When it comes to adapting popular TV and movies into video games, developers have a poor track record of producing quality results. That doesn’t mean all TV based games are bad. Occasionally a game developer defies the odds and produces something that doesn’t reek of uninspired, phone-it-in game design. In part 2, we’ll look at 4 games based on popular TV shows (at one point or another) worth playing. [Read more…]
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SUMMER SCOOP: China Anne McClain Talks About Her New Disney Series A.N.T. FARM
In the Disney series A.N.T. FARM, China Anne McClain plays a musical genius who must navigate high school with a bunch of other gifted youngsters as they pursue their passions.
What is A.N.T FARM about?
China: A.N.T. Farm is a show basically about high school and the A.N.T. program, and A.N.T. stands for Advanced Natural Talent. Everyone in the program is very gifted in whatever it is they do. I’m a musical prodigy. You know, mathematics and arts. So the characters are 11 and 12 and the high schoolers don’t want them there. And my character is China Sparks. She is very complicated. She doesn’t care about what the high schoolers think about her. She is just going to make the most of her high school experience. [Read more…]
Ask the Addict: Spoilers for TRUE BLOOD, THE FINDER, SHAMELESS, HAWAII FIVE-0, WHITE COLLAR & More!
TRUE BLOOD’s return is sooooo close I can taste it! Any scoop to tied me over? — Rachel
The TV Addict: Well, since Michael Ausiello already beat us to the punch with regards to the same-sex shocker, and we sure as heck aren’t about to spoil the identity of Bon Temps newest Real Estate baron, we’ll simply leave fans with two tantalizing words to tide you over until the show’s June 26 return: Think LOST.
Any word on what fans can expect from the second season of HAWAII FIVE-0? — David
The TV Addict: Taking the literal approach to answering your question, “Romance” would probably be the one word we’d choose to sum up the start of HAWAII FIVE-0’s second season. Particularly because the show’s Producers (or perhaps Network Bigwigs) have seemingly decided that if you can’t beat ’em — them of course referring to timeslot competitor CASTLE — you might as well join ’em. Which is to say, fans should brace themselves for a little island lovefest as Producers begin their search for a thirty-something bombshell to play Alex O’Loughlin’s part-time love interest, full-time Homeland Security Officer Lori Wilson, a character that sources describe as a female McGarrett.
Ridiculously excited for FALLING SKIES. Especially curious as to what the aliens beef is with us poor humans. Any clues? — Jay
The TV Addict: Funny story actually. During our recent visit to the set of the upcoming ABC/Global TV series COMBAT HOSPITAL, we happened to lunch with someone intimately involved with FALLING SKIES which coincidentally enough shot many of their scenes on the very same lot. Much to our surprise, said source was perhaps a little too excited about what’s in store for FALLING SKIES fans, to the point where he actually went as far as to reveal how the season ends! And while we’re not about to spoil that gem, we will say that those pesky arachnid-style aliens who come down to earth to enslave humanity’s youth… well, they might just be the least of the planet’s problems. [Read more…]
TV Ratings: Wednesday June 15, 2011 (NHL Soars in Stanley Cup Final, Vancouver Not So Much)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 6.77 | 2.4/9 |
NBC | Stanley Cup Final Game 7 | 6.34 | 2.3/8 | CBS | Undercover Boss (R) | 4.59 | 1.1/4 |
ABC | The Middle (R) | 4.23 | 1.1/4 | |
CW | America’s Next Top Model (R) | 1.17 | 0.4/1 | |
8:30PM | ABC | The Middle (R) | 4.23 | 1.1/4 |
9PM | NBC | Stanley Cup Final Game 7 | 7.52 | 3.0/9 |
FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 7.39 | 2.6/8 | |
CBS | Criminal Minds (R) | 6.24 | 1.3/4 | |
ABC | Modern Family (R) | 4.15 | 1.5/4 | |
CW | America’s Next Top Model (R) | 1.17 | 0.4/1 | |
9:30PM | ABC | Modern Family (R) | 4.15 | 1.5/4 |
10PM | NBC | Stanley Cup Final Game 7 | 8.33 | 3.3/9 |
CBS | Blue Bloods (R) | 6.58 | 1.2/4 | |
ABC | ABC News Special: Caught in the Act | 5.13 | 1.6/5 |
FALLING SKIES: What to Expect and Not Expect from this Summer Sci-Fi Series
In the past month there has been a virtual onslaught of publicity to promote TNT’s new alien-invasion series FALLING SKIES. There are billboards, bus ads, posters and a multitude of print and online advertising. For the most part, it is both extremely effective – yet it is also somewhat misleading.
It is effective because when it premieres everyone looking to see aliens will be tuning in to check out the show. However, the misleading part is that those same viewers will be looking for a kick-ass action show. Unfortunately, FALLING SKIES is not that show. It does not start with a bang and it does not offer high-octane action sequences. It offers instead, brief moments of action – such as when the aliens have cornered the survivors as they scavenge.
