‘True Blood’ season finale scoop: Sookie mulls light after [spoiler alert]!

by Michael Ausiello at EW

True Blood‘s third-season finale airs on Sept. 12, and HBO has just released the perfect appetite-whetter. An extremely spoilery description of the Alan Ball-penned episode!

“Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) grapples with his conscience while plotting his perfect revenge against Russell (Denis O’Hare). Fed up with being “vampire crack,” Sookie (Anna Paquin) considers a new life without Bill (Stephen Moyer)—or any other vampire.

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Lost epilogue leaked online: Our spoiler-laden review!

By Scott Edelman at Blastr

We thought we were going to have to wait until those Lost DVDs and Blu-rays were released Aug. 24 to catch that 12-minute epilogue and learn what Ben and Hurley got up to during the post-Jack era. But we were wrong. (And you won’t believe who’s back!)

YouTube user oilery has posted the full epilogue “The New Man in Charge” (which is probably vanishing even as we type these words), but we thought we’d tell you what we saw and what we thought of it.

And let’s just say it one more time—spoilers ahead!

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Josh Jackson Contemplating Vampire Diaries Guest Spot! (And Perfecting His Best “Brooding” Look)

by Kristin Dos Santos at E!

Some guest casting seems just too good to be true, but hello, universe? This one needs to happen!

Joshua Jackson tells me that he is talking to his former Dawson’s Creek boss Kevin WIlliamson about coming on The Vampire Diaries (you know, Kevin’s new show?) for an upcoming guest stint.

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How Walking Dead made the lip-less zombie girl a reality

By Meredith Woerner at io9

One of the most disturbing members of the undead in Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead comic series is the “bicycle girl.” AMC has released video on how they made this nightmarish rib cage-wagging zombie a reality.

Frank Darabont’s Walking Dead TV series airs in October on AMC.

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Keck’s Exclusives: Jane Badler to Revive Diana on V’s Season Premiere

by William Keck at TV Guide

Thank you Scott Rosenbaum for just making V a thousand times cooler. After the executive producer let slip at Comic-Con that he’d be introducing Anna’s mother in V‘s November season premiere — and that her name would be Diana, fans went bonkers. I personally begged Rosenbaum to cast Jane Badler (so deliciously evil as lizard villainess Diana in NBC’s original ’80s V series) as this new incarnation of Diana, and word has just reached me that he has indeed awarded Jane the role. Woo-hoo!

When V returns, we will learn that Anna (Morena Baccarin) is keeping her mother prisoner on the mother ship in a never-before-seen section that has been designed to look like the Visitors’ home planet.

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‘Primeval’ star ‘loves sci-fi shows’

By Morgan Jeffery at Digital Spy

Alexander Siddig has revealed that he enjoys playing roles in science-fiction shows.

The actor played Dr. Julian Bashir on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and will join the cast of Primeval for the show’s upcoming fourth series.

He told UGO: “I will always have a soft spot, as long as I live, for doing crazy, geeky sci-fi shows. And I hope to goodness that people keep offering me them because I love them.”

However, he admitted that he was initially keen to distance himself from the genre when Deep Space Nine ended in 1999.

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The 11 greatest, craziest sci-fi crossovers in television history

By Alasdair Wilkins at io9

Tonight’s conclusion of the already epic Eureka/Warehouse 13 crossover is just scratching the surface of science fiction’s greatest TV crossovers. Well, we really ought to start here, shouldn’t we? We’ve already gushed about how much we’re loving this awesome crossover between Syfy’s two biggest shows, and I’ll have more to say about the Eureka side of the crossover tomorrow morning. Until then… Claudia. Fargo. Spiders. Lightsabers. Kissing. Enjoy.

Star Trek: The Next Generation meets Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: As the only two Star Trek shows to share the airwaves and the same quadrant of space, The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine were the two most natural crossover partners. And although there were occasional guest appearances and even a couple characters who moved permanently from one show to the other, we never got the big epic team-up that we all know we deserved.

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Do you like crossover episodes? What do you think of the True Blood and Lost spoilers? What do you think of the call-back to the original V series?

Stars of Smallville, Supernatural, Fringe, V and Vampire Diaries at Comic-Con

By David Bentley Coventry Telegraph

THE Warner Bros Television Group is aiming to make the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con (July 22-25) its biggest ever.

Stars and producers of The Big Bang Theory, Chuck, Fringe, Human Target, Nikita, Smallville, Supernatural, V, The Vampire Diaries, Children’s Hospital, Unnatural History, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, MAD and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated are set to appear at the event later this month.

There will be panels, screenings, signings, video game demos and giveaways.

