by Todd Brown, February 21, 2012 4:39 PM
We wept when it went away and now we rejoice because it's coming back.NBC have announced their upcoming schedule and Community has been reinstated to it's 8pm Thursday slot as of March 15th. Will they just play out the...
by Andrew Mack, February 16, 2012 2:32 PM
Your eyes do not deceive you. Yes. That is Dee Snider, frontman of Twisted Sister. Yes. He is part of the cast of Fearnet's upcoming original horror sitcom Holliston. As part of the SXSW conference during the festival we already...
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by Peter Martin, February 14, 2012 11:05 AM
After the success of HBO'S adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones, it shouldn't be surprising that other epic fantasy series are under consideration for translation into television shows. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover certainly fits the bill, and...
by Peter Martin, January 19, 2012 11:01 PM
Despite the title, Brad Pitt does not appear in this episode. Instead, "the box" refers to a TV that unexpectedly adds a new broadcast channel. The Twilight Zone, Episode #144: "What's in the Box" (original air date March 13,...
by Peter Martin, January 18, 2012 8:42 PM
What is the secret of youth? And does it have anything to do with walking like an Egyptian? The Twilight Zone, Episode #143: "Queen of the Nile" (original air date March 6, 1964) The Plot: Syndicated newspaper columnist Jordan Herrick...
by Peter Martin, January 17, 2012 4:01 PM
An Academy Award-winning short film produced in France, this dreamy, nearly-silent dramatization of a story by Ambrose Bierce starts with a man about to be hanged over a river. The Twilight Zone, Episode #142: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"...
by Peter Martin, January 16, 2012 6:51 PM
Out riding her beautiful white horse one day, a young woman is startled to see a somewhat older woman who looks strangely familiar ... The Twilight Zone, Episode #141: "Spur of the Moment" (original air date Feb. 21, 1964) The...
by Todd Brown, January 11, 2012 1:55 PM
Ladies and gentlemen: Sean Bean in a dress.The Lord Of The Rings and Game Of Thrones star will soon be seen on British television screens with Boardwalk Empire and This Is England's Stephen Graham in two episodes of BBC1 drama...
by Peter Martin, January 9, 2012 6:27 PM
Frank Darabont, who got pushed out of his gig running TV zombie show The Walking Dead last summer, has moved on to the battle between cops and mobsters in 1940s Los Angeles. Darabont will write and produce the pilot for...
by Peter Martin, January 6, 2012 7:01 PM
Talk about bad timing! An astronaut who is a happy bachelor accepts a 40-year solo mission. And only then does he meet the love of his life. Aargh!!! The Twilight Zone, Episode #135: "The Long Morrow" (original air date Jan....
by Peter Martin, January 5, 2012 4:01 PM
Not to be confused with the Ryan Gosling movie directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, this episode may actually be the grandfather of Christine and all other sentient car movies. The Twilight Zone, Episode #134: "You Drive" (original air date Jan....
by Peter Martin, January 4, 2012 11:59 PM
Maggie McNamara (THE MOON IS BLUE) stars in an episode that left me in tears. How can I explain? I shall try. The Twilight Zone, Episode #133: "Ring-a-Ding Girl" (original air date Dec. 27, 1963) The Plot: Bunny Blake...
by Peter Martin, January 3, 2012 4:37 PM
The great Ed Wynn stars as an elderly clockmaker who is convinced that he will keep living as long as he can keep an antique timepiece from dying. The Twilight Zone, Episode #132: "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" (original air date...
by Peter Martin, January 2, 2012 6:22 PM
We resume our coverage of Season 5 of the original series with an episode about the fountain of life -- which seems fitting for the second day of a new year. The Twilight Zone, Episode #131: "A Short Drink From...
by Peter Martin, December 16, 2011 3:00 PM
Mickey Rooney gives a towering performance as a little man with big dreams. Did we mention that he's corrupt and this is a straight dramatic episode? The Twilight Zone, Episode #125: "The Last Night of a Jockey" (original air date...
