This week brought a tidal wave of postponements across the pop culture landscape, all a result over deep concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. One of those cancellations was the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament ("March Madness"), leaving CBS with some serious holes in its prime time programming schedule. On Friday, the network released a revised […]
May 2019 is proving to be just as much a network/cable/streaming rollercoaster as it's ever been, with corporate powers making and breaking our future television habits with greenlights and cancellations. This time, it's some good news from CBS: on the drama side, SEAL Team, S.W.A.T., Madam Secretary, Bull, Hawaii Five-0, and MacGyver are all set […]
It could happen at any time, and most often does when you least expect it. You are watching television, seeing a movie, playing a game, or reading a book. All of the sudden it hits you: "That's a Time Lord!" Suddenly, all the pieces of character-building background now make sense! While Time Lords may have first […]
It could happen at any time, and most often does when you least expect it. You are watching television, seeing a movie, playing a game, or reading a book. All of the sudden it hits you: "That's a Time Lord!" Suddenly, all the pieces of character-building background now make sense! While Time Lords may have […]
The Paley Center for Media's PaleyFest has a long-standing tradition of highlighting some of the best and brightest on broadcasting, and the 2019 Los Angeles edition looks to build upon that history of quality. Running from March 15-24 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, PaleyFest LA 2019 has announced this year's impressive line-up–which ranges from The Marvelous Mrs. […]
Funko makes a lot of announcements every week. They put out an insane amount of product, and it can be difficult to keep up with. That is were we come in to help! Welcome to the Funko round-up, where we collect some of Funko's announcements you may have missed and flew under the radar. This […]
The emotional rollercoaster that is the upfront process – with the joys of new shows and the heartbreak of cancellations taking place before an attentive audience of advertising executives – continued on Wednesday with CBS announcing their Fall 2018-2019 programming schedule. As evidence of CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl's programming philosophy of "stability where we […]
It's Friday, and while that's usually the night to hit the town, the cold weather may be keeping folks in. If you're plan doesn't involve hunkering down to read a book like the recently released Fire and Fury that I've heard a couple people talking about, then you might be turning on the television. Thankfully […]
This morning, CBS announced renewals for 16 shows, 11 returning and 5 freshman series. That goes with their already renewed Big Bang Theory and NCIS, CBS's top shows. But what might be the most interesting is which series have not gotten early renewals. Among those getting the early nod are comedies Life In Pieces, Mom, […]
CBS has announced this morning that they have given full season orders to three new series. The Kevin James lead sitcom Kevin Can Wait, the Michael Weatherly drama based loosely on Dr. Phil, Bull… and the remake of MacGyver. All three shows got off to a really good start during premiere week and are now […]
Since the last time we posted a trailer for CBS' reboot of MacGyver, the production scrapped its original pilot with producer James Wan stepping in to film a new debut episode and as the following series trailer reveals, the action influence is on display with a little help from some tin foil. MacGyver debuts on […]
In this first look preview for CBS's upcoming MacGyver, Lucas Till stars as a problem-solver with a knack for turning unlikely items into the means to save the world. He's recruited to join an elite task force and assist CSI's George Eads in some light breaking and entering. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pS39X658Vw[/youtube] Not going to lie. I wish […]
CBS has picked up Training Day and MacGyver as part of its next season pickups, according to The Wrap. Training Day, based on the Denzel Washington film, stars Bill Paxton as a morally dubious cop who takes a rookie detective, played by Justin Cornwell, into his elite LAPD unit. Arrow's Katrina Law is also set […]
Entertainment Weekly reports actor Lucas Till, Havok in the last several X-Men films, including the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse, will take the title role in the pilot of the rebooted MacGyver. As previously reported, the reboot will focus on "a 20-something MacGyver as he gets recruited into a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for […]
Variety reports a feature film version of the ABC television series MacGyver is in the works. The film is being developed by Lionsgate at the same time CBS is working on a new MacGyver update. The original series starred Richard Dean Anderson as a special agent known for getting out of a fix using his […]
While the Coach revival will likely never see the light of day, that nostalgia for 80s and 90s television isn't over quite yet. According to The Hollywood Reporter, MacGyver — the ABC adventure series starring Richard Dean Anderson as a spy who could build seemingly anything from a pair of sticks — will return as […]
Catwoman finds that deliriously happy spot between detailed, convincing artwork and bouncy, fluid expression. None better than shown here, a party in full swing, with so man moments to pore over. Even the lines of the speech balloons seem to indicate someone is diving… Wonder Woman plays the stranger-in-a-strange-land schtick, but this time she is […]
From original MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff, with Tony Lee, Will Sliney and Ciaran Lucas, comes MacGyver the comic book. From Image Comics in October. And here's the cover. Just don't leave this comic unattended in a longbox. The moment your back is turned, it will explode. As it stands MacGyver on that issue one […]
Earlier this year, Bleeding Cool helped Tony Lee and Image Comics find a new artist to replace Becky Cloonan on the MacGyver comic book. And yesterday we reported that a winner had been found, Will Sliney. But who else pitched for the series? Here are a few examples – and they might just be available […]
After Becky Cloonan stepped down from drawing the upcoming Image comic series MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet, based on the classic TV series and written by Tony Lee and show creator Lee David Zlotoff, the pair went on a bit of a talent hunt. Bleeding Cool even got involved. The winer is Irish artist Will Sliney, who […]
