When the BBC announced that it would begin producing content for YouTube, there was a bit of excitement amongst Doctor Who fans. In their single-mindedness, fans started speculating that YouTube, and by extension Google, might become the next co-production financier for Doctor Who. After all, YouTube has more money than any of the studios, networks, […]
With only days to go until the second season of Josh Gordon & Will Speck's Jason Sudeikis-starring Hit-Monkey hits our screens, we're getting a special look at what we can expect. Could New York City prove to be the key to Monkey escaping his life of killing? Can Bryce repair the damage to those he wronged in […]
Versatile artists like Veena Sud (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) are always looking to challenge themselves to become part of the evolutionary process of how we see TV and film. As a writer, director, and producer, she's done that through her projects like Netflix's The Killing and Seven Seconds, the film The Salton Sea […]
Fans of NBC's Raymond Lee-starring Quantum Leap have a "legendary" guest star set to hit their screens on February 27th with S01E14 "SOS." Brandon Routh (DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Superman Returns) has joined the cast as Alexander Augustine, the father of Addison (Caitlin Bassett), in the episode titled S.O.S., which is scheduled to air on Feb. 27. […]
In the upcoming new season of Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid / Vuelven) & Barry Jenkins' (The Underground Railroad) True Detective: Night Country, Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) & Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) look to solve the case of six men operating the Tsalal Arctic Research Station who vanished without a trace when the […]
So we all knew about the rollercoaster ride that went down when it was announced that Hulu, David X. Cohen & Matt Groening were bringing back Futurama for a 20-episode revival. At the time, we learned that Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, and David Herman were returning… but no […]
Before Hilary Duff and Hulu teamed up for streaming success with the first season of the "How I Met Your Mother" spinoff series How I Met Your Father, there was an effort to bring back Duff's popular character Lizzie McGuire for a reboot series at Disney+. Now, we spent a good chunk of 2020 covering […]
We're not sure you've heard but there's been a bit of a bitter rivalry between DC and Marvel for superhero dominance. And it's been going on for quite some time, from the printed pages of comics to today's streaming wars. It's that very rivalry that's the subject of the Russo Brothers-exec produced Slugfest, a 10-part […]
By now, we all know the story of Quibi- the service whose content turned out to be better than the service itself. So much so that Roku acquired the now-defunct service's programming slate earlier this year for its Roku Channel. One of those included in the purchase was the return of Robert Ben Garant, Thomas […]
Welcome back to our weekly preview for the third season of STARZ's American Gods, as our various storylines begin to converge- and from the looks of things, some very uncomfortable truths are close to being exposed. Heading into the next chapter to the cable network's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel, Shadow (Ricky Whittle) and Marguerite […]
It's been two years since it was first announced that Universal Content Productions (UCP) was planning to adapt W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo's Image Comics series Ice Cream Man as a horror anthology (in October 2018) and that short-form content provider Quibi would be its home (in February 2020). In that time, both nothing and something […]
At this point, we're getting the feeling that Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and the rest of the team from Reno 911! would find it easier to just travel to each of our homes and perform the episodes personally. One of the original selling points of the short-length programming provider Quibi was the […]
Welcome back to another serving of BCTV Sunday Slices, where we personally curate a line-up of articles from the past week in Bleeding Cool's television/cable/streaming/online coverage to offer some additional thoughts and perspectives. Some you'll agree with and some you won't. Hopefully, you'll laugh, get pissed, shed a tear, and even learn a little something […]
What do you get when you combine a global pandemic that forces people to stay home and in front of their screens, media powerhouses Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, and nearly $2 billion in start-up capital? Reportedly not much, with news circulating on Wednesday that Quibi will be officially shutting down. The Wall Street Journal […]
Welcome back to another serving of BCTV Sunday Slices, where I take a look at the past week in BCTV's coverage to offer a thought or two on the topic. Once again, the views expressed here are my own and don't necessarily reflect on the rest of the fine folks at Bleeding Cool. Which is […]
Horror has a rocky history with television. With the options presented on streaming platforms today, original content that seeks to frighten the viewer can easily fall flat, but Quibi decided to go for it with their original series 50 States of Fright. The second season of the horror anthology recently premiered on the platform with the […]
Welcome back to another edition of BCTV's Sunday Slices, where I take a look at the past week in Bleeding Cool's television/streaming coverage to offer my thoughts on what went down, what's going down, and what's about to take off in the not-too-distant future. Once again, my thoughts/opinions are my own and do not necessarily […]
Welcome back to another edition of BCTV Sunday Slices, where I take a look back at the week in Bleeding Cool's broadcast, cable, and streaming coverage to offer a little "extra perspective"- a nice way of saying that I'm getting to shoot my mouth off on a bunch of things that tickled the back of […]
Just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets of Reno, Nevada, original series creators, writers, and cast members Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, and Kerri Kenney-Silver are bringing Dangle (Lennon) and his dysfunctional squad of potential do-gooders back to Quibi for Reno 911! Part 2. Starting August 24, viewers will be treated to […]
As we're sure you know by now, we've been tracking the growing "Emmys Burn War" between It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-stars (as well as wife and husband) Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney over the past week or so. It started when Olson celebrated her Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress: Short Form Comedy/Drama with a backhanded […]
