The BBC reserves its Saturday night prime time slots for genre-bending fare and it’s where shows vie for a place. [[[Primeval]]] is one of the newer series to occupy the coveted slot on ITV and recently completed its run on BBC America. Today, Warner Home Video collects the first 13 episodes, comprising its first two…
The BBC issued a press release today announcing that production has begun on the shortened third season of their series Torchwood. The "Children of Earth" storyline will last a mere five episodes which the UK will broadcast as a week-long event in early 2009. BBC America is expected to air the series soon after. The…
Attendees at this year’s ComicCon got A free Fringe comic which actually leads into the new series on the way to stores in a few weeks. Missed it? Don’t feel bad because now you can read it for free plus get even more into the world of Fringe before the show comes to Fox, plus:…
I just got an e-mail from ComicMix‘s Chris Ullrich, who was sitting in on a panel at Comic-Con regarding the TV show Torchwood. Chris has an update on the show that’s sure to be happy news for fans of Torchwood. He writes: I’m at the torchwood panel and they just announced season three was picked…
Over at Freema Agyeman’s eponymous site, she’s posted a trailer for an episode of Torchwood‘s second series (or season, as they call it on this side of the pond) in which she appears. Here’s a portion of a still from that episode: Agyeman’s site also links to what she calls "the TARDIS Friends Network," consisting…
What if the story of Jekyll and Hyde were based on a real person, a true case? And what if there were someone alive in the present day that had the same horrible curse? This is the premise of the new BBC mini-series Jekyll, premiering this Saturday at 8 PM on BBC America. The series…
James Marsters will be guest-starring in an episode of the R-rated Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood. Perhaps best known as Spike in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel teevee series and as well as Dr. Milton Fine in Smallville, Marsters has also voiced the role of Lex Luthor in the upcoming D2DVD Superman: Doomsday. He…
The third season of the new Doctor Who series will hit the U.S. cable channels in July, starting with the 2006 Christmas Special, "The Runaway Bride". The new series will run on the Sci-Fi Channel, home to the previous two seasons of shows. Ultimately, it will be syndicated and appear alongside its "adult" spin-off show…
Torchwood co-executive producer Julie Gardner disclosed the show’s second season will begin airing on the BBC at the beginning of next year. In its article about the new Doctor Who season in the British publication The Stage, Ms. Gardner stated last season the show didn’t have as much post-production time as they would have liked….
BBC America has announced a revamped schedule that will thrill many fans of different genres. Beginning shortly, there will be themed blocks airing from 8 pm – 10 pm: * Murder Mondays – a night of scripted dramas including new seasons of Wire in the Blood starring Robson Green, and Murphy’s Law with James…
BBC America has picked up Torchwood, the decidely more adult Doctor Who spinoff starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness. No word yet on scheduling, or how much of the racier stuff will be trimmed for American audiences, if any. As we hear more, we’ll pass it on.
