Sanctuary - Hollywood Reporter: Comic Con 2011 Amanda Tapping Q and A

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SANCTUARY - THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Comic Con 2011 Amanda Tapping Q and A

The "Stargate" veteran waxes poetic on what's coming up on the upcoming fourth season of her Syfy series.

7/11/2011
by Philiana Ng


With hundreds of thousands of people attending San Diego Comic-Con every year and the July 20-24 event quickly approaching, The Hollywood Reporter chatted with the big names in television to discuss their favorite memories and tips for attending the annual event. THR’s Live Feed will talk Comic-Con with actors, writers and producers in the days leading up to the event so check back soon for interviews and the latest news on panels and screenings.

Amanda Tapping
Geek Cred: Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Sanctuary
Comic-Con panel: Sanctuary, Saturday, July 23, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Indigo Ballroom




... THR: What’s coming up during Season 4 of Sanctuary?


Tapping: "We painted ourselves in an impossible-to-get-out-of corner at the end of Season 3 and we start in a time and place that is very special to my character [Dr. Helen Magnus], but is rich with history and stories. I directed the second episode and Robin Dunne directed the sixth episode. We do an episode on a tropical island. We do an episode on an ice breaker on the Behring Sea. The Victorian era episode, it was raining inside the studio. You’ll see a great directing turn from Robin Dunne."

THR: Who can viewers expect to see in the upcoming season?

Tapping: "The guest stars that the fans have really loved and embraced are all back this year. Carlo Rotta is in an episode called “Monsoon” and he’s laugh out loud funny. Brian Markinson, who has been in everything from Woody Allen films to Angels in America, he did our third episode and we’re having him come back because we loved him so much..."

The fourth season of Sanctuary premieres this fall.

Falling Skies - Entertainment Weekly: Colin Cunningham Interview

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FALLING SKIES - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Colin Cunningham talks about breakout turn as biker/baker baddie John Pope

July 11, 2011
by Jeff Jensen


There are many reasons to watch Falling Skies, TNT’s absorbing summertime sci-fi hit about ordinary folk-turned-warriors surviving – and rebelling against — a devastating alien invasion. Tops on the list: Noah Wylie’s strong central performance and the creepy mystery of the gooey harnesses making docile drones out of captive kids. (Spoiler Alert for anyone who hasn’t yet seen Sunday’s episode: How creepy was that alien-hosted slumber party with Ben and the other harness kids? Didn’t that hair-stroking beastie strike you as nurturing, even parental?) Alas, one of the most enjoyable elements of Falling Skies was (temporarily) MIA last night: Colin Cunningham’s charismatic John Pope, a tack-sharp, politically incorrect, dangerously amoral biker rogue skilled at killing Skitters and quoting literature. And the self-styled “culinary artist” – a bigoted foodie who blanches as paprika-seasoned chicken – can bake some seriously mean bread, too. John Pope — part heartless Road Warrior, part Gordon Ramsay gone totally psycho!

Cunningham’s riveting scenes with Wylie in the second hour of the show’s premiere outing helped distinguish Falling Skies as a drama as much about its complex characters as its explosions and ETs. The actor – whose previous credits include Stargate SG-1 – recently spoke with EW.com about landing the role that has made him a breakout star of the summer TV season and gave a little tease about the season 1 trajectory of the Second Massachusetts’ “reluctant ally...”



Colin Cunningham (right) from Falling Skies

... Q: How do you play the charisma of the character? Because he has a ton of intense, attractive attitude.

Colin Cunningham: "Well, it’s there on the page. But it was something I generated for the audition. I knew they were having some trouble casting the part, and I just knew – or at least I could imagine – that a lot of other actors would just come in and read this stuff pretty straight. I was like: No! This guy is theatrical. This guy is part Shakespeare’s Puck and part Hannibal Lecter. So I saw him being very animated, very theatrical. A lot of the choices I was making in early episodes, I was just hoping they wouldn’t come back to bite me on the ass, because I did feel I was taking some chances, and was given the latitude to do so. And under the tutelage of our director Greg Beeman and support of an actor like Noah Wylie, we just went for it..."

