Hey guys,

I just joined here, and as a big fan of Peter Outerbridge, I saw that your last post about him is from 2010. In hopes of more folks here that like him, I'm setting out to change that. :-)

Some of you may know he plays the recurring character Ari Tasarov on the CW's reboot of Nikita. The show was just renewed for season 3, so there's a good ( Read more... )

Paul Gross is headed Due East - as opposed to Due South - for the second-season finale of CBC’s Newfoundland-set series Republic of Doyle.

The episode, titled Family Business, airs Wednesday, April 6. Gross, of course, has been a staple on the entertainment scene since his breakout role on Due South in the early 1990s.

On Republic of Doyle, ( Read more... )

CHICAGO - With echoes of “Twin Peaks” and the film “Insomnia,” AMC’s “The Killing” joins the lineup of one of the more respected networks on cable. It’s not quite as instantly captivating as “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” or “The Walking Dead” but that’s a tough standard to live up to and if the show continues to develop and expand upon what works on ( Read more... )

Here’s one to watch:  Syfy Channel is prepping its new original drama Alphas for a premiere this July.  The announcement headlined the cable channel’s 2011 development slate, which was unveiled to the media at an upfront presentation this week in New York.

The new series stars David Strathairn as Dr. Leigh Rosen, who leads a team of people with ( Read more... )

t's rare that you find a competitor who brings a gun to a Mortal Kombat tournament, but Kurtis Stryker is just that kind of guy. As it turns out, the MK character - first introduced in Mortal Kombat 3 - will be part of Warner Bros.' new Mortal Kombat digital series, and IGN has the exclusive on who's playing him.

Tahmoh Penikett, best known for ( Read more... )

TORONTO -- Tom Berenger will guest star on the Canada-French co-produced action drama XIII as a mysterious European industrialist.

Co-producers Prodigy Pictures and Europacorp Television said Berenger will perform opposite series lead Stuart Townsend in the series, set to bow in April on Canal Plus in France and Showcase in Canada.

Berenger is ( Read more... )

Interviewing Allan Hawco isn’t easy - you’ve got to catch him first.

Even when you’re on the “Republic of Doyle” set, and even when you’ve managed to pin him down long enough to get a few sentences, there’s always the chance he’ll jump out of his chair and run away, just for a few minutes.

“Sorry about that,” an out-of-breath Hawco said, re-taking ( Read more... )

Syfy has given a green light to action series Alphas (working title) from writers Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk) and Michael Karnow.

Alphas follows a team of seemingly ordinary citizens with extraordinary mental and physical abilities who become an unofficial crime solvers, uncovering what the CIA, FBI and ( Read more... )

Last Dance for Durham
James Gartler, November 29, 2010

Ask Laurie Finstad Knizhnik what prompted her to create the astonishingly dark detective drama Durham County, and she’s likely to answer with a question of her own: “Aren’t you getting tired of what you see on television?” It’s a frank reply that goes a long way towards explaining her ( Read more... )

Canadian voters named Degrassi as their favourite television show in a list of 25 of the best shows of the last 25 years released during the Gemini Awards gala Saturday ( Read more... )