1. Those cool, old Cylon centurions from the Razor movie will make an appearance in the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica.
2. Kirsten at E! has some videos of former Rome star Kevin McKidd’s return to Grey’s Anatomy.
3. Hurrah! The much-mooted Melrose Place reboot appears to be gathering momentum.
4. Thieves have struck on the set of Prison Break. We hope they didn’t take any of those tedious Scylla cards.
5. Heroes bad guys (or are they really the good guys?) Pinehearst are recruiting new staff…
6. Hurley, Ben and Sawyer off Lost recently held a Pumpkin Carving Party. Well, what else is there to do of an evening in Hawaii?
7. Angel/Alias bad girl (and Firefly hero) Gina Torres is going to appear in Pushing Daisies.
We can hardly contain our excitement. Not only have we got the 24 TV movie Redemption to look forward to at the end of November, but then a full-on new series in January.
And judging from this trailer, it’s going to be action, action, action as Jack takes on the back-from-the-dead-turned-bad Tony Almeida. “So help me God,” says Jack, “I will kill you, and you will stay dead this time.”
Oh my….
The 20th series of The Simpsons starts here in the UK on Sky 1 on Sunday 9 November, and begins with the latest of its Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials.
This year’s offering sees a vote-rigging scandal, an invasion by Transformer-like robots and an homage to Peanuts called It’s The Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse. The highlight, however, promises to be How to Get Ahead In Dead-Vertising, which sees Homer killing off celebrities and begins with this brilliant spoof of the opening credits to Mad Men.
8.30pm, Scrubs, Paramount
JD and Turk have some competition when womanising, brawling, risk-taking Irish man Billy (the gorgeous Colin Farrell) arrives in hospital, admitting his brother. He proceeds cause a catfight between Carla and Elliot, take the boys out for a wild night on the town and finally get kicked out of the hospital. Doesn’t sound like the sort of behaviour our Farrell would usually be to up at all! Meanwhile, Dr Cox could be in for a catfight of his own when Jordan finds out why she can’t get pregnant.
9pm, The Big Bang Theory, E4
In the first of tonight’s double bill, Sheldon is outraged when his obnoxious comments get him kicked off the physics ten-pin bowling team, so he forms a new team with the janitor and the cafeteria lady - surely an unbeatable trio! In the second edition, a few choice comments from eye-candy Penny help Leonard realise that girls don’t go for guys who have rooms full of nerd memorabilia, so he resolves to throw all his away. Can he really bear to part with it, though?
10pm, Heroes, BBC3
Having killed Ando last week, Hiro begs bad guys Knox and Daphne to take him with them on a trip to see Pinehearst. Daphne doesn’t feel so sure and she thinks that she and Knox have turned Hiro into a killer when all they are is humble thieves. But is Hiro really the deadly killer he has painted himself to be? Or is there more to the plot? Only one way to find out!
Below is a trailer for Scream Queens, a new US reality show in which a group of wannabe actresses compete for a role in a Hollywood blockbuster. Well, when we say Hollywood blockbuster, we mean Saw 6 (yes, there will be a sixth Saw!).
Anyhow, watched over by acting coach extraordinaire John Homa (look at all the talent he’s nurtured here) and Shawnee Smith (”Star of Saw, Saw 2 AND Saw 3″) the girls learn to do stunts, scream, get bludgeoned to death and kiss each other. It’s all brilliantly awful – and be sure to press play below to discover what happens when each girl gets the axe…
Come on, VH1, show it over here!
Yatta! In this week’s fantastic new TV & Satellite Week we’ve got an interview with Heroes star Masi Oka, who gives us his verdict on the latest series of the cult sci-fi drama, reveals all about his other day job working in special effects, and dreams about the super powers he’d most like to have in real life. On top of that, we’ve got the lowdown on all your favourite US shows, including Prison Break, CSI: Miami, Burn Notice and Fringe. Who’s going to die? Who’ll be joining the cast? Will there be another series? We’ve got all the news and gossip!
8pm, Stargate Atlantis, Sky1
After last week’s exciting conclusion, which saw McKay and newcomer Daniel Jackson being stunned by aliens while scoping out a secret lab onboard the ship, what will befall our trusty space heroes this time? Daniel is frogmarched off with one of said aliens, and discovers that their captors are in fact Asgards. But these are Asgards with a difference… Meanwhile, Todd is approaching, and there doesn’t seem to be any way things can end well!
9m, CSI: Miami, Five
Horatio is in for a surprise when he and the team investigate the murder of billionaire and all-round nice guy Bill Winston. It turns out that Bill was in the process of getting his marriage annulled - and who was his blushing bride? None other than Julia, Horatio’s ex and mother of their convict son, Kyle! While another man is found responsible for the actual shooting, Kyle is certain that Julia has something to do with it. But can he prove it?
10pm, Prison Break, Sky1
This latest installment in the world’s most complicated drama sees Michael meeting up with JLOK and reluctantly agreeing to team up with her in order to find the remaining bird book pages. Bellick and Michael hear about Roland’s latest foolish scheme and first throw him against a car and then sit him in the naughty corner. Michael tells the team he’s planning on double-crossing JLOK. T-Bag tells JLOK she’s going to be double crossed. She doesn’t care. Futher shenanigans involving untraceable text messages, counterfeiting and characters with truly bizarre names follow. Confused? You will be!
The competition to win a DVD of the first series of Big Love is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered and correctly answered that the theme song to Big Love, God Only Knows, is performed by The Beach Boys.
We asked one of the many wives in the office to pick three names out of our special competition hat, and the winners are Fiona Lamas, Richard McPartland and Chris Beard. Congratulations, folks, and commiserations to everyone else.
The good news is we’ve got some more super competitions coming up soon, including the chance to win Moonlighting, Ghost Whisperer and Smallville goodies!
1. Turns out all those Dollhouse problems were bigger than we thought but, after some massive changes, the series is finally coming together nicely.
2. The role of Chuck’s dad in Pushing Daisies has been cast. Yes, we thought he was dead too.
3. Despite actress Katherine Heigl’s dispiriting remarks about the series, Grey’s Anatomy producers won’t be killing Izzie off just yet…
4. Meanwhile, new Grey’s intern Sadie (the excellent Melissa George) has a rather interesting past with Meredith.
5. The first new episode of Futurama in yonks hits Sky1 this Sunday, and the producers are hoping the series may return for a full run in the, erm, future.