Eureka - Blastr: Colin Ferguson: Why Eureka's return will have you going 'Really?'

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EUREKA - BLASTR: Why Eureka's return will have you going 'Really?'

By Kathie Huddleston
Jul 11, 2011

The gang from Eureka have found themselves in a lot of sticky situations over the years, but when the series returns to Syfy with season 4.5 tonight, they'll head into uncharted territory in more ways than one, according to creator and executive producer Jaime Paglia and stars Colin Ferguson and Salli Richardson-Whitfield...



... "The big arc of the season is the Astraeus Project. Basically Eureka is going into space," said Ferguson, who plays Sheriff Jack Carter. "And I was concerned when we started it that it was going to be just a path like, 'Oh, this is the mission du jour that we're going to on for 13.' But it actually balloons and blossoms into this fantastically complex plot."

According to Ferguson, by "the end of the season you're about see, it kicks into the whole next year in a way that you completely don't expect. So, what I'm really looking forward to seeing is everyone next summer going, 'Oh, my God. Really? We're ... That's happening now?' Because it's sort of Eureka going into space, and do they go into space, and it's really interesting..."

Falling Skies - TNT Video Featurette: Inside the Episode 'Silent Kill' with Drew Roy

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FALLING SKIES - TNT VIDEO FEATURETTE: Inside the Episode 'Silent Kill' with Drew Roy

Drew Roy (who plays Hal Mason) describes how strong family ties hold his character's family together, in "Silent Kill."

Syfy: Catastrophic Movies Marathon July 16, 2011

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SYFY: Catastrophic Movies Marathon July 16, 2011




10:00 AM Category 6: Day Of Destruction - Part One

The nation's chief meteorologist (Brian Dennehy) learns that three potentially devastating weather systems will likely converge over Chicago and flatten the city in this overblown disaster flick, but a colossal power outage in the area makes it nearly impossible to warn people who live there of the impending disaster.

Cast includes Thomas Gibson, Nancy McKeon, Chandra West, Brian Markinson, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Randy Quaid, Dianne Wiest and Brian Dennehy.





Randy Quaid, Nancy McKeon and Thomas Gibson

12:00 PM Category 6: Day Of Destruction - Part Two

The nation's chief meteorologist (Brian Dennehy) tries to get out warnings to evacuate Chicago as three massive storms converge over the city during a blackout in this clichéd disaster flick.



02:00 PM Category 7: The End Of The World - Part One

An entertaining disaster flick about a massive storm that threatens to flatten Washington, D.C.

Cast includes Gina Gershon, Cameron Daddo, Shannen Doherty, Randy Quaid, Robert Wagner, Adam Rodriguez, Sebastian Spence, Nicholas Lea, James Brolin, Swoosie Kurtz and Tom Skerritt.

04:00 PM Category 7: The End Of The World - Part Two

A massive storm threatens to flatten Washington, D.C., and a religious fanatic kidnaps the first-born children of some government officials.



06:00 PM The Core

Scientists travel to Earth's core to correct a problem that jeopardizes the planet's existence. Good special effects, clichéd and unintentionally funny script.

Cast includes Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Battlestar Galactica's Rekha Sharma, Stanley Tucci, DJ Qualls, Bruce Greenwood, Tchéky Karyo, Alfre Woodard, and Stargate Universe's Jennifer Spence.



09:00 PM Super Eruption

Watch a sneak peek for the upcoming Syfy Original Movie "Super Eruption." Premieres July 16 9/8C.

A firefighter (Richard Burgi) and a volcanologist (Juliet Aubrey)combine forces to save lives in the wake of a devastating eruption at Yellowstone National Park.

