Any guys want to be on Supernatural?

TVGuide.com says:

On the Supernatural front, the show just put out a casting notice for a thirtysomething vampire who “habitually picks up young women in bars and ‘turns’ them into vampires by having them drink blood. Despite his outward cruelty and vampire super-strength, Dixon is actually a vulnerable, grief-stricken man who can’t face eternity alone and is desperately trying to reconstruct a vampire family.”

So if any of you guy actors want to try that would be pretty cool. This episode is suppose to air in November and the casting started not to long ago.

I like the vampires in Supernatural. I think they are interesting and now I can’t wait to watch this episode. It will be interesting is seeing how the boys deal with this situation. Seems to me like Dean will be rooting for killing the vampire but Sam will understand the vampire.

What do you guys think?

This post was Authored by Dannylion, Our Resident Authority on all things Supernatural

Monday gonna be busy, yah!

According to Buddy TV Lost may be making its way to Monday nights.

It would be like Christmas, every week!

Lost at eight, Heroes at Nine, and then off to bed to dream of Hiro saving Hurley. Huzzah!

In my Fanfic, they are married.

This post was Authored by Justin Mohareb, Our Resident Authority on all things Lost

- In its preview of CBS’s new show Cane, Newsweek magazine details how “CBS doesn’t just want to be popular, it also wants to be cool, and NCIS just isn’t cool.” You can read the entire article here. Wow, what a back-handed compliment! While NCIS has steadily risen in the ratings in its first four years and finished in the top 20 shows last season, demographically NCIS does appeal more to an older audience and not the coveted younger audience networks strive for. Just one more thing to make me feel old!

- It just seems like Mark Harmon has always been a television fixture, but the truth is that NCIS’s Jethro Gibbs is now his longest running role. While Harmon has participated in many television shows, made-for-TV movies and even the occasional motion picture, he has never made it to a 5th season or 100 episodes of any series he’s been on. Scanning his IMDB page here, I see that the closest he ever came was his tenure on Chicago Hope with 4 seasons and 95 episodes. Close…but no cookie!

- David McCallum also counts NCIS as his longest running series this season. His IMDB page shows that though The Man From U.N.C.L.E. did make it to 100 episodes, it never made it to a 5th season.

- David McCallum will celebrate another anniversary this month as he and his wife have been married 40 years! Congrats to “the Duck-man”and his bride Katherine Carpenter.

This post was Authored by Rob Walley, Our Resident Authority on all things NCIS

Chuck Bartowski is all over the internet, and now he’s making sure that you have the tools you need to escape an assassin, should someone email you any secret plans. From The Bachelor Guy

1. Chinese Throwing Stars – Pointy and deadly. ‘Nuff said.

2. Super Glue – Because the world is an imperfect place. If it wasn’t, well, why would an assassin be chasing you?

3. Swiss Army Knife – Terrifying and sharp as the Swiss people themselves.

4. iPhone – To frustrate any assassin trying to type an email or SMS.

5. Morgan Grimes – Clouseau had Cato, Fred had Barney, Tango had Cash… I have Morgan. Mess with the bull, you’ll get the horns.

6. Adidas Track Suit – Comfortable, slimming, elegant, enchanting.

7. Butter – What? Butter isn’t delicious?

8. Nintendo Wii – If you’re going to outrun an assassin you better know how to play Wii Tennis.

9. A Spork – As I’ve always said: the best offense is a good defense.

10. Flamethrower – Because sometimes it’s easier to get your point across by shooting fire out of a gun than it is if you don’t have the capability to shoot fire out of a gun.”

I completely agree with 1, 3, 8, 9, and 10. A spork is a must have item for any occasion, and flamethrowers…well, I can think of a lot of times where things would have been easier if I had a flamethrower.

This post was Authored by Elizabeth, Our Resident Authority on all things Chuck

The show hasn’t started, but the stars are already signing up. According to JustJared

Bilson will play a romantic option for Chuck (Zachary Levi) in a multi-episode arc scheduled to air in late October, according to USA Today

This will put Bilson together with O.C. producer and writer Josh Schwartz, who is also writing and producing Chuck.

I didn’t watch The O.C., and while Rachel Bilson might not be a big name star, it seems like good news that guest stars are already being announced.

