Sunday, January 13, 2013

Fringe - Whedonopolis: Lance Reddick Video Interview

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WHEDONOPOLIS: Lance Reddick at Paley Center's Fringe Event

The Paley Center had a special event Wedensday night (Jan 9th) which included a couple of cast and crew of the fan favorite scifi show "Fringe". They had a mixer and screened the tonight's episode of Fringe. Libya El-Amine was there and had a brief interview with Lance Reddick.


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The Fringe two-hour series finale airs Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8/7C on FOX. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SERIES FINALE PROMO.

Fringe - Whedonopolis: J.H. Wyman Video Interview

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WHEDONOPOLIS: JH Wyman at Paley Center's Fringe Event

The Paley Center had a special event Wednesday night (Jan 9th) which included a couple of cast and crew of the fan favorite scifi show "Fringe". They had a mixer and screened the tonight's episode of Fringe. Libya El-Amin was there and had a brief interview with Executive Producer J.H. Wyman.

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The Fringe two-hour series finale airs Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8/7C on FOX. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SERIES FINALE PROMO.


Being Human - TV Equals: Executive Producer Anna Fricke Video Interview

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BEING HUMAN - TV EQUALS: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANNA FRICKE VIDEO INTERVIEW

Anna Fricke on Being Human Season 3

Anna Fricke who is the executive Producer on the Syfy series Being Human talked about the upcoming third season of the series, including what is up for the cast.

Being Human returns on January 14 at 9/8c on on Syfy.

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

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SNEAK PEEK OF 'IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY' BEING HUMAN'S SEASON 3 PREMIERE EPISODE.

Being Human - TV Equals: Sam Huntington Video Interview

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BEING HUMAN - TV EQUALS: SAM HUNTINGTON VIDEO INTERVIEW

Sam Huntington on Being Human Season 3

Sam Huntington who plays Josh on the Syfy series Being Human talked about the upcoming third season of the series, including what is up for his character and more.

Being Human returns on January 14 at 9/8c on on Syfy.

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

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SNEAK PEEK OF 'IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY' BEING HUMAN'S SEASON 3 PREMIERE EPISODE.

Being Human - TV Equals: Amy Aquino Video Interview

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BEING HUMAN - TV EQUALS: AMY AQUINO VIDEO INTERVIEW

Amy Aquino (Donna) on Being Human Season 3

Amy Aquino who plays Donna on the Syfy series Being Human talked about being a new addition to the cast this upcoming third season of the series.

Being Human returns on January 14 at 9/8c on on Syfy.

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

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SNEAK PEEK OF 'IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY' BEING HUMAN'S SEASON 3 PREMIERE EPISODE.

Fringe - Give Me My Remote TV: J.J. Abrams Video Interview

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GIVE ME MY REMOTE TV VIDEO: FRINGE: J.J. Abrams on the Show's Evolution, and the 'Satisfying' and 'Inevitable' Finale

Fringe 2-hour series finale airs Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8/7C on FOX. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO PROMO.

Being Human - TV Equals: Kristen Hager Video Interview

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BEING HUMAN - TV EQUALS: KRISTEN HAGER VIDEO INTERVIEW

Kristen Hager on Being Human Season 3

Kristen Hager who plays Nora on the Syfy series Being Human talked about the upcoming third season of the series, including what is up for her character and more.

Being Human returns on January 14 at 9/8c on on Syfy.

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

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SNEAK PEEK OF 'IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY' BEING HUMAN'S SEASON 3 PREMIERE EPISODE.

Being Human - TV Equals: Meaghan Rath Video Interview

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BEING HUMAN - TV EQUALS: MEAGHAN RATH VIDEO INTERVIEW

Meaghan Rath on Being Human Season 3

Meaghan Rath who plays Sally on the Syfy series Being Human talked about the upcoming third season of the series, including what is up for her character and more.

Being Human returns on January 14 at 9/8c on on Syfy.

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

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SNEAK PEEK OF 'IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY' BEING HUMAN'S SEASON 3 PREMIERE EPISODE.