by Peter Martin, December 15, 2011 3:00 PM
A man who loves to talk, played by Richard Erdman (TV's Community) comes into possession of a stopwatch that can freeze time, affecting the entire planet with one click. What will he do with this awesome power? The Twilight Zone,...
by Peter Martin, December 14, 2011 3:00 PM
William Shatner stars in a classic episode, written by Richard Matheson and directed by Richard Donner, that holds up incredibly well as a model of terror and tension. The Twilight Zone, Episode #123: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (original air date...
by Peter Martin, December 13, 2011 3:01 PM
It's the real Real Steel, the episode written by Richard Matheson that inspired the recent big-budget motion picture, with Lee Marvin starring as a badass promoter of a robot boxer. The Twilight Zone, Episode #122: "Steel" (original air date October...
by Todd Brown, December 12, 2011 9:23 PM
Netflix are turning to Eli Roth in their continuing quest to generate original content and rival traditional television.Deadline are reporting that Netflix are closing a deal for a thirteen episode series order for Hemlock Grove, a new horror series...
by Peter Martin, December 12, 2011 3:01 PM
Season 5 of the original series began in late September 1963 with a somber episode about a bookie (Jack Klugman) whose son lays dying ... in Vietnam! The Twilight Zone, Episode #121: "In Praise of Pip" (original air date September...
by Ben Umstead, December 6, 2011 11:24 PM
Boy, oh boy, does Community know how to do a TV Christmas right! Thursday can't get here fast enough, or...er, maybe not, as this will be the final episode airing before the show's indefinite hiatus. At any rate, embedded below...
by Todd Brown, November 30, 2011 10:58 AM
Does the world really need a new version of The Munsters? Despite all the hours I killed as a child watching reruns of the family of friendly monsters after school I'm tempted to just say a flat "No" simply...
by Ben Umstead, November 18, 2011 11:41 PM
And like that, the 20th century model of "Television", the one of our childhoods, is pretty much put to bed. Let it sleep a peaceful sleep, for it has got us this far. Variety broke the news late tonight that...
by Ben Umstead, November 17, 2011 5:30 PM
This article is about the TV show Community. It is about the possibility of its cancellation. Community is a show I fiercely love. This will not be a rant. Writing this is largely for the purpose of allying my own...
by Peter Martin, November 13, 2011 10:30 PM
Season 4 begins its run of 18 one-hour episodes with a man suffering from an identity crisis. He hears strange sounds, and, sometimes, he wants to kill people! Sounds like an average New Yorker to me ... The Twilight...
by Peter Martin, November 8, 2011 6:01 PM
Season 3 of the original series concludes with Donald Pleasance as a college professor forced into retirement, whereupon he questions whether he has accomplished anything of substance and contemplates suicide. Dark! But don't worry, it gets better ... The...
by Peter Martin, November 8, 2011 1:50 AM
Enter the comedy zone with Carol Burnett as she discovers it's a wonderful life after all ... once she meets her guardian angel. The Twilight Zone, Episode #101: "Cavender Is Coming" (original air date May 25, 1962) The Plot:...
by Peter Martin, October 28, 2011 10:51 PM
The great character actor Andy Devine plays a teller of tall tales who draws the attention of two visitors from, let us say, "elsewhere," and he is faced with the consequences of his storytelling. The Twilight Zone, Episode #95:...
by Peter Martin, October 28, 2011 4:07 AM
A self-righteous, loathsome man, played by Theodore Bikel, declaims the evil in the world, and does his part by informing on "evil" people anonymously. Then he decides that he will destroy evil at a precise time later in that day....
by Peter Martin, October 26, 2011 10:06 PM
If you could be a god, what kind of god would you be? Would you be kind and beneficent? Would you reign in terror? An astronaut is about to explore his inner deity. The Twilight Zone, Episode #93: "The...