Cast includes The Sentinel's Richard Burgi, Juliet Aubrey, Peter Vollebregt, MyAnna Buring, Alex Wyndham, Trevor White, Daniel S. Ehrlich, Owen Davis and Mallorie Woodruff.

View movie trailer from production company, Marvista Entertainment, here.





11:00 PM Disaster Zone: Volcano In New York

A thriller that follows tunnel workers as they try to save New York City from an underground volcano.

Cast includes Costas Mandylor, Michael Ironside, Alexandra Paul, Eric Breker, Ron Selmour, Pascale Hutton, Zak Santiago and Robert Moloney.

01:00 AM Super Eruption

Syfy: Movie Marathon Jul 14 '11

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SYFY: Movie Marathon July 14, 2011



06:30 PM Dawn Of The Dead

A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.

Cast includes Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Torchwood: Miracle Day's Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Kevin Zegers and Stargate Universe's Louis Ferreira.



09:00 PM Bourne Ultimatum

Jason Bourne searches for his own identity after a bout of amnesia, leading him on a globe-trekking trip in which he must avoid the zinging bullets of cops and assassins who are out to stop him before he uncovers the truth.

Cast includes Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alpha's David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Édgar Ramírez, Albert Finney, Joan Allen, Tom Gallop and Corey Johnson.

11:30 PM Dawn Of The Dead

Hawaii Five-0 | Fairly Legal - Sky TV Guide Video: Taryn Manning & Sarah Shahi Interview

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HAWAII FIVE-0 - FARILY LEGAL - SKY TV GUIDE VIDEO: Taryn Manning and Sarah Shahi Interview

There's little we love more than bringing you juicy titbits of gossip from the hottest TV shows on the box.

Especially when they come all the way from LA.

Our gal in the sunshine bagged herself a place on the red carpet to get some time with the stars of the shows we love.

She chatted to Taryn Manning from Hawaii Five-O who revealed all about her happiness at the show's coming back for another season and confirmed she'll definitely be part of the cast, woo!

We also got the low-down from a whole heap of stars from The Hard Times of RJ Berger. You may not know it yet but it's set to hit UK screens soon and it's hot Hot HOT. Take a little look at the big names from the soon-to-be-big show, shooting a second season in the US now, before anyone else. What a treat!

Plus there's more juicy gossip from the stars of Big Time Rush, Fairly Legal and Shake It Up; take a click and see. Just don't say we never do anything for you.

Alphas - Yahoo! TV: Weekly Top 10 Picks Jul 11 '11 - Syfy 10/9C

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YAHOO TV - What To Watch - Weekly Top 10 Picks - Monday, July 11, 2011

Yahoo TV picks the week's top 10 must-watch shows

... Alphas

Series Premiere: Monday at 10pm on Syfy

Syfy's new original drama has an intriguing "Heroes"-esque premise: Five ordinary people with extraordinary abilities are recruited to work for the government as clandestine crime-fighters. Film vet David Strathairn plays team leader Dr. Lee Rosen; Malik Yoba ("New York Undercover") and Laura Mennell ("Fringe") play two of the gifted team members. On the 90-minute premiere, eagle-eyed army sniper Cameron begins receiving mysterious messages.

The Closer - Yahoo! TV: Weekly Top 10 Picks Jul 11 '11 - TNT 9/8C

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YAHOO TV - What To Watch - Weekly Top 10 Picks - Monday, July 11, 2011

Yahoo TV picks the week's top 10 must-watch shows

... Closer

Season Premiere: Monday at 9pm on TNT

Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick begins her last go-around as super sleuth Brenda Johnson this week as the seventh and final season of TNT's hit procedural debuts. The premiere puts Brenda on the case of a slain rap star who was shot along with six bystanders. Plus, Delk announces sweeping changes at the department, and Brenda and her team are slapped with a lawsuit.

