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Star Trek: Lower Decks is back for its fifth and final season. The series will wrap up this year and the hope is to send off the show with a big bang. Starting with the first episode of the fifth and final season, we get to see how the crew handles the multiverse.

Our own Brian T. Sullivan wrote up a review of the first episode back, highlighting the complexities that come with using multiple variants of the same characters. It's been a Star Trek staple to use this idea, going all the way back to the original series where we saw the Mirror Universe version of our favorite characters.

So it's not surprising that we're once again back and dealing with multiverse variants of Star Trek characters. It's also likely that this isn't the last time we see multiverse versions of characters this season. In a clip from the season five trailer,...

Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves revealed she will miss the September 12 episode.

The long-time Big Brother host doesn’t usually miss episodes and has been a staple on eviction night for years.

The first BB26 jury member gets decided on Thursday night, but Julie won’t be there to interview them.

Instead, actor and TV host Jerry O’Connell is filling in.

Jerry has been acting for years on the big screen and television. He played Vern in Stand By Me, Quinn in Sliders, and Derek in Scream 2.

Recently, Jerry has been seen as a co-host for The Talk. He is also married to model and actress Rebecca Romijn, with whom he has two kids.

Why is Julie Chen Moonves missing the Big Brother episode?

Julie left an extensive message on social media to alert Big Brother fans to the situation.

“Friday morning I woke up with a sore...

Charles Cyphers, best known for his role as Leigh Brackett in the Halloween films, died Sunday, August 4 from a brief illness in Tucson, Az, his manager Chris Roe confirmed to Deadline. He was 85.

“Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” Roe said in a statement. “He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and client of many years who will be dearly missed.”

“His family asks for privacy at this time,” Roe added. “Details on a celebration of life ceremony will happen at a date and location to be determined.”

Cyphers worked extensively with Halloween‘s John Carpenter, first in the 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13, in which he played Starker, one of the ill-fated police officers gunned down by gang members. He next appeared in Carpenter’s 1980 horror film The Fog, playing Dan O’Bannon, and...

Over the course of a screen acting career that stretched across fifty years, Charles Cyphers racked up 100 credits, but he’s best known for his collaborations with John Carpenter, having appeared in the director’s Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, Someone’s Watching Me!, Elvis, The Fog, and Escape from New York. His most popular character was Sheriff Leigh Brackett from the 1978 Halloween, a role he reprised in 1981’s Halloween II and, after a forty year absence from the Halloween franchise, 2021’s Halloween Kills. Sadly, we’ve lost this great character actor, as Variety reports that Cyphers has passed away “from a brief illness” at the age of 85.

Cyphers’ manager Chris Roe confirmed his passing to Variety and provided the following statement: “Charles was a lovable and sensitive man. He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and...

In the upcoming episode of “The First 48,” viewers are in for a gripping and intense ride as the show delves into the tragic case titled “Sliders.” Set in Gwinnett County, the episode follows the heartbreaking story of a beloved special education teacher who is fatally shot in broad daylight. The incident unfolds when a seemingly simple plan to make some quick cash takes a dark and deadly turn.

As the episode unravels, viewers will be taken on a rollercoaster of emotions as the detectives work tirelessly to unravel the mystery behind the senseless crime. With the clock ticking and pressure mounting, every second counts in the race to bring the perpetrators to justice. The episode promises to keep viewers on the edge of their seats as the investigation takes unexpected twists and turns.

Scheduled to air at 8:00 Pm on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, on A&e, “Sliders” is poised to be...

Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" best handled the topic of choice.

Dark Matter Season 1 Episode 1 and Dark Matter Season 1 Episode 2 are the latest on this topic.

Duplicate characters existing in separate dimensions is hardly a novel concept on television (or almost any creative medium).

The first such episode featuring a parallel universe was, no shock, on the 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone, "The Parallel." An astronaut returns from a lengthy journey to find his world not quite the same as he remembers it.

Another early example came in 1970 on the soap opera Dark Shadows. Vampire Barnabas Collins found a room in his mansion, Collinwood, a portal he used to escape to parallel time.

This concept was most vital in the 1967 Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror." It was set in a dimension where evil twins of the Star Trek characters lived.

This mirror universe was revisited on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine...

