Posted by Dustin on 02.23.2014 at 12:07 am

NEW EVENT MINISERIES ‘HEROES REBORN’ COMES TO NBC IN 2015

Tim Kring to Executive Produce 13 New Episodes of Groundbreaking Series ‘Heroes’

An iconic series that still commands a rabid fan base, “Heroes” will return to the network in 2015 as an event miniseries with original creator and executive producer Tim Kring at the helm, it was announced today by NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke.

NBC has ordered 13 episodes for a new stand-alone story arc entitled “Heroes Reborn,” with all details of storylines and characters being kept under wraps.

“The enormous impact ‘Heroes’ had on the television landscape when it first launched in 2006 was eye-opening,” said NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke. “Shows with that kind of resonance don’t come around often and we thought it was time for another installment. We’re thrilled that visionary creator Tim Kring was as excited about jumping back into this show as we were and we look forward to all the new textures and layers Tim plans to add to his original concept. Until we get closer to air in 2015, the show will be appropriately shrouded in secrecy, but we won’t rule out the possibility of some of the show’s original cast members popping back in.”

The original series chronicled the life-changing stories of a series of unrelated ordinary people who discovered they had superhuman abilities. As the saga unfolded, they learned they were part of a grand plan that brought them together to change the world.

With the return of “Heroes Reborn,” NBC will launch a digital series prior to the 2015 premiere that will introduce the characters and new storylines. This leveraging of social media is a way for fans to re-engage with what was one for the true pioneers in multiplatform storytelling.

The iconic sci-fi series, which ran on NBC from 2006-10 and was an immediate hit, ranked as television’s #1 new drama with an average audience of 14.5 million viewers during its initial season. The show was Golden Globe-nominated in its first year of eligibility for best drama series; it won the BAFTA Award for best international series, the AFI Award, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Award, two People’s Choice Awards and the Television Critics Association Award for Program of the Year.

“Heroes” remains one of the best-selling TV series on DVD of all time with more than 10 million units sold.

Posted by Dustin on 02.09.2014 at 6:08 pm

So I thought of the few network shows hat had returned early from winter hiatus that we’d still get to see them through the Olympics. Sadly no! Nashville is repeats until the end of February, when other ABC shows slowly start to return.

The latest episode featured another death. This one was shocking, unlike Peggy’s, who I think most viewers weren’t sad to see go. With Lamar out of jail, the tension began building. Teddy was certain that Lamar was responsible for Peggy’s death in an attempt to kill him for misdirected retribution. Teddy told this to Rayna, and also said he didn’t turn evidence in on Lamar. He didn’t have that info, but her sister did. Rayna confronted Tandy, who claimed Lamar was responsible for their mother’s death. Rayna then had it out with her dad, who said he did not kill their mother. However he did arrive at the scene of the crash where she was dying . . . and basically did nothing to help her. Rayna was disgusted and demanded he stay out of her life and her kid’s lives. Later Teddy had it out with him over Peggy’s death, turning the screw even more and letting him know Tandy turned evidence on him. The stress became too much for Lamar, who had a heart attack. As he begged Teddy to help him, Teddy just watched! Karmic retribution?

I honestly didn’t think they would really let Lamar die, but the previews for when the show comes back indicate he really is dead. What the hell? How can they kill one of the biggest villains off? Who will expose Teddy for being the corrupt jerk he is? There has to be something else going on that we don’t know.

Deacon decided to record a live album at the Bluebird, and ended up in a fight when he found Megan with Teddy. Her secret case was exposed, and he feels like she has some savior complex and jumps from one disaster to another. We knew this wouldn’t last, they have to find a way to get Deacon and Rayna in bed together.

Rayna is working on her new video, while Juliette and Avery have made their new relationship official. Suddenly Avery is now her and Deacon’s producers or what not. I just don’t like Avery, so I hate seeing him being made into this hero good guy.

Will went and got the record label guy he had a fling with awhile back re-assigned to someone else. What a nice guy! I really won’t feel that bad if he ends up being outed by someone. Gunnar continued to try and get Will to accept who he was, and even wrote him a song that speaks to his issues. Will wasn’t thrilled as he felt it said way too much about him. It’s time to out Will, he needs some drama and this game with him has gotten old.