Masterpiece Mystery - PBS Video Featurette: Behind the Scenes of Zen

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY - PBS VIDEO FEATURETTE: Behind the Scenes of Zen

Zen 'Vendetta' premieres July 17 at 9/8C on PBS.

Take the multilayered, bestselling Aurelio Zen novels of Michael Dibdin, add in actor Rufus Sewell as a character he seems born to play, film it all in the dazzling streets of Rome, and there is no denying an extraordinary new series has been born. The stars (Ben Miles, Caterina Murino, Anthony Higgins) and producers of Zen talk casting, chemistry and scripts in this behind-the-scenes video.

Watch the full episode. See more Masterpiece.

TV Talk Show Guest Appearances Week July 11, 2011

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THE CLOSER

Kyra Sedgwick guests on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated) on Monday, July 11.




HAVEN

Emily Rose guests on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, Monday, July 11.




THE CLOSER

Kyra Sedgwick guests on the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, Thursday, July 14.

Alphas - MSN TV : Tonight's Picks Jul 11 '11 - Syfy 10/9C

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 11, 2011

... Alphas

10:00 PM, SYFY

This new series follows a team of ordinary citizens with extraordinary mental and physical abilities. Taking the law into their own hands, the team, led by Dr. Leigh Rosen (David Strathairn), investigates cases that suggest other Alpha activity to uncover what other agencies have been unable, or unwilling, to solve. Zak Penn, who wrote two of the "X-Men" sequels, serves as co-executive producer and wrote the pilot.

Eureka - Show Patrol: Niall Matter Interview

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EUREKA - SHOW PATROL: Niall Matter Interview

By Curt Wagner
July 10, 2011


Niall Matter found the perfect role when he joined the cast of "Eureka."

"I'm not unlike Zane in a lot of ways," said Matter, speaking of Zane Donovan, the snarky, bad-boy physicist he's played since the second season of the Syfy series about a town of genius inventors and scientists.

Matter isn't a physicist, but he knows computers well enough to have recently fixed co-star Neil Grayston's. His eight years working on Canadian oil rigs when he was younger prepared him for the action-hero-worthy stunts he gets to do as Zane. And, he admits, he still has "that little flair of a troublemaker" that led his parents to send him away when he was in high school...

[NOTE FROM CURT: I’ve removed big chunks of the interview for spoiler reasons. Check back each week for Matter’s take on the first three episodes.]



... Show Patrol: I’ve seen “Liftoff” and I love all the great comedy you and Neil Grayston get to do. It’s almost two episodes.


Niall Matter: "Yeah, that’s the thing. It really is like two episodes because you have what’s happening on the ground and then you have what’s happening up in space. And all of the CGI up in space? Could you believe that? It was amazing, phenomenal. It looked incredible. You do get a really different feel whenever you’re up in the capsule with us … I was really impressed with how that episode turned out..."

Eureka season 4.5 premieres Monday, July 11, 2011 at 8/7C on Syfy.

The Closer - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Jul 11 '11 - TNT 9/8C

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 11, 2011

... The Closer

9:00 PM, TNT

In the premiere of what will be the series' last season -- although many of the characters will resurface in the spinoff "Major Crimes" -- Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) and her colleagues investigate the owner of a hip-hop record label when one of his performers and six bystanders are shot. As Chief Delk (Courtney B. Vance) announces a reorganization of the department, Brenda is named in a lawsuit against it in "Unknown Trouble."

Warehouse 13 - Daemon's TV: Exclusive Eddie McClintock Interview

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WAREHOUSE 13 - DAEMON'S TV: Eddie McClintock Takes on Pete/Myka Romance, Crazy Hair and Great White Sharks

July 11, 2011
by Eric


Warehouse 13 returns tonight for a third season and fans like myself are nothing but excited.

If you are itching to know what to expect about the new season, you are in luck as Daemon’s TV was honored to talk with the always funny and charming Eddie McClintock who plays Pete Lattimer, the witty Secret Service Agent whose superior gut instinct has gotten him out of a lot of jams.

