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Screener • 16th April 2017

For the love of Bill: ‘Doctor Who’ is back and we can’t get enough of his new companion

It’s been way too long since we’ve been here, Whovians. The drought is over, though, and after over a year, a new season of “Doctor Who” has arrived. After nothing but Christmas specials since the end of Season 9 in 2015, the long-running BBC America series is back — and what a difference a year and a half has made!

From the jump, Season 10 of “Doctor Who” feels very different from the seasons that came before it. We learn that the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) has spent decades teaching at a college

Screener • 11th April 2017

‘Outsiders’ Francie Swift on Haylie’s redemption and saving the Farrells

In what was perhaps the least likely redemption story "Outsiders" could have told, the 10th episode of Season 2, "Strangers in a Strange Land," showed viewers a new side of Haylie Grimes (Francie Swift), the public face of the coal company trying to evict the Farrell clan from Shay Mountain.

Putting her face-to-face with the truth about life with the Farrells turned out to be a sobering moment for Haylie -- as was the realization that there are those in her company willing to poison and kill th

Screener • 7th April 2017

‘The Originals’ Michael Narducci on Season 4’s villain, ‘TVD’ crossovers and saying goodbye

Against all odds, "The Originals" is bringing Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) and Klaus (Joseph Morgan) back together... And all it took was an evil force targeting children, including Klaus' own daughter. With so many questions remaining about what this entity is and how our favorite vampires, witches and werewolves can take it on, there was no better place to go looking for answers than executive producer Michael Narducci.

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Screener • 6th April 2017

‘Riverdale’s’ Cole Sprouse teases tough times ahead for Betty & Jughead

After coming to an understanding about honesty -- and how Jughead (Cole Sprouse) needs to be more forthcoming when it comes to Betty (Lili Reinhart) -- you might think it's going to be smooth sailing for "Riverdale's" first couple. Unfortunately, that's just not the case. After all, what's "Riverdale" without the appropriate level of drama?

"Open communication also means a brutal honesty, in the following episodes... Jughead kind of turns away, and fears intimacy a little bit," Sprouse tells Sc

Screener • 3rd April 2017

‘iZombie’s’ Rob Thomas breaks down Season 3’s parallel to Trump’s America

While "iZombie" may be a lot of things -- funny, scary, downright odd when it comes to Clive's (Malcolm Goodwin) nerdy obsessions -- political isn't usually a work associated with the CW series. With Season 3 though, it'll be a hard association to miss.

The end of Season 2 set up the idea that there were far more zombies out there than Liv (Rose McIver) realized and they were getting organized. Now, in Season 3, with the threat of the public finding out zombies were real and what their reaction

Screener • 2nd April 2017

Should Netflix’s ‘13 Reasons Why’ have a Season 2?

Have you binge-watched all of "13 Reasons Why" yet? If you have, you're probably a little emotionally devastated, and that's a-okay.

You're also probably asking yourself if this amazing Netflix series will be a standalone piece, or if there's room for a Season 2. Here at Screener, we're of two minds about it.

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Obviously we want more of this story and more of these characters and their turbulent lives, especi

Screener • 30th March 2017

‘Arrow’: Oliver’s fatal flaw isn’t his lust for killing, it’s his trust issues

The plight of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) over the last couple episodes has been a frustrating one to watch. After being tortured physically and mentally by Prometheus (Josh Segarra), Oliver realized that he actually enjoys killing and in doing so disbanded his team and decided to call in Bratva to finish off the Season 5 villain, rather than further "corrupting" his team.

The problem is, killing isn't Oliver's fatal flaw: It's who he chooses to trust, and his decision-making abilities. Oliver

Screener • 16th March 2017

The explosive Season 2 possibilities set up by that intense ‘Lethal Weapon’ finale

The first season of FOX’s “Lethal Weapon” is on the books, and it made quite a statement as it came to a close: In the final moments of “Commencement” it was revealed that Riggs (Clayne Crawford) had gone to Mexico to hunt down his wife’s killer. Unwilling to let him do it alone, Murtaugh (Damon Wayans) soon followed, leaving us wondering what the heck Season 2 would even look like.

