AMC’s ‘Mad Men’ spawns an ear worm of foot-tappin’, air guitar-playin’, gluteus maximus-movin’ awesomeness. I dare you to test your immunity against it.
We spoke with one of the leading minds behind the short-lived ‘Persons Unknown’ to get the lowdown on how it would have progressed, and he delivered. Contained within are some details about ‘Falling Skies’ and ‘Stargate Universe’ as well.
The big story last week was the premiere of ‘Mad Men’, which returned from an extended hiatus to record viewing levels. Over on the networks, week two of ‘Touch’ raises some questions and the prospects for ‘Community’ continue to improve.
HBO has released a trailer for the first episode of ‘Newsroom.’ It looks interesting enough, but considerably different from the pilot script I read last year.
Releases for next Tuesday include ‘Nip/Tuck’, ‘Torchwood’, ‘Misfits’, ‘Masterpiece’, ‘Commander’, ‘Bob’, ‘Fresh Prince’, ‘3rd Rock’, ‘That ’70s Show’, ‘Roseanna’, ‘Three Stooges’, ‘Eagleheart’, ‘Elmo’, ‘Danny Phantom’, ‘Jonny Quest’, and ‘Black Butler’.
Michael has a little chat with Reggie Lee who plays Sgt. Wu on NBC’s ‘Grimm.’ The show’s mythology, other fairytale and fantasy programs and one of Reggie’s career “highlights” are discussed.
Reading along with ‘A Clash of Kings’ and season two of ‘A Game of Thrones’ will be fairly challenging, but each week I’ll let you (as spoiler-free as possible) know how far ahead you will have needed to read to stay just ahead of the series.