FX has renewed its popular and critically acclaimed animated spy series Archer for a fourth season. The cable network has issued a 13-episode order and has thrown in a 2-year deal with Archer executive producers Adam Reed and Matt Thompson and their animation studio, Floyd County Prods.
After weeks of speculation about who might get the part, British actor David Morrissey has landed the much coveted role of The Governor on AMC’s The Walking Dead. The announcement came on Friday, which took fans by surprise after rumors were floating around that Michael Rooker (who played Daryl’s brother Merle on the show) was a possible candidate to take on the role. Morrissey is a veteran actor famous for his roles in shows like State Of Play, Meadowlands & Blackpool. American audiences are probably more familiar with his role as Michael Glass in Basic Instinct 2 opposite Sharon Stone (or not, which is good. The movie was horrible).
TVLine.com reports that Mira Sorvino is close to signing up for the lead role in CBS pilot Trooper. If the deal comes through, it would be the first series for the Oscar winner actress who has made several guest appearances in TV series (including House and Will & Grace) and whose last TV role was the lead in the mini-series The Last Templar (2009).
Good comedy is hard to find. Likely most shows you can’t get enough have been off the air for awhile now. Time to freshen up because there’s a lot to laugh at on your tube. So here’s a rundown for your every comedy need. Because let’s face it, after a long, boring day at work you don’t want to sit down on your couch and spend the evening turning channels hoping that something will put a smile on your face. No, just check these shows and see if they have the kind of jokes that will brighten up your day or give you material for your father-in-law/co-workers/that girl on the bus you always meant to talk to…
Is too much of a good thing bad for your health? If that’s the case, Justified is the most dangerous show on the planet. Nothing gets the juices flowing like a good old fashioned showdown between two seasoned foes, and judging from the events that occurred on “When The Guns Come Out”, Boyd Crowder & Robert Quarles are one step away from an all-out war. The writers have sewed the seeds of awesomeness over the first five episodes of this season and now, the groundwork has finally paid off. Season three has officially entered into hostile territory, for characters on both sides of the law. To say that Raylan Givens is in the middle of a shitstorm of galactic proportions, would be an understatement.
Greendale fans rejoice! After NBC inexplicably bumped off Community from its mid-season schedule a few months ago, creator Dan Harmon informed the desperate public that the show will be returning to Thursday nights on March 15th. According to a tweet from Dan Harmon –
“What you call 8:00, we call home. Community returns to Thursday nights on March 15th.”
“Johnny McKee” flowed at just the right pace, and as a result, felt much shorter than all previous episodes. The weakest part of the now established episode pattern — the story set in modern day San Francisco — was also better, all things that contributed to a slightly better than usual episode of Alcatraz. Before discussing “Johnny McKee,” let’s go over my grief with the series so far in more details. Whatever the author’s brand of dramatic structure, a story is typically broken into an introductory part, one or several parts where things are developed, and a closing part. In the introduction, we get a little background information and details about what the problem is, like let’s say the identity of the returning inmate and the fact that on top of being a wandering convict, he is killing people and needs to be stopped. In the middle part, things get ugly before they get better for the protagonists (heroes), as in they try to find the inmate, but they can’t do it in time before he kills other innocent people. They finally get whatever it is they need to be locate him, but they (and we) are not sure they’ll be able to fend off the current threat. In the closing part, the heroes save the day, as in they get to the inmate in time to stop him and then go back home to draw lessons from what has happened or read a book to a lady in a coma.