During the interview, Eddie opened up about the joy and challenges of being on a successful series, the great guest stars you can expect to see this season and also about his burgeoning artistic endeavors. Don’t forget to tune in tonight at 9-10 p.m. ET on Syfy for the Warehouse 13 premiere episode “The New Guy“...



... Q: If you could travel back in time and meet your former self at the beginning of ‘Warehouse 13′ what would you tell yourself?

Eddie McClintock: "I would tell myself not to change my hairstyle in season three."



Q: Why do you mean?


Eddie McClintock: "Well, I have hair issues, man. When I did ‘Bones‘ the hair person at ‘Bones‘, or well, the producers didn’t want me to look like [David] Boreanaz because I all ready kind of look like Boreanaz. So, they wanted to make sure that I didn’t look as much like Boreanaz as I could. They wanted me to be as far away from the way that he looks as possible, and so they had the hairstylist cut my hair and do my hair.

You would be shocked at how many people rag on me on Twitter on Facebook about my hair during my run on ‘Bones’. It’s always like, ‘Oh, Eddie McClintock on “Bones”, he does a great job, but what’s up with the hair.’ I’m so paranoid about my hair. So, this year, at the beginning of the season I was like, ‘I want to change it up and do something different.’ So, the first episode or two I have my hair kind of down and to the side, and then once I saw it I didn’t like it. So, I went back to the way that it was the first two seasons. So, hopefully, people will go, ‘Oh, look at Pete. He’s said that Myka is gone. So he hasn’t been putting product in his hair,’ and then once she comes back my hair reverts. So, that’s what I’m going with..."

The Closer - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best TV Jul 11 '11 - TNT 9/8C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV Monday, July 11, 2011

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows


... The Closer

9-10 PM TNT, SEASON PREMIERE


Last year Kyra Sedgwick earned an Emmy for her firecracker performance as Brenda Leigh Johnson, the indefatigable, near-unbeatable LAPD investigator whose smarts, intensity, and Southern-fried sass are the bane of both the bad guys she puts away and the good guys she works with. The season 8 premiere kicks off the star's swan-song year — and an epic setup for a potential spin-off about Mary McDonnell's equally no-nonsense internal-affairs cop, Captain Raydor. The story has Brenda and her Major Crimes team (who together form one of TV's most entertaining ensembles) investigating the murder of an up-and-coming rapper and his (alleged) drug-dealing pals. It's not top-notch Closer; everyone and everything feels a smidge tired. Yet however grating the premiere may be, the series remains undeniably winning — just like Brenda herself.

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— Jeff Jensen

The Closer - Daemon's TV: Exclusive Corey Reynolds Interview

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THE CLOSER - DAEMON'S TV: Corey Reynolds Talks About Sgt. Gabriel’s Morality, The Closer Spinoff & Being Awesome

July 11, 2011
by Eric


THE CLOSER, my all time favorite crime drama is back for a seventh and final season which makes this a bitter sweet reunion.

As a consolation prize, Daemon’s TV was extremely fortunate to have a chat with series star Corey Reynolds who plays Sgt. David Gabriel, the young moral detective who also happens to be Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson’s right-hand man. Corey shared a lot about this upcoming season, the morality of his character and which episode resonated with him the most.

Check out our chat below and don’t forget to tune in to watch the The Closer premiere “Unknown Trouble” which airs tonight Monday July 11 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on TNT...



... Q: What can we expect from this seventh and final season, and more specifically, from your character?

Corey Reynolds: "Well, this season’s theme is love and loss which is apropos. We see a few different things from my character. One of the through lines for the season is a case regarding a gang-banger from last year named Terrell Baylor who as part of the decision that led to us releasing him led to his death. That’s something that’s carrying over. We’re all being investigated because of it. That’s one thing that’s going to carry through the entire season, and the whole squad is involved, but my character, Raymond Cruz’s character, Sanchez, and Brenda were the three officers that were in the car. It kind of divides us because I think there was some discrepancy within the characters as to how we should’ve handled that situation."

