Here’s a look at this week’s Supernatural: The Curious Case of Dean Winchester.

Castle isn’t a scifi show but it does star scifi fave Nathan Fillion and since tonight’s episode is all about ghosts and ghoulies and things that bump and grind in the night, I thought I’d talk it up.

It’s called “Vampire Weekend” and it airs tonight at 10:00 on ABC.

As Halloween approaches, Castle and Beckett are called to a graveyard where the body of a young man sporting vampire fangs has been discovered with a wooden stake driven through his heart. Their investigation takes them deep into the heart of New York’s underground vampire fetish community, where they learn that the motive for the victim’s murder may be hiding within the pages of the graphic novel he was writing before his death, on “Castle,” MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 (10:02-11:00 p.m., ET/PT) on ABC.

“Castle” stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, Stana Katic as NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers, Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle, Ruben Santiago-Hudson as NYPD Captain Roy Montgomery, Tamala Jones as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito and Seamus Dever as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan.

(ABC/MICHAEL DESMOND) STANA KATIC, SEAMUS DEVER, SUSAN SULLIVAN, NATHAN FILLION, TAMALA JONES, JON HUERTAS

Legend of the Seeker, the sword and sorcery series based on the books of Terry Goodkind, is coming back for a second season in just a few weeks. To get ready for the event, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released Legend of the Seeker: The Complete First Season on DVD.

Even if you’re a fan of this kind of fantasy series you may have missed it on TV.  The show is syndicated which means it airs on local TV channels usually outside of primetime hours; early or late on a Saturday or Sunday is common. (Check the website for times and dates in your area.) Because of this, the show is sorely under promoted and that’s a shame because it’s an excellent series.

The story revolves around woodsman Richard Cypher (Craig Horner) who finds out that he is what legends call The Seeker. Together with the lovely and magaical Kahlan Amnell (Bridget Regan) and with the help of the wizard Zedd (Bruce Spence) Richard sets out on an epic journey to stop the bloodthirsty, sinister tyrant Darken Rahl (Craig Parker) from conquering all mankind

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Tonight’s episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a repeat, so it’s the perfect time to locate some of the winks and insider jokes that are hidden in the series.

Here’s a list to get you started. Or, you can watch the show then come back here to see how many you caught on your own.

— After Cad Bane escapes from the Resolute, Anakin angrily holds his arms behind his back and storms off. This is a foreshadow/echo of Darth Vader’s similar action at the end of The Empire Strikes Back after the Millennium Falcon escapes from his clutches.

Read More – Star Wars: The Clone Wars Winks at the Fans

Stargate Universe: “Light”

Air Date: Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 9 PM on Syfy

The Destiny is still without power and an attempt to alter their collision course with a star has failed. The situation is now critical. A plan is born to abandon ship using the last working shuttle, with the hope that one of three planets in close proximity will be habitable. Although this strategy initially raises the crew’s spirits, it is short lived when Col. Young (LOUIS FERREIRA) announces there is only room for 17 people and a lottery will determine who goes and who stays. Stunned by the implication of this news, everyone considers their fate. Some, including Dr. Nicholas Rush (ROBERT CARLYLE) and Col. Young, opt to stay on board. Others, determined to survive, vie for a seat on the departing shuttlecraft.

In the short time that remains, alliances are forged and others damaged while Eli (DAVID BLUE) tries to create a message in a bottle with the aid of a Kino. But, unbeknownst to all, forces are at work that no one could have foreseen.

Pictured: (l-r) Robert Carlyle as Dr. Nicholas Rush, Louis Ferreira as Col. Everett Young — Syfy Photo: Carole Segal

Sanctuary: “Eulogy”

Air Date: Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 9 PM on Syfy

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CBS and Mad Science, an educational company that runs science camps for kids, are teaming up to produce Star Trek Live.