Being Human - TV Equals: Sam Witwer Video Interview

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BEING HUMAN - TV EQUALS: SAM WITWER VIDEO INTERVIEW

Sam Witwer on Being Human Season 3

Sam Witwer who plays Aidan on the Syfy series Being Human talked about the upcoming third season of the series, including what is up for his character and more.

The series returns on January 14 at 9/8c on on Syfy.

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

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SNEAK PEEK OF 'IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY' BEING HUMAN'S SEASON 3 PREMIERE EPISODE.

Once Upon A Time - Los Angeles Times: Lana Parrilla Interview

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LOS ANGELES TIMES: 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...

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... “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 airs Sunday at 8/7C on ABC. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR 'THE OUTCAST' AIRING SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2013.

Lost Girl - TV Guide Canada: Anna Silk Interview

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TV GUIDE CANADA: Is Bo the villain of ‘Lost Girl’ Season 3?

Anna Silk says Bo has the potential to go to the dark side.

by Emily Gagne
January 4, 2013


[Syfy's] Lost Girl is about to get a little more lost. Like Willow in Season 6 of Buffy lost. Series star Anna Silk tells TV Guide Canada that her succubus heroine, Bo, has the “potential” to be the Big Bad of the upcoming third season.

[Season 3] is about [Bo] having to come to terms with who she is, and that being fae doesn’t just mean having to choose between light and dark,Silk reveals in a recent one-on-one interview.

For Bo in particular, it means something else. And it could mean something dangerous and dark.

Silk says Season 3 features multiple antagonists and that, “if things go in a certain direction,” Bo could definitely be one of them.

Bo is more powerful than she knows,” Silk teases. “She’s more powerful than everyone knows! Except for maybe Trick. He seems to know everything!

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Lost Girl season 3 premieres Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10/9C in the US on Syfy. CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO SNEAK PEEK OF 'CAGED FAE.'

Grimm - Variety: NBC Web Series Jan 25 '13

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VARIETY: NBC explores 'Grimm' possibilities online

Young writers key to network's digital content

By AJ Marechal
Jan. 7, 2013


A growing online fanbase is encouraging NBC to dramatically increase the volume of original digital content it produces to keep viewers of its TV shows engaged in between seasons, while also giving young writers a platform through which to launch their careers.

To complement the Peacock's procedural-fantasy drama "Grimm," the net tapped Nicholas Peet, a writer's assistant on the show, to produce a Web series that will bow on NBC.com on Jan. 25. ("Grimm" is currently on hiatus and will return to NBC's air in March.)

As the show's head Digital Writer, Peet is producing four short webisodes that he penned and directed. Series centers on fan fave character Monroe and Rosalee's Spice Shop...


Grimm season 2.5 returns with NEW episodes on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 9/8C on NBC. CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO PROMO.

Grimm cast includes David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee, Bree Turner and Claire Coffee.

NCIS - Belfast Telegraph: Mark Harmon Interview

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BELFAST TELEGRAH: Harmon: NCIS - lucky to be average

9 January 2013


NCIS star Mark Harmon has said NCIS has managed to go on such a long time because it started out as "middle of the range".

The 61-year-old actor has starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs for 10 years, and is proud to have made ten seasons of the CBS crime show, which he said never got too hyped up, but has managed to survive being cancelled.

Mark said: "We had time to nurture the show, we had time to grow. We weren't good enough to get attention, we weren't bad enough to get cancelled. We just were kind of in this mid range where we just got to do the show..."

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... The show, which has spawned several spin-offs including NCIS: Los Angeles, is filmed out on location in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, and Mark believes that doesn't just have financial advantages.

He said: "No one wanted to drive out there, except the cast. The network left us alone, we were just out there doing the show, and I think there was great advantage in that over time..."


NCIS airs Tuesday at 8/7C on CBS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR 'SHIVA' AIRING JANUARY 15, 2013.

Mark Harmon - NCIS - Belleville News Democrat: Answer Man: Explaining Curtis' role on 'NCIS'

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BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT: Answer Man: Explaining Curtis' role on 'NCIS'

By ROGER SCHLUETER
January 12, 2013


Q. During "NCIS" last season, Jamie Lee Curtis was almost a regular. What happened to her and her character? She has not appeared this season, and there has been no mention of her, either.