"Petticoat Junction" was the unofficial second part of the Paul Henning Hooterville trilogy, a trio of 1960s sitcoms about the clash between city slickers and country bumpkins. In 1962, Henning created "The Beverly Hillbillies," a series about hillbillies who, when they strike oil, move to Beverly Hills. In 1965, he inverted the formula with "Green Acres," a show about millionaires who move to a farm to learn about country living. Sandwiched in between the two was "Petticoat Junction," which debuted on September 24, 1963. "Junction" took place at the Shady Rest Hotel, overseen by the lovable widowed hayseed Kate Bradley (Bea Benederet). She and her uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan) would run the hotel and oversee the shenanigans of her three daughters Betty Jo, Billie Jo, and Bobbie Jo. 

"Petticoat Junction" takes place in the same universe as "Green Acres," as both shows make constant references to common fictional cities that the characters visit. There were a few supporting crossovers,...

Goodbye, The Lazarus Project. Unless a mysterious sci-fi organisation steps in to reset time to before Sky chose to cancel the mind-bending time travel drama, that’s our lot. After airing two seasons, they won’t be making a third.

The news was first announced in The Sun, and later confirmed by trustworthy outlets including TV Zone and RadioTimes.com. It had previously been rumoured that if season three were to go ahead, creator Joe Barton would be stepping back to a producer role and welcoming in new writers, who would have to do without some of the major cast members including Tom Burke. Now, that won’t happen because season two will be the last.

Barton posted the cancellation news on social media, along with a meme featuring a woman and a child wearing matching denim jackets throwing confetti in the air, along with the words “Don’t cry because it’s over,...

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, prolific screenwriter Tracy Tormé has passed away at the age of 64. Tormé was a veteran of 1980s-era "Saturday Night Live" and wrote the TV movie "UFO Cover-Up?: Live!" in 1988, cementing his reputation among amateur ufologists everywhere. In the late '80s, Tormé was hand-picked by show creator Gene Roddenberry to contribute to the then-new "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Tormé became the show's executive story editor and creative consultant, a position he held for 24 of the show's early episodes. He is also the credited writer on 12 first-season episodes, including "Haven," "Skin of Evil," "The Arsenal of Freedom," and "The Big Goodbye."

That last episode, which aired on January 11, 1988, was notable in that it was the first holodeck-forward episode of the series. The holodeck was, of course, introduced in the show's pilot, "Encounter at Farpoint," which explained to audiences that the Enterprise-d was equipped with...

Tracy Tormé, the vision behind Sliders and an early writer on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has passed away at the age of 64 from complications from diabetes.

Tracy Tormé’s work and contributions within the sci-fi genre made him famous to fans. As per his sister (via The Hollywood Reporter), he “always interested in UFOs — the serious side of UFOs — and in the Air Force pilots who had seen them.” While he only wrote for two seasons on The Next Generation – also serving as story editor – his touch undoubtedly gave the series the thrust it needed to set the tone for the remainder of the series. The greatest success of his career, however, may be Sliders, which he co-created with Robert K. Weiss. Such a following it had developed, when Fox canceled it after three seasons, Sci Fi picked it up for its remaining two. In total, Sliders had 88 episodes...

Tracy Tormé, a UFO expert and son of stylish crooner Mel Tormé who co-created the 1990s series Sliders and was hand-picked by Gene Roddenberry to serve as the head writer on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died. He was 64.

Tormé died Thursday of complications from diabetes in Escondido, California, his sister and brother, actress Daisy Tormé (Superman & Lois) and recording artist James Tormé, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Tormé also was a writer on Saturday Night Live during its eighth season (1982-83); wrote and produced with Travis Walton the fantasy drama film Fire in the Sky (1993), starring D.B. Sweeney and Robert Patrick; and was a consultant on the acclaimed Robert Zemeckis sci-fi drama Contact (1997).

He wrote the original treatment for the Francis Lawrence-directed I Am Legend (2007) and received co-producer credit on that film, which grossed $585.4 million for Warner Bros. Smith battles mutants as the last human in New York...

