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What's interesting is the series' unexpected parallels to Penny Dreadful, which had a 3-season run on Showtime and Sky One. Tne Nevers, Image: HBO Both The Nevers and Penny Dreadful are set in Victorian England, an alternate Steampunk-y version of Victorian England Both are lifted from other writers' works – The Nevers lifts from the manga and[...]

With two episodes left after this Sunday night's "Hide and Seek," we're not quite sure how Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels will have a Los Angeles left for there to be a potential second season Unless a mini-apocalypse fueled by racism, corruption, Nazis, and a loss of faith was in the cards all along[...]

In last week's episode of Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, "How It Is with Brothers" ran hard on the theme of the bonds that bind us, and some times hold us down For Tiago (Daniel Zovatto), it's the steps he's willing to take to protect his brother Mateo (Johnathan Nieves) from being arrested For[...]

You really do have to feel for Tiago (Daniel Zovatto), because Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, has been putting him through the wringer on a whole bunch of levels He wants to uphold law and justice, only to learn very quickly those are two very different things And to do right by the latter, sometimes[...]

Heading into this week's episode of Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, it feels like it's now become a matter of when everything is heading straight to Hell and not if it will We should've known by the opening presence of Santa Muerte (Lorenza Izzo), but we definitely resigned ourselves to the strong possibility by[...]

As we head into this week's episode of Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, those fuses inch ever so closer to the kind of detonation the world may not survive As our harbinger of doom plays Councilman Townsend (Michael Gladis) and Dr Craft (Rory Kinnear), Lewis (Nathan Lane) goes from mourning lost friends to intensifying[...]

Only two episodes in and Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is already putting Det Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) and Det Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) through the wringer The last episode saw the detectives dealing with the impact of the riot while their investigation into the deaths of the Hazlett family brought them to the doorsteps[...]

Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels lit a fuse on the powderkeg that is late-30's Los Angeles with series premiere "Santa Muerte," introducing us to Det Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) and Det Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) as they find themselves embroiled in a murder case tied to the cult of Santa Muerte that could tear[...]

Created and written by original series creator John Logan, Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels wasted very little time lighting the fuse on the powderkeg that is late-30's Los Angeles Series opener "Santa Muerte" finds Det Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) and Det Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) embroiled in a murder case that could shock the[...]

After weeks of teasers, previews, and official trailers, Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is offering the ultimate temptation to those still on the fence over whether the series is worthy of making their "must watch" lists: the first episode for free Created and written by original series creator John Logan and set in 1938[...]

After weeks of teasers, previews, and an official trailer, Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is ready to weave its magic when the series premieres this Sunday, April 26 Set in 1938 Los Angeles and created/written by original series creator John Logan, Det Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), and Det Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) find themselves[...]

With Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ready to be unleashed onto our screens, the cable network is offering viewers a look behind the scenes to get a better sense of what they can expect when the series premieres Sunday, April 26 Created and written by original series creator John Logan and set in 1938 Los[...]

With Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels set to premiere in two weeks (that Sunday, April 26, for those without quick access to their calendar), the cable network is offering viewers two new looks at "A Great Battle" that's about to befall 1938 Los Angeles and possibly all of humanity Created and written by original series[...]

While the title may sound familiar, Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is a series all its own – and we're talking more than just its late '30s Los Angeles setting Set to debut on the cable network next month, the supernatural drama begins with an investigation into a horrific crime – one that quickly becomes[...]

Described as a "spiritual descendant" of the original Showtime series, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels and its late '30s Los Angeles setting means it's also its own show That fact becomes very clear in the following official trailer for the series, set to debut on the cable network on Sunday, April 26 What begins as the investigation[...]