The symmetry between Felicity Smoak on “Arrow” and her mother Donna is fascinating; the two may not have much in common in terms of their respective narratives, but their story behind the scenes is remarkably similar. When Emily Bett Rickards and then Charlotte Ross were cast as their characters, the intention was never to have either […]
The season 3 premiere of “Agents of SHIELD” on ABC Tuesday night accomplished quite a bit. For one, it threw Jemma Simmons completely into parts unknown, and the featured many of the Agents having to spend so much time worry about other things that she could not always be on the top of the priority list. […]
Is there a takeaway from the fall TV season so far? We’re not so sure that there really is given that it was only nine days ago that the season officially started, but there is one lesson that Tuesday did drill into our head: Hype does not always mean success. At this time a year ago, was […]
While we write this article, we wonder if someone in “Survivor” casting is kicking themselves for not asking Jeff Varner back on the show before now. Yes, we know that he barely made the merge on “Survivor: Australia,” but given that you’ve practically given half the cast at this point a chance to return (yes, we’re […]
Throughout the majority of the pre-show hype for “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” the one thing that we kept hearing time and time again were a series of grumpy people (mostly either in the media or on Twitter) saying that “he’s no Jon Stewart.” Well, the funny thing is that based on the first […]
The more that we hear about “Once Upon a Time” and its returning cast of characters for season 5, the happier we ultimately are. Jamie Chung and Meghan Ory are both coming back as Mulan and Red / Ruby, and it now looks like David Anders is going to be stopping by once more as […]
Remember how ABC loves to put some of its shows on extended hiatuses at midseason? This is a pattern that they started to set with “Once Upon a Time,” but have extended it to a variety of other shows including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal,” and Marvel’s “Agents of SHIELD.” Now, it is more or less confirmed that “Castle” […]
Come the end of next week’s “The Bastard Executioner” episode, we are going to be at the halfway mark for season 1. That in itself is a fairly scary concept. It was mere weeks ago we were starting to see the series get off its feet, and now so much as happened! By this, we […]
It is odd to be saying this given how many media-types out there during “Sons of Anarchy” complained about the length of some of the episodes, but with Kurt Sutter’s new show “The Bastard Executioner,” we are actually starting to think that it could benefit from running more than just a few minutes over the hour. […]
We are down to the final four artists on this season of “Ink Master” and with this being the last challenge they will have to face before finale night, the judges are not going to take it easy on them, so it was no surprise to hear that next week’s challenge is going to put […]
