The BiG Bang Theory - The Atlantic Wire: 'The Big Bang Theory' Is the New 'Friends'

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THE ATLANTIC WIRE CALL SHEET: 'The Big Bang Theory' Is the New 'Friends'

by Richard Lawson
January 4, 2013


So The Big Bang Theory, CBS's sitcom about how smart people are silly, has broken its second ratings record in as many months, with Thursday night's episode "The Egg Salad Equivalency" attracting a mind-walloping 19 million viewers, with a 6.0 rating in the key 18- to 49-year-old demographic. So that is about as big as a sitcom gets. Toward the end of its run, Friends was topping out around 20 million viewers, meaning Big Bang is now standing shoulder-to-shoulder with one of network TV's biggest and longest comedy successes. That is mighty impressive for any show, let alone one without much watercooler or blog buzz like Big Bang Theory. (People watch it, but do people really talk about it?) What does this mean for the future of the show? Well, basically it means that Johnny Galecki is going to be very rich, not that he isn't already, and that creator Chuck Lorre will be stuffed and mounted in the CBS HQ lobby once he dies and will be worshiped as some sort of deity. And that he can now make any show he wants, really. So get ready for Jerks and Blonde Ladies, coming to CBS in autumn 2013. [Entertainment Weekly]


The BiG Bang Theory airs Thursday at 8/7C on CBS.

Primeval: New World - Vancouver Sun: Sara Canning Interview

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VANCOUVER SUN: Hollywood North: Vancouver’s Sara Canning takes a vacation from vampires and velociraptors

Actress talks about her love of delving into the archeology of her roles

By Mark Leiren-Young
January 3, 2013


After running from vampires and velociraptors it’s no wonder Vancouver actress Sara Canning wanted a holiday on Hawaii’s Maui.

Sitting outside a shave ice shop in the surfer town of Paia, Canning told The Sun about her recent adventures on the new Space series, Primeval, the CW hit The Vampire Diaries, a new comedy with the director of National Lampoon’s Vacation and a microbudget indie film where she plays a woman who gets buyer’s remorse after hiring a hit man to knock off her beau.

Canning plays a “predator control expert” in the Space channel’s new made-in Vancouver series, Primeval: New World. “Basically, my character is a conservationist and she gets thrown into this team of dinosaur hunters. The really great thing about my character is she’s very badass, I was running around for five months with guns. She’s also a grounding force in the show because she’s an expert in animal behaviour and that lends itself to understanding human behaviour as well.”

Although the cast of Primeval isn’t being chased by raptors or raptor robots, they are still being chased. “It’s pretty cool because we don’t use much green screen. We have a guy who runs around in a grey ninja suit and he’ll chase us like a raptor. We use him as a reference, so it’s pretty great for developing that old thing called the imagination...”



... Canning says she loves acting because she loves people. “My dad always tells me it takes all types to make the world go around. And he’s said that to me since I was very little and I think it had a lasting impression because I’m so fascinated with the study of people and why they are the way they are. That’s my research and my archeology, if you will, when I get a role. I’m so excited to attack a part from every angle of what makes a person a person. And I’ve been really lucky because I’ve played pieces where I’ve had to research women in the 1800s and what societal restrictions were placed on them and I’ve played a bounty hunter. It’s been really wild...”

Primeval: New World cast includes Eureka's Niall Matter, Sara Canning, Danny Rahim, Crystal Lowe, Miranda Frigon and Geoff Gustafson.

[NOTE: Primeval: New World moves to Tuesday at 10pm beginning January 22, 2013 on Space Channel in Canada. The series will premiere in the US on Syfy in 2013, and in the UK on Watch Channel on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9PM.]

Lost Girl - Reader's Digest Canada: Rachel Skarsten Interview

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READER'S DIGEST CANADA: Rachel Skarsten: Lost Girl's Latest Supernatural Citizen

By Nathan Whitlock


It takes guts to go up against a werewolf. And if that werewolf happens to be a cop who is not above showing a little fang to get his way? No small thing. Such was Rachel Skarsten's introduction to the leather-panted, lust-fuelled, good versus evil world of Lost Girl, the fantasy series that has become a major hit for Showcase and, more recently, the U.S. network Syfy.

