After four seasons as one of the hosts on ABC's hit competition series Wipeout, Jill Wagner is bouncing on to new things.
Wagner will continue to be seen on the show's upcoming summer episodes, but plans to depart after that to focus on her acting career. Producers Endemol USA and Matt Kunitz are currently conducting a search to...
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Sink your teeth into all 13 episodes of Blade: The Series, including the 2-part pilot episode, based on the hit movies starring Wesley Snipes. Sticky Fingaz is Blade, the half-human, half-vampire warrior looking to take on the evil House of Chton after they unveil a plan to overthrow the human race with a new vampire super-breed. Special features include the "Turning Blade" documentary, two audio commentary tracks, and Blade TV promos. — Gord LaceyBuy Blade: The Complete Series on Amazon.com
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Question: Is the popularity of Heroes a good sign for superhero TV shows? Or is it a fluke when compared with the ratings failure of Blade? Could we get an Incredible Hulk revival? It doesn't take networks long to clone each other's shows. I mean, a couple of weeks into the new fall season, Fox was already prepping a pilot for a Devil Wears Prada TV show after the success of Ugly Betty. So are there already new superhero shows in the works?
Answer: I'm sure there are, but this path is fraught with peril. The popularity of Heroes has more to do with someone finally learning the right lessons from Lost's breakthrough: Placing ordinary relatable characters in an extraordinary circumstance makes for powerful and potentially popular TV. To intuit that all of a sudden there's going to be a mass market on network TV for superhero series is a recipe for disaster. The fact that "super" is not in the title of Heroes speaks volumes to the fact that the producers and the network are leery o ...
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Question: How is it that characters on shows like Rescue Me and Blade can use the S-word? Is it allowed on certain cable channels after 10 pm? Do they just pay whatever the fine is?
Answer: Cable operates under different rules and restrictions than network TV. These shows, which regularly feature graphic language, sexuality and violence, are generally labeled TV-MA, the strongest adult rating available in the current system, and air only after 10 pm/ET. They're meant for adult audiences only and are billed as such, with viewer-discretion warnings prominently displayed. Of course, none of this satisfies the watchdog groups, who would love to do away with anything that screams R-rated TV. ...
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In Part 1 of our Q&A with David S. Goyer, the producer/writer detailed the differences and similarities between Spike TV's Blade: The Series (Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET) and its big-screen begetter. Here he shares the scoop on which other Blade characters will surface on TV, status reports on The Flash, Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider and the Batman Begins follow-up, and the sad truth about why shows such as
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