VANCOUVER SUN VIDEO: Cuoco thanks reruns for 'Big Bang''s success
Six seasons in and 'The Big Bang Theory' is more popular than ever. Actress Kaley Cuoco attributes part of the show's success to its syndication. She also talks about whether her character Penny will ever find long-term happiness with Leonard.
THE HOUR VIDEO: Alexander Siddig on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: BIO and Interview
Actor Alexander Siddig joins us in the red chair. Born in Sudan and raised in the U.K., Alexander played Dr. Julian Bashir on 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' and starred in the critically acclaimed Canadian film 'Cairo Time' opposite Patricia Clarkson. His latest film 'Inescapable' is by the same director, and it looks at the complex situation in Syria. It opened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Source: NBCUMV [follow link for complete Syfy press release]
PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD - NBCUMB: PREMIERES ON SYFY IN 2013
SYFY ACQUIRES PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD FROM ENTERTAINMENT ONE
SPIN-OFF OF HIT SERIES SLATED TO PREMIERE IN 2013
Syfy has acquired Primeval: New World, the next generation of the hit Primeval, from Entertainment One.
Scheduled to premiere on the Channel in 2013, Primeval: New World joins Syfy's growing roster of popular original acquisitions including Lost GirL, Merlin and the upcoming Sinbad.
The 13-episode series will star Niall Matter (Eureka) Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Danny Rahim (Young James Herriot) as a team of animal experts and scientists investigating paranormal events, while battling both prehistoric and futuristic creatures.
Amanda Tapping, who starred in the Syfy series Sanctuary, is on board to direct several episodes.
Said Chris Regina, Senior Vice President, Programming, Syfy: “This fast-paced entertaining and smart series will delight fans of the original program as well as introduce new viewers to this fascinating world.”
“We’re thrilled to be continuing our relationship with Syfy in securing another action drama with the network,” said Jon Ferro, Senior Vice President, Program Sales, eOne. “Primeval: New World has a great cast, solid story-telling and state of the art special effects - all the right elements to make it a success that fits right in with Syfy’s stellar line up.”
Based on the original series from Impossible Pictures, Primeval: New World’s creative team is led by Executive Producers Martin Wood (Sanctuary, Stargate: Atlantis) and Gillian Horvath (Sanctuary, Highlander). The spin-off was created by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Star Trek: Enterprise, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’sThe Lost World) and will be written by Gillian Horvath, Peter Hume (Charmed, Flash Gordon), Jon Cooksey (The Collector, The Outer Limits), Sarah Dodd (Flashpoint, Arctic Air), Katherine Collins (Endgame), and Judith and Garfield Reeve-Stevens.
PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD follows the story of a North American team that discovers dinosaurs and other dangerous predators emerging onto the streets of modern-day Vancouver through anomalies in time. EVAN CROSS (Niall Matter), visionary inventor, heads up the team - predator control expert DYLAN WEIR (Sara Canning), security specialist MAC RENDELL (Danny Rahim), and physics prodigy TOBY NANCE (Crystal Lowe). ANGE FINCH (Miranda Frigon), Evan's oldest friend and business partner, keeps Cross Photonics afloat while Evan and his Special Projects Group track escapee dinosaurs, with the overeager help of LIEUTENANT KEN LEEDS (Geoff Gustafson), head of the government’s decommissioned department for investigating alien life and other mysteries - including Anomalies. Throughout Season 1, the characters quickly gain expertise in the prehistoric creatures they hunt, the weapons they need to handle them, and the nature of the Anomalies themselves. They face danger side by side, and come to rely on each other for not only survival, but comfort and intimacy as well.
Source: SFX Magazine [follow link for complete interview]
SFX MAGAZINE: Haven Season Three: Exclusive Emily Rose Interview
by Jordan Farley
October 3 2012
Emily Rose is no stranger to science fiction having popped up briefly in Jericho and starred as Elena Fisher in the stellar Uncharted trilogy; but it wasn’t until Syfy’s Stephen King adaptation Haven that she became much more than someone who happened to share a name with that exorcism movie. Rose returned to UK screens last night for the season three premiere of Haven, which continues every Tuesday at 9pm, only on Syfy UK...
