Television does love their guest stars. Ratings sinking? Show on the bubble? Bring in someone more famous than the regular stars and hope for the best. Sure, sometimes it ends up being little more than a ratings-grabbing stunt, and on a weaker show it is more likely to reveal the show’s flaws than to produce [...]
Continue reading...The BBC has released the first trailer for Merlin, the 13-episode retelling of the famous fantasy saga. The series will also air on NBC this winter.
Kristen Chenoweth uses the power of song to explain exactly why crystal meth is a bad thing. Some NSFW language.
Heroes returns September 22, and it looks awfully shiny and pretty. I’m looking forward to giving it another chance, even with Sylar still in play. Stupid Sylar.

Friday’s top picks:
Tonight, the original big 3 networks are banding together to support cancer research with the star-studded Stand Up to Cancer. Certain to be a bit maudlin and sentimental at times, but I think we can all agree that cancer is a bad thing. Also, Neil Patrick Harris will be there. ABC, NBC and CBS, 8:00pm
ABC Family hopes to continue its recent trend of fun, quality programming that people actually watch with this weekend’s mini-series, Samurai Girl. ABC Family, 8:00pm
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Friday, April 18, 2008
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