Only a little over a week to go! If you have Comcast on Demand, be sure to check out the features there. There are a lot of free previews and interviews, as well as the pilot, available to watch.

This post was Authored by Elizabeth, Our Resident Authority on all things Chuck

I heard the results of the Canadian Idol seconds after it was announced and felt relieved that my front runner to win this gig took home the big prize. Brian Melo, Hamilton native has been crowned Canadian Idol. Tonight I checked the PVR to see the performances.

This is the second time that I have followed Canadian Idol with any real dedication. This is the second time that someone from the city I live in was in the final two.

-Theresa Sokyrka is from Saskatoon - I lived there when she was in the running (and still have a heaping crush on the girl)

-Brian Melo is from Hamilton (blocks from my house, my kids attend the same Boys and Girls Club he did) - I live there now

This is the second time that I feared the “cuter” face will win out instead of the more talented singer.

Never underestimate the preteen hormonally charged voting populace who wanted Jaydee to win because he was so cute.

I had hoped that Brian Melo wins this thing. The guy is an awesome performer. However it makes me sad that Carly Rae Jepson wasn’t in the top two with Brian, though I doubted she would beat him. I still say Greg Neufelt should have been there. If anyone had a chance of giving Brian a run for his money it was Greg. That guy is made of awesome.

This is easily the best year as far as talent goes. I can honestly see myself buying albums from Carly Rae, Greg and of course Brian Melo. I have only been inspired to buy one other album from an Idol Alumni member, but this year I want 3 of them.

Did you follow it? Who did you want to win?

This post was Authored by Rodney Brazeau, Senior Editor for the TVShow Blog and Our Resident Authority on all things Heroes and Smallville

Hey friends of the Survivor watching ilk. Not much Survivor news floating around out there. They gave us the contestants a couple of weeks ago but that’s about it. Now CBS is holding us all in suspense. Can you feel it?

Well our wait is almost over. In one short week Survivor (the greatest reality game that ever was) is back on the air. The usual time and place; Thursday’s at 8 / 7 Central on CBS. Check out CBS.com for details, previews, and junk.

To be honest it’s a little hard to get all worked up about Survivor. It just usually takes a little while to get going. But a couple of episodes into it and once you get to know some people on the show, it takes off. Some seasons are better than other, no doubt, but it’s always some of the best TV on by the end of the season.

This post was Authored by Matt Kjesbo, Our Resident Authority on all things Survivor

I was reading through my latest issue of Entertainment Weekly and caught a small little article on upcoming season. Here’s what they had to say about their take on Star Wars:

EW says:

“We are remaking Star Wars: Episode IV-A New Hope.” Nice start. Who’s who? “Peter is Han Solo, Lois is Leia, Chris is Luke.” And Meg? “I won’t ruin the surprise of who Meg is.”

My money is that Meg will be Jabba the Hutt. They also mention a little about the 100th episode.

“I’m not going to give to much away about that except the title is ‘Stewie Kills Lois.’”

What?!? I’m hooked on this season. Of course, they had me at Star Wars.

This post was Authored by Josh Kelhoffer, Our Resident Authority on all things Adult Swim

TV vet Glen Morgan, best known for producing some of the better seasons of The X-Files, has become the latest castaway in a string of recent shake-ups for NBC’s Bionic Woman. According to Variety, Morgan, who had been co-running the show alongside Battlestar Galactica producer David Eick, left the show early last week with the familiar refrain of “creative differences” being cited as reason for his departure.

Long considered to be one of the highlights of the upcoming fall schedule, Bionic Woman consistently ranks as one of the most anticipated new shows, but this news, coming so soon after similar changes to the cast and characters, makes me question the severity of those “creative differences.” And indeed, it seems there are even more troubling rumors circling the show.

Variety reports:

There had been word around town that “Bionic” was also shutting down production, but an NBC rep said that isn’t the case. However, industry insiders believe it’s possible the show….might take a break for a while in order to give the writers a chance to focus on refining the show’s directions

In another Variety story posted yesterday, Bionic Woman will find that new direction with the help of Jason Katims, who should be familiar to genre fans as the creator and executive producer of the UPN show “Roswell.” This means Katims will be pulling double duty for NBC, as he plans to continue his primary role as showrunner of the network’s critical favorite “Friday Night Lights” while also working with Eick in an as yet undefined role on Bionic Woman.

