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HOW ‘SMALLVILLE' GOT ITS BRANIAC BACK James ‘Spike' Marsters, who recently celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, will return to the set of the CW's Smallville, reports E's Kristin. Marsters is set to reprise his role as Dr. Milton Fine/Braniac on… Continue reading
BEYOND ‘BATTLESTAR’? As has been previously reported by THUD, the upcoming fourth season of Battlestar Galactica was supposed to be its last – but now that might not be the case. According to Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune, actors Jamie Bamber and… Continue reading
One of the stories we’ve covered for THUD is the ongoing controversy with Ken Burns’ The War – the upcoming PBS documentary series about World War II that neglected to highlight the achievements of Latinos or Native Americans. The Hispanic community, from… Continue reading
One of the most frustrating things about Heroes is that it’s full of actors who should be on a much better show. That includes Adrian Pasdar, who plays Nathan Petrelli, Cristine Rose, who plays his mother, and Malcolm McDowell, who plays Mr. Lindermann. Both… Continue reading
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of CBS’s schedule here! Read our coverage of The CW's schedule here! You know, FOX has pretty much got it made right now. They can have a really crappy first… Continue reading
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of CBS’s schedule here! This season, the CW formally became the red-headed stepchild of former half-networks the WB and UPN. In the merge, more WB programs… Continue reading
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! And now, CBS! Of all the networks, CBS is the one I watch the least – I have no patience for yet another CSI spin-off or self-contained police procedural about serial killers… Continue reading
Sports fans have Draft Day. I have the upfronts, the yearly event held in New York where the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and the CW – announce their fall schedules in hopes of attracting some of those killer advertising dollars. That… Continue reading
Sports fans have Draft Day. I have the upfronts, the yearly event held in New York where the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and the CW – announce their fall schedules in hopes of attracting some of those killer advertising dollars. That… Continue reading
Since I’ve been writing this column, I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a weekly feature called “The Dumbest Person In Television” where I single out a character, actor, personality, or behind-the-scenes talent who has done something incredibly stupid and/or… Continue reading
The brain of every television critic in America just exploded with joy – NBC announced today that Friday Night Lights, routinely called “the best new show of the season” by pretty much everyone, will receive a second season on the struggling network. In fact,… Continue reading
I want to preface this conference call interview with Hayden Panettiere and Eric Roberts by saying I had one goal when talking to two of the stars of NBC’s one real breakout hit of 2006, Heroes. One. To ask them about Watchmen. And also Days of Future Past.… Continue reading
