Quote of the Day:

“Oh that fabric softener teddy bear!… I wanna hunt that little bitch down…” –Dean in Supernatural

SCI FI in the DAYTIME

TNT is airing Supernatural every morning around 10:00 am EST.  Today’s episode is “Faith” with Julie Benz.

Logo has two episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer every weekend night starting at 6:00 PM. “Homecoming” and “Band Candy” – two of my faves.

Syfy is running a marathon of First Wave.

MOVIES

Cinemax has Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher.

AMC has The Matrix

TV SHOWS

There’s a repeat of the Human Target pilot on Fox and it has Tricia Helfer!

A&E has new episodes of Psychic Kids, Paranormal State and the series premiere of Paranormal Cops.

WGN has Star Trek: TNG at 10:00 AM (PT). Friday’s episode is “The Dauphin.”

Photo: Supernatural ‘Faith’ (Episode #110)  Pictured (l-r): Julie Benz as Layla Roarke, Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester Credit: © The WB/Sergei Bachlakov

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First up it’s Tricia Helfer on the November 16th episode of Two and a Half Men.

In “The Moustache Attachment,”  Chelsea (Jennifer Taylor) invites her beautiful college roommate, Gail (Tricia Helfer) to stay at the house while she gets over a bad breakup and Charlie (Charlie Sheen) dreams of threesomes. (Photo: Greg Gayne/WB ©2009 Warner Bros. Television. All Rights Reserved.)

Next, on November 23, Katee Sackoff plays herself on The Big Bang Theory’s “The Vengeance Formulation.”

After he’s humiliated on National Public Radio, Sheldon vows to destroy Kripke (? LOL), while Wolowitz tries not to destroy his new relationship with Bernadette. Katee Sackhoff appears as herself, offering Wolowitz some relationship advice.
(Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

Two lovely ladies and two very funny comedies. You can’t beat that.

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Before that, we’ve got Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer guesting in tomorrow night’s episode about a band of bank robbers who don’t need guns to subdue a crowd.

For you Joe Flanigan fans, the former Stargate Atlantis star will appear in the August 4 episode “Elements” along with one of my other favorite actors, James Naughton.

Warehouse 13 airs Tuesdays 9:00 on Syfy.

Pictured: (l-r) Saul Rubinek as Artie Nelsen, Allison Scagliotti as Claudia Donovan — SCI FI Channel Photo: Justin Stephens

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Top of the list, Stargate Atlantis’ Joe Flanigan, Tricia Helfer from Battlestar Galactica, and one of my personal faves, James Naughton who starred in the Planet of the Apes TV series, but is more commonly known for his role on Gossip Girl.

Warehouse 13 is the story of two Secret Service agents who are assigned to guard a massive, top-secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota which houses every strange artifact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and supernatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government. The Warehouse’s caretaker Artie (Saul Rubinek) charges Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanna Kelly) with chasing down reports of supernatural and paranormal activity in search of new objects to cache at the Warehouse, as well as helping him to control the warehouse itself.

Guest Stars Include:

Ivan Sergei (Crossing Jordan, Charmed) is “Ross” an EMT from Unionville, New York. Ross and some of the other townspeople begin to display bizarre behavioral symptoms — involuntary (and potentially dangerous) expressions of their subconscious desires.

Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Burn Notice) stars as FBI Agent “Bonnie Belski” who clashes with Pete and Myka when they interfere with a case on her Chicago turf. But after the third inexplicable bank takeover, she finds herself willing to make use of their expertise.

Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis, First Monday) portrays the handsome, wealthy “Jeff Weaver” whose charm captures Myka’s interest, but he finds himself under Pete and Myka’s scrutiny when a sculpture on which he bid, vanishes in an impossible heist.

James Naughton (Ally McBeal, Gossip Girl) is “Gilbert Radburn,” the well-tailored, Trump-esque high-profile entrepreneur. When a competitor threatens his intended acquisition, Radburn’s suspicious behavior brings him under Pete and Myka’s scrutiny.