Called in to audition for the part of Tamsin, a new feather-ruffling character in Season 3, the 27-year-old Toronto native had to spar — verbally, at least — with Kris Holden-Ried, who plays the aforementioned lycanthrope detective Dyson. (In Lost Girl, humans share space with an unholy host of mythical creatures, most of whom look a lot like regular people — though more stylishly dressed...)



... Given the show's reputation for fearless, butt-kicking female characters, Skarsten went all in. "I came right up to Kris's face and he forgot his lines," she says. "We had to stop." She thought she'd blown her chance. Producer Jay Firestone knew she'd nailed it. It can be tough to join a popular show midstream, especially one as packed with sexy beasts as Lost Girl. But Skarsten rules the moment she appears onscreen. Tamsin is, like Dyson, a cop straddling both the human and monster worlds. Not much for manners, she doesn't walk into a room; she strides — and always with a slight, menacing smirk, as if she's just waiting for an excuse to rip out a throat or two...


The new season of Lost Girl premieres January 6 in Canada on Showcase, and on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10/9C in the US on Syfy. CLICK HERE TO VIEW A SEASON THREE VIDEO PROMO

Tom Selleck - Blue Bloods - USA Today: Weekend Critic's Corner Jan 4 '13 - CBS 10/9C

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WEEKEND CRITIC'S CORNER: Weekend TV: 'Blue Bloods,' 'The Good Wife'

What's worth watching, and what might not be, in prime time this weekend.

by Robert Bianco
January 4, 2013


... Blue Bloods

CBS, Friday, 10 ET/PT

Fox has football, so Friday's best series, Fringe, is still on break. But ABC and CBS are airing all-new lineups, which include an outing of Blue Bloods that finds a distracted Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) struggling to catch a serial killer while worrying about an accident that has sent his son to the hospital. Blue Bloods may never be a critical favorite, but any show that keeps Wahlberg on the air has that at least going for it.


CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR BLUE BLOODS 'FATHERS AND SONS'

Emily Deschanel - Bones - FOX Video: Two All-New Hours Promo -Jan 14 '13

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BONES - FOX VIDEO: TWO ALL-NEW HOURS PROMO - MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 BEGINNING AT 8/7C

Bones is back with two all-new hours and some seriously dangerous moves. MON 8/7c JAN 14.

'The Doll in the Derby' airs at 8/7C.

When a professional ballroom dancer is killed before her audition for a reality-TV dance competition, Brennan and Booth pose as potential contestants to hunt for suspects. In the second hour, an archaeologist with a dubious reputation is murdered soon after making an important discovery.

'The Archaeologist in the Cocoon' airs at 9/8c.

The team delves head-first into investigating the murder of a very well-known archaeologist with a questionable reputation, who was killed shortly after he made a career-altering discovery in his work.

Once Upon A Time - ABC Video Featurette: 'Love Stories'

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ONCE UPON A TIME - ABC VIDEO FEATURETTE: 'LOVE STORIES'

The stories you grew up with are true. The residents of Storybrooke are living proof... Sundays at 8|7c on ABC.

Merlin - Vancouver Sun: Colin Morgan & Bradley James Video Interview

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VANCOUVER SUN VIDEO: 'Merlin' boys talk about their bromance

Actors Colin Morgan and Bradley James talk about the on-screen relationship between Merlin and Arthur and discuss who had the best costume.