Zoey and Scarlett are still strained after she found out about her and Gunnar. However Zoey is beginning to realize something is wrong with Scarlett. She has in one whole episode become a total speed junkie. This particular story is reminding me of the “very special episodes” from the 80s. We’ve already dealt with drug addiction on this show in many better stories, why pull Scarlett into this bad after-school special version?

Zoey has decided she can sing, she’s in Nashville, it’s time to become a singer herself. I’m envisioning some “Coyote Ugly” like performance coming up soon involving the Bluebird’s bar as a stage.

Posted by Dustin on 02.05.2014 at 9:50 pm

So as usual, I need to rewatch this week and last weeks “Pretty Little Liars.” There is always so much going on that I need to viewings two catch everything. Fortunately next week’s “Pretty Little Liars Noir” episode looks like complete fluff to me. Therefore I don’t need to race to watch them again before it.

My thoughts on the last two episodes . . . I just don’t know. I’m so confused! Since the Halloween episode they have been seriously teasing that something fishy is up with Fitz. Now it seems Ezra is “Board Shorts,” the older man Alison had an affair with and is afraid of, and thus he is also “A.” Wait wait wait, this just SO doesn’t make sense! I’m gunna need a whole lot of loose ends tied together if that is where this is going. What does Ezra have to do with that NSA NWA NAT or whatever that club that Jason and Ian and Garrett were in? Yeah, I haven’t forgotten about that! If Ezra is A, and he’s been trying to find Alison all along to stop her from exposing him . . . why would he basically expose his relationship with Aria to her parents and others? That was a gamble that could have landed him in jail if things didn’t happen to go his way. If he was in jail, Alison could have come out of hiding and safely nailed him!

Yeah, this just isn’t making much sense to me. I’m hoping there is some other wildly unbelievable explanation here, but my guess is there isn’t. All my years of watching soaps has taught me not to want answers to insane plot holes from the past, there won’t be any.

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Posted by Dustin on 01.30.2014 at 1:37 pm

I’ve been keeping up with, but keep forgetting to write about “Nashville.” So here are my thoughts on the latest episodes.

I wasn’t too sorry to see Peggy go after the winter finale. Her character had played itself out and dug herself so deep. Given what a shmuck Teddy has been, I really didn’t feel too bad for him either.

Deacon has himself a record deal and is fairly happy with his lawyer girlfriend, however she is now working with Teddy on a case to try and take down Lemar for the attempt on his life which killed Peggy. Based on the previews, I have a bad feeling Teddy will take up with her in order to stick it to Deacon in some perverted sense of payback/punishment because of what happened with Maddie.

Will is still struggling with his sexuality, and in spite of Gunnar telling him to be himself or he’ll never be happy, he keeps taking up with Layla. Layla seems to have no inspiration when trying to write a song with Gunnar, and is finding herself worried about Will’s dedication to her. My guess is she’ll soon find inspiration when she figures Will out, and will end up outing him in a new hit song.

I’ve hated seeing Juliette spiral downwards after being set up by some preacher who took her words out of context and has turned everyone against her. However rather than beg for forgiveness as Jeff demanded she do, she wrote a new song to spit in his and her turncoat fans’ faces. Wow! I loved that fire in her, and for once I find myself on her side and rooting for her.

Jeff however immediately dropped her, and later realized he had lost Rayna and Juliette in a matter of months. Ouch, he’s not off to a good start as the new president and Edgehill is now in big trouble. All he could do was try and buy up shelf space in stores to prevent Rayna’s album from getting much distribution space when it drops. Hello, has nobody heard of iTunes and digital distribution in this town? My guess is that eventually Rayna will sign Juliette to her new label, which probably will not make Juliette too happy. However no other label wants to touch her right now.

Rayna brought Liam in to help Scarlett with her album. While he has helped her find a stronger voice, it looks like he also has helped her get addicted to pills. He gave her some pep-up pills as she was exhausted after working 24 hours straight. Yup, it looks like she’s going to become a speed junkie. I think she also will end up falling for Liam.

Finally Tandy went into hiding, fearing when Lamar found out she and not Teddy sold him out, he’d have her killed like he tried with Teddy. The feds found her though, but with her lawyer she found a way out of the entire mess. Unfortunately it meant the entire case against Lamar was dropped, as she made her evidence inadmissible, so Lamar is now free! Tandy better hope he never finds out the truth, but I think he possibly already knows.

