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TV Wasteland: Death and the Hynerian by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(November 16, 2009)
I don't usually endorse DVDs here, but there's a special one hitting shelves this Tuesday that merits mention. Farscape the wonderful, glorious, gone-before-its-time series from the Jim Henson Company finally gets a box set worthy of its genius.

TV Wasteland: The Prisoner Arrives by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(November 09, 2009)
Before we begin, I want to mention that Sesame Street turns 40 on November 10th. Massive props to Big Bird and the gang for teaching us all about letters and numbers.

TV Wasteland: Vivacious Visitors Eviscerate Very Viciously by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(November 01, 2009)
The original V occupies a strange place in pop culture, a sort of camp-but-not-really 1980s standout fondly remembered by those who first saw it and all but forgotten by everyone else. It remains a product of its time (right down to the haircuts and jerky

TV Wasteland: This Is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween! by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(October 25, 2009)
Halloween is here and there's a huge plate of genre programming to cover, so let's get right to it!

TV Wasteland: Halloween's A Little Early by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(October 18, 2009)
Everyone jumps on the horror movie bandwagon this time of year and 2009 is no exception. Click to any given channel and you'll find creature features of all varieties, from immortal classics to third-rate turds. The Independent Film Channel, however, goes

TV Wasteland: Cthulhurendous by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(October 11, 2009)
Every time another H.P. Lovecraft adaptation is released, the collective fanbase suppresses a groan. The renowned horror author may have changed the face of the genre, but his work always struggled to assert itself onscreen.

TV Wasteland: Sanctuary Returns by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(October 05, 2009)
A show like Sanctuary isn't supposed to linger. It started out on the web--part of an effort to make Internet content commercially viable, which the established networks tend to ignore as a matter of course. Granted, it had the backing of the Stargate crew

TV Wasteland: The Gate Keeps Going by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(September 28, 2009)
Who could have guessed that a throwaway little science fiction film from Roland Emmerich--the Irwin Allen of our era--would produce such a legacy. Stargate: SG-1 became one of sci-fi television's monumental success stories… and has now officially spawned

TV Wasteland: Forward Thinking by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(September 21, 2009)
It is upon us with the suddenness of the dawn: the 2009 fall TV season has officially arrived. Dozens of new shows are premiering this week, including seven with a genre focus.

TV Wasteland: The Show to Beat? by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(September 14, 2009)
Of all the season finales last spring, few sparked the level of debate and anticipation that Fringe did. With its stunning shot of the intact Twin Towers and the realization that Olivia (Anna Torv) has found herself in an alternate universe, it fully shed

TV Wasteland: It's Got to Get Better Than This by Rob Vaux
(September 07, 2009)
It's all Twilight's fault. After months of empty space on the boob tube, the heady rush of the new season is finally here to greet us, and what's the first show out of the chute? The Vampire Diaries, a vapid, derivative attempt to cash in on Stephanie Meye

TV Wasteland: Life on the Horizon by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(August 31, 2009)
Summer comes to a close with the week leading up to Labor Day--traditionally a dead zone for new entertainment options. Fear not, gentle readers: our long drought is nearing its conclusion. The new season of Supernatural starts up on September 10th, herald

TV Wasteland: Counting the Moments by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(August 24, 2009)
You know the drill. We're on bread and water until after Labor Day. Eureka, Warehouse 13 and the final episodes of True Blood are here to keep you warm, along with the usual gaggle of cable movies and reality shows.

TV Wasteland: Still No Sign of Land by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(August 17, 2009)
Man, I hate August: another empty week filled with mediocre movies, wobbly reality shows and summertime series methodically working their way through the season. September provides real signs of relief, but until then, we're once again forced to just cut t

TV Wasteland: Lost in the Wasteland by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(August 09, 2009)
Welcome to another slow-as-molasses week on television: particularly exasperating because both the Comic Con and the recently concluded Television Critics' Association event promise a fair amount of awesomeness in September.

TV Wasteland: Welcome to the Dog Days by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(August 03, 2009)
The summer doldrums continue on the boob tube, as seasonal shows rumble along and the networks scramble to get new programming up in time for September. Warehouse 13, Eureka, Burn Notice and True Blood hold the line until then.

TV Wasteland: Defying Network Expectations by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(July 27, 2009)
We're wearily staggering back from the Comic Con this week, only to face a whole new round of zaniness: the Television Critics Association panels start up on Tuesday

TV Wasteland: Aliens and Weather Machines by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(July 20, 2009)
Our cousins across the Pond are delivering a giant fistful of Whovian goodness on BBC America this week.

TV Wasteland: Truth In Advertising by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(July 13, 2009)
It's a very quiet week on television, with Syfy's new shows premiering last week and a whole passel of Dr. Who stuff next week. Most of the new stuff is decidedly non-genre (and in the case of the new Lindsey Lohan movie, clearly in violation of some court

TV Wasteland: Syfy Is Upon Us by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(July 06, 2009)
I seem to recall Noted Crank™ Harlan Ellison launching one of his patented screeds against the term "sci-fi" a few years ago, paying particular attention to the channel which bore that name.

TV Wasteland: Not Only of Sight and Sound, But of Mind by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(June 29, 2009)
Whatever the SciFi Channel's faults--and with the transfer to "Syfy" imminent, those faults have loomed particularly large of late--there's one thing it always gets right: the 4th of July Twilight Zone marathon.

Unwanted Cast-Off or Cult Hit in the Making by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(June 22, 2009)
Fox is airing a Neither Fish Nor Fowl effort this Friday, which is bound to raise some eyebrows simply by the names attached. Virtuality--billed as a TV movie but actually filmed as a pilot--comes to us courtesy of Battlestar Galactica bigwigs Ronald D. Mo

Camelot High by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(June 15, 2009)
Just because you use a beloved set of characters in your TV show doesn't mean that those characters belong to you. Ask the creators of Birds of Prey how well things went when they assumed otherwise.

Sunday Night Stakeout by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(June 08, 2009)
It's the middle of June and one of the summer's biggest television events hits screens this Sunday. HBO's True Blood, the tender story of a psychic waitress and the bloodsucker she loves, begins its second season on June 14th.

Summer Shows Starting Up by Rob Vaux, Columnist
(June 01, 2009)
Early June is usually pretty quiet for the boob tube. Season finales have more or less wrapped up and the networks are taking a bit of a breather before summer scheduling starts. The week's two most noted genre shows both fall into the gray "not quite fanb