Unfortunately, “Lethal Weapon’s” showruner Matt Miller is holding his cards close to his vest when it comes to th

Screener • 15th March 2017

‘The Flash’ needs to save itself from Barry Allen

The journey of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) on “The Flash” is an interesting one because of how incredibly massive his mistakes tend to be time and time again, regardless of whether he thinks he’s learned his lesson. It’s enough to leave you wondering what it is that makes those around him still think he’s so likable.

He’s repeatedly altered his own timeline with little regard for the negative impact it could have on those he loves. Then, after finally learning the lesson that he needs to stop sc

Screener • 10th March 2017

What ‘Buffy’ & ‘The Vampire Diaries’ taught us about how to make great vampire TV

With "The Vampire Diaries" coming to a close after eight seasons, you can't help but wonder whether the vampire trend ushered in by the 2008 release of "Twilight" may be finally fading away. When that movie hit theaters -- the same year "True Blood" debuted on HBO -- vampires rocketed to the top of the pop-cultural zeitgeist.

These weren't your run-of-the-mill bloodsuckers, though. This was the era of the "sexy vampire." While at one point Count Dracula reigned supreme, audiences were far more

Screener • 3rd March 2017

Cole Sprouse gives insight into ‘Riverdale’s’ newest couple, Jughead’s daddy issues and the story behind the crown

Well, things certainly have changed in "Riverdale." Though she spent the first few episodes of Season 1 coming to terms with her feelings for Archie (KJ Apa), Betty (Lili Reinhart) has seemingly moved on -- with none other than Jughead (Cole Sprouse). The relationship between Betty and Jughead is an interesting one -- and not just because what kickstarted it was the murder of Jason Blossom (Trevor Stines).

Jughead is a mystery of a character, and one fans of the "Archie" comics have been waitin

Screener • 1st March 2017

‘CHiPs’ proves that old TV never dies, it just gets bigger and raunchier

Ten years ago, if somebody said they were rebooting the late ’70s/early ’80s TV series “CHiPs” — which displayed motorcycle cops in all of their beige-uniformed glory — into an action-comedy blockbuster movie, you might have laughed at them. Anyone who’s seen a rerun of “CHiPs” knows just how dated the concept and series are. Making it work for a modern audience would have seemed like a hefty task to take on.

Screener • 21st February 2017

Language is ‘The Walking Dead’s’ greatest mystery

"The Walking Dead" introduced its newest group in the Feb. 19 episode "New Best Friends" -- a junkyard community that could be the army Rick's (Andrew Lincoln) been waiting for, to take the war to Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)... But we couldn't help but notice something peculiar about them.

It's all in the way they speak. This far we've mostly been introduced to their leader Jadis (Pollyanna McIntosh) and the words she spoke were very deliberate and very strange. How has language changed so much

Screener • 3rd February 2017

’30 for 30′ takes on the XFL: 7 signs it was doomed from the start

If you’re over the age of, say, 25 then the chances are that you fondly — or not so fondly — remember the little football league that couldn’t, the XFL. It was the year 2000 when WWE Chairman Vince McMahon decided to launch his own football league, teaming with NBC to make it happen.

And from practically the very beginning, it seems the endeavor was doomed. ESPN’s latest “30 for 30” takes on the XFL and its massively disastrous first season — and looking back now, it makes you wonder how anyone

Screener • 2nd February 2017

‘Powerless’ is a world in which Batman is essentially LeBron James

A new door in the DC Universe is opening -- and what's on the other side is nothing lie what you're used to seeing on "The Flash," "Arrow," "Supergirl" or even "Legends of Tomorrow." This time around, the adventures are bit more mundane and the heroes in this story don't have any fancy powers.

"Powerless" is set in Charm City -- a lesser-known town somewhere in the universe the writers liken to Scranton, PA -- and the offices of Wayne Security -- a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises, of course. Wh

Screener • 2nd February 2017

‘Vikings’ Michael Hirst breaks down Season 4 finale shockers

In one of the most gruesome finales in four seasons, “Vikings” went out with bloody vengeance as fans said goodbye to multiple characters they’ve come to love — or love to hate. While the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) finally got revenge for their father’s death, it was at the price of inner turmoil that will power the show forward.

