Good news, everyone! Futurama is back. Bad news, everyone! It's the final season. Wednesday's mid-season premiere will feature 2 episodes: "2-D Blacktop" in which the Professor joins a gang and takes street racing to a whole new dimension. "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" in which the couple take a romantic trip to what turns out to be an alien zoo. Expect more relationship themed ... [Read More]

In a new 30 second PSA by Common Sense Media called "Alfonso," an adorable little girl plays pretend with her stuffed animals, one of which is rat! She stomps her little feet and tells Louie the dog to "take him out!" The narrator asks "Are your kids watching the right movies?" Ironically, this cute commercial seems more like a recommendation for the next family movie ... [Read More]

Bacon is the perfect Father's Day gift for the man who's always bringing it home. That's the idea behind a new Oscar Mayer campaign called "Say It With Bacon." Tom Bick, Oscar Mayer’s senior marketing director, said in a press release: “Before, I was a statistic on Father’s Day. Like everyone else, I was showered with ties, coffee mugs and after shave over the years. But really, who ... [Read More]

Ulitmate Spider-Man gets downsized in the super-sized season premiere. Spidey and his friends encounter an Asgardian Norn Stone and are transformed into children in second episode: Itsy Bitsy Spider-Man. Spider-Baby insists size doesn't matter but Nick Fury assigns them to the Daily Advanced Youth Character And Regimented Education center (D.A.Y.C.A.R.E.). It's supposedly never been used ... [Read More]

Sword Art Online will air on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block this August. The series has a similar premise to the .hack series. It features a virtual reality system known as "Nerve Gear" that completely immerses players in "Sword Art Online," an MMORPG where dying in the game means dying in real-life. This will be the first airing of the English dub by Aniplex but the entire series ... [Read More]

Turkey has broken out in full-blown civil unrest after police used excessive force in response to peaceful protests over the demolition of Gezi Park. It seems that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan still hasn't learned his lesson about trying to suppress freedom of speech. Erdogan has ordered a media blackout of all protest coverage in the interest of national security. Article 3 of ... [Read More]

In the Flesh isn't your typical zombie story. The 3-part series takes place four years after a zombie outbreak dubbed "the rising." It's not contagious and only affected those who died in 2009. The "rotters" are functionally cured of their condition diagnosed as Partially Deceased Syndrome (PDS). It's treated with a regimen of drugs that restore their faculties and cosmetics like makeup and ... [Read More]

As soon as Matt Smith announced he was hanging up his bow tie, speculation began about who would replace him. Some fans are hoping for a black Doctor or female Doctor, others are fearing the possibility and threatening on IMDB: "I'll stop watching if The Doctor becomes a woman..." Those fears are likely to intensify with the news that casting for the role is open to all. “All actors, no ... [Read More]

The Doctor Who Christmas Special will be the last appearance for Matt Smith as the Time Lord. "When ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls," Smith said referring to the prophecy about "the fall of the Eleventh." In the season finale, "The Name of the Doctor," the Doctor went to Trenzalore and visited his own grave, a destroyed TARDIS from an apparently not-so future war. The ... [Read More]

The Venture Bros. returns this Sunday after a 3 year hiatus. The hour long premiere "What Color is Your Cleansuit?" involves Dr. Venture hiring interns to design a force field for a space station. What could possibly go wrong? A preview for the episode reveals a new bad boy look for Dean, who got his heart broke last season. Get caught up with an 8-minute recap in the form of a podcast by ... [Read More]

Monster Week returns to Animal Planet with a follow-up to Mermaids: The Body Found, a fake documentary about a mermaids. Mermaids: The New Evidence is a fake interview with the original whistleblower Dr. Paul Robertson, who claims to work for the very real National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which actively refutes the so-called evidence. Nonetheless, there's just enough truth ... [Read More]

Doctor Who and Race is collection of 23 essays of politically correct gobbledygook that explores the "darker side to Doctor Who." Editor Lindy Orthia says, "The biggest elephant in the room is the problem privately nursed by many fans of loving a TV show when it is thunderingly racist." This is one of the few instances where you can judge a book by its cover, which features a "white" bag of ... [Read More]

Will Smith returned to The Graham Norton Show to give an encore performance of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. This time he was joined by his son, Jaden Smith, and DJ Jazzy Jeff for a new rendition of the song. Followed by a surprise appearance from co-star Alfonso Ribeiro, who performed his iconic Carlton dance to "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones. The show culminated with Will, Jaden, ... [Read More]

The Simpsons Couch Gag Contest received over 30,000 entries from fans eager to see their idea animated on the season finale. Fox selected 3 finalists: "Dandelions" by Cheryl Brown Four yellow and one blue dandelions are on the couch. A giant pair of lips emerges from the TV and with a loud sucking and blowing sound, blows. Tiny Simpsons fly all over the room. "Tubby Trouble" by Kyle ... [Read More]

In the latest Awkward webisode, Jake (Brett Davern) gets interrogated about the death of a student by Vice-Principal Valerie Marks (Desi Lydic) and her BFF Lacey Hamilton (Nikki DeLoach), who literally play good cop bad cop. Unfortunately, their uniforms don't have the desired effect. Jake asks them if they're going to strip. "That's a good idea, Lace," says Val. "Give him a lap dance. He'll ... [Read More]

If you don't like spoilers, then avoid any Doctor Who news or forums. An early release of the series 7 boxset includes the yet-to-air finale, "The Name of the Doctor." BBC Worldwide said in a statement: A small number of US Doctor Who fans have received their series seven part two DVD three weeks early. We are asking fans who may have the discs not to divulge plot details so that fellow ... [Read More]