Archive for the 'TV News' Category

San Diego Comic Con 2009: Highlights from Sunday

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The 2009 San Diego Comic Con came to an end yesterday in style. The 40th annual SDCC closed with some great panels and stuff, and here are the highlights.
Sunday was more aimed at kids, with the Children’s Film festival, Nickelodeon, the premiere of the new Scooby Doo movie and more being the main attractions for [...]

Doctor Who: The eleventh Doctor’s costume revealed!

Monday, July 20th, 2009

The new series of Doctor Who has started production today! The first photo of eleventh Doctor Matt Smith and Karen Gillan (as new companion Amy Pond) in costume has been released online, as you can see here. The reaction online has been mixed, with some fans unimpressed and others loving the new look.
Personally I think [...]

Doctor Who: Finale Spoiler picture and Torchwood air date

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Doctor Who Finale Screen Grab Reveals Guests
The big Doctor Who news right now is a leaked picture from the filming of the final 2009 specials, in which the tenth Doctor (David Tennant) will finally be beaten by a certain returning bad guy and regenerate into the eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith). The photo was taken during [...]

Futurama returns for 26 new episodes

Friday, June 12th, 2009

So then, Futurama is coming back for 26 brand spanking new episodes, which are to play as two seasons of 13. This is quite frankly awesome. If there was a show that had potential to continue, then it was Futurama.
Granted, the ratings were down when the show was originally taken off the air, but isn’t [...]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles officially cancelled

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Fox have now confirmed the rumour that the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will not be returning for a third season. This is bad news for fans as it is, but it also makes little commercial sense as the story has not been resolved. What was Shirley Manson’s sleek cyborg actually up to? [...]

DOCTOR WHO: Strangest casting rumour yet…. Gillian Anderson?

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

I’ll keep this brief. I’m not going to write in depth on this one until something is confirmed either way. There’s a rumour doing the rounds that X-Files star Gillian Anderson is in talks to play The Rani in the forthcoming fifth series of Doctor Who. While this may sound a bit mad at first, [...]

TERMINATOR: Sarah Connor- Terminated!

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

The TV incarnation of the Terminator franchise, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, will not be returning for a third season in the US, according to news leaked by EW. A source close to the production team on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles said on the site: “It’s done. Everyone has pretty much known for [...]

NEWS ROUNDUP: Ghostbusters 3 news, Monty Python reunite, Star Trek XII and THE WORLD’S END!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Hey all, time for a roundup of some of today’s big stories from the world of geekery. While I’m excited at all four of these stories, I must say that it does kinda say something about the state of the entertainment industry that most of the big stories of late all relate to old or [...]

FARSCAPE 10TH ANNIVERSARY: Remembering the unique Science Fiction show

Friday, March 20th, 2009

If there was a science fiction TV to be broken, then the much loved Farscape series was more than happy to break it. The show that brought us the adventures of John Crichton (Ben Browder) and a not-so-merry band of aliens first hit screens ten years ago (as of March 19th).
It divided opinions for much [...]

DOCTOR WHO: DAVID TENNANT TO LEAVE – OFFICIAL

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

The era of the tenth Doctor is set to close with the special episodes that will air in 2009. David Tennant revealed that he would be laying down his Sonic Screwdriver at the end of the 2009 Doctor Who specials while at the National Television Awards. He will complete the special episodes that are currently [...]