I guess it's video day today. Here is a sneak peak of the upcoming fourth season of NBC's rapidly declining in quality, Heroes. What do you think?
The man behind the greatest episodes of Heroes, and the one who is responsible for rescuing last season from the depths of horribleness, Bryan Fuller, has again left the show.
This undoubtedly means the show will go back to being awful.
This is really terrible news for fans of the show. Personally, I was ready to give up entirely because last season was so bad but when Fuller returned, the show seemed to instantly get great again.
Sad. So much potential in a show like this.
I'll give it a few episodes before I completely give up on it.
NBC has announced it's fall schedule today and in doing so unveiled a slate of new shows to begin airing in the fall. We'll get to those in a moment but first I wanted to give people the relief of knowing which shows they can expect to return!
NBC is bringing back Heroes, Southland, and Parks and Recreation which will be joining the previously renewed The Office, 30 Rock, Law & Order: SVU, Friday Night Lights, Celebrity Apprentice, and The Biggest Loser.
Sadly, there is no news yet for fans of Chuck (that announcement has been delayed until May 19), Law & Order, Medium, Life, or My Name is Earl. I have heard that Earl and Life have been canceled but apparently no official statement has been made.
NBC of course announced the new series coming in the fall and they include four dramas and two comedies and the return of Weekend Update Thursdays!
Click the Rawr! for the titles and descriptions!
New Dramas:
Parenthood:
A contemporary re-imagining of the blockbuster film, depicting the Braverman family -- four grown siblings sharing the headaches, heartaches and joy of being parents. Starring Peter Krause, Maura Tierney, Craig T. Nelson, Dax Shepard, Bonnie Bedelia, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen and Sarah Ramos. Ron Howard and Brian Grazer executive produce.
Video here: http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/video/clips/preview/1094629/
Web site here: http://www.nbc.com/parenthood/
Trauma:
Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) executive produces "Trauma", a medical drama series that follows first-responder paramedics in the San Francisco Bay area. Stars Derek Luke ("Notorious"), Cliff Curtis ("10,000 B.C"), Anastasia Griffith ("Damages"), Aimee Garcia ("George Lopez"), Kevin Rankin ("Friday Night Lights") and Jamey Sheridan ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent").
Video here: http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/video/clips/preview/1094570/
Web site here: http://www.nbc.com/trauma/
Mercy:
A new medical drama with a unique point of view, portrays the lives of the staff at Mercy Hospital as seen through the eyes of those who know it best -- its nurses. Stars Taylor Schilling ("Dark Matter"), Jamie Lee Kirchner ("Rescue Me") and Michelle Trachtenberg ("Gossip Girl"). Joining writer/executive producers Liz Heldens (NBC’s "Friday Night Lights") and Gretchen Berg & Aaron Harberts ("Pushing Daisies," "Pepper Dennis") are executive producers Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun. Emmy Award winner Adam Bernstein (NBC’s "30 Rock," "Rescue Me") is the director.
Video here: http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/video/clips/preview/1094574/
Web site here: http://www.nbc.com/trauma/
Day One:
Executive producer/writer Jesse Alexander ("Heroes," "Lost," "Alias,") "Day One" tells the story of life on earth following a global catastrophe that has devastated the world's infrastructures. Beginning with the immediate aftermath of the cataclysmic event, "Day One" follows an eclectic band of survivors -- played by Adam Campbell ("Date Movie"), Catherine Dent ("The Shield"), Julie Gonzalo ("Eli Stone"), David Lyons ("ER"), Derek Mio ("Greek"), Carly Pope ("24"), Thekla Reuten ("Sleeper Cell") and Addison Timlin ("Cashmere Mafia")
Unfortunately, no video is available yet for Day One.
Web site here: http://www.nbc.com/day-one/
New Comedies:
100 Questions:
Charlotte Payne (Sophie Winkleman, "Peep Show") is looking for love and has rejected multiple marriage proposals -- but she has yet to meet Mr. Right. When she joins a popular online dating site, she gets a little help from her dating counselor Ravi (Amir Talai, "The Ex List") – who requires her to take a 100-question compatibility test. The questions aren’t easy for Charlotte to answer, and each one requires her to recount a poignant and humorous time in her life with friends Leslie (Elizabeth Ho, "Women’s Murder Club"), Jill (Joy Suprano, NBC’s "Law & Order"), Mike (Christopher Moynihan "For Your Consideration") and Wayne (David Walton "Quarterlife"). James Burrows ("Will & Grace," "Friends,") directs, and Christopher Moynihan ("For Your Consideration") executive produces.