The late 1990s and early 2000s were a weird era for films. There is definitely an influence from Y2K, and it seemed like there was an attitude that anything goes from some and a tightening of the belt from others. The world was in an odd place, and this influenced everything in culture like music, television, and films. 2002 gave us a wide variety of horror, like Queen of the Damned, Fear Dot Com, Cabin Fever, Bubba Ho-Tep, Dog Soldiers, and Bloody Mallory. This was the end of an era and the start of another for David Arquette it seemed. A time when he tested the “leading man” waters. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite go as planned as box office bomb after box office bomb came. Films like Ravenous, Ready to Rumble, 3000 Miles to Graceland, See Spot Run, and The Grey Zone all featured Arquette in some form but...

Actor Peter Spellos had over 150 screen acting and vocal performance credits to his name, but genre fans are most likely to remember him as Orville Ketchum from the slasher movie Sorority House Massacre II and its companion piece Hard to Die, as well as the brief appearance he made as the character Tracy’s father in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Outside of horror, he’s best known for providing the voice of Sky-Byte in 39 episodes of the animated series Transformers: Robots in Disguise. Unfortunately, we have very sad news to share today, as it has been confirmed that Spellos has passed away at age 69 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Born on March 1, 1954, Spellos passed away yesterday, November 19th, at the Franciscan Hospice House in Indianapolis. His brother, James Spellos, notified TMZ that his family is planning an online “celebration of life” gathering for his fans.

Spellos was credited...

TV drama writers obsess over audience engagement, with a huge emphasis on personal stakes for their characters. The biggest of these is the prospect of death. But 70+ years of TV have taught us that mortality is rare for characters played by a show's stars. So, when actors leave a show or the decision is made to cut a character, writers see a golden opportunity to play the ultimate stakes game by going terminal.

It's safe to say character departures always upset a segment of a show's audience, however small. But not all such deaths are created equal. Some generate a wave of complaints, others a tsunami of outrage. It's the deaths of characters we love or love to hate, and those especially shocking or egregious, that drive fans to write all-caps messages, accompanied by many exclamation points, in fanzines, letter columns, and social media.

Here are 14 of the most controversial of the controversial.

You may be asking, what is Space Command?

It is a series of epic adventures set in a hopeful vision of the future. Thousands of fans funded our thrilling pilot, seen by fans around the world! Space Command’s cast is a Who’s Who of TV and film genre stars including: Doug Jones, Ethan McDowell, Bryan McClure, Mike Harney, Bruce Boxleitner, Bill Mumy, James Hong, Mira Furlan, Aaron Gaffey (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Katharine McEwan (Solitary) and John Hennigan. Post sound by David Bartlett (Speed), designs by Iain McCaig, edited by Dave Edison (Remember the Sultana). Music by David Raiklen and created by Star Trek writer Marc Scott Zicree. With special guests Joe Ochman (Star Wars Visions) and Ellen Dubin.

Space Command: Redemption, will have a panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 on Saturday July 22 at 11am and a screening at 3pm!

Space Command also set a record on Kickstarter and received worldwide press attention,...

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the 2004 thriller The Keeper, starring Dennis Hopper and Asia Argento. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Directed by Paul Lynch from a screenplay by Gerald Sanford, The Keeper has the following synopsis: When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.

Hopper and Argento are joined in the cast by Helen Shaver, Lochlyn Munro, Charles Frederick, Alex Zahara, Alejandro Abellan, Fred Keating, Philip Granger, Joe McCoy, Angela Uyeda, Brad Loree, Robert Saunders, Charlie Gudgeon, Garfield Wilson,...

It's hard to imagine now but there was a time, back in the long-long-ago, when government conspiracies seemed kinda fun. Television shows like "The X-Files" assured us all that the government was up to something, but it was kinda cool stuff like extraterrestrial life forms, and something about bees? There were a bunch of bees at one point. It seemed like it made sense back in the 1990s.

Nowadays, quite a few episodes of "The X-Files" seem relatively quaint by modern standards of sci-fi/horror television, but there are also quite a few that still stand out. They weren't just smartly written, they weren't just creepily photographed, they were legitimately interesting, bizarre and — occasionally — even controversial.

But there's no episode of "The X-Files" that's nearly as disturbing, let alone violent, as the second episode of the show's fourth season. Entitled "Home," it was so visceral, so unsettling, that the episode...