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Stargate Universe Season 2 Will be Tougher, Darker, More Depressing

By Nix at Sci Fi Cool

As if being forced to sit through a single episode’s worth of storyline stretched out unmercifully into three draaaaaaaaaagging episodes, as well as a season ending cliffhanger wasn’t “tough”, “dark”, and “depressing” enough, the “Stargate: Universe” producers are promising even harder times for our stranded heroes in the show’s upcoming Season 2.

Cooper revealed that Everett Young, played by Louis Ferreira, will “feel some pain” in the new episodes

He explained: “After everything he’s been through – and it gets worse for him initially at the beginning of season two – it’s impossible to imagine that a person wouldn’t go to a very dark place at least for a short period of time.”

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David Anders Enters ‘Warehouse 13′

By Alan Stanley Blair at Airlock Alpha

“Warehouse 13″ has quite a selection of special guest stars for its upcoming sophomore season, including a minor “Firefly” reunion, a crossover with “Eureka” and a few established faces from the science-fiction genre.

Now, the series has another name to be excited about: David Anders.

Fresh off of stints in “The Vampire Diaries” and “24″ this season, Anders has signed on for a guest role on the popular Syfy series. And, just like all his other roles, no one is really sure who he is or what side he is even batting for.

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The 10 most disappointing female characters in sci-fi TV

by Sarah Jayne Brereton at Den of Geek

Surely I can get an ‘amen’ from my geek sisters when I point out that we watch sci-fi too? So, why are there so few good female characters in science fiction television?

Certainly, things have improved slightly in recent years, but for every Kara Thrace there are a slew of disappointing female characters in her wake. At best, most female characters on sci-fi shows are annoyingly stereotypical and, at worst, are introduced as pointless eye candy.

Anastasia “Dee” Dualla – Battlestar Galactica: Dualla had the potential to be such a rich and empowering character. On a show that otherwise boiled over with strong female images, from Starbuck to President Roslin, there would have been more than enough room to bring to the foreground the strong black female character that is so clearly lacking from sci-fi television. It would be refreshing to watch the development of a black female character that could be given more to do on a show than merely repeat out loud what she has heard in earphones.

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LOST Analysis Whatever Happened Vs. Alternate Time Line Debate

by Christina Dagnelli at Suite101

Fans of LOST have been debating the element of time travel most of season five. Are they in an alternate time line or is this what always happened?

Since Jack started yelling “We have to go back” many have wondered why. Why go back, for what reason? There is no definitive answer to that question but there are many possibilities.

Could this be a big loopy circle-and the reason they needed to go back is because they had parts to play in Dharma 1977-because that is what always happened? Or is it, they are just on this crazy ride, they were never in 1977 originally and there is no known answer to why they have to come back.

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Is anyone going to Comic Con this year? What (or who) are you looking forward to seeing the most?

NBC Finally Canceled ‘Heroes’ TV Show

ontheflix.com: NBC finally canceled “Heroes” TV show. According to “Entertainment Weekly,” NBC finally got on the bandwagon, and did what I could see coming for years. That’s right. They’ve canceled their used-to-be mega hit sci-fi show “Heroes.” Entertainment Weekly says that “Heroes” will definitely not be back for a fifth season. It only averaged 6.5 million viewers this past season.

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Smallville Season 10 Premiere Sci-Fi Show Updates

Smallville Season 10 premiere: Smallville Season 10 will also be placed on the Guinness World Record for longest consecutive running US Sci-Fi TV show. This record currently belongs to Stargate SG-1.

CW also announces that Smallville Season 10 will be composed of 22 episodes and will explore a relatively new plot in the storyline of Superman. Smallville Season 10 might or might not be seeing Allison Mack playing as Chloe, however executive producer Brian Peterson is optimistic that she will be back.

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7 New Genre Shows Coming to Network TV This Fall

io9.com:

The Cape, starring Dave Lyons (NBC)

Official synopsis: Lyons [plays] Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife, Dana (Jennifer Ferrin, “Life on Mars”) and son, Trip (Ryan Wynott, “Flash Forward”). Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Faraday becomes “The Cape” his son’s favorite comic book superhero — and takes the law into his own hands.
Additional cast: James Frain (“The Tudors”) plays billionaire Peter Fleming – The Cape’s nemesis – who moonlights as the twisted killer named Chess. Keith David (Death at a Funeral) plays Max Malini, the ringleader of a circus gang of bank robbers who mentors Vince Faraday and trains him to be The Cape; Summer Glau (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) plays Orwell, an investigative blogger who wages war on crime and corruption in Palm City; and Dorian Missick (“Six Degrees”) is Marty Voyt, a former police detective and friend to Faraday.
Cheese factor: Well, he turns himself into a superhero from his son’s comic books. So…

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Fringe Is Becoming The Show That Lost Wishes It Could Be

io9.com: J.J. Abrams has unleashed two television shows about faith and science and strange reflections of reality. Fringe will never be as popular as Lost, but it has the potential to be far greater, as it proved last night. Spoilers below…

Thing is, I still love Lost a lot, and I’m still clinging to hope that the whole “two thousand years of sibling rivalry” storyline culminates in something amazing. But I can’t remember the last time Lost made me feel quite as exhilarated as last night’s Fringe. Maybe it was partly because Fringe managed to work so many character beats and emotional moments into an hour, it felt like enough drama for ten Lost episodes. Or maybe it was because of the episode’s loopy twists and turns, which kept knocking me off balance.

