‘Almost Human’ Trailer

‘Almost Human’ Trailer

So apparently in 2048, we’re going to get robot police officers, which actually sounds a little bit scary. But it makes for a great sci-fi TV show concept, amiright? Especially when Karl Urban is involved. Count me in!

JJ Abrams is techincally the executive producer — however much that means for the busy man these days — so we can only hope that this show can get somewhere in the ballpark of Abrams last really good show: Fringe.

The show premieres on Fox, Monday, November 17th, 2013.

Theories About Agent Coulson

Theories About Agent Coulson
Natalie Abrams - TV Guide

Warning! Potential Spoilers for Agents of SHIELD.

It’s the big mystery of the fall TV season: How is Agent Coulson actually alive?

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has yet to answer the question on how the team’s fearless leader Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) is still kicking after being stabbed in the chest by Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in The Avengers. But Tuesday’s episode did offer up another clue that could point us in the right direction. Let’s first take a look at the clues we’ve already been given:

“Pilot” 
Agent Coulson lives! Coulson believes that he died very briefly, but was then…

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Marvel Developing More TV Series

Marvel Developing More TV Series
Russ Fischer - /Film

Now the cat is partially out of the bag about Marvel’s next plan for television. (Is this phase two, or the second half of phase one?) The company has several new shows in development, and while we don’t know much about any one of them, we’ll pass along the first info below. Hint: these probably won’t be on ABC.

There’s so little info on the new projects that we’ll just quote straight from Deadline: “Marvel is quietly putting together a package of four drama series and a miniseries — a total of some 60 episodes — that would be taken out to the VOD and cable space, with Netflix, Amazon and…

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‘House of Cards’ Season 2 Probably the Last

‘House of Cards’ Season 2 Probably the Last
Kevin Jagernauth - The Playlist

Good news for those who think current TV shows stay on far past their welcome, or bad news for those who think “House Of Cards” still has yet to hit its peak, but, according to one person close to the series, the currently in production second season could very well be its last.

The surprising comments came from producer Rick Cleveland, speaking at the Vancouver International Film Festival last week. “ ‘House of Cards’ is only going to go a second season and I think that’s it,” he said. “Kevin Spacey likes to do movies and Robin Wright likes to do movies.” It’s certainly a surprising…

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Meg Ryan to Star In TV Comedy

Meg Ryan to Star In TV Comedy
Nellie Andreeva - Deadline

Sleepless In Seattle and When Harry Met Sally star Meg Ryan is eying a return to television as the star of an NBC comedy series. The project, now in development at the network and sister studio Universal TV, is being written by feature scribe Marc Lawrence (Miss Congeniality franchise), who teamed with the actress in the summer to work on the idea. The single-camera comedy centers on, a sunny, devoted and desperately non-confrontational single mom (Ryan) who decides to return to her New York publishing house where she was once a brilliant editor to find that she now works for Brenda, he…

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The Agents of SHIELD

The Agents of SHIELD

I have really been enjoying the new Marvel/ABC show Agents of SHIELD. It seems like just what I wanted to fill the gap left by the end of Fringe and the cancelation of my favorite new show last year, Alcatraz. I won’t pretend that SHIELD is yet as good as Fringe was, but it has the potential to be. And it ties into the large, Marvel Cinematic Universe — what’s not to like about that?

Well, apparently there’s something not to like about this show because you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting someone who’s ragging on the show for some reason or other. I have to wonder why that is and I…

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‘Agens of SHIELD’ Gets Full Season

‘Agens of SHIELD’ Gets Full Season
Germain Lussier - /Film

The “back-nine” either refers to the second half in a round of golf, or the nine additional episodes a network TV show gets once it shows staying power. And since this isn’t a golf website, it must mean Marvel Studio’s first TV show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., just got a full season pickup for nine more episodes. The back-nine, as it were.

After debuting to stellar numbers, the show has dipped in subsequent weeks, but with competition from two of TV’s most popular shows – NCIS and The Voice -  ABC felt confident enough to renew the show for a full season. We’ll be seeing a lot more of Agent…

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NBC Plans a ‘Remington Steele’ Sequel (gag)

NBC Plans a ‘Remington Steele’ Sequel (gag)
Kimberley Roots - TV Line

Hold on to your lunch you guys…

The undertaking, also named Remington Steele, would center on Olivia Holt, daughter of Remington Steele and Laura Holt (played byPierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist in the original version).

In the comedy, Ms. Holt would reopen her parents’ detective agency and soon find herself in the same kind of funny, action-filled situations that provided the background for Remington and Laura’s five-season-long romance.

I know I’ve probably talked about this thing or that being the worse idea ever, but we have a new contender right here. I love Remington Steele.…

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‘Agents of SHIELD’ Bigger Gains in Time Shifted Viewing

‘Agents of SHIELD’ Bigger Gains in Time Shifted Viewing
Sara Bibel - TV By The Numbers

Based on Live + 3 Day data for the 2nd episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the new ABC drama saw significantly bigger TV playback gains than for its premiere telecast.  The show surged 51% to 4.92 Adult 18-49 rating (vs. a 3.26 rating in L+SD), up from a 38% increase for its debut telecast.   Additionally, the second episode of the show built 39% in L+3 to deliver 12.07 million Total Viewers (vs. 8.66 million viewers in L+SD), up from a 31% increase for its premiere.

I remain completely unsurprised. This is the future of TV. In fact I couldn’t be happier with this. I think (hope)…

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‘SHIELD’ Numbers Drop Drastically for Second Episode

‘SHIELD’ Numbers Drop Drastically for Second Episode
Sara Bibel - TV By The Numbers

What a difference a week makes. The second episode of marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fell to a 3.1 adults 18-49 rating from last week’s huge 4.7. Full morning ratings coming soon!

That’s an unfortunate second week. I think as I’ve discussed on the podcast that the hype surrounding the show really made people’s expectations soar to heights unknown. I mean I don’t know exactly what they thought they were expecting, but it is just a TV show. I think it’s a really good TV show at that, with a lot of potential. And let’s not forget there are a lot of episodes for this thing to get ramped up…

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