboring for over 160 years, Stefan and Damon are left questioning everything they’ve ever known about their family. Determined to prove himself to Lily, Enzo (Michael Malarkey) comes face-to-face with Julian and challenges him to a duel, but an unexpected twist threatens to complicate things. Elsewhere, Matt (Zach Roerig) finds himself in the middle of a deepening mystery involving the residents of Mystic Falls, and Caroline’s (Candice King) world is turned upside down when Valerie (guest star Elizabeth Blackmore) reveals some life-changing news to her. Kat Graham and Matt Davis also stars.
THE ORIGINALS 307 “Out of the Easy” (November 19): With a dire prophecy looming over them, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Elijah (Daniel Gillies) invite Lucien (guest star Andrew Lees), Tristan (guest star Oliver Auckland) and Aurora (guest star Rebecca Breeds) to a Thanksgiving gathering in an attempt to negotiate a truce. When Aurora reveals that she has powerful leverage over Klaus, Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) and Freya (Riley Voelkel) take matters into their own hands, leading to a deadly three-way confrontation. Elsewhere, Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) and Vincent (Yusuf Gatewood) are forced to take drastic measures when they realize Davina (Danielle Campbell) may be in over her head, and Cami (Leah Pipes) finds herself face-to-face with a dangerous new threat.
REIGN 2.06 “Fight or Flight” (November 20): Mary (Adelaide Kane) realizes she must help Catherine (Megan Follows) in her quest to become regent, even at the risk of hurting the alliance with Scotland. Claude (Rose Williams) is determined to help Leith (Jonathan Keltz) marry while Elizabeth (Rachel Skarsten) struggles with the prospect of losing Dudley (Charlie Carrick). Toby Regbo, Torrance Coombs, Craig Parker, Anna Popplewell, Celina Sinden and Ben Geurens also star.
Afternoon Static: GIRLS, SUPERNATURAL, BONES & More!
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• Pilot Watch: Rupert Grint drama arrives at NBC with put pilot commitment
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• Funny Business: Fox Gives John Stamos Comedy Grandfathered a Full-Season Order
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SCANDAL Sneak Peek: The Only Way Out
Olivia’s confession that she is Fitz’s mistress and the subsequent media frenzy on SCANDAL has put the lovebirds into an awkward position — and a legal one. Now that Congress is looking to impeach Fitz, their affair could cost both parties a great deal.
Fitz took a smart first step and re-hired Cyrus as his Chief of Staff in order to ensure the fact that he invaded West Angola to save Olivia’s life will remain secret. But what’s the next step? Cyrus’ crazy plan that Olivia and Fitz get married to ensure that she won’t have to testify before Congress (of course, it will be interesting to see how many hoops they have to jump through in order to get Fitz and Mellie a quick divorce and get Fitz and Olivia married before she’s called to testify).
Meanwhile, Susan Ross turns to David for advice and the Gladiators at OPA continue to defend Olivia.
Don’t miss an all new episode of SCANDAL on October 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
ARROW 4.04 Recap: Oliver Queen For Mayor
Last night’s ARROW launched Oliver’s mayoral campaign, despite his team’s reluctance to support the idea at first. I can’t say I blame them, really. Their reaction to the news pretty much mirrored mine when he told Felicity a couple of episodes ago that he was going to run for mayor. Okay, sure, he is the Green Arrow, but the general public doesn’t know that. As far as the Star City people go, Oliver Queen is a spoiled playboy brat that led his family’s company to its downfall and lost it in the end. He shouldn’t even have that much money anymore, he doesn’t have any political experience, but yet he is still going to do it. I am very curious about how they are going to handle this and where this new storyline is going to lead them.
We finally saw the lair 3.0 and it turns out that Oliver is using Sebastian Blood’s old campaign office, which conveniently had a secret lair in a top floor. The new place is huge and Felicity happily explains that Cisco and STAR Labs helped put it together. Every member of the team has their own display with finger print identification and everything is just pretty awesome. Also, even though we know THE FLASH and ARROW exist in the same universe and the crossover episodes seem to be a yearly thing now, I just really love the fact that both shows reference each other so much. It seems that Cisco and Felicity have a pretty solid partnership (and friendship) from what we have seen so far and I really love how both shows are so intertwined. It’s almost like watching one huge show, except on Tuesdays we focus a little bit more on Central City and on Wednesdays we focus on Team Arrow.
The villain of the week was a group of dirty cops, who were stealing drugs from drug dealers in order to resell them, which was just a very, very twisted notion of justice, if we can even call it that. This storyline served only as a foundation for Oliver to find out that Captain Lance is working with Damien Dahrk, which led to one of the very best scenes this show has ever had. The confrontation between Oliver and Lance has been a long time coming and it was just so great and satisfying to see Oliver standing up for himself. I know that he isn’t a saint – and, sure, Lance had his reasons to hate him back in season one with the history he had with the Captain’s daughters – but the guy despises his guts for no good reason. Maybe just on principle. And Oliver Queen – and we are not talking about his night gig as the city’s vigilante, but the man himself – has been a pretty decent guy since early season two. It was so great to see how the tables have turned and for Captain Lance to finally feel on his own skin that, sometimes, good people do bad things because they have no other choice.
