No matter how much I’ll always be angry at NBC for cancelling Journeyman, they do seem to know what they are doing when it comes to online content.

Instead of shirking away from streaming their shows for free online, they are now taking an even bigger step forwards. Five NBC shows that premiere in the next two months can be seen a week early right there on Hulu.

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ABC has ordered a pilot for the unscripted project known as The Shark Tank from producer Mark Burnett.  The program will be an adaptation of the Japanese reality show called Dragon’s Den.

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You may have seen this poster for The Sarah Connor Chronicles already in various places, like comic books, comic book bags and tons of other places. But for those that missed it, I’ve been trying to find it online so I could pass on a high quality version.

Well here it is.

I’m not sure why I like it so much. I’m thinking most of it has to do with Summer Glau, but you can’t ignore that short, ripped tank-top with robot endoskeleton parts showing through torn flesh.

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TV Land announced today the launch of TV Land PRIME, a new primetime programming block designed to appeal to the attitudes, life stage and interests of people in their 40s and 50s, catering specifically to people in their mid-40s.

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Whoever is in charge of guest appearances on 30 Rock might want to take a week off or something.

Jason told us a few days ago about the big Jennifer Aniston news that she’ll be playing a Liz Lemon stalker in an upcoming episode, but that was apparently just the tip of the iceberg.

Rumors are now flying that Oprah Winfrey is in final negotiations for her own guest appearance on the third-year comedy series starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin.

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Good ol’ Dr. Mark Greene. One of the best characters ever on ER, he died of a brain tumor towards the end of the 2001-02 season, and the goodbye was one of the most gut-wrenching, tearful moments in the series.

Just re-watching his final scene in the video at the bottom of this article brought all the sadness back.

The one scene, besides his death, that I remember most, was when Susan left for Arizona and Dr. Greene watched her disappear forever on the train.

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We haven’t really talked about Raising the Bar here at Pop Critics other than to dismiss it out of hand.  I think it had something to do with the fact that it stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar and seemed to be just another legal drama.  However, scores of viewers were paying more attention than us and proved it by making the premiere on TNT a record setting ratings winner.

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Beginning on September 15th, you’ll have two different ways to either watch Lost from the beginning for the first time, or to do it all over again. It just depends on who you are.

For me, I’ll be loving the idea of re-visiting the first season. You get one of the most exciting pilots in a long time (which cost about $10 million to make I believe) and that begins an action-packed and surprise-filled season.

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The above photo is enhanced for your enjoyment (used to be a bit too dark). It’s a screenshot from that infamous episode of 24 where Kim Bauer is caught in an animal trap, and instead of eating her, this cougar just continued on his way.

It was one of the low points of 24 in the entire history of the show. In fact, if I remember correctly, most of us were PRAYING that cougar would eat her right then and there, and spare us episodes and episodes of pain and torture.

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News out of New Zealand reports that Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, the comedy folk music duo behind Flight of the Conchords, will be ending their run on HBO after this upcoming second season.

It doesn’t come as a surprise to me in a way. Throughout the hilarious first season I kept wondering how they’d keep being able to write unique songs for every episode and keep them fresh.

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In case you didn’t realize it, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the movie, was really just a glorified commercial for the animated series that has been in the works for a while now.  The movie was designed to tie the first three Star Wars films in to the animated series which is getting set to premiere on the Cartoon Network.

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I’m not sure what this means for its US television run, but CTV has ordered a second season of its original series Flashpoint from Toronto based Pink Sky Entertainment and Avamar Entertainment.

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Beverly Hills 90210, the show known for making a zip code famous, is back!  In one of the most anticipated premieres of all summer, we were introduced to the new students that would walk the halls of the infamous West Beverly High.  Move over Brenda and Kelly, there are new kids on the block!

“Well Annie, we are not in Kansas anymore.”

Of course our star family had to have moved from a good ole Midwestern town, only this time it wasn’t Minnesota.  Harry Wilson, the new principal of West Beverly, and his wife Debbie, a hot shot photographer, moved back to Beverly Hills to care for Harry’s mother.  Their two children Annie and Dixon, the sister and adopted brother duo, are transplanted from Kansas and are sure to find drama in the newly upgraded 90210.

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Don LaFontaine is a name that will likely come as a strange one to the average person. If you can identify who he is and what he’s famous for, you are probably in the minority.

But if you could hear him speak one sentence, you’d recognize him instantly.

I’m embarassed to say that I knew the name vaguely when I heard it today, but couldn’t place it. But once I read he was the King of Voiceovers, I remembered who he was and was suddenly bummed out by the news that he passed away on Monday.

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