Merlin season five premieres in the US on Syfy on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 10/9C. CLICK HERE TO VIEW A SNEAK PEEK OF 'ARTHUR'S BANE - PART 1'

Tom Selleck - Blue Bloods - CBS Video: 'Fathers and Sons' Sneak Peek - Airs Jan 4 '13

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BLUE BLOODS - CBS VIDEO: 'FATHERS AND SONS' SNEAK PEEK - AIRS FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013 AT 10/9C

A family tragedy causes Danny to break down on BLUE BLOODS, Friday, Jan. 4 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

When two motorists driving gas-guzzling cars die at the hands of a sniper, Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Kate (Megan Ketch) are put on the case of what the city believes is the work of a radical environmental serial killer. Meanwhile, a bicycle accident sends Danny’s son Sean (Andrew Terraciano) to the hospital with a life-threatening injury.

Guest stars include Tony Terraciano, Andrew Terraciano, Gregory Jbara, Abigail Hawk, David Ramsey, Megan Ketch, Robert Clohessy, Paul Anthony Stewart, Neal Huff and John Rue.

'Fathers and Sons' written by Brian Burns and directed by Michael Pressman.

Justified - The Ellen Degeneres Show: Timothy Olyphant Video Interview

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JUSTIFIED - THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW: TIMOTHY OLYPHANT VIDEO INTERVIEW - PART ONE

The handsome achad a lot to say about the small household pets, and we didn't want you to miss a minute of it! Check out the unedited story right here.

Justified season four premieres Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 10/9C on FX. CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO PROMO.



JUSTIFIED - THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW: TIMOTHY OLYPHANT VIDEO INTERVIEW - PART TWO

The "Justified" star told Ellen about some of the challenges of parenting. He is definitely one cool dad.

Primeval: New World - SFX Magazine Video: Meet the Stars

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SFX MAGAZINE VIDEO: Primeval New World -- Meet The Stars

Niall Matter, Sara Canning and Danny Rahim talk about dinosaur hunting, Canadian style.

Primeval: New World cast includes Eureka's Niall Matter, Sara Canning, Danny Rahim, Crystal Lowe, Miranda Frigon and Geoff Gustafson.

[NOTE: Primeval: New World moves to Tuesday at 10pm beginning January 22, 2013 on Space Channel in Canada. The series will premiere in the US on Syfy in 2013, and in the UK on Watch Channel on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9PM.]

Being Human - Syfy Video Featurette: 'The Problem' Promo - Season Premiere Jan 14 '13

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BEING HUMAN - SYFY VIDEO FEATURETTE: 'THE PROBLEM' PROMO - SEASON THREE PREMIERES MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 AT 9/8C

Find out the problems with getting what you wish for in season 3 of Being Human premiering Monday Jan 14 at 9/8c.

Being Human season three cast includes Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington and Kristen Hager.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE BEING HUMAN SEASON THREE JANUARY 2013 SCHEDULE ON SYFY

Timothy Olyphant - Justified - FX Video: 'Raise' Promo - Season Premiere Jan 8 '13

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JUSTIFIED - FX VIDEO: 'RAISE' PROMO - SEASON FOUR PREMIERES TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013 AT 10/9C

Justified cast includes Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea and Walton Goggins.

Being Human - Syfy Video Featurette: 'The Price' Season Premiere Jan 14 '13

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BEING HUMAN - SYFY VIDEO FEATURETTE: 'THE PRICE' - SEASON THREE PREMIERE MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 AT 9/8C

See the price of getting what you wish for in season 3 of Being Human premiering Monday Jan 14 at 9/8c.

Being Human season three cast includes Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington and Kristen Hager.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE BEING HUMAN SEASON THREE JANUARY 2013 SCHEDULE ON SYFY

Star Trek: The Next Generation - BBC America: Season 3 Marathon Schedule Jan 5 '13

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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - BBC AMERICA: SEASON THREE MARATHON SCHEDULE SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation season three cast includes Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Wil Wheaton and Gates McFadden.


05:00PM The Defector

A Romulan defector (James Sloyan) seeking refuge warns Picard (Patrick Stewart) that a major offensive to regain the Neutral Zone will be launched in 48 hours.

Guest stars include James Sloyan, Andreas Katsulas, John Hancock and Simon Templeman.