... SFX: What lessons did you learn from previous years going into the third season of Haven?
Emily Rose: “The ability to mesh the trouble of the week with the mythology of what’s going on. We are a show that, by nature, exists to try to satisfy people’s weekly desires for a case to wrap up at the end of each episode. But today’s viewer, which I am definitely one of, is more and more interested in the long-term mythology, and that being a rewarding and long-term mystery. The thing that this season does really, really well is it gives time for the trouble of the week but it focuses on the mythology of the characters and the town, and it has something really new this season which I’m excited about, another long term mystery on top of the mythology of the town. There’s a long term crime that has to be solved that’s getting tied into the troubles, so there’s a lot going on...”
Source: Collider [follow link for complete interview]
COLLIDER: Showrunner Jeremy Carver Talks What to Expect in SUPERNATURAL Season 8, Flashbacks, Special Episodes, Recurring Characters, and More
by Christina Radish
October 3rd, 2012
The CW drama series Supernatural has returned for an eighth season, with Dean’s (Jensen Ackles) seemingly impossible escape from Purgatory and Castiel (Misha Collins) nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Sam (Jared Padalecki) finds himself trying to reconcile the life he discovered while Dean was gone with Dean’s sudden reappearance and, as the boys struggle with their unexpected reunion, they make a shocking discovery that will definitely shake things up.
During this recent interview to promote the show’s return, showrunner/executive producer Jeremy Carver talked about the decision to reveal that Sam had not looked for Dean while he was in Purgatory, how much Dean will be dealing with post-traumatic stress from what he went through, the use of flashbacks this season, which characters will be recurring, and the special episodes they have planned...
... Collider: How much will Benny (Ty Olsson) play into the present-day storyline, as opposed to just the flashbacks?
Jeremy Carver: "You’ll see Benny playing a pretty important role, both in his physical presence and psychological presence. The idea of Benny hangs over our brothers, pretty heavily, certainly as the year goes along. He’s a guy who has a tremendous bearing, and he’s really working out wonderfully. It’s a really complex character, and adds a really interesting wrinkle into the brothers’ relationship this year while they deal with something like this..."
ONCE UPON A TIME - VIDEO: 'WE ARE BOTH' SNEAK PEEK # 1 - AIRS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2012 AT 8/7C ON ABC
Regina (Lana Parrilla) is determined to get her powers back; David (Josh Dallas) keeps looking for Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Emma (Jennifer Morrison); and the seven dwarfs learn why it's unwise to leave town. Meanwhile, in the fairy-tale world, bride-to-be Regina meets a man who promises her magic and freedom.
Guest stars include Michael Coleman, Jamie Chung, Stargate SG-1's Tony Amendola, Sarah Bolger, Eion Bailey, Barbara Hershey, Keegan Connor Tracy, Beverley Elliott, Raphael Sbarge, Lee Arenberg, Sebastian Stan, Gabe Khouth, David Anders and Tony Perez.
THE BIG BANG THEORY - CBS VIDEO: 'THE DECOUPLING FLUCTUATION' EPISODE TRAILER - AIRS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012 AT 8/7C ON CBS
When Sheldon learns that Penny is thinking about breaking up with Leonard, he tries to intervene. Meanwhile, in space, the other astronauts pick on Howard on the next episode of The Big Bang Theory airing Thursday at 8/7c. Only CBS
Guest stars include Kevin Sussman, Mike Massamino and Pasha Lychnikoff.
'The Decoupling Fluctuation' story by Chuck Lorre, Jim Reynolds and Maria Ferrari; teleplay by Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan and Steve Holland; and directed by Mark Cendrowski.
Andrew Freund catches up with Paul Guilfoyle on the blue carpet, as the stars of CBS get together to celebrate the new Fall season. Watch CSI:Crime Scene Investigation this Fall, Wednesdays at 10/9c. Only CBS!
AV CLUB: WHAT'S ON TONIGHT? TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012
If you change channels really quickly between Supernatural and the debate, you can imagine Obama and Romney are fighting demons
by Todd VanDerWerff
October 3, 2012
TOP PICK
Supernatural
(The CW, 9 p.m.)