Multiverse storytelling is nothing new, but it sure seems like it's having a moment. Several wildly popular movies and television shows have featured multiverses in the past few years, with even more due to hit theaters soon. Whether it's the animated antics of "Into the Spider-Verse," the heartfelt wackiness of Daniels Kwan and Scheinert, or the Marvel mayhem of "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," there's more than enough multiverse media to go around. But why now? What inspired this incredible influx of dimension-hopping fun, and will it slow down anytime soon?

Given that the concept behind multiverses is ancient — think Greek philosophers chatting in a salon — it's hard to imagine we'll see an end to multiverses in the movies. When reality becomes too much to bear, the idea of an alternate universe is ridiculously comforting, so there's no surprise that we have so many of these stories now.

The idea of parallel universes is hardly new to the world of science fiction — you can go back to the original Star Trek series 55 years ago and see the idea broached in some of its episodes, or shows like Sliders or Fringe that were built upon the premise of parallel universes. But now, […]

The post Let The ‘Madness’ Begin: Elizabeth Olsen Loves The Idea Of ‘Multiverse’ Stories appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.

Liz Sheridan, the actor best know for her role as Jerry Seinfeld’s mother Helen in the classic sitcom “Seinfeld,” died on Friday, a representative confirmed to Variety. She was 93.

Seinfeld reacted to the news on Twitter, writing, “Liz was always the sweetest, nicest TV mom a son could wish for. Every time she came on our show it was the coziest feeling for me. So lucky to have known her.”

Liz was always the sweetest, nicest TV mom a son could wish for. Every time she came on our show it was the coziest feeling for me. So lucky to have known her. pic.twitter.com/ae9TDHQILU

— Jerry Seinfeld (@JerrySeinfeld) April 15, 2022

Born in 1929, Sheridan got her start as a nightclub act, earning a living by dancing and playing in both New York City and Caribbean clubs. During her time as a nightclub act, she had a romantic relationship...

Update, with video announcement CBS’ daytime show The Talk announced that frequent guest host Jerry O’Connell is joining the show as a permanent co-host.

“It’s fun, and it works, and we’re going to have a lot of fun,” the actor said on today’s episode as the announcement was made. Watch the announcement below.

O’Connell will appear on the show for the remainder of the week before taking a break until the end of the month to fulfill a previous film commitment. He’ll join full-time for Season 12.

His hiring follows the show’s firing in March of original cohost Sharon Osbourne after her controversial comments on race and her defense of friend Piers Morgan.

“It’s real exciting,” he said. “First of all, I want to say, you ladies have been so welcoming to me. I mean, I came here as a guest months ago, and...

Welcome back to another episode of Gone But Not Forgotten, which examines all of your favorite shows from back in the day, from big hits to cult sensations and more. Back in the early nineties, the Fox Network had a bit of a niche as the home for some of the coolest sci-fi shows of the era. The X-Files, Millennium, Space: Above & Beyond, M.A.N.T.I.S…they had loads of stuff. One of the best was the nineties Sliders TV show, which starred Jerry O’Connell as a student named…...

As I dug into the brand new 4K release of Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall, it struck me that it had been nearly 15 years since I last sat down and watched it. And once it was over, I realized just how much of a mistake that was, because Total Recall is still a brutally fun and somewhat trippy experience that definitely ushered in a new era of heady sci-fi action films throughout the 1990s and also proved that, heading into a new decade, Arnold Schwarzenegger was still the tops when it came to headlining ambitious cinematic projects that went against the grain.

If you’re reading this, chances are you probably have a good idea of what Total Recall is all about, so I’ll keep this overview brief. Based on the Philip K. Dick short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale,” Total Recall transports us to the...

This DuckTales article contains spoilers for season 3 episode 12.

While watching DuckTales I sometimes think about what writing the show is like. While I know there’s considerable time spent on writing the complex characters, their arcs, the world, and just making a great story? I have no doubt there’s also got to be at least an hour long discussion every week of “okay but what deep cut Disney reference can we do in this episode?”

Throughout the 2017 DuckTales there’s been references big and small to Disney’s past. In the recent Darkwing Duck episode of DuckTales, “Let’s Get Dangerous” we got a Bonkers cameo! However, so far all the references have at least been to things fans were more or less aware of. This reference though was the deepest of deep cuts. Beyond the Disney afternoon, beyond the comics, there was one moment in that recent Darkwing Duck...

