We would like to get ahead of the curve and start the first official campaign to keep Joss Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D. on the air and avoid premature cancellation. Never mind that the show was just announced yesterday. Ignore the fact that there has been no casting for the series yet. Forget that Whedon has a contract…
ABC has ordered a pilot for S.H.I.E.L.D, a live-action series from The Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon, Marvel TV and ABC Studios. The project is based on Marvel’s peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D (which stands for Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate or Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) found in both the Marvel comic book and…
This season, fairy tales are the thing with two distinctively different shows springing firm the same familiar tales. This weekend, NBCpremieres GRIMM while ABC had a great premiere for ONCE UPON A TIME just days ago. We speak to the cast & creators of both shows to see just where things differ. http://p.castfire.com/cf_player.swf The Point…
For those who think the comics/Hollywood connection is played out, it seems there’s still life in something that’s dead. Season two of “[[[The Walking Dead]]]” opened to an eye-popping 7.3 million viewers on Sunday, and it broke cable ratings records in the key demographic categories of adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. The preem averaged 4.8…
Tonight at 10pm(9c), Syfy premieres ALPHAS – a new series involving y9ung people with extraordinary abilities. Sound familiar? Co-creator Zak Penn explains why this is one super hero epic that we haven’t seen so far. Plus a reprieve for the ABC Soaps and TRANSFORMERS 3 tops the list once again. Check out The Point Radio…
In the late 1960s, Jim Henson and cartoonist Johnny Hart teamed up to produce a pilot for a TV series based on Hart’s and Brant Parker comic strip The Wizard of Id. According to the Henson Company blog, the response was pretty positive, but by the time ABC made the decision to move on it…
After a couple of seasons, ABC‘s CASTLE is getting hotter by the week. Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion share their thoughts on this (plus why FIREFLY is also still on our minds) – plus a “crash and burn” weekend at the box office and an Oscar disaster. Don’t forget – Pop Culture never sleeps (and…
In a few days (January 4th to be exact), ABC lauches the second season of V with a lot of new cast members and a few surprises as well. Cast member Laura Vandervoort talks about what we can expect in the next run, plus a bit on the future of her role as Supergirl. Plus…
When Disney bought Marvel, the movie rights to the majority of their big-name properties were tied up. They still are. But now that writer Jeph Loeb is head of Marvel television, he’s been pitching a bunch of properties to ABC-TV, which, of course, is owned by Disney. You might have heard that The Incredible Hulk…
We begin our look at the new ABC super hero series, NO ORDINARY FAMILY, by talking with JULIE BENZ – straight from being a victim on DEXTER to a much more powerful role here. Plus Ryan Reynolds lands in R.I.P.D. and a quiet weekend at the box office. And be sure to stay on The…
ABC’s Dancing with the Stars announced the star-studded celebrity participants for the upcoming 11th season! This fall taking the stage will be: Brandy, who will reignite her career right out of the grave it’s been sleeping in since it keeled over in 1998. Jennifer Grey, who will prove once more why “Baby” shoulda’ stayed in…
Every so often there is a television show that redefines what can be done with the form and ABC’s [[[Lost]]] was just one of a string of series that have successfully gotten out attention. It also spawned numerous imitators, none of which have managed to actually build enough suspense to overcome weak writing and lackluster…