Q: I do remember that episode. I was puzzled about that scene as well.

Corey Reynolds: "Yeah, and that’s actually coming back this season in a big way. It creates quite a challenge for the squad to continue to function as a group the way that we have as we are all in the midst of some chaos caused by Chief Johnson at least according Terrell Baylor’s lawyer.

So, we’re all kind of looking at her tactics in different ways. My character has learned a lot from her in the sense that I think in the beginning he was very black and white as far as his take on things. What she introduced to him was the lovely land of grey. Unfortunately in this instance it comes back and creates some problems for us and that’s going to be a major storyline through the run of the season..."

Warehouse 13 - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Jul 11 '11 - Syfy 9/8C

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 11, 2011

... Warehouse 13

9:00 PM, SYFY

In the season premiere, "The New Guy," Aaron Ashmore ("Smallville") joins the cast as Steve Jinks, a young ATF agent with an innate ability to detect when someone is lying, who is recruited by Mrs. Frederic (CCH Pounder) to be Pete's (Eddie McClintock) new Warehouse 13 partner. As you may recall, in last season's finale, Myka (Joanne Kelly) abruptly quit her job at the Warehouse after being betrayed by the duplicitous H.G. Wells (Jaime Murray).

Alphas - Daemon's TV: Exclusive Warren Christie Interview

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ALPHAS - DAEMON'S TV: Warren Christie Talks Stunts, Cast Chemistry and Zombies

July 11, 2011
by Eric

After talking to the lovely Azita Ghanizada about Alphas, Daemon’s TV was delightfully surprised to also get the chance to talk to Warren Christie, the resident “hyperkinetic” on the Alphas team who could realistically harpoon a fly with a toothpick thanks to his extreme ability at controlling his body movements.

Warren had a lot to say about what folks can expect from the premiere episode (which our writer Dynamaria loved in her review “ALPHAS “Pilot” Advance Review“), what kind of stunts come with the character ability and how much he wants to be a zombie ... but a nice one though.

Check out what he had to share below and don’t forget to tune to watch the pilot episode of Alphas tonight Monday, July 11 at 10/9c...



... Q: Cameron’s is hyperkinetic which involves perfect balance and enhanced motor skills. Does that mean you get to do a lot of stunts since your character does a lot of that?

Warren Christie: "I do, yeah, and that’s another thing that attracted me to the role. First and foremost it was the character and the depth of what he had going on and the excitement of the script and then there was a physical element to the stunts and whatnot. I hadn’t really done too much of that. A little bit, but not too much of that before, and that really attracted me to it. I thought that it would be a lot of fun.

It’s not just the fact that there’s these stunts, a lot of running and different things like that, but it’s the nature of what happens and the beauty of it is that because Cameron when he first comes into the group doesn’t really understand his abilities or know what it is or even recognize it. Because of that each week as he works with Dr. Rosen, it’s growing and it’s enhancing and he’s learning how to control it, but it’s also spreading off into other different areas and he’s really trying to learn how to control it. So that means each week that he can do a little bit more and can help a little bit more and exciting and fun. So, it’s been a lot of fun for that side of it..."

Alphas - Yahoo! TV: Monday's Picks Jul 11 '11 - Syfy 10/9C

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Yahoo TV: Monday's Picks: What to Watch Monday, July 2011

A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites

... Alphas

Series Premiere: Monday at 10pm on Syfy

Syfy's new original drama has an intriguing "Heroes"-esque premise: Five ordinary people with extraordinary abilities are recruited to work for the government as clandestine crime-fighters. Film vet David Strathairn plays team leader Dr. Lee Rosen; Malik Yoba ("New York Undercover") and Laura Mennell ("Fringe") play two of the gifted team members. On the 90-minute premiere, eagle-eyed army sniper Cameron begins receiving mysterious messages.