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18 awesome Lost props that could be yours!

scifiwire.com: Sure, Hurley said that “The numbers are bad!”—but feel like getting your hands on his winning lottery ticket printed with those bad numbers anyway? Or how about Faraday’s journal, filled with the notes of his time-travel experiments? And what about Jin’s wedding ring, finally slipped on his finger again shortly before … well, you know.

Now that Lost has finished filming, any or all of these could be yours thanks to an upcoming auction—but only if you beat us out on the bidding, that is.

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6 amazing sci-fi TV shows ruined by their freaky finales

scifiwire.com: Like a spreading bowel infection, the end of a sci-fi TV series can fatally infect every previous episode. This happens when a finale retcons the mythos in such a way that every episode in the series is negatively affected. Watching cherished episodes becomes a sickening reminder of the final truth, like looking at your family photos after learning that your grandmother is a seven-headed alien who snatched your parents at birth.

Quantum Leap

The Show:
Dr. Sam Beckett leaps into some unwilling fool’s troubled past to fix their future. Dr. Sam prays to the cruel deity that spun him into this body-snatching roulette wheel, hoping against hope that his next leap will be the leap home.

The Ending:
After the finale ends, the narrator pisses all over our hopes and dreams by telling us that he never gets home.

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V: ABC TV Show Renewed for Season Two

tvseriesfinale.com: The aliens came and, despite some ratings challenges, they are staying — for at least one more season. ABC has renewed the V TV show for a second season.

Like the original, the new V revolves around the arrival of aliens to the planet Earth. While the visitors profess that they’ve come in peace, their ulterior motives slowly become clear. The cast includes Elizabeth Mitchell, Morena Baccarin, Morris Chestnut, Joel Gretsch, Logan Huffman, Lourdes Benedicto, Laura Vandervoort, and Scott Wolf.

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I sure would want Faraday’s journal and Charlie’s DS ring!  What would you like to have from those props? What other prop that isn’t in that list would you like?

Heroes canceled (wow), Smallville back for more (yay). I must admit that I didn’t watch the last season of Heroes, some of my favorite characters got killed and things changed. As for Smallville I’m still loyal to it. I just want Superman and Lois to get together.

What are some of your favorite TV show finales that went wrong?

Are you happy that V has second season? Are you a fan?

What do you think of today’s TV show news?

The Real Problem With The New “V” Series

While watching last night’s V episode, something sort of clicked into place for me, about why the new series just isn’t quite working: our heroes are creating a resistance group, rather than a public-relations campaign.

Seriously, twice during last night’s episode, someone asked a really simple question: “Name one bad thing the Visitors have done since they got here.” And both times, Erica looked like she’d just been asked the capital of Lithuania. This shouldn’t be a hard question to answer — and yes, I know that Tyler has the fancy jacket with the spy camera in it, and she doesn’t want to tip her hand.

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Inside the Stargate Universe and a Gateway to the Star

Whoever said science fiction was for 30-year-old men living in their parents’ basements clearly has not seen “Stargate Universe.” Moving into the second half of its first season and already scheduled for a 20-episode second season, “SGU” (as it’s called amongst the fanboys) is causing quite a stir, if only on this planet.

The new show, which follows a group of soldiers, scientists and civilians trapped aboard an alien spacecraft on the other end of the universe, reflects a growing trend toward more sophisticated and mature sci-fi television shows.

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‘Vampire Diaries’ Star Sara Canning Has Always Had A Fascination With The Undead

The undead might scare some people away but not Sara, which is why there couldn’t have been a better show to have catapulted her to fame than The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries.” Sara plays Jenna Sommers, the aunt and legal guardian of Jeremy and Elena, who all exist in a world where vampires and humans are entangled in one another’s lives (and sometimes just each other). But if you think her relationship with the undead is a new found hobby, think again. She laughingly recalled to the mag of her childhood, “I would creep into the living room and hide behind the couch to watch ['The X-Files']. I would scare myself. I had a really overactive imagination.”

And what type of person is Sara exactly? She still cares about her hometown, sending autographs to her former high school for their silent auction. And she’s also incredibly driven about going after her dreams.

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‘Vampire Diaries’ fans ‘may hate finale’

The executive producers of The Vampire Diaries have claimed that the season finale contains shocking character changes.

Speaking to TV Guide magazine, Julie Plec revealed that the episode will focus on John’s invention to eliminate vampires.

