TV News, Previews, Spoilers and Reviews
With PSYCH returning for the 2nd half of its 6th season, life could not be rosier for stars Dule Hill and James Roday who are having the time of their lives playing Shawn Spencer and Burton “Gus” Guster, the fake psychic detectives who are constantly delivering laughs while solving wacky mystery cases. In a recent conference call with press, James and Dule shared what is next in the world of Shawn and Gus and what other shenanigans they find themselves embroiled in. [Read more…]
Move over Wisteria Lane, forget you Sunnydale, America has a new address for maddeningly addictive small screen entertainment and its name is Storybrooke. A quirky little town whose denizens — including but not limited to a malevolent mayor, a smarter than your average sheriff and wise beyond her years school teacher — may not be exactly whom they appear to be. Which is precisely why theTVaddict.com was thrilled to be among a select handful of TV types invited to chat with the architects of this little town… little quiet village if you will… to get to the bottom of things. What follows, are 10 answers to burning questions from creator and executive producers Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. [Read more…]
With so many twists-and-turns, alternate verses and timelines, wormholes, doppelgangers and more mind-binding mysteries that one could possibly conceive let alone keep straight!), FRINGE has challenged fans to follow it into the “rabbit hole” and take an extraordinary journey. To help clarify a little bit about the show and where it is going, in a recent conference call with press, executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman shared their thoughts on the increasingly labyrinthine storyline and teased fun things to keep an eye out for as the FRINGE story continues this season. [Read more…]
February is a make-it-or-break-it month for a lot of television shows. It is a sweeps month where ratings for all television show are vital to determine the longevity of any show. Sweeps occur in November to test the viability of new and returning shows; then in February, to test new mid-season shows and again check the pulse of existing shows; and in May, to show advertisers and networks that they are getting their money’s worth and demonstrate that there is an existing audience willing to come back the following Fall after the usual 3-4 month hiatus.
The average viewer has no real awareness of “sweeps” months — other than it guarantees some really cool guest appearances, big stunt episodes and a possible heads-up that there may be a hiatus period afterwards in which television shows are M.I.A. as they play catch-up.
This February, however, has been a blood-bath for most TV shows, new and existing alike. This is typically the time of year when viewership is at an all time high because people are stuck at home during the winter months and seek solace in front of their TV sets. However, 2012 is proving to be the exception to the rule. People are not sitting at home and watching TV. They are doing anything but watching their television sets at the appointed times — and it is sending sharp-spasms of fear throughout every television producer and programmer in the industry. Where have the viewers gone? [Read more…]
Somehow the addictiveness of FX’s hot drama series JUSTIFIED is only more apparent as the series whips right through its third season. Taking a few minutes to chat with press in a recent conference call, star Timothy Olyphant dropped a few teasers and candidly shared what he likes most about portraying Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a man quick to pull the trigger when necessary and who stares down the deadliest villains with beguiling calmness. [Read more…]
In an effort to help spread the word that ABC’s COUGAR TOWN continues with its highly-anticipated third season tonight (8:30PM on ABC, CityTV in Canada), theTVaddict.com’s Senior West Coast Editor Tiffany Vogt was recently invited alongside a gaggle of lucky reporters to join the “Cul-De-Sac Crew” on set. What follows is the final in a series of casual encounters that feature select cast members dishing on what kinds of hilarious and heartfelt hi-jinx viewers can expect from COUGAR TOWN season 3 and just what is so special about this little-series-that-could. See for yourself, after the jump. [Read more…]
While U.K. viewers were able to watch the second season finale of DOWNTON ABBEY simultaneously with the Christmas holidays, those of us stateside find ourselves a few months behind. Fortunately, with the good timing of the Valentine’s holiday, the finale fits in perfectly with the “season of romance.” [Read more…]
From THE GOOD WIFE to ONCE UPON A TIME we are seeing a renaissance of cheating. Dare we speculate that “cheating” is being seen as an accepted form of relationships in modern day television? And the real question becomes: but should it be? [Read more…]
Thursday night’s hottest show knows exactly how to get the blood-pumping. Not only does THE VAMPIRE DIARIES recruit some of the most attractive actors to grace the television screen, it amps up the sex and violence to the Nth degree as befitting a show where death is always hovering in the air. In fact, death comes a calling usually each week as over one-half of the blood-thirsty characters need a steady supply of fresh blood.
The one exception maybe the enigmatic Elijah, fantastically portrayed by Daniel Gillies. To date, Elijah is the one vampire who seems to abstain from the feeding frenzy. He will gladly rip out your heart, but to show weakness and actually drink blood, he would prefer not to indulge. Instead the courtly and noble vampire has made an effort to set a better example for his baser siblings who seem to greedily drink on whatever readily-available human is nearby. [Read more…]
[Spoiler Alert… Stop reading now if you have yet to last night’s episode] We knew that there was no way on Earth that “the powers that be” at REVENGE would dare to kill off Daniel Grayson, but until that last second when the body was turned over, we were all definitely biting our nails. In a very cleverly filmed and orchestrated switch, it was impossible to know for certain. For the past four months, fans have been wondering how the show could possibly think of killing Daniel Grayson. But we were hooked and dying to see the “how” and “why” explaining what we saw in the pilot episode.
Fortunately, our fears were for naught as the writers opted to kill the diabolical Tyler instead. But getting Tyler to the right-place at the right-time was a tricky feat. So much so even the actors themselves were not certain until the last second either. At a recent special press screening, stars Nick Wechsler and Josh Bowman shared their reactions to the big reveal and where they see Jack and Daniel headed now that there may be blood on their hands. [Read more…]