06:00PM The Hunted

On the planet Angosia, the crew aids in the capture of a prison escapee, whose reputation is belied when Troi interviews him.

Guest stars include Jeff McCarthy, James Cromwell, Colm Meaney, J. Michael Flynn and Andrew Bicknell.

Colin Morgan - Merlin - TV Worth Watcing: Best Bets Jan 4 '13 - Syfy 10/9C

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TV WORTH WATCHING: BEST BETS FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013


... MERLIN

Syfy, 10:00 p.m. ET


SEASON PREMIERE: The fifth and final season of this fantasy series begins, wrapping up the story with Arthur (Bradley James) as King, and with Morgana (Katie McGrath) still out to claim the throne for herself. And last season, she showed that Game of Thrones wasn’t the only show that could revive a dead heroine with help from a magic dragon.


CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO SNEAK PEEK OF MERLIN'S 'ARTHUR'S BANE, PART 1'

Creature From The Black Lagoon - TV Worth Watching: Best Bets Jan 4 '13 - TCM 8/7C

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TV WORTH WATCHING: BEST BETS FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013


... CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET


Three genre films directed by Jack Arnold are presented tonight on TCM, as a prime-time triple feature. After 1954’s Creature launches the three-movie salute, 1955’s Tarantula creeps in (and attempts to creep us out) at 9:30 p.m. ET, followed at 11 p.m. ET by that genre classic, 1957’s The Incredible Shrinking Man.


CLICK HERE FOR THE TCM COMPLETE SCIFI MOVIE MARATHON SCHEDULE

Collin Morgan - Merlin - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best TV Jan 4 '13 - Syfy 10/9C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: TONIGHT'S BEST TV FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows


... Merlin

10-11 PM SYFY, SEASON PREMIERE


Merlin is back for a fifth and final season. Let's just hope he doesn't get too comfy with Queen Guinevere and the Knights of the Round Table by his side. Cause you know that gig won't last the whole season.


CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO SNEAK PEEK OF MERLIN'S 'ARTHUR'S BANE - PART 1'

Timothy Olyphant - Justified - Entertainment Weekly: TV Shows We're Tuning In For

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: 23 TV Shows We're Tuning In For

Jan 4, 2013


... Justified

Premiere date: Jan. 8


Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter, Raymond J. Barry

What to expect this season: For the first time, the season-long arc has marshal Raylan Givens (Olyphant) chasing a mystery not a bad guy. Thirty years ago, a man fell from the sky with a bag of cocaine. The story behind it is something Raylan's jailed father Arlo (Barry) could help unravel. "Arlo's confronted with that and does something in the first episode that we hope is shocking," exec producer Graham Yost says, "and that's part of what sets the whole mystery in motion. I will say this, at the end of last season, Arlo had basically said, 'I was gonna shoot a guy who I thought was you in order to save Boyd [Goggins],' and we kinda thought we were done. And then as we were playing around with this mystery, it was like, 'Oh, this involves Arlo.' So Arlo's actually a huge character this season."

— Mandi Bierly


CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO PREVIEW FOR JUSTIFIED SEASON FOUR

Tom Selleck - Blue Bloods - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Jan 4 '13 - CBS 10/9C

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MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013


... Blue Bloods

10:00 PM, CBS


Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) struggles to hold it together after his son Sean (Andrew Terraciano) is severely injured in a bicycle accident. He needs all the strength he can summon, as he and Kate (Megan Ketch) have a tough case: finding a sniper who's apparently targeting the drivers of gas-guzzling vehicles. Bridget Moynahan also stars in the new episode "Fathers and Sons."


CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE BLUE BLOODS' 'FATHER'S AND SONS' EPISODE TRAILER

Lost Girl - The Gate: Cast Video Interview - Part 2

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THE GATE VIDEO: On set with the cast of 'Lost Girl' season 3: Part 2

Published on Jan 3, 2013

Part two in The GATE's interview with the cast of Lost Girl, season three, featuring Anna Silk (Bo), Kris Holden-Ried (Dyson), Ksenia Solo (Kenzi), Zoie Palmer (Lauren), Rick Howland (Trick), and Rachel Skarsten (Tamsin).

