The Canadian adventure-drama series Arctic Air has been renewed for a second season. The show, which airs on CBC, is centered on a Yellowknife-based maverick airline. The first season of Arctic Air was watched by the largest audience for a new CBC drama series in 15 years. According to a press release, it premie [...]
Category Archives: Television News
Gossip Girl Moves to Syfy’s Haven
The creepy Maine town of Haven is getting a new resident: Bree Williamson is moving in. The actress, who has previously been seen in Gossip Girl and One Life to Live, joins stars Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant and Eric Balfour in the upcoming third season of the show that bears the town’s name. She will play psychiatrist [...]
FOX Condemns Alcatraz to Cancellation
Well, we can’t say we’re surprised by this news: FOX has cancelled Alcatraz. The network has condemned the entertaining but not quite convincing sci-fi-mystery-procedural mash-up to the usually inescapable prison of TV history after only one season (or really just a half-season, given that it ran for only 13 episodes [...]
AMC Taps Walking Dead Creator Robert Kirkman for New Series, Thief of Thieves
AMC is preparing to develop a TV series adaptation of Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s new produced comic book, “Thief of Thieves”. According to Deadline, the show will be a series of heist stories, described by Kirkman as follows: “Much like The Walking Dead brought horror to television in a unique and ground [...]
No Glee for Fringe and Alcatraz Fans but FOX has Renewed Music, Comedy and Drama
FOX left fans of Fringe and Alcatraz hanging today after it announced the return of three shows that conspicuously did not include that sci-fi duo. The musical series Glee, the light-hearted drama Raising Hope and the comedy New Girl will all come back for another season on FOX. The first of those returns for a [...]
Game of Thrones, Homeland, Colbert Report Land Peabody Awards
The HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones has been grabbing lots of media headlines lately courtesy of its stunning second season premiere and the release of Season One to the in-home market. Now this high quality fantasy series can add another accolade to the critical praise it has been getting: Winner of a Peabody Aw [...]
Production to Begin on Season 3 of Haven on April 18
The cast and crew of Showcase’s supernatural mystery series Haven are heading back to the coast of Nova Scotia for April 18, which has been announced as the official start date for production on Season 3 of the show Loosely based on the novella The Colorado Kid by Stephen King, Haven follows former FBI agent Aud [...]
Alcatraz Season Finale Sneak Peek
Alcatraz reaches its season finale tonight (Monday) evening on FOX in the US and CityTV in Canada. To get you excited, the former network has released a sneak preview, which you can watch below. Like the series premiere, the at-times high octane climax of the 13-episode (hopefully) opening season consists of two [...]
BBC Reveals New Doctor Who Companion
The BBC has announced the Doctor’s new companion for the 50th anniversary season of the British sci-fi show Doctor Who. Jenna-Louise Coleman will be alongside Matt Smith as The Doctor, Steven Moffat, the show’s lead writer and executive producer revealed today. The following is adapted from an official BBC press [...]