Plec explained that the news means Damon and Stefan will be in danger, adding: “It’s the episode that finally answers the question, ‘Will Damon do the right thing and not just what’s right for him because of his friendship with Elena?’”

The duo also revealed that Bonnie’s relationships with vampires will change, while Jeremy’s “life issues” will climax.

Plec concluded: “There are character moves that are so profound and hardcore that they will send fans to summer break either hating us, loving us or a little bit of both.”

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I have to agree with the writer of the article about V. What do you think?

I certainly hope we don’t hate the finale of Vampire Diaries, cause that would piss me off. I hope they’re thinking of the fans as they continue this series because after all, it’s the fans that allow the show to go on. What do you think? Are you worried?

‘Vampire Diaries’ Interview: Matt Davis on the Finale, Isobel and Aliens

John Kubicek at Buddy TV

What’s in store for the final four episodes of the first season of The Vampire Diaries?  Don’t worry, there won’t be aliens, though star Matt Davis, who plays vampire-slaying history teacher Alaric Saltzman, did recently have a close encounter of the strange kind.

According to Davis, the final story arc centers on Uncle John as the bad guy against the unlikely team of Alaric and the Salvatore brothers.  “Alaric is in the process of helping Stefan and Damon.  Now that Uncle John has arrived, he’s our new nemesis, so he’s after this invention that this whole storyline involves.”  However, Davis added that he couldn’t talk too much about what the invention might be.

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TV Watchtower: Is ‘Lost’ Irreplaceable?

By Tiffany Vogt at Air Lock Alpha

Unlike its predecessors and comrades in the sci-fi realm, “Lost” did something utterly remarkable: It crossed television boundaries and amassed a viewership of more than 21 million viewers in its first season. Even as viewership began to decline in its later years, it never dipped below 9 million viewers -– a number that most current sci-fi shows cannot even come close to.

While newcomers “V” and “FlashForward” initially drew in excess of 14 million and 12 million viewers respectively, they were unable to retain those viewers and now are currently drawing an average of 5 million viewers, less than one half of what they originally had within their first seasons. The same holds true with “Heroes” which exceeded 16 million in its freshman year, and currently only pulls in 4 million viewers.

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Why ‘Doctor Who’ is the Closest Thing in Existence to Superhero Comics

By: David Uzumeri at Comics Alliance

More than anything else I’ve seen in any other medium, the British sci-fi show “Doctor Who” is the closest analogue to superhero comics I’ve found, particularly regarding the sense of deep, timeless continuity and permanency of characters and ideas that stretch back for decades upon decades. I came to the show very recently — within the past few months — and I’ve since caught up on every episode of both the modern incarnation of the main show and its spin-off “Torchwood”; I’ve figured out who the writers are and the major pre-modern stories. It’s been an experience very similar to both getting into comics for the first time as a kid and coming back in 2004 — maybe there’s a starting point with a new creative team, but you’re still jumping into an ongoing story midstream and having to pick up the background from context (and the Internet).

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I’m loving the Vampire Diaries, and I’m SO excited to see what’s coming up. I know the season finale is going to drive me crazy though.

What will you watch when Lost is over? Are you a fan of Doctor Who?

‘Vampire Diaries’ star: Another big death is coming

by Jacob Burch at On The Red Carpet

Actress Kayla Ewell made quite the slash (of blood that is) when her character Vicki was brutally killed with a stake off the CW’s hit show The Vampire Diaries.

She told us it was cool to be the show’s first human to transform into a vampire, and that her death was always planned, as in the books. She also said someone else is about to meet their end.

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Good News Everyone – First Futurama Returns Teaser Trailer Online Now!

by spiffy

You’ve seen it, and you can’t un-see it!  Futurama fans the world over have been waiting patiently for their favorite futuristic sci-fi comedy to follow fellow Fox favorite Family Guy’s return from cancellation, and after a series of successful DVD/Blu-ray movies, it’s finally happening this summer.

They’re back, baby!

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Why V’s Reality Makes Less Money Than Its Promise

By Graeme McMillan at io9

The ratings may have fallen during its four week run, but that didn’t stop ABC’s V from being one of the largest moneymakers on television last year. How good a position does that put the show in for next year?

Forbes lists V as the fifth largest moneyspinner on television in 2009, but notes that that’s mostly due to positive pre-premiere buzz, as opposed to the show itself:

“Unfortunately for those enthusiastic buyers who collectively shelled out $5.6 million per hour-long telecast, the remake of a popular 1980s miniseries shed more than a third of its audience over the course of its limited run, from an impressive 14.3 million viewers on premiere night to only 9.1 million.”

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I am SO excited for the return of Futurama!! It’s one of my favorite shows of all time, and I’m so glad there will be new episodes.

Who do you think will die on The Vampire Diaries? Will you watch the rest of V?