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE GATE 'LOST GIRL' CAST VIDEO INTERVIEW, PART 1

Lost Girl season three premieres on Friday, January 14, 2013 at 10/9C on Syfy.

Colin Morgan - Merlin - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Jan 3 '13 - Syfy 10/9C

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MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013


... Merlin

10:00 PM, SYFY


In Season 5, with Queen Guinevere (Angel Coulby) and the Knights of the Round Table at his side, Arthur (Bradley James) has never felt stronger. But even as Camelot flowers, the seeds of its destruction are being sown. Alexander Vlahos joins the cast this season as Mordred, with special guest stars including Lindsay Duncan, Janet Montgomery, Liam Cunningham, Josette Simon, Sophie Rundle and the return of Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO SNEAK PEEK OF MERLIN'S 'ARTHUR'S BANE - PART 1'

Once Upon A Time - Yahoo! TV: Sunday's Picks Jan 6 '13 - ABC 8/7C

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YAHOO! TV - Weekend Picks - What to Watch This Weekend

A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites airing this Friday, Saturday and Sunday


... Once Upon a Time

SUNDAY 8 PM on ABC


Last we saw the good people of Storybrooke, Emma and Snow were celebrating their return from the fairytale world. Little do they know, though, that Cora and Hook followed them back as well, which sets up a truly epic battle to come. Plus, Emma defends Regina when she’s accused of murdering a fairytale character, and Snow and Prince Charming plan a public execution for the Evil Queen.


CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR ONCE UPON A TIME'S 'QUEEN OF HEARTS'

Once Upon A Time - LA Times Show Tracker: Lana Parrilla Interview

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LOS ANGELES TIMES SHOW TRACKER: Lana Parrilla: An evil queen and a Brooklyn hippie

By Jevon Phillips
January 3, 2013


Lana Parrilla, who plays Regina Mills/the Evil Queen on ABC's "Once Upon a Time," doesn't look very menacing as she reaches over to help with the French press coffee carafe on a recent trip to a Hollywood cafe. There's definitely a softer side to the sometimes vengeful monarch, and to the Puerto Rican/Sicilian actress who inhabits the fairy tale role.

“I grew up in Brooklyn and was tough — kind of loaded with attitude — and then I came here. I'm sure people found me kind of intimidating,” Parrilla says. “I didn't fit in on any level when I moved from Brooklyn to Burbank — on any level. And then I met a bunch of hippies and I became a little hippie myself. A Brooklyn hippie.”

It's that dichotomy that has seemed to fuel not only Parrilla but also the show itself in its second season. As “Once Upon a Time” returns to ABC on Sunday, the characters now know who they are (fairy tale denizens transplanted to a Maine town called Storybrooke years ago by a curse) and have to cope with this knowledge and the return of magic to what was once a magic-less world. Parrilla's Mills, who also is the city's mayor, fights to gain the acceptance/love of her adopted son Henry while resisting the urge to use magic — and sticking it to Snow White's daughter Emma Swan any time she can.

Mills was one of the few characters who actually knew who she was as a fairy tale being, and she, as well as the show's producers, kept the secret safe for most of the first season...



... “I wanted to confuse the audience, so I would do different takes. One where she had the knowledge that she was the Evil Queen, and some where she didn't at all. I would let producers and editors tell which story they wanted to tell,” Parrilla says. “In the beginning it was a creative choice to keep them really different. Then down the road, it's been a blending of the two characters. Now the contrast happens more in the writing, where, in the second season, she's on this road to redemption, but in fairy tale land, it's back to the moments leading up to the curse, so she's the craziest she's ever been. I love the contrast...”


Once Upon A Time returns with new episodes on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 8/7C on ABC. CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO PREVIEW OF 'THE CRICKET GAME'