The Immortal Kevin Fitzpatrick was born and raised in New York City, and that doesn't make sense. Kevin wears many hats, including actor, editor, and writer, but never yellow. The best things in life are Back to the Future, beets, Firefly and The Venture Bros. When not picking apart the minutia of pop culture in film and TV, Kevin can usually be found RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)
Six of the choices from last year either delayed airdates or ended outright, so let’s do some damage before Emmy season! ScreenCrush carves through 2017’s most memorable for all the Tales, Lies, Dicks and Unfortunate Events that had our TVs buzzing.
Horror Master John Carpenter Eyes ‘Tales for a Halloween Night’ Series at Syfy
Horror anthology seems to be all the rage these days, and where TNT failed with a Shyamalan-curated horror block, John Carpenter will pick up the slack. The Thing director will develop Tales for a Halloween Night at Syfy as part of an overall Universal deal to develop new series.
HBO ‘Vice Principals’ Plots Revenge With First Teaser, September Premiere
School is back in session for the Vice Principals of HBO, and so is revenge. Season 2 of the Danny McBride-Walton Goggins comedy will ring its opening bell in mid-September, and there’s a freaking tiger in the first teaser!
George Romero Blames ‘Walking Dead’ for Trouble Funding Zombie Films
The zombie genre wouldn’t exist without Dawn of the Dead creator George Romero laying post-apocalyptic track, so leave it to those darn spiritual descendants to muck it all up. Romero claims his Road of the Dead has had a difficult … uh, path, given the ubiquity of The Walking Dead these days.
Kevin Bacon ‘Tremors’ TV Series Lands Syfy Pilot Order
It only took two years, but the worm has finally turned. Syfy has given an official pilot order to a Kevin Bacon-fronted Tremors TV series, continuing the 1990 film legacy that spawned four direct-to-video sequels and a prior TV series.
Don’t Worry, Alec Baldwin’s Trump Will Be Back for ‘SNL’ This Fall
Most everything we’ve heard from SNL Season 43 has involved those leaving the series behind, so there’s finally good news from up top. So long as our national nightmare persists, Alec Baldwin will be back in his golden wig to deliver that bigly famous Trump impression.
‘Game of Thrones’ Author’s ‘Nightflyers’ Gets Syfy Pilot Order
Let’s face it, “From the author of Game of Thrones” is going to get feet through the door, regardless of whether George R.R. Martin is actually involved. That’s what Syfy’s counting on for its adaptation of Martin’s Nightflyers, a decidedly more space-faring odyssey that now has its very own pilot order.
T.J. Miller Talks ‘Silicon Valley’ Departure in Insane Exit Interview
We’ve known for some time that Silicon Valley star and comedian T.J. Miller would be leaving the series behind, as well his esoteric explanations for doing so. Now that the Season 4 finale has come to pass, Miller lets loose on a wide variety of revealing critiques, cementing “I will never be on Silicon Valley again.”
Tim Allen’s ‘Last Man Standing’ Will Not Be Revived at CMT
Strangely enough, Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing may have more twists and turns to its cancellation than six seasons on ABC. The recently-canceled sitcom was negotiating to return on Country Music Television, though the talks have broken down over money.
‘Sharknado’ Likes to Get the Landmarks in First ‘Global Swarming’ Teaser
Every year we ask ourselves how Sharknado might up the ante, and you don’t get much bigger than the full Independence Day. Watch Global Swarming send sharks after the world’s landmarks in a first teaser for Syfy’s fifth (!) Sharknado film.
USA’s ‘Psych’ Movie Adds Zachary Levi as (Blonde?) Mystery Villain
USA aren’t the only folk going pineapple for a Psych movie; Chuck star Zachary Levi is officially joining the fan-favorite comedy revival’s cast, and sporting some suspiciously golden locks at that. See for yourself in a first look!
‘Always Sunny’ Season 13 Might Premiere in Late 2018
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s future got surprisingly cloudy for a series renewed through two more years, as cast conflicts put its thirteenth season premiere in question. We may now know when Paddy’s Pub will finally re-open, however, as reports point toward a 2018 premiere.