Previewing Revival
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] While the zombie oeuvre has no shortage of entries, most of them plumb the narrative of the survivors battling a very dangerous foe in the undead, as well as the possible triggering contagion that set things in motion. Revival, Syfy’s newest genre drama, premiering Thursday in...
Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams Talk To Barcelona, With Love
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] This weekend, Hallmark launches its annual June Passport to Love programming with To Barcelona, With Love, followed next week by To Barcelona, Forever. Earlier this week, I chatted with writer Julie Sherman Wolfe about the films, and next up, stars Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams talk...
Julie Sherman Wolfe Talks To Barcelona, With Love and To Barcelona, Forever
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Writer Julie Sherman Wolfe has been a Hallmark family staple for the last decade, and in our house, The Birthday Wish is an annual birthday rewatch. She’s brought us films spanning everyday romcoms and friendship stories and last year’s tentpole film, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love...
Previewing SurrealEstate: “The Elephant in the Room”
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] SurrealEstate wraps its excellent third season in the US this Thursday on Syfy (and in two weeks in Canada on CTV) with “The Elephant in the Room,” written by showrunner George R. Olson and directed by TW Peacocke. When we left off last week, Tyler was...
Previewing SurrealEstate: “Grave Matters”
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Just two episodes left this season, SurrealEstaters, and Thursday’s episode, “Grave Matters,” written by George R. Olson and directed by TW Peacocke, gives Roman/Ireland frenemy Rita (Alison Brooks) a chance to walk in their shoes when she brings them in for a quick assist on a...
Previewing SurrealEstate: “Perchance to Dream”
[Warning; General spoilers ahead.] After last week’s surprising heartbreak, this week SurrealEstate finds the crew processing their grief through a crowdsourced haunting. When a software engineer (Slasher‘s Patrice Goodman) dies suddenly with no heirs, she starts dreamstalking Susan, Lomax, Augie, and then Luke. Once they huddle up, they put together...
Previewing SurrealEstate “A Slice of Afterlife”
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] This week on SurrealEstate, writer Hannah Cheesman and director T.W. Peacocke deliver a whiplash of an episode that runs the gamut from silly and weird to terrifying and heartbreaking. Set those DVRs to run a scoche over if you’re recording it. First up, Susan has some...
Previewing SurrealEstate “Battleground” + George R. Olson Talks Time Jumps and Character Resets
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] This week on SurrealEstate, we begin the second half of Season 3 and director T.W. Peacocke’s block of five episodes. “Battleground,” written by series creator and showrunner George R. Olson, is another really lovely episode that’s sometimes soft and sometimes loud, and amplifies the way the...
Syfy Announces Premiere of Revival This June
It’s been a minute (SurrealEstate four years ago) since Syfy rolled out an original summer series, which it was known for back in the days of Sci-Fi (I see you Killoys and Dark Matter), and this summer, it’s returning to its roots with the fourth season of Resident Alien and...
Previewing Surreal Estate: “The Gardener” + George R. Olson Talks Setting Up Shop for Season 3
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Following last week’s dedicated Zooey outing, this week on SurrealEstate, in “The Gardener,” it’s Lomax’s turn as she heads home to help her folks with the mortuary business and they present her with an interesting proposition. She runs into Rita in an unlikely place, while Luke...
Let’s Talk About Will Trent
[Spoilers for “The Blank Expanse of Nothing”] It’s been a minute since I’ve had a good, old-fashioned rant about a TV series, so I’m overdue. If you’ve followed me on IG the last few years (hi!), you know that I yell often and loud about my love for Will Trent....
Tim Rozon Looks Back on SurrealEstate
[Warning: All the spoilers ahead.] To close out our SurrealEstate coverage (for now), I chatted with Tim Rozon about Season 3 and getting the band back together. For the third season, production moved from Newfoundland to Ottawa, and Rozon was ready to dive back in. “We were in a...