While the rest of America is watching two men argue over the future of this great nation, Phil Dyess-Nugent invites you to watch two men fight monsters. Now, we could make some sort of super-obvious joke about the intersection in the Venn diagram between “monsters” and “politics,” but none are occurring to us, so Phil and all of us here as What’s On Tonight invite you to make a “presidential debate”/Supernatural crossover joke, preferably involving the word “Nosferatu” in some form or another. Though making that a requirement is really unfair without John McCain involved in this somehow.
Andrew Freund catches up with Brian Dietzen on the blue carpet, as the stars of CBS get together to celebrate the new Fall season. Watch NCIS this Fall, Tuesdays at 8/7c. Only CBS!
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: TONIGHT'S BEST TV WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012
A Daily Guide To Notable Shows
... Supernatural
9-10 PM THE CW, SEASON PREMIERE
The CW's spooky stalwart begins season 8 somewhat anticlimactically: A year has passed since last season's literally explosive finale, and brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) are reunited with little fanfare. So what happened in the interim that banished Dean to purgatory and left Sam hanging up his demon-hunting spurs? The intervening 365 days will unfold, Lost-style, via flashbacks throughout the season. That robs the opening hour of some drama, though it does allow for the Winchesters to get back to searching for their prophet pal Kevin. And for those of you who just tune in for the gruesome body count, there's also a glorious series of vampire beheadings, so consider your monstrous bloodlust satisfied.
MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012
... Supernatural
9:00 PM, CW
In the season premiere, Dean (Jensen Ackles) is out of Purgatory and goes to see Sam (Jared Padalecki), who is glad to see his brother but finds it difficult to leave his new life. The Winchesters go in search of Kevin (Osric Chau), who has escaped from the clutches of Crowley (Mark Sheppard) but has disturbing news about what his former captor wants, in "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
NCIS: LOS ANGELES - VIDEO: 'THE FIFTH MAN' EPISODE TRAILER - AIRS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012 AT 9/8C ON CBS
The NCIS: LA team investigates a classified operation after a diner explosion fills four victims linked to the same social media account, on NCIS: Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 9
The NCIS: LA team investigate a compromised intel operation after four people connected to the classified project are killed at a diner explosion. As Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) and Kensi (Daniela Ruah) are on the trail of those involved, they learn that a wayward teenage girl might be related and Kensi can’t help but be empathetic to her situation.
Guest stars include Abbie Cobb, Myk Watford, Ian Alda and Troy Winbush.
'The Fifth Man' was written by Dave Kalstein and directed by John P. Kousakis.
Source: Yahoo! TV [follow link for complete column]
Yahoo! TV: Wednesday's Picks: What to Watch Wednesday, October 3, 2012
A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites
... Supernatural
WEDNESDAY 9 PM on The CW
Season Premiere: The CW’s freaky ghosts-and-demons drama seems to have more lives than the death-defying Winchester boys, returning for a surprising eighth season tonight. The premiere picks up a year after last year’s finale, with Dean finally re-emerging from Purgatory. He tracks down his brother Sam… but Sam may not want to go back to demon-hunting anytime soon. And to be fair, it has been seven seasons; the guy deserves a little R&R.
NCIS - VIDEO: 'PHOENIX' EPISODE TRAILER - AIRS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012 AT 8/7C ON CBS
While still on medical leave, Ducky (David McCallum) order the exhumation of a Navy commander's body and reopens a 12-year-old case, on NCIS, Tuesday, Oct. 9
While on medical leave, Ducky orders the exhumation of a Navy commander’s body from a case closed 12 years ago. As a result, Gibbs (Mark Harmon) tasks Ducky with a slightly different role on the investigation. Meanwhile, the NCIS team investigates the recent death of a Marine. As both cases unfold, the team begins to question whether the two are somehow connected.
Michael Des Barres [MacGyver], from The Michael Des Barres Band and Former Frontman for the 1970’s Band Detective, Guest Stars in the Episode that Features His Music
Additional guest stars include Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Rene Auberjonois, Amanda Walsh, Shelley Robertson and Jim Hoffmaster.
'Phoenix' was written by Steven D. Binder and directed by Terrence O’Hara.