Comcast and NBCUniversal are pushing Peacock out of the nest starting Wednesday, April 15, promising to unfurl a rich plume of 15,000-plus hours of streaming content, first for the cable giant’s own TV and internet customers.

Peacock is then slated to be available across the U.S. on July 15 — while NBCU is mulling the possibility of moving that up sooner — in various three tiers across mobile, web and connected-tv devices: paid with ads ($4.99 monthly); paid with no ads ($9.99 monthly); and completely free with ads with a truncated content lineup. With the national launch, Comcast (and Cox) subscribers also will have the option to get an ad-free version of the service for an additional $5 per month.

So what’s on the menu? Peacock will include live and on-demand content across current and past TV shows, movies, news, and late night programming, with some live sports once they resume post-pandemic. Most of...

In this edition of Sequel Bits: The Cabin In The Woods Art Director and Venom VFX Supervisor Join Ghostbusters 3. J.K. Simmons says he knows all there is to know about Ghostbusters 3, but he won’t tell you about it. Woody Harrelson seems to be having a good time shooting Zombieland 2. Kevin Smith shares another pic […]

The post Sequel Bits: ‘Ghostbusters 3’, ‘Zombieland 2’, ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’, ‘Leaving Neverland’, ‘Sliders’, ‘Expendables 4’, ‘Call Me By Your Name’ appeared first on /Film.

Shamus Kelley Mar 20, 2019

Sliders could be coming back with help from Jerry O’Connell and John Rhys-Davies. Time to get your whisper on.

Sliiiiiiidddeerrrrrsssssss might be returning to Earth Prime! As reported by Flickering Myth, John Rhys-Davies along with fellow co-star Jerry O'Connell have been talking with NBC about a possible revival of the cult sci-fi series. For those who might not remember the series Sliders followed Quinn Mallory, his professor Arturo, best friend Wade, and former hit singer Rembrandt slide from parallel universe to parallel universe, trying to get home.

Davies says that O'Connell had been, "pestering me for a number of years (about a revival) and we’re actually talking to NBC at the moment to see if there’s any possibility of rebooting the series."

The biggest problem in their way at the moment is who actually owns the series.

"At the moment we don’t seem...

Do you remember the 1995 sci-fi series Sliders? That’s a show that I haven’t really thought about in years, but it was a fun show to watch!

The series focused on a group of scientists who discover ways to slide into parallel universes. As they travel to different parallel universes, they get lost and have to try and find their way back home.

It turns out that series stars John Rhys-Davies and Jerry O’Connell want to make a revival series and Rhys-Davies says that they are currently in talks with NBC about making it happen! While talking to Flickering Myth, he said:

“Jerry had been pestering me for a number of years and we’re actually talking to NBC at the moment to see if there’s any possibility of rebooting the series. They’re looking into the basic question of who actually owns it? At the moment...

Do you remember Sliders making a comeback? According to FlickeringMyth, stars John Rhys-Davies and Jerry O'Connell are in talks to revive the Fox TV show.

The sci-fi series followed a group of "sliders," who travel between parallel universes and learn about alternate versions of Earth. The cast included Rhys-Davies, O'Connell, Cleavant Derricks, and Sabrina Lloyds. The show ran on from 1995 to 1997 and on from 1999 to 2000.

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Barbara Claman, a casting director whose credits included three Albert Brooks films, the TV shows Silk Stalkings and Zorro and the soap opera Santa Barbara, died Jan. 17 in Winsted, Connecticut, her son said. She was 89.

Claman worked with Brooks on Lost in America (1985), Modern Romance (1981) and Defending Your Life (1991) and helped cast other films like Days of Heaven (1978), Boardwalk (1979), The Changeling (1980) and Iron Eagle (1986).

Her TV résumé also included the 1990s series Tour of Duty, Renegade, Sliders and Pensacola: Wings of Gold.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Claman started ...

Barbara Claman, a casting director whose credits included three Albert Brooks films, the TV shows Silk Stalkings and Zorro and the soap opera Santa Barbara, died Jan. 17 in Winsted, Connecticut, her son said. She was 89.

