July 16, 2008
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It's absolutely impossible for one person to attend San Diego Comic-Con and see everything of interest. The schedule is so jam-packed with panels, celebrities, special screenings and Q&As that things often overlap each other and create conflicts of interest. For example, if you want to see the stars of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles you're going to have to miss the panels for Lost and Heroes. Want to see the cast of Pushing Daisies? Prepare to miss the cast of Chuck. While Comic-Con is a TV fan's dream come true, it can also be a regular Sophie's Choice full of gut-wrenching decisions.
The folks behind Comic-Con recently released the busy schedule for Friday, July 25 and Saturday the 26th. Read on for all the important TV-related panels, and remember that BuddyTV will be reporting from the convention beginning next week.
June 17, 2008
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Now that we're only a few months away from the kick off of the fall season, numerous television shows are recruiting new actors. Premiering programs are adding main cast members, returning series are booking recurring roles, and familiar faces from other shows are landing new, exciting jobs. It feels like nearly every actor in Hollywood is signing up for something. Let's just cross our fingers and hope that the rumored Screen Actors Guild strike, which could happen in July, doesn't derail things.
Today we have casting news for Knight Rider, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and a few other shows. Read on for all the details.
June 10, 2008
It's been obvious since Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered that FOX thought very highly of the series. Their star-studded premiere of Terminator last January was a big, highly-hyped event, and the promotion for the series was far-reaching. FOX's belief in Terminator is not ill-founded; the series is good, a worthy entry into the Terminator canon. Though the series received respectable ratings numbers over its nine season one episodes, they probably weren't what FOX was hoping for. If The Sarah Connor Chronicles weren't inextricably linked to a massive film franchise (and, remember, FOX is making the fourth Terminator film as we speak) it probably wouldn't have been picked up for a second season. But, it was, and now FOX has to try and sell the show to TV viewers who declined to tune in for the first season. How will they do this? Well, FOX announced today that they will be airing all nine season one Terminator episodes in a span of two weeks this August.
June 9, 2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was one of the 2007-2008 television season's most pleasant surprises, impressing fans of the Terminator franchise with a dense story, quality casting and an exciting level of action for network television. Despite so-so ratings, FOX opted to pick up Terminator for a second season. The Sarah Connor Chronicles is currently in production on the second season, which will debut in September. If you missed the first season, you can get a hold of all nine first-season episodes on August 19, when FOX releases the complete first season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on DVD and Blu-Ray. The three-disc set is priced a little lower than your typical TV season on DVD, thanks to the abbreviated season. The DVDs will retail at $30 and the Blu-Ray at $40.
May 29, 2008
Shirley Manson is not a name synonymous with episodic television. The Garbage lead singer has long been a fan favorite among a certain subset of music fans, mostly of the Grunge variety, and they may not be overly enthused by her new gig: Manson has signed on to join the cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. FOX's Terminator is ramping up for production on season two, and Manson will play Catherine Weaver, the CEO of a state-of-the-art high-tech company. Whatever that is. The company will surely have somethiing to do with the development of SkyNet. Manson has not really dabbled in acting at all over the past two decades – Terminator will easily be her most high-profile TV work.
May 15, 2008
FOX is the final network to have its upfronts this week. As far as upfront weeks go, it hasn't been the most exciting. In this Internet age we live in, secrets are almost impossible to keep – we all knew which shows were being canceled and which weren't. We knew which new series were going to be picked up. The one thing that networks can keep secret, however, are their final schedules. FOX released two schedules today, one for Fall and one for the Spring. Below, you will find the Fall schedule, followed by a look at the new series and some commentary.