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Posted by Dustin on 01.30.2014 at 12:52 pm

So “American Horror Story: Coven” has come to an end. The end wasn’t shocking, but there were some twists and turns I didn’t see coming.

So in a not so shocking turn, Cordelia did turn out to be the next Supreme. Upon gaining that power she was able to heal herself fully. Cordelia took the coven in a new direction that seemed to be inspired by the “Heroes” finale, she outed them to the public, on CNN no less.

Aunty Myrtle insisted she pay for her crimes against the old council and demanded Cordelia burn her at the stake, which she did. I was actually sad to see her go! However she made a good point that Cordelia needed a fresh start with her reign, and not a scandal from her.

During the test of the seven wonders both Madison and Misty May died. Technically Zoe did too, but she was brought back by Cordelia as part of the test. Madison wouldn’t do it, and thus Kyle killed her. Wow! That is the only thing he did all season that I liked. Poor Misty May succumbed early on to one of the trials when she couldn’t escape from hell/the netherworld. I HATED that she basically died trapped in her own personal hell, which was her refusing to dissect a frog in biology and brining it back over and over. That really sucked. I don’t know why Ryan Murphy decided she deserved that fate?

Zoe and Queenie were named Cordelia’s new council, and they opened the school back up to a huge new class of witches. Kyle became the new butler of the house/school.

Fiona meanwhile wasn’t yet dead. We learned she faked her death, along with the Axe Man’s help. He played his part, but only in the end realized Fiona duped him twice! He thought he was still going to live happily ever after with her, but the girls off’d him last week. Fiona was now crippled with cancer and had no powers left to take Cordelia out. She died in a hug from her daughter, and then woke up in her own hell. She was condemned to live in a shanty shack of a house as the Axe Man’s wife. I was glad I was wrong about my fear that she’d take over the new Supreme’s body. That would have sucked if she did that to her own daughter!

Next season is rumored to take place in the early to mid 1900s and is rumored to be circus theme. As always, Ryan Murphy has hid a clue somewhere in the final few shows . . .

Posted by Dustin on 01.29.2014 at 9:22 pm

So Brandon continued to annoy me on the latest episode of “The Fosters.” I know we are supposed to be routing for Brandon and Callie, but he is making me really hate them. He’s acting like a spoiled brat and he’s going to ruin everything for Callie and Jude at this point. After being told a restraining order was placed on him, he still didn’t care and kept trying to contact Callie! How about we send Brandon to a group home and let Callie come home?

The only reason I don’t want them to switch places is that I’m loving Callie interacting with the girls at the group home. The tension between her and Cole, as well as the gang-banger Daphne is great. I loved that they both covered for her this week and had her back, though I don’t completely trust Cole. I also still think one of them is going to attempt suicide at some point, I’m still thinking it’s the drug addict Becca. It looks like something big happens next week to shake up Callie.

I have to admit the Marianna drama with her jealous friend finally turning her in for dealing drugs is boring me. It however is not boring me as much as Jesus and the wrestling team storyline. Oh brother, where is that going?

I would like to see more of Stef and Lena, and it looks like we will get that next week as drama with Stef’s job heats up. I am also loving Annie Potts as Stef’s mom! Any chance to see Annie Potts on my TV is something I take advantage of.

Posted by Dustin on 01.26.2014 at 10:04 pm

So this coming Wednesday is the final episode of “AHS: Coven.” I will be so sad to see it go! I had to catch up being away. Both Queenie and Delphine returned, with Queenie putting Delphine back together. Now how did she manage that on her own? She was furious with Marie for leaving her for dead, and she still didn’t trust the white witches as she felt they were weak. Queenie was out for herself and to become the next supreme, though Fiona put her and her smart mouth in their place fairly fast.

Feeling the Coven was in danger and having lost the power of second site, Cordelia put out her own eyes to get the power back! That was simply a nasty scene! Of course Fiona told her she had never lost the power, that she was just weak. Poor Cordelia!

The girls said goodbye to Nan and buried her. I can’t believe she’s the only witch to die and stay dead! Well of the pupils that is. I’m still hoping she somehow returns next week to become the new supreme. I don’t think that will happen though. The girls also rescued Misty May from where Madison entombed her. She wasn’t too happy with Madison!

