I'm having a really bad day and John Shiban is running late. Putting out fires is just one small part of his job as Executive Producer on The CW's cult hit, Supernatural, and one has to wonder which demon has poked his head in to create havoc. Shiban and mysterious Big Bads go way back. He has a résumé most genre writers would envy. After spending many years in the Chris … [Read more...] about PG Interview: Supernatural’s John Shiban
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The WB Bows Out
When they announced the merger of The WB and UPN, I was surprised but gave it little thought. I knew both netlets had been struggling with ratings, and a joining of the two for a potentially competitive network made decent business sense, even if it came with a crappy name: The CW. But it wasn't until The WB signed off with a five-hour block of pilots -- Felicity, Angel, Buffy … [Read more...] about The WB Bows Out
Dawson’s Creek: Capeside Redemption
Laura: I'll preface this bit by admitting, up front, that I was pretty much in tears for most of the Dawson's Creek finale. Not for the episode itself (more on that later) but for the fact that it was ending. Six years of my life were over, six years of TV lives that I had lived were moving on. A huge chunk of my life - that I’ve devoted time and energy and fanfic to - came to … [Read more...] about Dawson’s Creek: Capeside Redemption
Smallville: Potato, Potahto
Before Clark Kent came down with a meteor shower on Smallville, Max Evans and company crashed into the New Mexico desert on Roswell. Both shows garnered high enough ratings in the first year to be labeled a Break Out Hit for the WB, and the similarities don’t end there. It’s clear enough that both shows share the same theme – teenage alien(s) tries desperately to fit in with … [Read more...] about Smallville: Potato, Potahto
Smallville: Instructions for Misuse
The thing about watching Smallville is, in the Great Big Scheme of Things, we know how the story ends. Therefore, the fun is all in the getting there. Why does Clark one day decide to create Superman? Why does Lex end up an evil criminal mastermind? As usual, I’m really just interested in the Lex portion of the equation. He’s trying so hard, at the age of 21, to forge his own … [Read more...] about Smallville: Instructions for Misuse