Bionic Woman has been charged with a standard 13 episode order by the network and is now said to be in production on it’s fifth, which leaves Katims plenty of room to make his presence felt. Even so, this show feels like it’s had a tall order of change in a short amount of time and my hope is these changes fall in the category of final polish and not that of panicked, eleventh hour tinkering.

This post was authored by Jim Titus, a man worth significantly less than Six Million Dollars

So, over the last week or so, I’ve noticed that news on “Moonlight” has been extremely hard to come by. Well, tonight, I saw that CBS had updated their official website for the show with two new videos. One is a 31 second preview for the first episode, “No Such Thing as Vampires.” This first video is titled “Tall, Dark, and Immortal” and the other video is a preview for the first few episodes that runs at just over a minute and is titled “When Darkness Falls.”

CBS has also put up new promo pictures for the show featuring Alex O’Loughlin as Mick St. John, Sophia Myles as Beth Turner, Shannyn Sossamon as Coraline, and Jason Dohring as Josef. These pictures link to biographies for the cast members.

Despite the lack of news about this show, I’m still looking forward to it because the previews are interesting and I’m hoping that the show will be as well.

What do you guys think of these new previews and pictures?

Check out the official Moonlight website by clicking HERE

This post was Authored by Emily Hanson, Our Resident Authority on all things Moonlight

All of the music industry showed up in force at the fresh new take on the previously failing MTV Music Awards. The format is changed (high roller casino, multiple venues within hosted by stars, and focusing on performance instead of awards) and the gem in the crown of the publicity push was Britney Spears imminent “comeback” performance. Well let’s start there.

Let’s start with the good stuff, because it was there. The song is super catchy and fits Britney’s style perfectly. She’s trying to be a little edgier, and the song is destined to be repeated at dance clubs everywhere. Britney LOOKED GOOD. Don’t get me wrong, but Britney 6 months ago was 60lbs heavier having just delivered her second baby. No one faults her for that. But with all the paparrazi pictures showing Brit’s fumbled fashion sense and destructive party habits, I was surprised to see her as slinky as she was. Still not as “fit” as she once was, but good on her.

But the bad part was how bland she peformed the song. I use “performed” loosely as she seemed to forget how to lip synch, and didn’t really dance much at all. The performance itself was lacking. This could really hurt Brit as this seems to be the ONLY thing people are talking about. But is there “no such thing as bad publicity” or have we seen the end of the pop princess.

Add that with the very edgy Sarah Silverman taking shots at everyone in her dry bitter style. Kid Rock and Tommy Lee coming to blows. And Justin Timberlake pleading MTV to actually show more music videos in their mix.

But nothing compares to the further drama llama breeding of Kanye West. Yahoo quotes West’s tantrum when he was shut out on all 5 awards he was nominated for:

“That’s two years in a row, man … give a black man a chance,” West said, stomping around his entourage and directing his comments at a reporter. “I’m trying hard man, I have the … number one record, man.”

West said he never will return to MTV.

I am getting REALLY tired of West’s reverse racism. If something doesn’t go his way then its because he is black. Funny that he has the “number one album” and that happened even though he is black. Maybe it is because they don’t like your whiny “poor me” behaviour. Get over it West! He is threatening never to return to MTV Awards, and I am sure the organizers have no problem with that. He throws disruptive fits like a child every time someone doesn’t leap up his ass.

Do you think this effort to bring the ratings back to the MTV Movie Awards worked? Or did it just drop the axe on the event?

This post was Authored by Rodney Brazeau, Copy Editor for the TVShow Blog and Our Resident Authority on all things Heroes and Smallville

The new season is three weeks away and fresh news has yet to ramp up ( I’m sure this will change soon enough.) But, while I was putting together last weeks story on Pauley Perrette, I discovered a fact that took me completely by surprise. Perrette plays lab technician Abby Sciuto on NCIS and comes across as a very young lady in such a high profile job. I would guess early 20s…MAX! The truth is, Perrette is 38 years old! I think that is so cool, because this makes me feel sooo much younger! But it’s very hard for me to imagine Perrette as anything but but a younger girl.