George R. Olson Unpacks SurrealEstate Season 3
[Warning: ALL the spoilers ahead.] In case you missed the news last week, SurrealEstate has concluded with its third season, which aired last summer. On Friday, I spoke with series creator George R. Olson and series star Tim Rozon about saying goodbye to the show. You can read that piece...
George R. Olson and Tim Rozon Share Their Gratitude for SurrealEstate’s Run
Since SurrealEstate wrapped its third season six months ago, I’ve checked about once a week to see whether there was any news on cancelled or renewed. As long as there was no decision, there was still hope for a fourth season. This week, series creator George R. Olson let the...
Hulu’s Paradise S1 Weaves Past and Present to Unravel a Murder
One of the nice things about the symbiosis of the entertainment conglomerates is that sometimes streaming shows make their way over to linear outlets. Case in point: ABC has given Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building a primetime slot (after of course tweaking the language for FCC regs) during its...
Scott McCord Talks About Victor’s Expanding World in From Season 3
Closing out our From Season 3 coverage (which you can find here), in the second part of my conversation with Scott McCord, we talk about Victor’s new friendship with Sara, reconnecting with Tabitha, and what might be next for Victor when Season 4 returns in 2026. As we’ve talked about...
Dennis Heaton Talks Murder in a Small Town
Murder in a Small Town wraps its first season Tuesday night on FOX in the US and Wednesday night on Global TV in Canada. For US viewers, it’s been a neat addition to the usual FOX fare to have a slower-paced, small-town murder mystery with a parade of CdnTV peeps...
Harold Perrineau Talks From Season 3
[Warning: Includes spoilers for the Season 3 finale.] How are you doing, FROMily? That finale was A LOT. Thankfully we know we’re going to get more of this story, and you have a year and change to work on your Venn diagram deciphering the OMG WTFery of it all. Last...
Scott McCord Talks From Season 3
From the jump (pun intended), I’ve been a staunch advocate of Victor (and Scott McCord, who plays him), and this season, he’s been put through it. On the heels of sending Tabitha off into the unknown and having her return with his father, he unearths the long-suppressed memory that as...
Corteon Moore Talks From Season 3
From has always been really good about delighting us with mix-and-match character pairings, and this season, we’ve seen Jade and Tabitha, Sara and Victor, Henry and Victor, and Kenny and Acosta team up. As Ellis, Corteon Moore has spent a chunk of time this season paired up with Pegah Ghafoori...
What They Said: Three Revealing Conversations from Survivor’s Remorse “Closure”
WARNING: Spoilers for Survivor’s Remorse “Closure” The latest episode of Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse featured conversations that showed characters really digging deep into their thoughts, emotions and motivations.
Two Takes: The Catch “The Knock-Off”
Who can you trust? If this episode of The Catch was any indication, the answer is just about nobody. Betrayal was running rampant as Felicity (Shivani Ghai) arose from the dead to seduce-con Margot, Gretchen (Maria Thayer, Gotham, The Mindy Project) played gold-hearted Alice 2.0 before swindling Ethan, Tessa jumped...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supergirl “Worlds Finest”
Oh, Supergirl. That ending was cold. But I can’t hate on you because the latest episode has quickly become one of my favorites.
What Lucifer Said: Favorite quotes from Supernatural “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Supernatural episodes are almost always funny but thanks to the dialogue and a certain man speaking said dialogue, I laughed a lot during “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” You know, when I wasn’t busy fearing for Sam’s life or wondering what in the world was going on with Dean and...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supernatural “Angel Heart”
Okay, that was my favorite of all the Claire episodes. In the beginning I think this arc was a bit shaky, to be honest. But I think it ended strong and that’s thanks to the chemistry between the actors as well as the strength of the writing, courtesy of Robbie...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from The Vampire Diaries “I’ll Remember”
Season 5 Episode 1: “I’ll Remember” Writer: Caroline Dries This is odd. It’s an episode of The Vampire Diaries and there’s only one favorite quote from Damon. Of course, he was only in one scene. There are a few Hallucination!Damon quotes included though. What were some of your favorite quotes...
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