Roger Rees (Cheers, The West Wing) is “MacPherson” one of Artie’s former Warehouse colleagues, who has gone rogue and is now competing with the team to gather dangerous and powerful objects for his own use.

Erica Cerra (Eureka, The L Word) and Niall Matter (Eureka, The Best Years) portray “Jillian and Gary Whitman,” small-time thieves on the Las Vegas strip, whose fortunes, twisted by the strange power of luck-inducing artifact, take a fantastic turn.

Joe Morton (Eureka, Terminator 2) stars as “John Hill” a charismatic prison inmate and an extremist religious leader in a Florida prison.

Mark Sheppard (24, Battlestar Galactica) is “Mr. Valda” the enigmatic representative of the Regents, the mysterious organization that controls Warehouse 13. He disapproves of Artie’s methods as the team leader of the Warehouse, and isn’t afraid to let him know it.

Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica, The L Word) portrays Myka’s father “Warren Bering,” who receives a dangerous object anonymously in the mail which puts his life in jeopardy.

Warehouse 13 will premiere Tuesday, July 7 with the 2-hour pilot from 9 – 11PM ET/PT.

SCI FI Channel Photo: Philippe Bosse

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It’s Alessandra Torressani and Paula Malcomson.

Tricia Helfer seems a bit happier to be here and then there’s the funky Seth Green

Esai Morales gets grabby, and Magda Apanowicz and Alessandra Torressani do their Top Model imitations.

Best for last, Ron Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson. Jane is my idol, she’s like the Tina Fey of SCI FI and I’ve adored her since her Buffy days. Go, Jane, Go!

Photos: PR Photos

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Helfer will play a secret agent who comes between Chuck and his handler Sarah. Seems the government bigwigs don’t think Sarah can do a good job because she’s fallen in love with Chuck. Helfer plays Alex Forrest, an agent that doesn’t let her emotions get in the way and – oh, the heck with it. Did I mention Helfer’s character goes undercover at a bachelor party?

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(Number two could be considered a spoiler for Sarah Connor so. . . )

Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer has joined the cast of the Canadian series The Dealership where she’ll play a beautiful sales manager in the world of luxury cars. (Does that sound horribly boring to anyone else?)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Jesse, aka Stephanie Jacobsen is moving into Melrose Place.  She’ll play a med student who pays her tuition with a job as a high-class call girl.

Ian Somerhalder is joining The CW’s pilot Vampire Diaries.  According to Daily Variety, he will play a “smug vampire named Damon who can have split second mood changes”

Voyager’s Jeri Ryan will have a recurring role as a lawyer on Law & Order beginning with the April 7 episode.

Buffy’s Michelle Trachtenberg will be one of three nurses featured in the NBC series Mercy.

Pictured: Tricia Helfer as Carla on Burn Notice — USA Network Photo: Glenn Watson

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If you haven’t seen the show yet, you should check it out. Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer is on Burn Notice as well, and we’ll be talking to her about that soon.

SFUniverse got access to a press event in which Campbell talks about the show, the cast and acting in general. Take in the wisdom of the Campbell, or we may have to use our boomstick.

Campbell said he was drawn to Burn Notice because it wasn’t quite like anything currently on the air. It’s not just about spies being brilliant and invincible, but about them being surprisingly normal.

Pictured: Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe — USA Network Photo: Glenn Watson

“My basis for accepting this script when it came across my desk was I loved the fact of what it wasn’t,” Campbell explained. “It wasn’t a cop show, it wasn’t a doctor’s show, it wasn’t a lawyer show.  There’s plenty of stuff that goes on, but this is basically the human side of spies and I went, right, I can get into that. 

And I really enjoyed the fact that it’s a good blend of a show that does have strong main characters, and not a lot of them.  It’s got four main characters.  And that’s what the emphasis is.  And oh yes, stuff blows up and every week there is a caper where you defeat the jerk of the week. 

