The second season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow debuts this coming Thursday, October 13, and here’s a jam-packed teaser trailer: You’ve likely heard that the Justice Society (including Vixen) will be appearing this season, but so will Albert Einstein, the Queen of France (getting it on with Sara Lance), more Jonah Hex, Damien Darhk (from Arrow), Eobard Thawne (from The Flash), ninjas, zombies, and Supergirl. Looks like a promising ride!

The forgotten black sheep of the DC comic TV show family is Constantine, because it’s the one (so far) from the modern era that’s gotten cancelled. Thirteen episodes ran on NBC from October 2014 to February 2015. (With a followup guest appearance on Arrow the next year that was quite good.) It was a strange choice to begin with — the comic Constantine was known for his anti-hero status, for friendly characters getting killed, for pushing boundaries, for bad language […]

Marvel’s gotten good press from its series on Netflix, with Jessica Jones getting lots of great reaction; Daredevil having multiple seasons; and the coming release of Luke Cage on September 30 much anticipated. This is in contrast to the mixed performance of Marvel’s shows on traditional networks. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC has struggled, although the movie tie-in gave it a boost, and the planned Mockingbird spin-off Marvel’s Most Wanted was not picked up. The best of them all, Agent […]

It’s a fairly standard PSA, but I’m glad to see the cast of The Flash — Grant Gustin as Barry Allen, Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow, and Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon (although he isn’t given much to say) — promoting careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for students. It’s a great match for that show, which with Cisco and Caitlin, makes science look fun and useful. It’s part of the CW Good charity promotion, plugging the STEM […]

If you’re like me and you enjoy watching Lucifer, you’ll want to know that the first season will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on August 23. Even if you haven’t tried it yet, you should check it out as a fun twist on the lightly supernatural procedural. Although the premise is the same as the Vertigo comic — a bored Lucifer leaves Hell and starts running a nightclub in Los Angeles, accompanied by his demonic assistant, who tends bar […]

Warner Bros. Animation is creating Justice League Action for Cartoon Network. Kevin Conroy will be the voice of Batman, as he should be, with Mark Hamill playing the Joker, James Woods as Lex Luthor, and Diedrich Bader (who played Batman in The Brave and the Bold, a similar team-up series) as Booster Gold. Here’s a highlight reel promoting the show: Episodes will be 11 minutes each, with two running together in a half-hour slot. Based on that trailer, the series […]

DC has released promo footage, as shown at the San Diego Comic-Con just past, for almost all their comic-book-inspired TV shows. (Supergirl doesn’t have one.) Check out these highlight reel videos for reminders of what’s happening with each and what’s coming up. First, my favorites: Lucifer (starring Tom Ellis), which is launching its second season in September on Fox, and iZombie (starring Rose McIver), going on a third (but we have to wait until midseason for it). Before we get […]

Wynonna Earp, the TV show about a demon-fighting gunslinger, has been renewed for a shorter second season by Syfy. The first season’s 13 episodes began airing in April 2016. The second season, scheduled to debut in 2017, will have 10. The supernatural western show stars Melanie Scrofano as Wyatt Earp’s demon-fighting great-granddaughter. Congrats to friend of this site Beau Smith, the writer of the comic the show was based on! It’s now published by IDW. The show was developed by […]