Does this take anyone else who watches NCIS by surprise?

Let me know.

This post was Authored by Rob Walley, Our Resident Authority on all things NCIS

This Article Contains SPOILERS! You have been warned

The Doctor, Martha, and Captain Jack, with a little jiggery-pokery pursue The Master (in the guise of John Simm of Life On Mars fame) back to the 21st century where the power-mad, homicidal and sometimes very funny timelord has installed himself as Britain’s new PM, one John Saxon.

The episode moves along at a brisk clip, making up for all the set-up of the previous episode, and it’s cliffhanger leaves our heroes in a truly threatening situation. Saxon has made an alliance, of sorts, with an ‘alien’ race known as the Toclafane, who look like escapees from the cult-classic Phantasm, and is cementing his position in the UK, and then… The World!

Simm is awesome, and a wonderful counterpoint to Tennant, the story is great, and the idea that something of this nature has been planned for a couple of years by the show runners is just awesome. I came across a few interesting points about the idea of John Saxon on the David Tennant website which posted articles related to the show. Saxon’s name appears on posters in Torchwood (watch for them), the name is first mentioned on the front of a newspaper in the Series Two episode Love and Monsters, and of course the name and signage have shown through the entire Series Three, much like Bad Wolf did through Series One. And finally Mister Saxon, is an anagram for Master No. Six.

Next week, the Series finale, how will our heroes get out of this mess?

Cons watch: classic whites.

Doctor Who airs Mondays on CBC.

This post was Authored by TD, Our Resident Authority on all things BBC

It seems David Tennant’s time-traveling self may be appearing opposite the hysterical Ricky Gervais in the 80 minute Extras Christmas Special that will be the final installment of that series. In that series, Ricky portrays a bit part actor, who has innumerable, and brilliantly funny brushes with fame through guest stars playing skewed versions of themselves (Bowie was a hoot!

Patrick Stewart talking about naked people, and Kate Winslet talking about phone sex while dressed as a nun? So funny!) and in the second series he scores himself a horrid sitcom with it’s own catchphrase (”Are you having a laugh?…Is he having a laugh?”). Well much like the original Office, Extras will have only two series and a finish up Christmas special, and it looks like Tennant has signed on!

Whats on TVa Brit online TV listings site carried a quick blurb on it, saying that Tennant may be appearing in the special and it may have something to do with his portrayal of Doctor Who.

“David’s a huge fan of the show and extremely popular, so we’ve signed him up. He’ll be in good company as we’re lining up some other great names.”

I was already getting ready for that special, and that just adds gravy to my mashed potatoes!

What do you guys think?

This post was Authored by TD, Our Resident Authority on all things BBC

The Doctor Who spin-off series final comes to the shores of North America with Cap’n Jack Harkness leading the charge.

He’s joined by Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper who appeared in Series One of the New Doctor Who opposite Doctor No. 9, as Gwyneth. Gwen is apparently a descendant, though obviously not of Gwyneth as her character was killed off, and as far as we know, had never had any progeny.

WPC Gwen Cooper is investigating a brutal murder when the crime scene is taken over by the mysterious Torchwood agency, and brings the victim back to life!

Driven by her curiosity, Gwen investigates tracking down the agency and it’s mysterious commander, one Captain Jack Harkness who has secrets of his own.

For a pilot episode, which is always important to consider when evaluating a new show, it pulls off what it wants to do rather well. It’s a darker show than Doctor Who and definitely aimed at the grown-ups, or at least the late teens, as language, and the occasional sex scene makes it’s appearance through the course of the series.

And then there’s Jack. He’s different here, he’s darker and less joyous than he is in the Who world. But still worth your time, and attention.

Welcome back Jack!

Torchwood airs Saturdays on BBCAmerica.

This post was Authored by TD, Our Resident Authority on all things BBC

I make it a habit to spend at least 3 hours a day on IMDb. I decided to head over to the JourneyMan message board to see if there was any juicy info being leaked as there often is. But instead, half of the posts said “Rip-Off of Quantum Leap”.