Claman worked with Brooks on Lost in America (1985), Modern Romance (1981) and Defending Your Life (1991) and helped cast other films like Days of Heaven (1978), Boardwalk (1979), The Changeling (1980) and Iron Eagle (1986).

Her TV résumé also included the 1990s series Tour of Duty, Renegade, Sliders and Pensacola: Wings of Gold.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Claman started ...

Imagine traveling back to January of 1990 and telling someone who had just seen Tremors that the Kevin Bacon-led film about monstrous, subterranean worm creatures would spawn a franchise that would last for at least three decades. As great as the beloved creature feature is, it’s still surprising that sequels are being churned out after all these years, especially with such a clear-cut concept ripe for opportunists in a climate of remakes and reboots, and it’s a testament to the lasting strength of the original film, from its tight writing and narrative focus to its charming cast of characters to the practical effects work that brought the Graboids to life, that diehard fans still embrace the franchise as a whole.

Though Tremors was released in theaters, everything that came after it was relegated to the direct-to-video market, starting with Tremors 2: Aftershocks in 1996, which introduced the heat-seeking Shriekers into the mix.

Writing a character is no easy thing to do, much less one people can actually connect with. Most shows are crafted with multiple seasons in mind and during that run, some characters can become superfluous and get written out.

Other times, external circumstances play a pivotal role in the decision-making process of whether a characters gets to stay on or is kicked off a show.

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Regardless of the reasons for a character's exit, we couldn't help but notice a few instances where the punishment did not match the crime -- if they committed any. As a result, we have picked out 13 cases that stood out to us, but feel free to mention which ones you think we missed that deserved to be on the list.

So, settle in and let's count...

Juliette Harrisson Nov 7, 2018

When a TV show moves away from its core concept, it can either relight the spark or snuff it out completely...

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

The last thing any showrunner of a long-running TV series wants is for their show to turn stale. Episode after episode after episode for years and years of nothing but the same thing will soon have audiences turning off. So surely the answer is to keep the show fresh, right? Mix things up a bit, change things around a bit, maybe even reboot the show and send it in a new direction? That’ll keep audiences happy!

Well, maybe. Rebooting or reinventing a show is a delicate thing, and there’s always a risk that audiences will simply long for the glory days when the show felt like the series they fell in love with. Shows that move...

Bravo has ordered a late-night talk show that will be executive produced by Jerry O’Connell and Andy Cohen.

Titled “Real Men Watch Bravo,” the show will be also be hosted by O’Connell. Set to premiere this fall, each episode will feature O’Connell alongside a panel of male celebrities, comics and tastemakers, discussing the buzziest Bravo moments and a variety of topics steeped in pop culture.

O’Connell is himself a diehard Bravo fan, with the new show meant to offer the male point of view pertaining to all things Bravo and entertainment. The actor is known for his roles in films like “Stand By Me” and “Joe’s Apartment” and shows like “Sliders,” “Crossing Jordan,” and most recently “Billions.”

Cohen is well-known to Bravo audiences as the host of “Watch What Happens Live,” the cabler’s nightly late-night talk series. He is also an executive producer on the “Real Housewives” franchise.

According to a recent report from Soapcentral, we’re about to see a new male arrive on the scene for CBS’s hit soap opera show “The Bold And The Beautiful.” The crew has decided to hire former Happy Days actor Don Most (above) to come on and play a character named Pete. If any of you watch Happy Days, Don played character Ralph Malph on the show. Getting back to the Pete character, Soapcentral says he’ll be a handyman that arrives to help spruce up the Spectra Fashions building after a fire breaks out. Don recently talked to TV Insider and gave them a little more intel about his Pete role saying, “It's an old building and there's something very dicey going on with the electrical wiring. Pete keeps telling them he's no expert, but they don't want to spring for a real electrician. And then they hire him back a second time!

Instead of finishing A Song of Ice and Fire: The Winds of Winter, Game of Thrones' George R. R. Martin took to LiveJournal this weekend, to announce the Wild Cards TV series is in development at Universal Cable Productions (Ucp).Martin edits the multi-author sci-fi anthology book series with Melinda M. Snodgrass, who is attached as executive producer. Her TV series credits include: The Outer Limits, Profiler, Sliders, Reasonable Doubts, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.Read More…...

