Another BSG Prequel Greenlit and the Fate of Caprica

Initially conceived as a webseries focusing on a the young William Adama during the Cylon War, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome has now officially been greenlit by Syfy as a TV movie to premiere in the fourth quarter of 2011, or possibly 2012 if Syfy decides to adapt Blood & Chrome into a full fledged series.

As for the fate of Caprica, Syfy promised a decision by November 15th. Especially after this week's action packed episode I'm certainly crossing my fingers for a renewal.

For more details on production and casting click here for Maureen Ryan's exclusive report on the new project.

Caprica Returns October 5th

Love it, hate it, note sure? Following up Battlestar Galactica with well, anything is a tough job.

Caprica played it smart by being something completely different than it's predecessor but playing within the same universe.

Syfy put together a 4 minute and 43 second recap of the first season. If you missed the first half of the season or just need a refresher, check it out so you can jump right back in for Caprica's October 5th return.

TV News Round-Up: Tons of Exciting Casting News & More

Glee-ful Casting News Well did I call it or did I call it? Really, I think we all saw this coming (or had our fingers crossed that it would). Pending approval from CBS, Neil Patrick Harris will be scheduled for a guest appearance on Glee in a role written specifically for him! This episode will also reunite NPH with Joss Whedon, who worked together on the internet sensation Dr. Horrible. Whedon will be taking over directorial duties on this episode.
In equally exciting guest star news, creator Ryan Murphy is in talks with Jennifer Lopez who would be taking on the role of lunch lady. Plus, a certain one-named pop super star may make a cameo in an the episode dedicated to her catalog. Click here for more details.

Mad for Liz: Jon Hamm will be reprising his role as Liz's ex Drew on 30 Rock's Valentine's Day episode. Michael Sheen will also be doing a guest stint on 30 Rock attempting to woo good ol' Liz. Between sleeping with James Franco and hooking up with Danny, the new cast member, Liz has been getting some serious action this season!

Chuck Scoop- Our favourite converse-clad spy will have his Dad back in the picture. Scott Bakula will be returning as part of a major story-line towards the end of the third season.

Back for More? At the TCA press tour president of the network John Landgraf mentioned a lunch he has scheduled with Joss Whedon. This doesn't mean that a Whedon-produced show is in the works, although FX seems to be courting Whedon to produce a show for the network in the next year or two. Given the track record Whedon has with FOX with his prematurely canceled Firefly and recently axed Dollhouse, do you think Whedon will go back to do more work with FX? Or will he be given a chance this time before shuttling him off to a Friday night slot.

Caprica Countdown - The two-hour television premiere of Battlestar Galactica's prequel, Caprica will air this Friday night. In preparation for the event, Caprica star Alessandra Torresani, a self professed sci-fi nerd, talks about her role in the new show and the importance of the support of BSG fans to the new show. "We're a completely different show and we're a different style of show" she says. It wont contain the same kind of action, but it's based in the same mythology of its predecessor.


Rebuilding Torchwood Stateside In a bid to produce more sci-fi programming that they can shift to Friday nights and cancel, FOX will be producing an American version of Torchwood. There are some hopeful points in this production. The creator of the original, Russel T. Davies will remain on board, and John Barrowman may be staying on in the role of Captain Jack Harkness. I doubt anyone could carry the role like he does, Captain Jack is all about his sexuality and Barrowman has chemistry will anything (man, woman, alien) he shares a scene with.
I'm doubtful that the U.S. incarnation will carry the adult subject matter and daring edge that defines Torchwood as a program. Do you think this re-make will make it?
Click here to see TWOP's pros and cons of an American Torchwood.

January Mid-Season Return Dates

I relish in the yearly tradition of Christmas specials and TV marathons over the winter holidays, after a few weeks of indulging in some fluff (I'm talking marathons of Top Chef, House Hunters, Real Housewives and the like) and some more nerd indulgent marathons like the one's offered by SPACE like all 5 hours of Torchwood's Children of the Earth special all in one go, and the next day a consecutive run of the final 5 Doctor Who specials that featured David Tennant as our Doctor. I'm about ready to toss all that aside andget back to our regularly scheduled programming!

Here's a list of some shows premiering mid-season, and ones simply returning after the holiday break in January:

Friday, January 8th
Dollhouse (FOX, 9pm) - Kicking off the final three episodes of Dollhouse's run.

Sunday, January 10th
Chuck (NBC 9 - 11pm) Kicking off season three with a two hour block, then beginning January 11 will air on Mondays at 8

Monday, January 11th
How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8pm) is back with it's 100th episode "Girls versus Suits" in full musical form!
Big Bang Theory (CBS, 9:30pm)
Castle (ABC, 10pm) Alyssa Milano guest stars in this week's episode

Sunday, January 17th
24 (FOX 8 pm)- Part 1 of a two part season premiere, part two airs January 18, 8pm. I might actually check this out to see Katee Sackoff and Freddie Prinze Jr. in their new roles.

Friday, January 22nd
Caprica (Space, 9pm) Season premiere of the highly anticipated sequel to sci-fi hit Battlestar Galactica

New Poster Art for "Caprica"

Syfy just released the sexy new poster art for Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica that will deal with the invention of the cylons and the early struggles with the new technology.

Mark Stern, executive vice president of original content for Syfy and co-head of Universal Cable Productions commented on the Eve and the apple metaphor explaining that Caprica "deals with our relationship to technology and the question of 'When is too much knowledge a bad thing?' Knowledge and technology can turn against you and can be dangerous weapons".

Caprica has been given an order of 19 hours kicked off with a two hour pilot that has already been released on DVD. The show will air through March 2010 then break, resuming with the ten additional hours in the second half of the year.

The highly anticipated prequel to the epic Battlestar Galactica is set to hit the air Jan 22, 2010 on SyFy. Canadian Space Channel promises to air the show but has not published a premiere date on it's website.


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