Torchwood: Miracle Day - Fresno Bee: Eve Myles Interview

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TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY - FRESNO BEE: Eve Myles Interview

Sunday, Jul. 10, 2011
By Rick Bentley


While waiting to do an interview for the Starz network series "Camelot," I bump into Eve Myles. We chat about her new Starz series, "Torchwood: Miracle Day" and the possibilities of her and her family visiting Yosemite National Park while she's living in Los Angeles.

The Welsh actress, who has temporarily moved to the United States to film the cable series, loves camping. The national park would be a great way to get away from work.

Myles is a rather petite woman, but after only a few moments chatting it's clear she could act tougher than she looks if a problem came up in the wild. She's already faced down one California critter.

"I had a little meeting with a coyote on the hills. It looked at my dog like it was a hamburger. And I thought there's one way out. I turned into Gwen Cooper," Myles says.

For those of you not familiar with the BBC series 'Torchwood," Cooper's the character Myles played, an investigator of the odd and unusual with which you don't want to mess.

But fact and fiction are very different.

"The thing I picked up was a bamboo shoot. So I could have tickled it or something. I don't know," she says. "And, yeah, the coyote won. So I turned around, and I ran off the mountain."

She did show a little bit of Cooper when she threw an orange at the beast.

Eureka - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Jul 11 '11 - Syfy 8/7C

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 11, 2011

... Eureka

8:00 PM, SYFY

As the timeline changes from their trip to 1947 continue to surprise Carter, Allison, Henry, Jo and Fargo (Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston), an accident of astronomical proportions launches Eureka's most ambitious project yet. The entire town rallies to go where no man has gone before, pitting scientist against scientist to be one of the chosen few in the new episode "Liftoff."

Warehouse 13 - AM New York: Saul Rubinek dishes on the new season

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WAREHOUSE 13 - AM NEW YORK: Saul Rubinek dishes on the new season

7/10/11
By Scott A. Rosenberg

Any tried-and-true "Indiana Jones" fan would love a chance to go digging through the warehouse at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

Thankfully, we have the Syfy Channel series "Warehouse 13" - which has its own unique artifact depository - to help satisfy that desire. The show, beginning its third season Monday night, mixes the procedural and fantasy adventure genres in following a covert organization that gathers and protects the population from mysterious and potential deadly artifacts.

amNY spoke with Saul Rubinek, 63, who plays the eccentric Artie Nielson, the man in charge of the warehouse...



... Q: What does the third season bring for the show?


Saul Rubinek: "It's an interesting place to get. First season, you're in the dark, you don't know what's going on. Then, in the second season, we already knew the series was a hit, which is an amazing place to be. And we wanted to keep the fans happy, and one of the ways to do that is to keep surprising them. Third season, [we] wanted to go deep. The great thing is that the show is built on quite an intricate and well-thought-out historical mythology. We know our fans are as fascinated as the writers are with that history..."

Warehouse 13 season three premieres Monday, July 11, 2011 at 9/8C on Syfy.

Alphas - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best TV Jul 11 '11 - Syfy 10/9C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV Monday, July 11, 2011

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows

... Alphas

10-11:30 PM SYFY, SERIES DEBUT

Five people with heightened abilities (superstrength, supersenses, etc.) band together to fight crime. The quintet are led by David Strathairn, who's sort of Professor X to their X-Men (the premiere is co-written by X3 screenwriter Zak Penn). Strathairn helps the credibility of the melodrama a lot. Alphas may remind some viewers of Heroes, and is a dropped ABC pilot, but it's not damaged goods. It's fun and swift, and Callum Keith Rennie has a bigger role than he did on The Killing, here playing the Alphas' Pentagon contact.