Louisa Mellor Jul 29, 2016

Bablyon 5's Jerry Doyle, who played Michael Garibaldi on the show, has sadly passed away at the age of 60

Sad, sad news today. Actor and radio host Jerry Doyle, fondly remembered in these parts for playing chief of security Michael Garibaldi in Babylon 5, has passed away.

Doyle played Chief Warrant Officer Garibaldi on the sci-fi show throughout its run, first appearing in 1993 TV movie Bablylon 5: The Gathering. His other small-screen appearances included guest spots in Homefront, Renegade, Sliders and NYPD Blue. It was as the host of a nationally syndicated radio show that he found an enthusiastic audience in recent years.

His family made the announcement via his Facebook page, informing followers that the cause of his death was as yet unknown. A flood of tributes is steadily arriving there, many of them from fans praising his wit, thoughtfulness and kindness.

Our thoughts are with...

Marc Scott Zicree might not be the first name you think of when it comes to Star Trek. But he has made his mark in a couple of ways, including the story for the popular "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode that pulled everyone out of their makeup, "Far Beyond the Stars."His writing since then has been a mix of "Sliders" episodes, some animated series work, and the 2007 "Star Trek: New Voyages" episode "World Enough and Time."This was an episode that more or less helped put fan-films on the map, and featured a guest appearance by George Takei, who has been in the news this week after "Star Trek: Beyond" revealed the Sulu character he originated would come out as gay.Zicree has made no secret of his dislike for the recent fan-film guidelines issued by CBS Corp. and Paramount Pictures, and has ...

Thanks to a long Hollywood career, that includes several memorable roles in TV and film, Jerry O'Connell has perfected his ability to predict what fans who approach him will want to discuss. The co-host of the new limited series People's List, says he's most often approached about his work in: coming-of-age classic Stand By Me, the Fox/Syfy channel series Sliders and his quarterback role in Jerry Maguire and that he can predict which of the three fans will ask him about. How does he do it? With a quick assessment of age and apparel. "I'm 42 now, so if it's...

Thanks to a long Hollywood career, that includes several memorable roles in TV and film, Jerry O'Connell has perfected his ability to predict what fans who approach him will want to discuss. The co-host of the new limited series People's List, says he's most often approached about his work in: coming-of-age classic Stand By Me, the Fox/Syfy channel series Sliders and his quarterback role in Jerry Maguire and that he can predict which of the three fans will ask him about. How does he do it? With a quick assessment of age and apparel. "I'm 42 now, so if it's...

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As The Shannara Chronicles comes to the UK, we chat to and Lord Of The Rings and Indiana Jones actor, John Rhys-Davies…

Interviewing John Rhys-Davies is like trying to alter the flow of a mighty torrent with a teacup. Scoop as hard as you like in any given direction, and on it gushes with tremendous force, following its own course and making a wonderful spectacle as it goes.

Best known for his role as Gimli, son of Gloin in Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Davies’ six decades-long career includes the roles of Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and Professor Arturo in Fox’s Sliders, a show he didn’t depart from happily after a network-orchestrated change in writing personnel.

I met Davies in the offices of Channel 5 to talk about his role as Eventine, King of the Elves in new MTV fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles,...

If only every Defiance episode could work as well as this week's, which had great story flow and characteristically strong SFX...

This review contains spoilers.

3.5 History Rhymes

From the outset, History Rhymes was a much slicker and tighter narrative than we’ve been graced with so far this season.

The centre-piece is the often turbulent relationship between Nolan and Irisa, and how they’re now bonded together to share a common memory collection.

It might seem somewhat late in the process to give Nolan more backstory, but as this progressed, his failings and Irisa's were better revealed. As it went on, I began to wonder if Irisa is actually more guilt-ridden than Nolan, but surely the point is that only these two characters can understand the pain of the other, even if they’re not exactly bonding right now.

The only problem with the memory sequences was that taken out...

From Star Trek: Generations through to Star Trek: Nemesis - here are 47 nerdy spots in the Next Generation films...

Since Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979, the Star Trek cinematic outings have proved to be a smorgasbord of references and famous actors (or those who would go on to be), and often had complex behind the scenes events that stopped some rather, ahem, fascinating moments making it to the final version. We found lots of nerdy spots in the first six films here.