-- Jane, of Germantown



A. Fortunately for Special Agent Gibbs, Dr. Samantha Ryan is not playing hard to get. For her own safety, she's now simply trying not to be found.

As you know, Jamie Lee Curtis entered the "NCIS" universe last year as the head of the Department of Defense's Psychological Operations Division. In what was supposed to be a brief two-episode stint, the lovely Dr. Ryan was called on to investigate the alleged suicide of Navy reservist and psychiatrist Dr. Robert Banks.

But Curtis' appearance set ratings ablaze, so they wrote her into three more episodes and let the romantic sparks fly between her and the once-widowed and apparently thrice-divorced Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), who heads the NCIS' Major Case Response Team.

... But no arrangements were made to write Ryan into season 10, so her and Gibbs' budding romance came to a tragic end -- at least, temporarily -- during that explosive final episode of season nine last spring.

At the time, Ryan was probing the mind of Harper Dearing, a wealthy venture capitalist-turned-terrorist who blamed the NCIS for the death of his son aboard a ship that proved to have a faulty hull.

Like most terrorists, Dearing didn't appreciate the attention, so he began playing dirty. First, he contacted Ryan and implied that he knew her son was living nearby and that he would abduct him if she didn't back off his case.

As an additional threat, Dearing managed to have a judge release her ex-husband, a well-known felon, on a technicality. Fearing for their safety, Ryan grabbed her son and ran and has not been seen since.

... For now, though, you'll have to be satisfied following the show's ins and outs at the NCIS Database at ncis.wikia.com and www.cbs.com.


NCIS airs Tuesday at 8/7C on CBS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR NCIS' 'SHIVA' AIRING JANUARY 15, 2013.

Continuum - Hollywood Soapbox: Rachel Nichols & Victor Webster Interview

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HOLLYWOOD SOAPBOX: INTERVIEW: ‘Continuum’ stars, creator talk about the future

January 10, 2013
By John Soltes

The highly anticipated Canadian sci-fi series, Continuum, is set to premiere Stateside on Syfy on Monday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. The time-travel tale, featuring Rachel Nichols and Victor Webster, may largely take place in the present day, but it’s no typical police procedural.

Nichols plays Kiera Cameron, a law-enforcement agent who mistakenly gets catapulted from 2077 to the present day. She’s on the hunt for a murderous gang of terrorists known as Liber8. In the future, these “freedom fighters” battle against the corporatized world and lack of democracy. Because they disturb the status quo, they’re deemed a threat to the state. After a deadly explosion kills thousands, the group is sentenced to a collective capital punishment. But just as they’re about to check out of this futuristic world, they’re real plans come to fruition. The terrorists use a device to transport themselves back more than 50 years, and Cameron, who tried to stop the time jump, gets stuck in the whirlwind.

Now it’s up to this solo officer, with the help of a present-day detective (Webster), to save the future by changing the past.

Continuum’s inaugural season will air on Syfy, but the Canadian hit show has already been picked up for a second season...

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Continuum cast: Lexa Doig (Sonya Valentine), Roger R. Cross (Travis Berta), Victor Webster (Carlos Fonnegra), Rachel Nichols (Kiera Cameron), Erik Knudsen (Alec Sadler) and Stephen Lobo (Matthew Kellog).



... Hollywood Soapbox: The genre has a lot of fans, and there’s some really great work out there. Are there some inspirations … or sci-fi you’ve enjoyed before signing up for Continuum?


Victor Webster: "I’m a huge sci-fi fan. I love all the Star Wars movies. I’ve watched TV shows since I was a kid, like Manimal, dating back to when I was in my early teens. I’m a big kid now and my imagination is very vivid. So I love shows that let me explore that and let me go out and see all that. So anything that deals with sci-fi, space, technological gadgets, super powers, I’m in."


Hollywood Soapbox: This vision of the future in 2077, it’s pretty dystopian, a little bleak with the corporations and such. Kind of Orwellian almost. Do you think that’s where we’re headed? I know it’s just one artist’s, one creator’s vision, but do you think that might be where we’re headed?


