There's an interesting show headed your way on H2, and I have a giveaway for you to help celebrate. America's Book of Secrets aims to dig deep into our nation's secrets, and reveal a host of mysteries. Check out more info below, including a preview video, and enter to win some cool H2 items here, and check out another giveaway H2 is running through Facebook. America’s Book of Secrets uncovers … [Read more...]
The second season of Being Human kicks off on Syfy on January 16th, and the show delivered well enough the first season to warrant some real excitement when it comes to how things will continue on. It's becoming increasingly rare that British translations work out, and this one has been a welcome surprise. To help kick things off, I have a couple of very cool clips, and an interview with the … [Read more...]
A couple of FOX's big shows, mainly Bones and Fringe, have outstayed their welcome really, but Bones is at least trying to provide some more entertainment for its fans, sort of. Billed to some extent as a spin-off, despite having no justifiable claim to the idea, The Finder may nevertheless turn into a hit based on some theory we might connect to the general idea of spin-offs. Generally … [Read more...]
It has quickly become a holiday tradition, and this year Syfy pulls out all the stops for themed episodes of Warehouse 13, Haven, and the unfortunately already axed Eureka. This season, you're really in for a special treat, at least, if you can stomach a send off visit to the town with all the smartest people in the world, because the Eureka episode is animated. Haven also gets seriously decked … [Read more...]
Series 6 of the revival of Doctor Who managed to do something that, despite growing and significant popularity, the revamp hadn't really been able to do before... it caused a stir. A legitimate, all out tizzy, and as the first few episodes aired, the blip of awareness that is Doctor Who skyrocketed as more and more people actually said the words, "Doctor Who." On the whole, the show has been … [Read more...]
I Hate My Teenage Daughter is a curious, but largely understandable, result of the trend in reality television and the absorption of that trend into the collective psyche. This is actually true of another new show this season, Suburgatory, and the two shows are largely cut from the same cloth. Those who are not overly familiar with reality television as viewers, but only insofar as they are … [Read more...]
Grimm comes to NBC tonight, and while viewers probably feel they have all the information they need from the previews, there may be more here than most think... though I'm not sure what. Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) is a Portland detective, and as far as he's concerned, life is going along rather smoothly. There have been a few minor hiccups recently, like seeing people's faces turn into … [Read more...]
USA's hot property Covert Affairs is returning on November 1st, and I have a very special "Jet Setter Pack" giveaway to celebrate. The series left off in pretty tricky circumstances at the end of the summer, and we kick things of with "Wake Up Bomb," an episode that changes things up a bit for Annie. As I'm sure you know, Annie's hopes of having a normal life (and speaking to her sister) went … [Read more...]
The pre-mid-season efforts from the major networks are a wild affair at the best of times, and this season we're seeing just how far this unique mix of shows can go. With ABC's Once Upon a Time and NBC's Grimm kicking off rather near each other, we're about to find out if audiences are ready for the strangest of the strange to show their faces on network television. We saw a certain amount of … [Read more...]
We've entered that time of year that is a sort of television black hole, and I can hardly imagine something that better showcases this idea than ABC's Man Up!, a show that gives the impression that the writers are running out of material before the pilot ends. A kind of shtick series (think the pilot of Cougar Town), which one imagines will be forced to "level out" before, Man Up! centers around … [Read more...]
So, that may or may not have managed to get your attention. If you have absolutely no idea what the title may be referring to, Kurt Sutter is the writer/producer of Sons of Anarchy (he also worked on The Shield, and appears on Sons as Otto), and he apparently went off on TV Bloggers, especially those (I guess) who put out episodic recaps/opinions. I imagine some number of said TV Bloggers must … [Read more...]
It's that special time of year right now in the world of television. You know what it is. It's a few weeks after the big fall premieres, so it's time to start hearing about all the shows that are already done. It gets worse and worse every year, and with each new fall push, more and more people turn to cable networks, who at least stand behind their shows long enough to get more than four episodes … [Read more...]
It's already time to start getting very serious about Halloween, and before we get too close, I have a very cool giveaway for you. A&E Home Entertainment has put together a package for me of spookables and other goodies, and you don't want to miss out on your chance to take them home. It's not the usual routine, but I'm going to start this one out with how you enter. I'm going to make … [Read more...]
It's a bit out of the ordinary for us here at Are You Screening?, but if you're lucky enough to have access to TV5Monde USA (and are able to get anything out of the broadcast), there's a very cool show coming your way, and I wanted to give you some notice. Epicerie Fine is a documentary series hosted by Guy Martin, and it takes a different spin on the culinary world of television. Each week, … [Read more...]
PSYCH returns tonight at 10/9c, and the hit show isn't slowing down this season. Still loaded with incredible guest stars and pineapples, it's as fun as ever, and somehow still comes through fresh as the first season. Of course, even I have to admit that a couple of episodes last season went a bit off, but there were also some amazing efforts in there, and this season is kicking off with some … [Read more...]
The best thing ABC's Last Man Standing has going for it is that TV Land is now producing its own shows. If this Tim Allen effort had come out a couple of years ago, I might have bet that it had no chance at all. That isn't to say that I don't like it... it's average-ish when all is said and done..., but I wouldn't have had a lot of hope for it actually getting viewers. It has some good elements … [Read more...]
