The Rains of Castamere is a ballad within the Game of Thrones books. It’s a song about Tywin Lannister and his crushing victory over the rebelling House Reyne of Castamere and the destruction of that House. It has now been recorded by indie rock band The National for the show’s season 2 album. If we’re really lucky, [...]
Here’s a list of all the shows we could potentially discuss on TVZ: Monday Alphas (10 p.m., SyFy) ongoing Bored To Death (9 p.m., HBO) returns Oct. 10 Terra Nova (8 p.m., Fox) debuts Sept. 26 Tuesday Ringer (9 p.m., CW) debuts Sept. 13 Sons of Anarchy (10 p.m., FX) ongoing Wednesday American Horror Story [...]
On top of our latest episode, Jeff, Chris and Chuck all sit in on our friend Chip’s podcast this week, Two Minute Time Lord. It’s free on iTunes or you can stream or download the episode on the official site by clicking here. It’s another 40 minutes of us discussing “The Impossible Astronaut” and Doctor [...]
Chris Sims has been on Television Zombies twice. Once to talk about what an awful comic book “Tarot” is and why it shouldn’t be turned into a tv show (responding to a news item). He also appeared in a recent interview I did with him about Smallville, which he reviews for Comics Alliance. His capacity [...]
Here’s a list of midseason tv premier dates. Oh, but this is just genre, sci-fi, and cult type shows. Sorry doctor shows. Sorry reality tv. January 4th (Tuesday) Caprica, SyFy, 6pm Final 5 episode marathon V, ABC, 9pm Season 2 premier January 7th (Friday) Young Justice, Cartoon Network, 7pm Series Premier Merlin, SyFy, 10pm Season [...]
HBO has put the pilot up on amazon.com’s video on demand section of the site for free. The show debuts this Sunday at 9:30pm. Bored to Death follows Jason Schwartzman as a novelist who gets bored and decides to become an unlicensed private investigator by advertising himself on craigslist. Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson co-star [...]
Let me be upfront. I’m a big fan of The Prisoner. I think it’s great. Sure the ending is weird and open to interpretation, but the early episodes are brilliant and showcase much more of what McGoohan was interested in. That being said, I’m not at all against a remake that gives us a story [...]
If you watched MTV in the early 90s, you know about this. Heck, maybe you discovered the troupe through their individual projects afterwards like Reno 911!, Wainy Days, Stella, or Wet Hot American Summer. No matter that. Long rumored, long completed and gathering dust, The State complete series DVD has been given a release date!
Welcome to the first of a regular feature here on TVZ, where we will interview one another. Hosts, bloggers, commenters, editors – we’ll all be interviewed in turn, to give you a small look at the crew behind Television Zombies. ———- 1. What can you tell us about your background in terms of work and [...]
Web-based television shows are becoming more and more prevalent, and this past Saturday evening, awards were given in the first annual Streamy Awards. The Streamys are given by a consortium of new media companies, Tilzy.TV, Tubefilter, and NewTeeVee, and an independent board reviewed and nominated awards in 24 categories. Below are the results: CATEGORY: Overall [...]