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— Ken Tucker

Eureka | Warehouse 13 | Alphas - TV Wasteland: Syfy’s Alphas Bet

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EUREKA | WAREHOUSE 13 | ALPHAS: TV WASTELAND: Syfy’s Alphas Bet

By Rob Vaux
July 10, 2011

Syfy has chosen this week to unleash its tsunami of summer shows: Warehouse 13, Eureka, and Haven all return with new seasons ... and the rookie Alphas tagging along for the ride. Frankly speaking, it looks like a dud. Its concept is borrowed from Heroes, The Cape and about a dozen other failed superhero shows, as a band of people with extraordinary abilities try to save the world from those who would enslave it. Or something. At this stage, television is suffering from serious comic book fatigue, and while Alphas boasts the stalwart David Strathairn as the team’s mentor/leader, that’s not nearly enough to lend it any sense of freshness or originality.

Syfy seemingly agrees by stacking the deck in the show’s favor. It opens Monday night at 10:00, with Eureka and Warehouse 13 serving as lead-ins. Will the ploy work? Hard to say. On the one hand, it will presumably leave a loyal audience based ready to keep watching. On the other hand, its late run time means that folks may head to bed if they don’t like what they see ... or worse, use their DVRs to watch the lead-ins whenever they damn well please. Still, Syfy has created unlikely hits from worse material (see Haven, premiering this Friday night), and Alphas may benefit from whatever tangential Midas touch they can produce. You can see for yourself this Monday ... and if you don’t like it, there’s plenty of other options. Let’s have a look at them [at the link above].

The Closer - Yahoo! TV: Monday's Picks Jul 11 '11 - TNT 9/8C

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Yahoo TV: Monday's Picks: What to Watch Monday, July 2011

A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites

... Closer

Season Premiere: Monday at 9pm on TNT

Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick begins her last go-around as super sleuth Brenda Johnson this week as the seventh and final season of TNT's hit procedural debuts. The premiere puts Brenda on the case of a slain rap star who was shot along with six bystanders. Plus, Delk announces sweeping changes at the department, and Brenda and her team are slapped with a lawsuit.

Masterpiece Mystery - PBS Video: Zen: 'Vendetta' Episode Trailer Airs Jul 17 '11

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY - PBS VIDEO: Zen: 'Vendetta' Episode Trailer Airs Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 9/8C

Starring Rufus Sewell, based on the novels by Michael Dibdin

In "Vendetta," suave Italian police detective Aurelio Zen (Rufus Sewell) reinvestigates a closed murder case. His boss insists that he confirm the original outcome while a justice official orders him---for political reasons---to reach another conclusion. Meanwhile, a psychopathic killer has targeted him for daring to send him to jail years earlier; and he finds himself attracted to the chief's married assistant (Caterina Murino).

A killer is on a vendetta-fuelled rampage against those who wrongly imprisoned him, including a cop who had almost nothing to do with it: Aurelio Zen. Can Zen juggle staying alive, investigating a politically-charged murder, and courting his new officemate, Tania (Caterina Murino), at the same time?

Cast includes Rufus Sewell, Caterina Murino, Ben Miles, Ed Stoppard, Greg Wise, Stanley Townsend, Francesco Quinn and Peter Guinness.

For more information on this episode, visit PBS.

The Closer - TV Guide Video: 'Unknown Trouble' Season Premiere Jul 11 '11 - TNT 9/8C

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THE CLOSER - TV GUIDE VIDEO: 'Unknown Trouble' Season Premiere Monday, July 11, 2011 at 9/8C on TNT

The Closer cast includes Michael Paul Chan, Phillip P. Keene, Raymond Cruz, Corey Reynolds, Jon Tenney, Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Robert Gossett, G.W. Bailey and Anthony John Denison.

The seventh and final season kicks off with Brenda investigating the shootings of a rap star and six bystanders. Meanwhile, Delk (Courtney B. Vance) gets set to announce seismic organizational changes; and a civil suit targets Brenda and the department.

Guest stars include Courtney B. Vance, Sandi McCree and Ciera Payton.