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Fans of the works of TV producer Bryan Fuller can look forward to a Wonderfalls crossover in an episode from the upcoming second season of Pushing Daisies. For the uninitiated: Pushing Daisies is about a guy who brings the dead back to life, and Wonderfalls is about a girl who receives precognitive messages from talking inanimate objects. So it's gonna be kinda like Heroes, but more whimsical and probably with less heads being sliced open. Get the whole scoop in this interview with Fuller himself.
"Pushing Daisies" Creator/Writer Bryan Fuller Talks Season Two [IF Magazine]
Emmy Cicierga and Anthony "Nedroid" made some pretty fabulous sketches of just about all the important (and not-so-important) characters from Heroes. Don't miss Sylar's insane giant eyebrows, Linderman Claus, and at the very bottom, a completely adorable Hiro.
The CW is producing a new pilot similar to Smallville, and which may end up replacing the teenage Superman's show. It's called The Graysons, and you guessed it, it's about Robin...before he met Batman.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Robin in his pre-Batman days sort of...um...not really worth making a show about? I mean, teenage Clark Kent at least has superpowers. A show with Dick Grayson and no crimefighting just sounds like a show about...trapeze acrobatics.
Then again, Brian Peterson, writer of But I'm a Cheerleader, is one of the showrunners, so I have to assume this might be worth watching if gets picked up.
CW's 'Graysons' takes flier on Robin [Variety]
There's a reason that The Amazing Race has won an Emmy the last six years in a row — it's frikkin awesome, and my favorite competitive reality show on the air. It's sometimes amusing, other times frustrating, but always entertaining.
Sunday night was the premiere of the 13th season of The Amazing Race, and we were introduced to the 11 teams and watched as they all took of for Brazil, getting overdramatic at the airport, shuffled through some crowded streets and tested their fear of heights before one of them was eliminated. With eleven teams, some didn't even get much play beyond an introduction, so it's hard for me to pick a favorite. But I already know who I hate the most! (Which means they'll be in the final three...)
If you're not watching, why aren't you? Check out my recap of the episode after the jump. And if you are watching, check out the recap anyway and see if you agree with my first impressions of the teams. The adventure begins after the jump!
Cartoon Network's anime/action block "Toonami" has undergone a pretty radical evolution over the years (remember when it was hosted by Moltar?) but it's sadly been brought to an abrupt end as of last Saturday. Check out TOM's final broadcast for yourself.
Toonami's exit won't leave too large of an anime-shaped hole in Cartoon Network's schedule, since Naruto was really the only Japanese show in their most recent lineup. The future of Naruto on Cartoon Network is a bit uncertain, but you can still get your anime fix Saturday nights on Adult Swim.
Cartoon Network to End Toonami on September 20 [Anime News Network]
I gotta be honest, guys...I totally did not know that TRL was even still on the air. And as it goes, it won't be for much longer.
MTV's penultimate music video request show (by "music video" I of course mean a thirty-second clip from an actual entire music video) will be shutting down in November after a full decade of airtime. My inner 'N Sync fan shall shed a thousand tears.
A Total End To an Era In Pop Videos [Washington Post]
Doctor Who visionary Russell T. Davies won't be the executive producer of the show for much longer, but some e-mail correspondence hints at another Russell that Davies would like to see play the eventual Eleventh Doctor.
Russell Tovey is a name you might not have heard. He's a British dude who has been in a bunch of British plays and British TV shows (pretty much all of which were British). He played a small part in the most recent Doctor Who Christmas special (alongside Kylie Minogue!). He's also gay, and as you might have noticed, somewhat of a cutie. Unless I'm mistaken, he'd also be (visually speaking) the youngest Doctor to date.
I love David Tennant, but I wouldn't say no to Tovey being the next to pilot the TARDIS.
Stage actor Russell Tovey tipped as the eleventh Doctor Who [Telegraph]
Three years after the sad demise of the TV adaptation of Stella, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter may be returning to Comedy Central with a new sketch comedy project called Michael and Michael Have Issues. Josh Pais (who, weirdly, I only recognize as that creepy gynecologist in Teeth) has also joined the cast.
'Michael and Michael' set at Comedy Central [Hollywood Reporter]
Got some more Heroes goodies for all y'all. First off, some somewhat exciting news: Seth Green and Breckin Meyer will reportedly be joining the cast of the show for several episodes, playing a pair of comic book nerds who assist one of the characters (presumably Hiro, forming some sort of awesome nerdy trifecta).
Also, some footage from the Season 2 DVD has been leaked, revealing an alternate (and in my opinion, much better) ending to the most recent season finale, plus a deleted scene that reveals George Takei's secret superpower.
'Heroes' Geeks Out Over Seth Green, Breckin Meyer [Entertainment Weekly]
Heroes Season 2 Alternate Ending and Deleted Scenes [ODI]
Clearly the planets have aligned in some infernal formation, because Stan Lee is collaborating with Paris Hilton.
Lee is creating a new superhero based upon Paris for an animated show which will air on MTV. The legendarily vapid heiress shares her sentiments:
While Paris refused to divulge any details of the new collaboration, she did reveal her favourite superhero power. She said: "I'd love to be invisible - that would be fun!"
Yes, Paris. Yes it would.
Showbuzz [news.com.au]
Gillian Anderson is forever immortalized as The X-Files' Agent Scully, but it was recently revealed that Fox originally had a very different Anderson in mind for the role.
Could you imagine Pamela Anderson as Scully? More like XXX-Files! Am I right? What's with airplane food?
One thing's for sure, it would have been a pretty different show, if Baywatch and V.I.P. are any indication. Thankfully, Gillian snagged the part of Mulder's skeptical foil, a role she reprises in the new X-Files movie, which I unfortunately hear isn't doing too well.
Mulder and Pammi [The Sun]
Cracked has taken on the 5 Most Ridiculously Unfair Kids' Game Shows, which include classics like Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and Nick Arcade. Particularly cringeworthy is a clip involving the Video Zone and what I understand the kids these days refer to as an epic fail. Touch the freaking coins, Nadine.
Sadly, Legends of the Hidden Temple didn't make the grade, despite the insidiousness that is the Shrine of the Silver Monkey.
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It was 1980 and disco was dead, but not in the UK!
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