The latest episode saw Delphine get her revenge and banish Marie Laveaux to some other place, since she couldn’t be killed. Meanwhile the Axe Man lost his mind after realizing Fiona had really only been f’ing him the whole time and nothing else, so he axed her! Wow, I never thought that would be how Fiona ended. I do wonder if she may still come back somehow, or will steal the next supreme’s body. When the Axe Man went to kill everyone else, the girls ended up taking care of him.

Cordelia did explain that anytime they are under duress, their powers grow. This explains why all the girls were suddenly developing new powers. With Fiona gone, they had to find the next supreme. Cordelia said they would all be tested, as any one of them could be the next supreme.

I really think Cordelia will end up being the next Supreme, though is she too old? I don’t know. We haven’t really heard many rules on how old or young they have to be I don’t think? If it’s not her, then I hope it is Zoe. She’s the only one who hasn’t been a royal witch so to speak.

Posted by Dustin on 01.25.2014 at 9:39 pm

So “Parenthood,” as with most NBC shows, isn’t returning until after the Winter Olympics. Unfortunately there are no spoiler releases for these shows yet. So we have to use our imagination as to what will happen. For “Parenthood,” Jason Ritter is still supposed to reprise his role as Mark, so that’s something to think about!

So let us just start with the mess that is Joel and Julia. Honestly, I’d like to kick Joel in the balls, but I don’t think he has any. Now If I asked my partner/spouse had they had an affair, and they said no, but kept a secret kiss from me… I think I’d be angry. I’m really trying to understand Joel here. However I would hear things out. Unfortunately we know more than Joel does about Julia’s state of mind, so that may tip us to Joel’s side. However we also know Joel has been a dipshiz for weeks now, and doesn’t see that either. Had I only had the info Joel had… I don’t think I’d leave my family! I’m sorry, but Joel’s reaction was way too overboard. It was a kiss, nothing more. As far as he knows, it was one sided. Yes, he isn’t sure he can believe Julia. However he won’t go to therapy, he won’t take blame for his part in any of this, and he’s put it all on Julia… My thinking is Joel did a bad bad thing and now he’s taking the easy way out. Yes, I think he had sex or something close to it with his boss, and now he is too ashamed to admit it. Therefore Julia has given him an easy way out and he has taken it.

Second to Joel, I kinda wanna smack Camille! It seems she doesn’t see that Zeke has changed or is trying to. Finally at the end of the latest episode when he offered to give up everything for her, including the house, she has seen that he’s changed. I’m wondering though, what is Camille giving up for him? If she won’t give up anything, this won’t work either!

Crosby and family are in a predicament with their house in a moldy mess and living in Zeke and Camille’s, which could be up for sale soon. I’m seeing a move into Adam or Julia’s house! Julia’s house would make more sense, if Joel goes through with the separation/divorce. She will need all the help she can get. I still am in line to kick Joel in his non-existent-balls by the way.

I’m really enjoying Hank exploring, and dealing with the idea, that he has Aspbergers. We haven’t confirmed it yet, but I think that is only a matter of time. Adam seems a little too excited over this though, so that is the one thing that makes me think Hank doesn’t have it. After all, this is “Parenthood,” and nothing works out.

Drew and his ex’s relationship worries me too much at this point. She’s clinging to him for a reason. I am worried everyone’s belief that she did not have an abortion and had the baby and gave it up at her parents’ insistence is going to come to fruition.

I don’t think I have anything else to comment on. Am I missing something? If so… comment away!

Posted by Dustin on 01.22.2014 at 4:44 pm

So I had two episodes to catch up on last night. These are mainly just some thoughts on the main points.

Alison’s diary caused all sorts of drama, as she wrote secrets in it about them all, things they never told each other. For example Hannah fooled around with Aria’s little brother Mike at one point, earning the nickname “Cradle Robber” from Alison. Hannah was right to initially keep it from the girls, as it just seems to have them turning on each other. Is this Alison’s plan? She definitely seems to be on a divide and conquer mission, and is using her looks to pull Emily away from the others. I felt like Emily’s huge revelation two weeks ago that Alison just used her and never knew how to love anyone was suddenly lost as she became smitten with Alison once again.