This interactive stage show due to run at theme parks and performing arts centers across the country, takes the audience through Starfleet Academy training combining the entertainment value of Star Trek with real educational materials aimed at upping scientific literacy.

The show is said to have “cutting-edge special effects, unmatched audience interaction and an exploration of real space-age technology.” And Kirk and Spock are supposed to be there, too.

Mad Science’s Managing Director and producer Leonard Lipes says, “So much of the Star Trek technology once considered science fiction has become a reality. Star Trek Live is going to explore many of these technologies as well as other sciences for a truly memorable experience resonating to audiences of all ages.”

Star Trek Live will debut in 2010 and travel throughout the United States and Canada.

Fringe is off tonight because of the baseball game (local programming on the West Coast).

Vampire Diaries and Supernatural are both airing repeats. Night of the Comet and Sympathy for the Devil.

The big scheduling news comes from Michael Ausiello once again, who is reporting that Dollhouse will be pulled during November sweeps. The series is expected to return in December but let’s face it folks, this isn’t a good sign.

©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co.  Cr:  Frank Ockenfels/FOX

In director Roland Emmerich’s newest disaster film, the entire world comes to a cataclysmic end in the year 2012. The earth beneath our feet shifts, causing buildings to collapse and tidal waves to form, killing millions and leaving only a small percentage of the population struggling to escape on a limited number of ships built by the government for this very purpose.

It’s not like we didn’t now this was coming. We were warned and that’s not just a line from the movie. Here’s what the folks at National Geographic have to say about the truth beyond the legend.

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According to Michael Ausiello at EW, The CW has given Vampire Diaries a full season pick-up. That’s a real vote of confidence for the fledgling series that took Smallville’s place on the Thursday schedule. Though Smallville had a better week last week, it’s still tanking in the ratings and it’s hard to tell if that’s the show or the Friday move.

In other pick-up news, ABC gave Nathan Fillion’s new series Castle a full season. If you’re a fan of his from Firefly, you’ve got to catch him on Castle, particularly on the upcoming Halloween episode.

On the downside is ABC’s Eastwick. These witches have failed to cast a spell over the TV audience and it’s looking like the show will quietly fade off into the sunset and soon.

“Night of the Comet” Pictured: Ian Somerhalder as Damon, Nina Dobrev as Elena, Paul Wesley as Stefan Photo Credit: Bob Mahoney / The CW © 2009 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

A few weeks ago, I posted a story about the new Discovery Channel series Ghost Lab and the comments haven’t stopped coming. While some people are glad to see another ghost chasing show on TV, others have ground the series into the ground. One voice of reason in the middle of it all was Patrick French, Founder of Huntsville Ghost Hunters. He left such a compelling comment, I asked him to expand it into a guest post and here you have it. A look at ghost hunting on TV from a man who does it without a camera crew at his back.

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In the past, scientists were easy to recognize, white lab coats, horn rimmed glasses, and a collage degree.  Today’s scientists blend in a little bit better, backwards facing hats, cargo shorts and t-shirts.  The equipment however is no less impressive, and the purpose hasn’t changed, to discover and learn about the world around us.

As paranormal investigators and ghost hunters that is the very thing we try to do.  We have seen things in this world that modern science cannot explain.  A select few of us decided we would not sit on the side lines and let the world tell us that the things that we’ve experienced could not have happened just because modern science hasn’t found an answer for it yet, we decided we would look for the answers ourselves.

From full bodied apparitions to unexplained voices they all happen and for a reason, but why, how.  That’s what we want to know. So do our clients.  For most of us the clients are the fuel that keeps us going. We feel a deep feeling of responsibility to help those that are having these experiences.  We go looking for them, but our clients do not ask to be woken up in the middle of the night with the shadow of a figure standing over there bed or have things in there home constantly disappearing or moving seemingly by themselves, and that’s just examples of a calm haunting. Some hauntings have been known to be so serious as to affect the health or threaten the very life of the client.

Read More – Ghost Hunting: Science or All Show?