As usual, there was only one thing to do after a major “Vikings” episode: We hopped on the phone with creator Michael Hirst to walk us through the deaths

Screener • 1st February 2017

‘Outsiders’ cast on the reality of Sally-Ann and Hasil’s situation

After the first season of "Outsiders," fans couldn't get enough of the relationship between Hasil (Kyle Gallner) and Sally-Ann (Christina Jackson). These people from two wildly different worlds managed to find love together against all odds -- it was very "Romeo & Juliet."

Of course, "Romeo & Juliet" didn't exactly have a happy ending -- and with that in mind, "Outsiders" is letting the reality of Hasil and Sally-Ann's relationship unfold. The Farrell family member decided to stay with his clan

Screener • 30th January 2017

‘Gotham’s’ Cameron Monaghan takes us inside the mind of Jerome

The return of Jerome (Cameron Monaghan) has turned “Gotham” on its head — as the resurrection of a dead person should! — but it’s in his absence that his message of chaos truly spread. Gotham City is begging for a crazed leader to send them down the road of destruction.

Filling that void is a very different Jerome than the one we met in Season 2 — and a man bent on destroying Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz). Monaghan took Screener into Jerome’s mind, telling us all about what’s changed in him since

Screener • 30th January 2017

Randy Orton’s ‘Royal Rumble’ win shows WWE is scared of the future

“Remember the Rumble.” That was the tagline WWE used for their 2017 “Royal Rumble,” invoking the old saying about the Alamo. Unfortunately for the company, fans will remember this “Rumble” — and it won’t be for the reasons they’d like to.

The show itself was a good one. The best match of the night was the fight for the WWE World Championship between AJ Styles and John Cena — which Cena won, becoming a 16-time world champion. Elsewhere on the card, Kevin Owens retained his Universal Championship

Screener • 23rd January 2017

Why Kevin Smith’s ‘Supergirl’ episode is closest he’s come to ‘Star Wars’

After directing two episodes of "The Flash," filmmaker Kevin Smith is ready for his "Supergirl" debut and he's shooting for the stars with the midseason premiere of the CW series. "Supergirl Lives," which Smith admits is a nod to an unproduced "Superman" script he wrote once upon a time, takes the Girl of Steel off Earth for one of her first interplanetary adventures. It was a tall order for the director, but one executive producer Andrew Kreisberg was confident he could knock out of the park.

Screener • 19th January 2017

‘Vikings’: We need to talk about Bjorn

There’s something very strange happening on “Vikings” and it must be addressed. For quite a while fans have believed Ivar the Boneless (Alex Hogh) would be the son of Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) to grow up and become the psychotic brother with a rage problem. Did we have that all wrong, though?

While there’s no doubt Ivar is every bit as sick and twisted as he’s shaping up to be, he may have some competition in the crazy department — care of his brother Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig). Sweet, trustworthy B

Screener • 16th January 2017

‘Riverdale’ & the many loves of Archie Andrews

When it comes to the game of love, things have always been a bit tricky for Archie Andrews. In the days of "Archie Comics," he was constantly torn between Betty and Veronica -- but in The CW's "Riverdale," things are a bit more complicated.

Yes, Betty (Lili Reinhart) and Veronica (Camila Mendes) are among those vying for Archie's (KJ Apa) affections -- but they're far from the only ones. As a matter of fact, there may simply be too many love interests for Archie to juggle.

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Screener • 5th January 2017

Saying goodbye to ‘Girl Meets World’: Thankfully, it’ll live forever

To be completely honest, chances are everyone saw this coming. The writing was on the wall for months. That doesn’t make it any easier of a pill to swallow, though. The Disney Channel has officially canceled “Girl Meets World” — the “Boy Meets World” sequel series — after three seasons.

The news was announced by co-creator Michael Jacobs on the show’s writers room Twitter account.

“It is with incredible pride in our work and complete sadness that things end, that I report to this wonderful aud

Screener • 29th December 2016

‘Vikings’ creator opens up about Ragnar’s fate in ‘All His Angels’

Where does one even start when it comes to the death of the main character of any given show? On the Dec. 28 episode — “All His Angels” — “Vikings” did the unthinkable. Then again, it did something most fans had to have known was coming for a very long time.

Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) is dead — and the History Channel series wasn’t kidding when they said everything would change. Since the beginning of “Vikings,” Ragnar has been the flawed hero through whom the story of the rise of the Viki