But I think it’s mostly you watch these characters from week to week, and that’s what I enjoy.  And that’s what appealed to me and that’s what keeps me interested in the show is it’s not really about the explosions, it’s about the people who are doing the explosions.”

Campbell thinks it’s the human element of these spies that has helped Burn Notice catch on.

“If we were doing nothing but spy-speak all the time, I think you’d get some guys to watch and go, “Yeah, okay, cool.  They’re talking that cool spy stuff,” Campbell said. “But I think at the end of the day I want the soccer mom to be able to watch this show and go, “Oh, cool, they’re trying to patch up their relationship with something.  Or Michael’s working on some old problem in the past that is now coming back to haunt him.” 

I think that’s what’s getting a wider range of viewers.  It really isn’t just squinty-eyed spies shooting the gun sideways looking cool.  That they are flawed, all of these characters are flawed, and they’re all kind of doing the best they can.  They’re tap dancing as fast as they can.”

Burn Notice has a lot of exciting guest stars lined up and Campbell is jazzed about getting to work with them. Everyone from Cylons to football Hall of Famers will join Sam and Michael in the sun and fun of suddenly spy laden Miami. 

“You’ve got Tricia Helfer back as Carla.  So she’s going to be causing lots and lots of trouble,” Campbell said. “Michael Shanks is back as another one of these fellow cohort guys who you’re not sure if you can trust or not.  The great John Mahoney, who I worked with in the Hudsucker Proxy, John Mahoney from Cheers, he’s back as someone I can’t tell you about because I’d have to kill you. 

Former Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin is joining us.  He’s Mr. Football, so it was kind of fun to do a football theme episode.  Dina Meyer shows up as, well, let’s just say someone who perhaps was close to Michael Westen.  And of course with Fiona that’s going to cause some sparks.  And there will be some sparks flying in these next seven episodes, I can guarantee you.”

Pictured: (l-r) Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen, Tricia Helfer as Carla — USA Network Photo: Glenn Watson

One of the things Campbell enjoys most about the show is the “Robin Hood” element of the characters. They still have all the spy skills they learned while on Uncle Sam’s payroll (or some other organizations in Fiona’s case) but now they work for people who would be helpless otherwise.

“I think the show is potentially appealing to people because it does give you a sense of justice,” Campbell said. ” For the most part, we are going to catch these guys and we’re going to punish them, and we might torment them at the same time…  My favorite thing is, you know, there’s an episode coming up where some kid gets in trouble with a gang banger who is a car thief.  So instead of just telling the guy to knock it off, the Burn Notice guys what they’ll do is they’ll pretend that they’re a bigger band of car thieves in town to just run the guy out of town.  They think bigger than just knee capping a guy in the parking lot.  So it’s kind of fun. ”

It’s good to fight for the little guy. And the gang on Burn Notice are heroes you’ll want to cheer for. So please, set aside an hour of your non sci-fi viewing time to check out the show. With Bruce Campbell, how can you go wrong?

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Battlestar Galactica’s sexy Caprica Six Tricia Helfer has flexed her voiceover chops on animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man as The Black Cat. Apparently she’s impressed the right people at Marvel Comics because gaming blog Kotaku has confirmed she’ll play Black Cat in the upcoming video game Spider-Man:Web of Shadows.

Helfer’s been a busy Cylon lately as she also had a run on USA spy dramedy Burn Notice. Now, can we get her as Black Cat in a live-action Spidey film? I’m just saying. With that kind of casting it almost would not need a plot to get me to go see it.

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She said they eventually had to use a wig for Cylon Six’s trademark blonde tresses. Thankfully she doesn’t have that problem now as a guest star on another cool show, USA’s spy comedy Burn Notice.

Helfer’s also doing some voiceover work, playing the crimefighting bombshell Black Cat in the hit Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon. Hey, I wouldn’t mind seeing her slip into that costume in a live-action Spider-Man movie. Talk about cat scratch fever!

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