This time out we look at the films featuring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation and choose 47 factoids. Granted, there's a lot more than that of interest, but we've tried for ones that you might not be aware of.

Oh, and there are some major spoilers...

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

1. The first of the Next Generation films was something of a rush job as principal photography...

Ouarzazate, Morocco. Officially, the Moroccan city of Ouarzazate is nicknamed "The door of the desert," resting south of the High Atlas Mountains and on the edge of the Draa Valley. Thanks to the presence of Atlas Studios, though, Ouarzazate is perhaps more appropriately known as The Hollywood of Central Morocco, or perhaps even The Hollywood of Morocco. Ouarzazate has a population of just over 50,000, but in late October of 2014, that population includes a disproportionate number of Jesuses, Judases and an absurd number of Marys, both Jesus' mom and of the Magdalene variety. It's late October of 2014 and Ouarzazate is the beating heart of TV's Biblical world. "It's a very holy town right now," laughs Haaz Sleiman, one of the Ouarzazate Jesi -- Yes, that should be the name of a fantasy baseball team -- specifically playing the title role in National Geographic's "Killing Jesus," the project that has brought me to this region.

An old friend of Jake's who is no fan of Annie is about to surface on Marry Me. EW has learned exclusively that the NBC romantic comedy has tapped Jerry O'Connell to guest-star in an episode titled "Friend Me." The Stand by Me/Sliders vet—whose recent TV credits include The League, Drunk History, and We Are Men—will play Daniel, a pal of Jake (Ken Marino) who did not care at all for Annie (Casey Wilson), which caused friction in their group of friends, a.k.a. The Boyz. Now that Daniel and The Boyz have reentered Jake's life,...

After battling the undead for three seasons on AMC, Sarah Wayne Callies is ready to rumble with some aliens.

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Callies, who played Lori Grimes on The Walking Dead, has joined the cast of the new USA Network pilot Colony. From former Lost co-showrunner Carlton Cuse, Colony is set in modern-day Los Angeles during an alien invasion.

On Colony, Callies will play Katie, the wife of FBI agent Will Bowman (Lost‘s Josh Holloway).

Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…

* Season 2 of Atlantis will premiere Saturday,...

Once Upon a Time has added a familiar face — and a very familiar voice — to its Season 4 riff on Frozen.

Tyler Jacob Moore (Shameless, Gcb) has been cast as Anna’s onetime suitor, Hans, E! Online reports.

The recurring character — who will first appear in Episode 3 — is described as “a well-bred prince with a serious chip on his shoulder,” a young man who burns to be king. (Mild spoiler alert for Frozen ahead!) Refined and well-spoken on the outside, Hans has a mean streak a mile wide and will do anything to claim the power and respect he thinks he deserves.

It’s blast-off on Space Command, with production underway on this brand new science-fiction series in Los Angeles, which unites some of the most recognizable faces in science-fiction TV history with some of the most respected names behind the lens.

Written and directed by award-winning writer/director Marc Scott Zicree (Sliders) the thrilling new space-set franchise follow the bold adventures in space of the United Planet’s Space Command, a dedicated group of scientists, soldiers and adventurers exploring and taming the vast expanse of our solar system for human colonization.

Robert Picardo (Star Trek : Voyager, InnerSpace), Bill Mumy (Babylon 5, Lost in Space), Doug Jones (Hellboy, The Strain) and Mira Furlan (Babylon 5, Lost) help make up the film’s cast of sci-fi veterans.

Welcome to the latest entry in our brand-new feature here on Nerdly – the Review Round-Up – where we take a look at some of the weeks new releases in smaller, more succinct capsule reviews with a rating to let you know whether to Rent, Buy, or wait for Netflix and/or other streaming services…

Last Vegas

Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen, Jerry Ferrara, Romany Malco | Written by Dan Fogelman | Directed by Jon Turteltaub

What starts out as a seemingly geriatric take on The Hangover, Last Vegas sees wealthy and wild bachelor Billy (Douglas), grouchy grump Paddy (De Niro), lovable family man Archie (Freeman) and ladies man Sam (Kline), who have been best friends since childhood, journey to the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and to relive their glory days when Billy, the group’s young at heart ladies’ man,...