Rachel Nichols: "I think that’s one of the really interesting things about the show, and the fact that the sci-fi genre allows you to go to these places and have this idea of the future. And people accept it, and then they do ask that question: Is this where we are headed?

I hope not, because I happen to really enjoy food and running water and live animals. The future looks pretty bleak, as far as I’m concerned. But you know there’s a lot to be said for some of the different events and issues that we take on in the first 10 episodes of the show. And I’m sure in season two, we’ll dive into even more. But yeah there definitely is that recurring question of, is this really where we’re headed? And what can we possibly do to prevent that from happening?
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Continuum cast includes Erik Knudsen, Rachel Nichols, Victor Webster, Stephen Lobo, Stargate Universe's Jennifer Spence; Stargate SG-1's Tony Amendola and Lexa Doig; Richard Harmon, Omari Newton, Brian Markinson and Roger R. Cross.

Continuum premieres in the US on Syfy on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 8/7C. CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO SNEAK PEEK OF THEIR PREMIERE EPISODE, 'A STITCH IN TIME.'

Lost Girl - Toronto Star: Anna Silk Interview

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LOST GIRL - TORONTO STAR: ANN SILK INTERVIEW

by Rob Salem
January 05, 2013


... Another successful Canadian series returning for a new season [Monday] night is the fantasy thriller Lost Girl, starring Anna Silk as a supernatural succubus named Bo.

Lost Girl, too, has its secrets of the season and Silk is not about to spill them.

Well, umm, I can tell you what the third season is about in sort of general terms,” she hedges. “For Bo, the sort of theme for the season is all about discovery. She really learns, very quickly, that being ‘fae’ is a lot more complicated than just choosing a light or dark side, and just having her powers. There’s a lot more responsibility to it than that.

In Season 3 she also faces probably the biggest challenge that she’s ever faced, and that forces her to really come to grips with who she is and what she is . . . it’s always so hard for me to be specific...

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Lost Girl season three premieres in the US on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10/9C on Syfy. In Canada, Lost Girl premiered on Sunday, January 6, 2013 on Showcase.

Lost Girl season three cast includes Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland, K.C. Collins and new cast member, Rachel Skarsten, in a recurring role as “Tamsin.”

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO SNEAK PEEK OF LOST GIRL'S 'CAGED FAE' SEASON THREE PREMIERE EPISODE.

Lost Girl - Huffington Post: Anna Silk Interview

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HUFFINGTON POST: 'Lost Girl' Anna Silk On Season 3's 'Bad' Bo And Guest Star Linda Hamilton

01/04/2013
by Annette Bourdeau


Get ready to see "Lost Girl" Bo as you've never seen her before. As the end of season 2 hinted at, the sexy succubus (Anna Silk) is going to be channeling much more of her dark side throughout the new season. That means everything will be shaken up, including her core relationships with Kenzi, Lauren and Dyson.

The show has attracted a legion of loyal followers since it debuted in 2010, and it's easy to see why. It really does have something for everyone: a little fantasy, a lot of action and plenty of raw, true-to-life relationships. In fact, Bo's complex love affair with Lauren (Zoie Palmer) has earned accolades for its realistic depiction of a same-sex relationship.

HuffPost TV Canada caught up with Silk to find out everything we could about season 3. While Silk was understandably tight-lipped (nobody likes spoilers, after all), we did manage to get her to spill about what it's like playing 'bad' Bo, touching moments she's had with fans and the show's most perfect guest star ever, Linda Hamilton...

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... Q: So what's going on with Dyson [Kris Holden-Ried] this season?


Anna Silk: "Dyson's definitely more present in Bo's life. From the very moment Bo met Dyson, there was this element of deep trust she had, but also this really strong element of danger that he has. Kris as Dyson is pretty dangerous. Kris is pretty goofy in real life, he's not so dangerous! [Laughs] But he brings this weight and danger to Dyson. That's always there, and that's the thing that still appeals to Bo on a lot of different levels..."


Lost Girl season three premieres in the US on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10/9C on Syfy. In Canada, Lost Girl premiered on Sunday, January 6, 2013 on Showcase.