Spencer continued to wonder where Jason is, and what her dad is doing meeting with Alison’s mom so much. He claimed that Jason fell off the wagon and was in rehab again, but Spencer wasn’t buying it. She began to think their old affair was on again. The mysteries of Radley continued to unravel. Spencer’s dad did a 180, telling Toby their case against Radley has fallen apart. It seems his mom’s death was an accident, she was on the roof with another patient when she accidentally fell, and the place covered this up to protect themselves and the other patient. He urged Toby to take a settlement, which Toby did. Unfortunately this was after Spencer learned more and suspected a bigger cover-up. Spencer learned that Mrs. DiLaurentis is on the board at Radley, and Spencer thinks her dad is again protecting his old flame. I’m thinking that other patient with Toby’s mom is VERY important and is really who Spencer’s dad and Alison’s mom are protecting. The show has already hinted at who it is with the crazy old professor the girls talked to earlier in the season. Let’s just say I don’t think he was speaking of a nun when he talked about a certain Sister. I think they are preparing the big twist from the books…

Hannah attempted to move on from Caleb with this guy Travis. Snooze! At least we won’t have to watch her pine and mope over Caleb for the rest of the season.

Aria felt torn between Jake and Ezra, but in the end chose Ezra. Jake however saw Ezra fighting with a blond woman in a car when he was supposed to be in Philly, at least that’s where he told Aria he would be. Ezra covered by saying he was arguing with his not-baby mama’s lawyer, she’s trying to keep him from his not-baby. Meanwhile Jake, taking his frustrations out on a punching bag, kicked it and ended up falling into a trap. Someone had planted all sorts of knives in the bag. Ezra? Or is it A? Or is Ezra on team A? He’s definitely been acting strange ever since the Halloween episode. He also wormed his way into Hannah’s house and was able to sneak onto her computer while Hannah’s mom had to take a call. Hmmmm…

Shana resurfaced and told the girls that she knew Alison as a kid, she lived near Alison’s grandparents. Alison asked her to come to town to find out who was trying to kill her, IE who A was. Jenna is at the top of her list of suspects it seems. However the girls don’t know if they can trust Shana at all. I don’t think I would!

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Posted by Dustin on 01.22.2014 at 4:12 pm

So ABC Family’s “The Fosters” is back for the 2nd half of their first season, in spite of attempts by various groups to have it taken off the air. Said groups are actually still trying to thwart a second season by boycotting advertisers. Good luck, it won’t happen! The ratings are too strong.

When we last saw them, Lena and Stef married, but after a kiss with Brandon, Callie ran away. Jude yelled at her when he saw them, saying she would ruin everything, including his chance of being adopted by them. She left so her brother could have a chance at that. We picked up with Stef, Lena and the rest of the gang taking way too long to realize Callie was gone. I think given the drama that surrounds her at all times, they’d have noticed immediately!

Jude confided in Brandon why she ran away, and despite Jude telling him not to, he told his moms. This of course made things worse for Callie. Lena and Stef had decided to adopt them, though I must have missed when they came to this decision. I recall that as of the end of the first half of the season they hadn’t seem to have gotten there yet. The moms were not happy with Brandon for kissing her, and went into how this could never happen again. He kept making it worse by spouting how they were in love.

Callie ended up getting arrested on purpose, I think possibly in an attempt to see her father? She tried calling him in prison, but couldn’t get through to him. My guess is this means at some point he will enter the picture. Lena and Stef spoke on her behalf at her hearing, but also said they were not yet ready to take her back into their home. I’m sure Callie felt like they abandoned her, but in reality they couldn’t bring her back while Brandon was ready to jump her bones in their house. Brandon really made me not like him and Callie in these episodes, as he was acting like a spoiled brat who had his toy taken away.

Callie ended up in a group home for other troubled teens. Rosie O’Donnell guest stars as the house mother. I really liked her in this role, and I like the idea of Callie being apart from the others to straighter her crap out. She’s supposed to find out what she’s addicted to, but she can’t figure it out yet. I think she’s addicted to self-sabotaging herself! In the home are a transgendered teen, a former drug addict, and a gang-banger who once beat Callie up in juvie. There are others, but these seem to be the main three characters we got to know. Something tells me one of them will end up dead before long too. I don’t know why, I just think they will and it will be a wake-up call for Callie.

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