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November 7th, 2008

Is Nathan Fillion a Show Killer

 
Today, ABC announced that they have cut the order for Nathan Fillion’s new TV show, Castle, from 13 episodes to 10. This is most likely due to the recent announcement that ABC producers were all asked to shave 2% off their budgets. Still, it doesn’t bode well for Fillion who can’t seem to keep […]

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September 29th, 2008

TVWeek Chooses Genre Masters

Who would you say are the scifi and horror masters of today’s television?  TVWeek has cast their votes and you can see who they chose in their new feature Masters of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. The feature offers up short interviews with those creators they felt are truly carrying on in the grand tradition […]

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September 6th, 2008

Buffy In, Firefly Out

Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising and The Multiverse Network, Inc., announced this week the development of an original “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” MMOG.
Calling it a “ground-breaking MMOG” it will allow players to immerse themselves in a 3D environment or play as a Flash-based 2D game.  Either way, players from both types of platforms will […]

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August 27th, 2008

Firefly’s Fillion Returns To TV

According to Variety one of our favorite actors, Firefly/Serenity’s Nathan Fillion will be lighting up ABC’s airwaves soon. The Castle, which stars Fillion as a novelist who helps the police solve crimes, is one of five shows ABC placed orders for Monday.
Here’s hoping this one connects with audiences. Fillion has had two Fox shows that […]

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August 18th, 2008

Angel, Firefly Available on Demand Soon

Warner Bros. video-on-demand service The WB.com will be offering some of our favorite genre shows when it launches later this month. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the list of shows that will be available day one include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, its spinoff Angel, Firefly, Babylon 5, Smallville and Roswell.
WB.com will be supported by […]

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July 29th, 2008

Trying Not to Be Nervous About Dollhouse

I’ll take Joss Whedon at his word when he says the pilot reshoot for Dollhouse is not a big deal. But come on, it is Fox, with the blood from New Amsterdam still fresh on their axe. 
Fox can’t blame fans of Whedon and Firely if they’re a little antsy about hearing Dollhouse is getting some […]

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June 27th, 2008

Whedon, Fillion and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Since he couldn’t write for TV during the writer’s strike, Whedon began writing for the web because when you’re a writer you can’t not write!
And thus Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was born. Here’s the trailer.

Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.

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May 11th, 2008

Comings and Goings

TVGuide is reporting that New Amsterdam will not be renewed by Fox. 
As expected, Fox picked up the JJ Abrams pilot Fringe about an FBI agent who investigates cases with a mysterious twist.
According to Variety, ABC is close to making a deal with David E. Kelly for the rights to the US version of […]

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February 19th, 2008

Firefly Gets Lost: Imagine the Possibilities

I first read Jessica Rae Stockdale’s work when she put together a list of TV characters who were likely to procrastinate on their Christmas shopping and I’ve been reading her blog, Sofa Chip ever since. This week, Jessica got off the sofa long enough to come over and play in our playground for a bit […]

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January 4th, 2008

Summer Glau Takes on a Mammoth. . . Mammoth!

Though it sounds like some wacked out Discovery Channel version of Celebrity Deathmatch, it’s actually a SCI FI Channel original movie that hits DVD this week.
Mammoth (bet they stayed up all night thinking of that title) stars Firefly’s Summer Glau as “Jack” (yes really) the fiesty daughter of the only man alive who can save […]

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