Lost Girl season three cast includes Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland, K.C. Collins and new cast member, Rachel Skarsten, in a recurring role as “Tamsin.”


CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO SNEAK PEEK OF LOST GIRL'S 'CAGED FAE' SEASON THREE PREMIERE EPISODE.

Lost Girl - the TV addict: Anna Silk Video Interview

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THE TV ADDICT VIDEO: Snappy Answers to Silly Questions with LOST GIRL Star Anna Silk

Lost Girl season three premieres in the US on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10/9C on Syfy. In Canada, Lost Girl premiered on Sunday, January 6, 2013 on Showcase.

Lost Girl season three cast includes Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland, K.C. Collins and new cast member, Rachel Skarsten, in a recurring role as “Tamsin.”




Being Human - Syfy Video: 'It's A Shame About Ray' First Four Minutes Airs Jan 14 '13

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BEING HUMAN - SYFY VIDEO: 'IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY' - FIRST FOUR MINUTES SNEAK PEEK - SEASON THREE PREMIERES MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 AT 9/8C

Check out the first four minutes of Being Human Season 3. Catch the first all new episode on Monday, January 14 at 9/8c on Syfy.

After being grounded, Aidan (Sam Witwer) resurfaces to discover that the vampire community has changed drastically; the ghost of Sally (Meaghan Rath) tries everything to get out of limbo, Josh (Sam Huntington) and Nora (Kristen Hager) face Ray (Andreas Apergis) and a strange visitor searches Boston for them.

Guest stars include Mark Pellegrino, Bobby Campo, Ellen David, Katherine Denkinson, Kate Drummond, Andreas Apergis and Katharine Isabelle.

Once Upon A Time - Yahoo! TV: Sunday's Picks Jan 13 '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


Determined to get back to the land of fairy tales to find his son Bae, Mr. Gold concocts a powerful spell this week… and finds an unlikely guinea pig to test it on. Plus, Belle runs into a vengeance-minded Hook in Storybrooke Harbor and joins forces with Mulan in the fairy tale world to slay the fierce beast known as the Yaoguai. Disney princess power!


CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR ONCE UPON A TIME'S 'THE OUTSIDER'

Fringe - TV Guide: Weekend TV Jan 11 '13

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TV GUIDE: Weekend TV Playlist: Fringe, Banshee, Girls Returns, Golden Globes, More

Jan 11, 2013
by Matt Roush


Next Friday, it will all be over for fans of Fox's super-freaky but deeply heartfelt sci-fi extravaganza Fringe. And quite a ride it's been, through parallel universes and surreal head trips and baffling time leaps, landing its heroes into a climactic war for humanity's survival against the invading Observers, oppressive Mean Baldies from the future who favor intellect over pesky emotion.

Tender moments abound amid the manhunt tension in Friday's penultimate episode (9/8c), which explores several pertinent and profound father-son bonds as Walter (the great John Noble) immerses himself, Altered States-style, in the sensory-deprivation tank in hopes of forging a psychic connection with the mysterious "Donald," who was revealed last week to be the sympathetic Observer known as September (Michael Cerveris, and what a shock it is to see him with a shock of hair). The delightful explanation of how "Donald" got his name is just one of many reveals in this hour, including the significance of silent and solemn Observer child "Michael" — the episode is titled "The Boy Must Live," a throwback to past events and future peril — and finally we get details of the much-discussed "plan" that could vanquish the Observers. (One of the weakest and silliest elements of this final season was the endless quest to retrieve bits and pieces of Walter's plan on scattered VHS tapes — why not just record it on 8-tracks? — frozen in amber.)

In the future, whether on tape or disc or computer stream or whatever cloud our TV archives will exist within, Fringe will shine as a rare example of unfettered imagination given free rein to do its own thing, tell its wild story in its own fashion, reinventing itself season to season (some more successfully than others) while always taking us to unexpected places. Though never a pop-culture sensation on the level of The X-Files, Fox kept it going longer than most of us could have hoped, and for those loyal few who still care, we can't wait for the payoff...


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The Fringe two-hour series finale airs Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8/7C on FOX. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SERIES FINALE PROMO.