No Ordinary Family show co-creator Greg Berlanti says that the show’s focus is more on the family dynamic and action involved in Jim Powell’s secret crime-fighting than exploring the mythology behind these new found powers of the Powell family. For [...]
Read moreTHE GATES Faces Foreclosure: Will The Series Get Renewed?
The fate of ABC’s supernatural summer series, The Gates, is still uncertain at this point. Actor Frank Grillo (Breakout Kings, My Soul To Take), who plays The Gates’ Police Chief Nick Monohan (the human trying to keep order in an [...]
Read moreNO ORDINARY FAMILY Is Top Rated Family Premiere Of The Season
ABC’s No Ordinary Family performed strongly as the top rated family show on major networks. The super-powered family drama debuted with 10.5 million viewers last week in one of the most competitive time slots, going up against Fox’s Glee, NBC’s [...]
Read moreNO ORDINARY FAMILY Focuses On Family Relationships Instead Of Superpowers
No Ordinary Family, ABC’s newest superhero show, has been described as a live-action Incredibles as a family discovers that they each have unique superpowers after an accident from a family vacation. Michael Chiklis, who stars as Jim Powell, was amazed [...]
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V: Oded Fehr Joins The Rebellion Against The Visitors
The latest casting news for the second season of ABC’s alien invasion remake, V, is exciting for Fifth Column supporters – Oded Fehr (Law And Order: Los Angeles, Resident Evil) has been cast as Eli Cohn, a “leader in a [...]
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BEING HUMAN, THE GATES – Supernatural Throw Down! Season Finales This Weekend
As the summer draws to a close (at least in televisionland), BBC America’s Being Human and ABC’s The Gates conclude with their season finales this weekend. Both of these two shows feature intermingling of supernatural creatures and the finales will [...]
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SCIFI MAFIA TV DIGEST: Fall 2010 Edition
Strap yourselves in. This fall is going to be busy with new and returning sci-fi shows for your viewing enjoyment! Here’s a breakdown for you to set your DVR by with show descriptions, trailers, and U.S. premiere dates. (Organized in [...]
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Cybill Shepherd And Bruce McGill Join NO ORDINARY FAMILY
The newest cast members to join ABC’s No Ordinary Family are Cybill Shepherd (4Chosen, Drop Dead Diva) and Bruce McGill (Sweetwater, Rizzoli & Isles). Shepherd and McGill will play the parents of Julie Benz’s character, Barbara and Alan Crane. Unlike the [...]
Read more2010 EMMY Shakedown: Many Sci-Fi Shows Nominated, Very Few Wins; LOST Heavily Snubbed
Ah, at least it was nice to be nominated, right? This year’s 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards that aired this past Sunday seemed promising with many more sci-fi shows being honored with nominations, but few actually came away with a win [...]
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NO ORDINARY FAMILY Adopts a TWILIGHT Vamp
ABC’s new superhero show, No Ordinary Family has added Jackson Rathbone (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Last Airbender) to its cast. Rathbone will play Trent Stafford, a high school classmate of this not so ordinary family’s telepathic daughter, Daphne Powell [...]
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Can’t Keep A Good Cylon Down – V’s John May Lives!
Michael Trucco (BSG, Castle) may yet return to ABC’s reboot of the alien invasion drama, V. Executive producer Scott Rosenbaum says that they’re not done with Trucco’s rebel Visitor leader, John May. The leader of the Fifth Column may not [...]
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TV For Your Taste Buds – Which Vampire Show Should You Sink Your Teeth Into?
Vampires are the “it” supernatural of choice of the moment. They are everywhere you look, but which vampires taste the best? Er… I mean, which vampires are worth your time? On television, there are several shows that feature vampire characters: [...]
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