COVID-19 shuttered the San Diego Comic-Con but wily organizers were quick to react. The event has shifted to Comic-Con@Home. It takes place July 22-26 – and it’s FREE! There will still be tons of panels and interactive events like you would normally see at the San Diego Convention Center. Below is the schedule (Pacific Time)…
Although the pilot of Gilligan’s Island was filmed in Hawaii, the rest of the series was filmed on this set. The set, built in 1964, was located on CBS Studio Center’s (old Republic Studios) back lot. The lagoon water is only 4-feet deep.
The Big Bang Theory television show is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California and includes roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon’s equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. At…
Just ahead of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), LG has announced a television that could become the most talked about piece of gear at CES. The new “Hecto” Laser TV system is designed to project a 100 inch 1080p image onto a screen from just 22 inches away. Unlike traditional projectors that require dark…
Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. is a planned American television series created by Avengers director and creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, Joss Whedon, and based on the Marvel Comics shadowy government organization of the same name. It will be produced, beginning in January 2013, by Marvel Television and air on the ABC network, and…
LG sold their first Ultra-HD TV yesterday at the bargain-basement price of only $16,999. Yes folks, that’s $3,000 off the MSRP of $19,999. It’s a whopping 84-inch beast boasting 4,000 lines of resolution that’s guaranteed to sear your eyeballs and stretch your optic nerve to the point of snapping. The new TVs went on sale…
With all the hype over 3D television dying and the HDTV free-for-all all but dead, the Consumer Electronics Association has made the move to ensure the next “big thing” prods customers to empty their pockets for the latest and greatest television experience. Meet “Ultra High Definition” television, the successor to HDTV.
Chris Carter, of X-Files fame, is working on a new sci-fi thriller TV series project title “The After”. The show is being described as “thriller that takes place in the aftermath of a mysterious and unexplained happening”. According to the press release, it will incorporate “”elements of science fiction, suspense, and real-world fear and paranoia”.
According to Vulture, It looks like Wonder Woman (or a slight variant of) could be returning to TV even after last year, NBC cancelled a Wonder Woman project before the pilot even aired. Following the success of Smallville, which ran on CW and told the story of Superman before he became Superman, the CW network…
In Denmark, parents got sick and tired of all the time their kids spent in front of the television set. Disney Channel and Cartoon Network smothered the kids not only in humor, but in product advertisements conditioning the little ones into zombie consumers. In a desperate attempt to reign in Danish viewers, the DR Ramasjang…
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