So Dahrk is threatening Laurel. Big deal. Like Oliver said, she can take care of herself and – despite my reservations with her – she can kick some serious ass now, just like Sara. So it’s time for the good Captain to stop hiding behind his daughters and hold his own weight, which he seems willing to do, by the end of the episode, when he tells Oliver that he is going to turn himself in. This storyline established that, now that Oliver knows Lance is working with Damien Dahrk, they can have someone close to the villain to figure out what his game plan is. So instead of turning himself in, Oliver convinces him to continue working with Dahrk and be his eyes and ears inside the enemy’s turf. Also, acting wise, that scene was absolutely brilliant. Both Paul Blackthorne and Stephen Amell brought their A game to this moment and it was such a joy to watch.
Meanwhile, Laurel is keeping Sara hidden and in chains – because she is seriously like a wild, scared animal now – and tells Thea they cannot tell Oliver about this. As far as he is concerned, the two of them just spent a couple of days at a SPA and not in Nanda Parbat. But she decides to tell her father about her sister’s resurrection and nearly scares the guy to death when she just takes him to the place she is keeping Sara at and doesn’t even give him a heads up about what he is about to see. Your father has a heart condition, Laurel, for the love of god. You cannot just spring his not so dead anymore daughter on him like this. Jesus.
Anyway, Lance is obviously freaked out and tells Laurel that that is not Sara and then proceeds to tell Dahrk about it. Seriously, what is wrong with this family? I don’t know who is worse: Laurel, for bringing Sara back to life in the first place, knowing full well what the consequences would be and what she was going to subject her sister to; or Lance, for learning his dead daughter is alive again and then telling the bad guy about it. And then he takes the bad guy’s advice to heart and returns to Sara, ready to put her down, as Damien suggested. What. The. Hell. But Laurel gets there just in time and saves her sister from being murdered a second time. All seems well for a while, but later on, she returns to Sara’s secret hideout, only to find her sister is gone.
And last, but definitely not least, let’s talk about Felicity and how much I love her new found friendship with Curtis. Her line “Oh, my god, this is probably what talking to me feels like” was just so spot on and so spectacularly delivered by Emily Bett Rickards, that it had me laughing out loud. So when she tells him she knows the code showing up in her phone is coming from Palmer Tech and Curtis tells her he doesn’t have anything to do with it, they figure out it’s coming from the hand of the Atom’s suit. My guess is that (SPOILER ALERT?) mini Ray is trying to get in touch with her somehow, hence the criptic messages on her phone and the flickering lights at lair 3.0. But what was really great about this whole subplot was that it showed just how hard Felicity is taking his death and it was about time they touched on this. She may have been in love with Oliver the whole time she was with Ray, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t care a great deal about him. And I really believe she is probably blaming herself for his death, so I am really excited to find out how they are going to approach this storyline and introduce Ray back into their lives.
All in all, very solid episode and it was a very nice touch that Thea is the one helping Oliver with his campaign. I have always loved their relationship, but it has been extra special this season.
ARROW returns with an all new episode on Wednesday, November 4 at 8/7c on The CW.
SUPERNATURAL: Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles Talk Amara’s Bond With Dean and the Nature of the Darkness
The Winchesters took a bit of a break from the Darkness in the most recent episode of SUPERNATURAL, hitting the road for a good old fashioned case. But it turns out they couldn’t escape the force they have unleashed upon the earth and they learned that even run-of-the-mill monsters are frightened of the Darkness.
During a recent visit to the set of SUPERNATURAL in Vancouver, reporters sat down to talk with stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles about this season’s big bad, the brothers fighting side-by-side and more.
When asked about Dean’s connection to Amara, Ackles said that “we will see kind of that relationship a little bit more and see what exactly that relationship is. I don’t think that he knows what to make of it. I’m not sure that he understands the connection and why [he has it with her].” Be prepared for Dean to hide his nerves about this connection.
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Meanwhile, as the brothers fight together against a common foe, the actors were asked to give their thoughts on the nature of the Darkness and whether she (it?) is inherently evil. While Padalecki thinks that she is, Ackles was a bit more forgiving, explaining that it’s possible the Darkness “isn’t inherently evil, [but is maybe] opposite of what we know in the world as good. Or as light, so to speak. Which is why she is the Darkness…..I think it means she is out to bring darkness and whatever that means is yet to be determined.”
Padalecki and Ackles were also asked about the monsters who were frightened of the Darkness in “Baby” and the fact that they’re building up their forces to combat the Darkness. Will we see more of that? Padalecki joked that we’ll see “ghoul-pires at the bar with the angels and the demons”. Ackles went on to explain that we’ll continue to see unique alliances. “People are kind of getting their defences together. They’re forming these alliances and saying ‘listen, it’s not about you and me anymore, it’s about us and we’re going to lose all of this if we don’t join forces and man-up’. I think we’re going to see a little bit more of that in the future.”
Watch the interview with Padalecki and Ackles below and don’t miss the next new episode of SUPERNATURAL on November 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. You can also watch what the actors had to say about filming “Baby” and the return of Matt Cohen here.