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Genre Shows Going, Going … Gone?
Michael Ausiello over at Entertainment Weekly has shared some bad news for fans of “Kyle XY.” The ABC Family show is calling it quits after its current run of episodes, but there could be other genre shows close behind. Over the past week, SyFy Portal has been talking to various studio sources trying to get a handle on whether genre fans will have a chance to continue seeing a ton of program in 2009-10, or if there will be a bloodbath coming up. So if you’re curious about whether your show is going or gone … here’s the latest. Fringe (Fox)STATUS: Staying Fox has had nothing but praise for the latest outing from J.J. Abrams and the other masterminds behind the upcoming “Star Trek XI,” and while ratings haven’t been homerun-ish like “House,” they’ve been enough to celebrate. There …
‘Knight Rider’ – Exit Light, Enter Knight
There has been talk about the new and improved “Knight Rider,” and since I like to at least try to be a fair person when dealing with television shows, I respect when a failing show recognizes its problems (and when I say that, I mean NBC and not showrunner Gary Scott Thompson, who has stated the series was fine before NBC asked for the direction change) and I’m always willing to give it a chance. So I tuned in to “Exit Light, Enter Knight.” Well, not really tuned in. I spent a couple bucks and bought it on my Apple TV since my DVR refuses to have anything to do with this. And I’m immediately welcomed to an episode that is all Thompson — he wrote it and directed it. You can see the effort that’s trying to go into this show, but there are really no grades for that in real life. Michael …
‘Doctor Who’ To Meet New Bad Guys
The Daleks? Check. The Cybermen? Check. The Tritovore … who? That’s a question BBC hopes fans won’t be asking come Easter when the next “Doctor Who” special is set to air with David Tennant and special guest companion Michelle Ryan. The Tritovore are a new bad guy described by The Mirror as part man, part fly. “They are disgusting and will last long in the memory,” a source told the newspaper. “Everyone remembers the Daleks and the Cyberman, but not a lot else if their honest. The Tritovore will change that.” The Tritovore will be a part of an episode already billed “Planet of the Dead,” and will bring Ryan — best known to American audiences as the star of the short-lived NBC series “Bionic Woman” — back to the small screen. It also will begin what will be the final stretch …
‘The House Between’ Returns For New Season
John Kenneth Muir has returned for new episodes of his popular series “The House Between,” the independently produced online series that begins its third season with the episode “Devoured.” The newest installment, the 16th in the series, continues the story of five strangers trapped in a Victorian house with no furniture and no escape, surrounded by dark matter. It stars Kim Breeding, Jim Blanton, Craig Eckrich, Lee Hansen, Tony Mercer and Alicia A. Wood. The latest episode is dedicated to the memory of “Space: 1999″ script editor Johnny Byrne, a friend of Muir who died just as planning for Season 3 was getting under way. “Discussing that low-budget phenomenon ['The Blair Witch Project'], Johnny told me that the filmmakers had learned well the key secret to creating good films and …




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