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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‘Stranger Things’ Was Renewed for Season 2 Before its Premiere
Say what you will about their inability to limit episode orders, but Netflix knows just how to keep a buzz going. Long before Stranger Things made fans beg for a second season, and even before its premiere, Netflix had apparently already placed a stealth order for Season 2.
Watch Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon Return to SNL’s ‘Weekend Update’
Few would suggest current SNL Weekend Update team Colin Jost and Michael Che as the segment’s peak, likely putting past pairs like Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon higher on the list. The two even made an unexpected return to the desk this weekend, but not exactly as we remember them.
‘American Horror Story: Roanoke’ Has Another Premise Twist Coming
Just when you thought our long national eye-roll was over, and American Horror Story had finally unveiled its meta-Roanoke premise, Ryan Murphy will throw another curveball. The enigmatic showrunner teases that Season 6 will have a major shakeup midway through, and then again by Roanoke’s end.
Netflix ‘Lost in Space’ Casts Toby Stephens as Papa Robinson
Netflix finally got the ball rolling on its Lost in Space reboot series with the casting of Taylor Russell, and now the displaced family Robinson has a patriarch as well. Fresh off the final season of Starz’s Black Sails, Toby Stephens will serve as the Robinson family head who gets his family Lost in Space.
CBS ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Premiere Boldly Delayed to May 2017
Star Trek fans have waited years for the franchise to return to TV, and will wait longer still, it seems. Despite CBS initially scheduling the new Discovery series for a January 2017 bow, the newest Star Trek saga has been pushed back to May over production demands.
FX Hopes ‘American Horror Story’ S6 Mystery Didn’t Damage the Brand
We’re just one day away from American Horror Story finally pulling back the curtain on Season 6, but it’s hard to argue that the mystery approach has affected anticipation. Ahead of the big reveal, FX marketing admits to some uncertainty with viewer expectation, as well how the promotional strategy could affect premiere ratings.
‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Teases James Cameron Approach, New Characters
At long last, our national nightmare finally came to an end with news that Stranger Things would return for Season 2 (or rather, Stranger Things 2). Long before a 2017 premiere, however, producers tease a James Cameron upgrade in the vein of Terminator 2 and Aliens, as well new characters for the 1984 return.
Here’s Why Netflix ‘Gilmore Girls’ Will Release All Four Specials at Once
This past weekend saw Netflix breaking with its traditional release strategy, to debut Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down in the first of multiple installments. That owed to chaotic production, but where Gilmore Girls bosses hoped to release the four Year in the Life revival specials in equal installments, Netflix believes fans “would’ve killed us” to break with tradition.
Bryan Fuller Teases New ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Alien Makeup
In all the excitement of analyzing the ships and timelines of Star Trek: Discovery, fans have overlooked the next generation of weird and wonderful alien creatures to populate Bryan Fuller’s new series. See for yourself, as our new Star Trek teases extraterrestrial prosthetics for … something! Maybe an Andorian?
‘Stranger Things’ Might Bridge Seasons 1 and 2 With 8-Bit Video Game
While those monsters at Netflix deny us an official Season 2 renewal, Stranger Things has more than a few ideas already jotted down for its next chapter. The noticeably-older kids will necessitate at least some time-jump from the Season 1 finale, but producers already have in mind to bridge the gap with perfectly ‘80s Stranger Things video game. Yes please?