Torchwood, the British organization charged with protecting the world from extraterrestrial threats, has been renditioned to America by Starz. Last season, Torchwood disbanded after coming to the realization that people in their line of work have a very short life expectancy. That won’t be a problem this time around as people have stopped dying altogether, an event dubbed Miracle Day. However it causes a population explosion that will consume the

Futurama experiences “Reincarnation” in the season finale with 3 unique animation styles: a black-and-white Fleischer style, a low-res video game style, and an anime action style. Creator David X. Cohen says it’s one his favorite episodes of the season. “Our supervising director, Peter Avanznio, did an amazing job of redesigning our whole world in three distinctive styles for just one episode. We even used jazz for the black-and-white section, licensed

There are entire websites devoted to gender bender fan fiction and artwork (so I hear) but fans no longer have to imagine after last night’s Futurama episode, “Neutopia.” The men of Planet Express bankrupt the company so it’s only fair that they raise money by forcing the girls to do a calendar. Just one problem: actual girls. Even after Hermes tricks his wife into participating they only have three girls.

Have you thanked a programmer? It’s Video Game Week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and to celebrate the opening credits have gone 8-bit with a digitized Jimmy running across the screen à la Ninja Gaiden. Jimmy is showing off his video game skills each night with demos of Modern Warfare 3, Gears of War 3, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Battlefield 3, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. All

Keeping track of the weather can seem like a full-time job but Subaru’s new marketing campaign suggests “It doesn’t matter what the weatherman says if you have a symmetrical all-wheel drive Subaru.” The commercials feature bloopers of weatherman Pete Mertz standing in front of the wrong map, wearing green in front of a green screen, and just generally being a doofus. The funniest one is when an inquisitive anchor plays

The Doctor often travels with young women but his latest companion is so young that we may need a sequel to “The Trial of a Time Lord.” Spoilers In the mid-season finale “A Good Man Goes to War” the Doctor’s future girlfriend (River Song) reveals that she is Amy’s baby (Melody Pond). Initially, the Doctor seems appropriately uncomfortable and says “But you and I we… (kissing noises)” but then he

Forget Bennifer, the The Simpsons has its own celebrity couple – Nedna. In the season finale, The Ned-Liest Catch, Edna literally falls for Ned during a jailbreak from teacher detention for hitting Bart. Except for their tumultuous relationship with the Simpsons, Ned and Edna don’t seem to have much in common, especially when it comes to views on premarital sex. Their future together becomes uncertain when Ned discovers Edna has

Stargate Universe ended with not with a bang but a whimper. It’s almost as if they knew it was going to be cancelled. After several episodes of being beset by nameless drones the crew of Destiny does the interstellar equivalent of taking their ball and going home. They decide to freeze themselves in cryogenic pods and put the ship on autopilot until it exits this galactic bad neighborhood. The drama

Aqua Teen Hunger Force may have a new name (and theme) but it’s still the same old nonsensical hijinks. The new theme belies the nature of the show just like the old theme did. Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad aren’t really detectives. In the first episode, Shake gets sidetrack from finding a missing cat and accuses a very large, very black demolition worker of insurance fraud and not really being black.

As predicted in a previous post the Impossible Astronaut was all but revealed to be the hybrid daughter of Amy and the Doctor in the subsequent Doctor Who episode “Day of the Moon.” In a deserted orphanage, Amy discovers old photographs of the girl in the space suit, including one of Amy holding her as a baby. At the end of the episode, Amy tells the Doctor that she was

“The Impossible Astronaut” is the darkest Doctor Who series opener yet says Steven Moffat. Amy, Rory, and River Song get invitations to meet up with the Doctor in America but the reunion is cut short when an astronaut emerges from a pond (possible clue) and shoots the Doctor twice, interrupting his regeneration and killing him forever!? Fortunately this was actually a future Doctor. Amy decides to save him by convincing

That a single person can change history is a very dangerous idea so it’s not surprising that China is anti-time travel. The General Bureau of Radio, Film and Television is banning all time travel stories, calling them “disrespectful to history.” Chinahush.com translated the original story: “The time-travel drama is becoming a hot theme for TV and films. But its content and the exaggerated performance style are questionable. Many stories are

With a Safety Inspector like Homer Simpson, it’s no wonder that Springfield Nuclear Power Plant has so many safety violations. And in light the tragedy in Japan, TV networks from around the world are screening Simpsons episodes for any objectionable content. The Austrian network ORF has already pulled Episode 66, “Marge Gets a Job” in which scientists Marie Curie and Pierre Curie die of radiation poisoning and Episode 346, “On

Entertainment Weekly’s Keith Staskiewicz gave Bob’s Burgers an “A-” noting “To see a comedy this well done is very rare indeed.” But his review is as rotten as the fart jokes that pass for humor on the show. Anyone who tells you different has been paid off. It’s quite possibly the worst cartoon I’ve ever seen (or heard). Bob Belcher (H Jon Benjamin) runs a Burger joint between a funeral

It’s not just the supposed candid confessions or the medical advice from Doctor/Porn Star Victoria Zdrok that make this Extamax infomercial less than convincing. What’s really unbelievable are the before and after pictures, which are stock photos of things like a man cheering in a field with the caption “actual happiness.” Of course they never claim that any of these people are actual customers, just actually happy people