Of the new shows that we cover here on SciFi Mafia, the pilot for ABC's 666 Park Avenue was my fall favorite, and I'm certain that's because we get to see Terry O'Quinn at his smoke monster-y best on this [...]
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Dude – New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series to Premiere Saturday on Nickelodeon
Leaping from the sewers and onto our screens this Saturday is the rebooted, CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, now with the added shininess of the voicing talents of Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings) as Raphael and Jason Biggs (American [...]
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BBC America to Rebroadcast HEX Featuring Michael Fassbender
If you missed Hex the first several times it's been on here in the US, you've missed a treat. As campy and sexy as Lost Girl, as supernatural-filled as, well, Supernatural, but with a distinctly British flair (and dreamy accents) that [...]
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TV Review: Hot Set: Season 1, Episode 1 “Crash Landed Astronaut”
Genre: Reality | Sci-Fi | Competition Air Date/Time: Tuesdays at 10/9c Network: Syfy Synopsis: From the producers of Syfy’s top-rated Face Off comes a visually stunning new competition series Hot Set. Each week, two Hollywood production designers and their teams will compete in an extreme design challenge to [...]
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TV Review: Collection Intervention: Season 1, Episode 1 “A Disturbance in the Force”
Genre: Reality Air Date/Time: Tuesday, August 14 at 10/9c Network: Syfy Host: Elyse Luray Summary: Collection Intervention follows former Head of Special Collections at Christie’s Elyse Luray as she helps couples, families and individuals whose pop-culture memorabilia collections – from Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica [...]
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New Series TOY HUNTER Takes Us on a Never Ending Search for Cool Stuff
We've been watching the growth of collectibles shows since the dawn of PBS's Antiques Roadshow. The last couple of years have seen new shows that are more Our Stuff -specific: Syfy's Hollywood Treasure (screen-used TV and movie props) and the [...]
Read moreABC Announces Premiere Dates for 666 Park Avenue, The Neighbors, Once Upon a Time
ABC is the last of the major networks to announce the premiere dates for its prime time shows, but now we can tell you when to be looking out for bizarro alien comedy The Neighbors (Wednesday, September 26), the arrival [...]
Read moreNew Series COLLECTION INTERVENTION Is Probably Not Directed at You Personally
The staff of SciFiMafia.com is certain that many of our beloved readers are collectors of various cool things, just like we are, and we are just as certain that this isn't a problem. There are those unfortunate few, however, none [...]
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New Poster and Details On Early Preview of REVOLUTION
Just as they did last year with then-new series Grimm, NBC will be making the first hour of several new series available to everyone on a variety of platforms two weeks before their official premiere dates. We're happy to report that [...]
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TV Review: School Spirits: Episode 1 “Sorority House Terror” and Episode 2 “Dorm Room Nightmare”
Genre: Documentary | Horror | Drama Air Date/Time: Episode 1 - Wednesday, June 20 at 10/9c Episode 2 – Wednesday, June 27 at 10/9c Network: Syfy Created by: Seth Jarrett and Julie Insogna Jarrett Summary: School Spirits features chilling ghost stories from schools and universities across [...]
Read moreNBC Announces Fall Premiere Dates for GRIMM and REVOLUTION
NBC has announced the premiere dates for its 2012 fall lineup. They are expected to heavily promote their programming during their coverage of the Summer Olympics, particularly those shows which premiere directly after the games are over, which is a [...]
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Prepare for the REVOLUTION with a New Trailer and Interviews
NBC previewed its "upfront" presentation of its 2012-13 schedule to potential advertisers yesterday. Easily the best thing to come out of it were the videos about the new J.J. Abrams/Eric Kripke-produced Jon Favreau-directed series Revolution. Although we'd been given a little bit [...]
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