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In the 1987 movie adaptation of John Updike’s novel The Witches of Eastwick, the “little devil” Darryl Van Horne beds the three heroines in the first act.In the television series airing on ABC (in Canada it broadcasts on A), we’re five episodes in and Van Horne hasn’t slept with anyone yet. But that’s not for his lack [...]

In the world of television, big set-ups can lead to big disappointments. Dallas tried to erase an entire story line by claiming it was all a dream. The big answer in Battlestar Galactica was banal: the human-cylon hybrids are us.When Supernatural wrapped its fourth season, it did so with the cliffhanger revelation — [...]

The CinemaSpy fall television preview concludes with a look at the schedules for the rest of the cable networks. The cable broadcasters have typically left the traditional fall season to the main networks, and this year is no exception, so there’s less to skip here because there’s less to consider. Please keep in mind [...]

The CinemaSpy fall television preview continues with a look at the schedules for The CW and Fox. Please keep in mind that the premiere dates stated here are subject to change. Make sure you check your local listings for those shows you’re most excited about.The CW: WatchI’m not a big fan of soap opera television, wheth [...]

September is here, and that means its time to get ready for some new television shows to debut, and for some favorites to return to the airwaves.To ensure you’re prepared, I’m running down the schedules of the major broadcasters, noting the scripted series I think are worth watching, and some I advocate you not waste t [...]

Warehouse 13, the new Syfy series, is formulaic, but the paranormal-tinged adventure pulls it off with some crafty writing and clever casting.It’s a high-concept premise that borrows from such precursors as Friday the 13th: The Series, The X-Files and Eureka: in the rural reaches of South Dakota is a massive warehouse [...]

Note: Edited on June 7 to revise air date of ‘Virtuality’.So much pomp and circumstance is reserved for the fall television premieres, but for a couple of years, I’ve been more excited about the shows that air during the hot summer months. And from quirky Psych to cooly subversive The Closer, from new a-lister Burn N [...]

I skipped Supernatural when it first came on the air in 2005. It was on The WB back then, and I made the mistake of judging the book by its cover.Being produced and shot in Vancouver, I pegged the show as an X-Files clone with more monsters and fewer aliens. That just didn’t interest me.Over the years, I’d catch scenes [...]

In the next week, we’ll be finding out the fate of your favorite television shows, and learning which off the myriad pilot projects we’ll see on our tubes this fall. Officially. It’s a tradition called the Upfronts.NBC jumped the gun with it’s “Infronts” earlier in May when it announced the cancellation of [...]

I didn’t really like Fringe when it first started. It was forced and awkward, the plots too contrived, the performances by Anna Torv as FBI special agent Olivia Dunham and Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop weak.But I kept watching the show for two reasons. First, I felt that creator and executive producer J.J. Abrams, the [...]