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Monday, January 22, 2007

Totally Frakked: Heroes -- Kapow!

Heroes_1Heroes
Title: "Godsend"
First Aired: 1/22/07

Those ass-kicking Heroes return to TV with all-new adventures for the first time in six weeks. For those of us left speechless last December by the revelation that beloved hero Peter is to blame for the destruction of New York City, the end of the wait seems heaven-sent. It’s been far too long!

***Spoiler Alert!***

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SoSF: Author Hickman Aims His Dragonlance

Sosf_100x100 Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (SoSF Managing News Director)

hickman.jpgBest selling fantasy author Tracy Hickman will join Slice of SciFi in an interview for Slice of SciFi Show #093 on Wednesday, January 24.

Most known for his highly acclaimed Dragonlance work with co-author Margaret Weis, Tracy has been a well-established game designer for the past 25 years. He produces the Dragon Hearth website and podcast with wife Laura, and has written several popular solo fantasy novels, including The Immortals, Requiem of Stars, and Starcraft: Speak of Darkness.

Tracy will be talking with us about all of that, plus the filmwork being done on the animated production of the Dragonlance series.

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Totally Frakked: The Dresden Files -- Bird Flew

Dres_1 The Dresden Files
Title: “Birds of a Feather”
First Aired: 1/21/07

Meet Harry Dresden. He’s a scruffy, scrappy, wisecracking Chicago detective. He loves women, and on this day, he’s been loving perky blonde diner waitress Laura. (A lot, as a matter of fact.)

Your average, everyday sort of guy, right? No... Harry’s got secrets. For starters, he’s really a wizard. He also has a disembodied sorcerer trapped in a flaming skull living downstairs. The biggest of his secrets, however, might just be that Paul Blackthorne, the actor breathing life into Harry’s All-American he-man swagger, is in fact a very polished, polite, and proper Brit.

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Totally Frakked: Battlestar Galactica -- I Spy With My Giant Eye... The Way to Earth!

Galactica_1 Battlestar Galactica
Title: “Rapture”
First Aired: 1/21/07

Taking up residence in its new Sunday night time slot, Galactica returns in a big way in the first of nine fresh episodes. From the opening fade-in, in which we see the last Battlestar in orbit around Algae World facing off against the Cylon Base fleet, “Rapture” barrels ahead at full speed with weapons drawn.

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Desperate Housewives: Free Mike Delfino!

01_3 Desperate Housewives
Title: “Come Play Wiz Me”
First Aired: 1/21/07

This week on Desperate Housewives, Susan’s past and present paramours come face to face. But is Ian trying to keep Mike -- and Mike’s relationship with Susan -- in the slammer for the next ten years?

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American Idol Rejects Get the Last Laugh, Rosie O’Donnell’s Sympathy

Cowell2 Rosie O’Donnell just can’t stay out of the news. Now that the Trump feud is finally losing some of its momentum, she's picked a new and equally bizarre cause: Sticking up for American Idol contestants.

Idol’s sixth season started with the usual parade of the talentless, giving judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson more than enough fodder for snide remarks and criticism. But some contestants continue to follow in William Hung’s tiny little footsteps, finding fame in losing.

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Grease: You’re the One That I Want -- Beauty School Drop-Ins

Grease_1_2 Grease: You're the One That I Want
Title: Episode 3
First Aired: 1/21/07

Last week, three Hard-Ass Judges selected 50 candidates to vie for a chance to play Danny and Sandy in a big-budget stage production of Grease. With the cattle call of the previous two weeks now history, the producers have the cream of the crop to choose from. This week, the school bus drops the Fab 50 at Broadway Boot Camp, aka Grease Academy.

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WWE: Heating Up the Web

09kane5zk Never one to allow an innovation opportunity to pass him by, Vince McMahon is bringing wrestling to the Web. WWE Heat provides an online collection of WWE Monday Night Raw undercard matches -- just the place to find some of the more amusing has-beens and wannabes of the wrestling world.

During the height of its popularity, Heat aired on USA and MTV networks. The show migrated to the Web in 2005 after losing most of its viewers to Friday Night SmackDown! Heat's standalone matches fit into the media-snacking YouTube paradigm, translating to the Web in a way that half-hour sitcoms or hour-long dramas don’t (and certainly better than sprawling sporting events like baseball or football).

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Casting Call: Making the Band 4

Ccclapboard_46_5_9_1_1_9 Is American Idol too much of a solo gig for you? Are you looking for a Dancelife, too? Do you have what it takes to make the band? MTV and Diddy are casting now for Making the Band 4, to find the all-male version of Diddy's all-girl group, Danity Kane.

Open call auditions for the show began Wednesday, Jan. 17 in Los Angeles. If you can't make an open casting call, you can post your video auditions online at makingtheband.MTV.com.

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Jan. 22: Neil Patrick Harris on Grey's Feud, Andrew Dice Clay Returns, 24 Does Double Time

*It's time to head back to Prison [GMMR]
*The long wait for new Heroes is almost over [Buzz Sugar]
*Andrew Dice Clay returns -- to VH1 [Glitterati]
*24's clock does double time [The Futon Critic]
*Doogie, err, Barney, err, Neil Patrick Harris weighs in on Grey's feud [The Hollywood Gossip]
*It's all about acting on The Surreal Life [Pop Culture Junkies]

Tonight's Picks: Monday, Jan. 22

Heroesnathan_4 Heroes -- Godsend
Our heroes are back and they've brought a new face (Christopher Eccleston) with them. Nathan and Simone try to help a comatose Peter, while Hiro begins a quest to find the samurai sword seen in Isaac's painting.

S60mattdanny_3 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip -- Monday
Love is in the air for Matt and Danny as the staffers return from their vacation to begin work on the new year's first show. Danny goes full throttle in his pursuit of Jordan, and Matt competes online for a date with Harriet.

Classnicole_3 The Class -- The Class Goes to a Stupid Museum
Old classmates are always getting in the way on this show. Oh wait, that's the idea. Another one shows up, this time looking for a date with Duncan, who's upset that Nicole doesn't seem to mind. Yeah, right.

MeeVee Exclusive! THE DRESDEN FILES Interview

Dresden_1This Sunday night, the Sci Fi Channel hopes to create ratings magic by pairing up The Dresden Files, featuring the wise-cracking, crime-fighting, wizard Harry Dresden with sci-fi juggernaut, Battlestar Galactica. MeeVee caught up with the trio responsible for bringing Dresden to life: Executive producers/writers Robert Hewitt Wolfe and David Simkins, and series star Paul Blackthorne, the scruffy-jawed Brit who plays the mysterious man himself.

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Win a Free i-POD Nano in the Dresden Files Mystery Giveaway

Thumb_desktop_keyart The Dresden Files premieres Sunday, January 21st on The Sci-Fi Channel. To celebrate, MeeVee and the fine folks at Sci-fi are giving away a FREE i-POD Nano! To enter: Email us your answers to the questions below. A winner will be chosen at random from those who have correctly identified the clues.

Good luck and don't forget to watch!

  1. What is one of the victims wearing in the opening scene?
    1. Bra and Underwear
    2. Raincoat
    3. Red Dress
  1. What is Harry Dresden’s number in the phone book?
    1. 1-800-294-9273
    2. 1-800-674-3782
    3. 1-800-591-7386
  1. What does Harry say is the only explanation for the victim’s cause of death?
    1. Smoking
    2. Black Magic
    3. Broken Heart

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