Now, Quantum Leap(I’m sure most of you remember it) was a sci-fi/drama/comedy/cheesefest show from the late 80s and early 90s. It was a show I’d catch in re-runs on the Sci-Fi channel(It originally ran on NBC). It’s about a guy who, after an experiment goes wrong, has his mind and body transplanted into somebody in the past in order to “right wrongs”. It DOES sound an awful lot like JourneyMan, and the fact that they both are NBC shows doesn’t really help.

However, there are major differences. Quantum Leap focused on the science fiction quite a bit. There were holograms, paradoxes, general sci-fi stuff. I have a feeling that JourneyMan will be more similar to “The Time Traveler’s Wife”. It looks to be more of a fantasy/romance than a sci-fi. And there’s the fact that JourneyMan won’t be “jumping”, mind and body, into people. Sure, it’s familiar territory, but time travel is a very common plot device. And even if it is almost a remake, what’s wrong with that? They’re re-doing Bionic Woman aren’t they? And isn’t Heroes just a Soap-afied X-Men? To me, the differences are obvious. But, do YOU think that the similarities are too eerie? Is NBC being cheap?

This post was Authored by Brian Plyler, Our Resident Authority on all things Journeyman

Darleton sat down with EWto discuss the new batch of actors who’ve been hired for Lost’s fourth season.

The most interesting of the new additions is Jeff Fahey, previously seen in Grindhouse defending a small Texas town and his BBQ sauce
recipe. He’s best known for his role as Job in The Lawnmower Man.

Fahey, who apparently sets up orphanages in war zones, will be joining other newcomers Jeremy Davies, Lance Reddick, Ken Leung, and Rebecca Mader.

The descriptions of the characters are suitably vague. There’s no indication of which faction they’re on; are they unseen others? Are they the new Nikki and Paolo? Are they off the new boat? Some folks
back home in a flashback?

Who knows? Possibly the shadow, but he ain’t telling us.

This post was Authored by Justin Mohareb - The Bitterguy, Our Resident Authority on all things Lost

According to Blockbuster you can now rent several new NBC shows through their Total Access or in store rentals.

“The NBC New Fall Preview DVD is now available for rent exclusively through Blockbuster Online and at participating Blockbuster stores. The DVD features three full shows, plus a two minute preview of Bionic Woman.”

On the DVD are Chuck, Journeyman, and Life. If you haven’t succumbed to Netflix’s recent price drops, check it out. It’s interesting to see NBC and Blockbuster team up this way, I’m curious which company came up with the partnership and if more like it are forthcoming. While I think I would argue if they decided to only allow one rental company to carry their shows, a preview DVD could be a good way to draw in new customers for both of them.

If you’ve got Blockbuster, are you going to rent it? With Chuck being so available, it doesn’t seem to be worth the trouble to me. But I haven’t looked for the other two shows, so maybe it’s worth it for those

This post was Authored by Elizabeth, Our Resident Authority on all things Chuck

Early-adopters of the Blu-ray format should enjoy this bit of news:TVShows on DVD has given these details on the upcoming release:

- Releases on November 13th
- It will release as a six-disc set, with a price-tag of $99.98.
- If you have the original DVD release of Season 1, be prepared to see the same bonus features
- English DTS 5.1 HD Surround Sound

I’m sure any and all Prison Break fans, and anyone else who’s taken note of the ongoing format wars and chosen to support Blu-ray, is glad to see this show arriving in the coming months.

This post was Authored by Matt Archibald, Our Resident Authority on all things Prison Break

from E! Online that “Coach”, Craig T. Nelson is joining the cast of My Name is Earl. Here’s the scoop from E!Online

Well, according to insiders close to the show, Craig T. Nelson—you know, Coach!—is joining the cast of My Name Is Earl to play the warden at Camden County Jail, where Earl is spending time. But he’s no Henry Pope of Prison Break—he’s more into videogames than mind games. We’ll also meet his wife, who just happens to be the governor.

I think I like the casting here. Nelson is pretty good in some of those middle/supporting roles. (As the defendant in “The Devil’s Advocate” comes to mind.) I’m not so sure about having him married to the Governor is. I can already see the cheesy pleas to talk to his wife about a pardon from friends. I guess that’s going to be the way of karma for Earl this go around.

Any thoughts on “Coach’s” role in Earl’s life?

This post was Authored by Marcus West, Our Resident Authority on all things My Name is Earl