Video here: http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/video/clips/preview/1094628/
Web site here: http://www.nbc.com/100-questions/
Community:
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo ("Arrested Development") bring us "Community," a comedy series about Greendale Community College, whose student body is made up of high-school losers, newly divorced housewives, and old people who want to keep their minds active. "Community" focuses on a study group lead by a lawyer whose degree has been revoked. Starring Joel McHale, ("The Soup"), comedy legend Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs ("The Book of Daniel"); Yvette Nicole Brown ("Rules of Engagement"); Danny Pudi ("Greek"); and Alison Brie ("Mad Men").
Video here: http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/video/clips/preview/1094573/
Web site here: http://www.nbc.com/community/
The third season finale of Heroes airs tonight on NBC. We have a clip from the episode as well as an interview Ali Larter for you to check out to wet your appetite.
Let us know what you think of the finale in the comments!
Ali Larter interview:
The new Heroes webseries The Recruit premiered last night. You can check out future episodes at the official site!
Anyone else underwhelmed by most of last nights 'fall finale'?
Heroes continues it's worst season yet tonight but will do so with two less writers. Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander have apparently both been given their walking papers. Both have had a pretty major role behind the scenes of the show since it began.
The show can't get much worse to be honest. Considering it has gone from one of the greatest shows on television to one of it's worst rather rapidly leads me to believe we may not see a season four.
I do hope I am wrong though...I'll stick with it as long as I can but the bad moments this season are far outweighing the good ones.
Side note: Did anyone know that John Cho (Harold of Harold and Kumar) was in American Pie?
Don't forget Heroes is back tonight with a three hour premiere! The actual episode starts at 9pm. The festivities begin with behind the scenes and other such stuff at 8pm.
NBC tonight starting at 8pm! Season Three of Heroes!!
Trailer day trudges onward with a look at the new season of Heroes.
Apparently, every season is going to have a future episode. 3 out of 3 so far.
Heroes returns September 22 on NBC.
Quick notice to anyone waiting for reason to jump on the HD bandwagon. If you head into your local Best Buy you can pick up the XBox 360 HD DVD player for $179.99 and get a free copy of Heroes Season 1 in HD. The set is normally $99.99 but if you buy the player you get it free.
I took advantage of this offer myself even tough I don't have an HDTV yet.
The player also comes with King Kong and the normal offer for 5 more HD DVDs for free by mail. So with that, I'm expecting Babel, The Thing, Full Metal Jacket, The Frighteners, and Troy. I also got Transformers in HD. Not a bad haul for $200 bucks I say.
As far as I know this is in-store only so might wanna get a move on if you're interested.
Edit: This deal is also available at buy.com and you can save $10 bucks by signing up for google checkout.
The reports are in and according to TVGuide and Variety former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell has joined the cast of "Heroes" in a "key multi-episode arc" for the second season. We at PCB know just how key that is, but we're anti spoilers so you'll have to hunt that info down yourselves.
We may have had to say goodbye to Veronica but thankfully, Kristen will be sticking around.
Heroes Volume 2 is set to begin September 24 on NBC.
You may remember him from Hearts in Atalantis, maybe from Alpha Dog, but you will see him soon enough starring opposite Robert Downey jr. in Charlie Bartlett.
But I am not here to discuss that movie. I am here because the latest news from The Hollywood Reporter is that Anton Yelchin will be playing Pavel Chekov in J.J. Abrams untitled Star Trek film.
And everyone is making a big deal out of it. Why? Because he is actually Russian!
O.o
Anyway, Mr. Abrams is expected to sign on bigger names to be filling in the spot of the infamous James T. Kirk, and the unknown villain.
Zachary Quinto from Heroes and Leonard Nimoy are both confirmed to be playing Mr. Spock.
Set your calendar for a Christman Day release in 2008.