Viewers should be better prepared for what FALLING SKIES actually is. It is a tale of defeat and desperation. It is the after-math. We lost the war for our planet — and the survivors are refugees skulking in the darkness trying to avoid attention and desperate for food, water and shelter. [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Wednesday June 15, 2011
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Middle (R) | The Middle (R) | Modern Family (R) | Modern Family (R) | ABC News Specia: Caught in the Act | |
CBS | Undercover Boss (R) | Criminal Minds (R) | Blue Bloods (R) | |||
FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | |||||
NBC | Stanley Cup Finals Game 7: Bruins at Canucks | |||||
TVLand | Hot in Cleveland | Happily Divorced | ||||
TNT | Franklin & Bash | Men of a Certain Age |
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: TV Tidbits that Really Grind Our Gears!
The Business of Show
Despite the fact that it’s called show business and not show friends for a reason, there is nothing that leaves a sour taste in our mouth more than actors talking about money. Take the Hollywood Reporter’s recent Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable for example. Did anyone really need to hear how Ed O’Neil and Rob Lowe were aghast over HBO’s insulting offer of a paltry $40,000 for what we’re sure were six long and arduous weeks of work alongside Al Pacino and Bette Middler? We sure as heck didn’t.
Rob Lowe
If the artist formerly known as Sam Seaborn is serious about taking his career to the next level he so richly believes he deserves, announcements like yesterday’s news that has Lowe signing on to play suspected wife killer Drew Peterson in an Lifetime Movie probably isn’t the best way to go about it. Oh sure, Lowe can dress up the movie all he wants (Telling EW.com, “These movies aren’t made anymore, and in the last five years, they’re not made on television either — except in very specific places. One of ‘em is Lifetime, and they do it really, really well. So I’m glad they’re makin’ stuff like this, on Lifetime.”), but the fact of the matter is that despite Lifetime’s fairly admirable job of reversing their “Mother, Mother May I Sleep with Danger” brand with high quality shows like DROP DEAD DIVA and ARMY WIVES, at the end of the day, a movie of the week is a movie of the week. A tawdry sex fuelled, scandal filled one that quite frankly, Lowe of all people should not be encouraging. We’re just sayin. [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Tuesday June 14, 2011
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Wipeout (R) | Body of Proof (R) | Body of Proof (R) | |||
CBS | NCIS (R) | NCIS: Los Angeles (R) | The Good Wife (R) | |||
FOX | MasterChef | Raising Hope (R) | Raising Hope (R) | |||
NBC | America’s Got Talent | The Voice | ||||
ABC FAM | Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) | The Nine Lives of Chloe King (ABC Family) | ||||
USA | White Collar | Covert Affairs |
Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell and Lucy Hale Provide Their Insight on the Second Season of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS
Returning after its super-hot freshman season for an even more electrifying second season, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS continues to see Aria, Hanna, Spencer and Emily haunted and tormented by the mysterious ‘A.’ Just who is ‘A’ and what he or she really wants remains murky and now more life-threatening than ever. [Read more…]
Summer Scoop: Skyler Samuels and Amy Pietz, Grey Damon and Benjamin Stone Preview THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING
On THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING, Skyler Samuels portrays Chloe King and Amy Pietz plays her mother, Meredith King.
How would you describe this show in comparisons to other shows?
Skyler: I don’t think I could compare CHLOE KING to any other TV show or movie. It’s kind of its own special package. In an hour, you get drama, you get romance, you’ll laugh. It’ll leave you on the edge of your seat. So it’s got a little bit of everything and it’s like the most perfect balance you could want.
Amy: I totally agree. I try to explain it to my friends using a little something more that they can relate to. Sometimes I use BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, and there’s a little GILMORE GIRLS mixed in there. But Skyler’s right. It’s really balanced. It has romance and it has action — and the action is what really turned me on the most about the show — and it’s funny.
Skyler: It is fun watching the action sequences — not only because it is a girl kickin’ butt — but it’s very inspirational for women to watch and feel empowered. It’s funny too because Chloe always bites off more than she can chew. She’ll say ‘oh, I can take you’ to the villain — only he’s like 200 pounds and who’s like 6’4” and I’m like this little scrawny girl whose got to fight the bad guy. It’s also funny because sometimes in the middle of things, Chloe will do funny things or she’ll make jokes. She’s always got that clever wit which kind of makes the action portion fun and funny to watch.
Amy: And I love how the female emphasis on the show is healthy. There is a good relationship between Chloe and her mother and Chloe and her best friends. They’re not talking about money and sex all the time – it’s not GOSSIP GIRL. It’s something I would allow my daughter to watch and be proud of it. I’m not embarrassed by it. It’s an ABC Family show. I am proud of this show.
Skyler: And it’s a very realistic portrayal of what a 16-year old girl would be experiencing and that might sound funny because there are all these supernatural elements, but that’s kind of what makes the show work. There’s this practical aspect. She’s trying to figure out who she is, how to talk to a boy, how to maintain a relationship with her two best friends, and how to talk to her mom. Dating or putting away laundry, all the usual things and at the same time she discovers that being a teenager just wasn’t enough. She’s got this added factor — these supernatural abilities that she has and because of that, it’s kind of a fantastical way to look at how a teenage girl lives — having to deal with all these things and becoming a young woman. [Read more…]