Kids WB is no more
Various news sources are reporting that The CW is ending the Kids WB! Saturday morning programming block, instead licensing it out to 4Kids, which already programs Fox's Saturday morning fare. The deal with 4Kids...
JOHNNY DYNAMITE to green screen
Today's comic book option is JOHNNY DYNAMITE by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty, a hard boiled copper whose adventures once ran in the back of MS TREE. Now, quoth Variety Law &...
To Do NYC: Heroes video game event
There's a whoopie-do tonight at the Nokia store for the new Heroes game -- which ends in time for the season premiere tonight.
DEATH NOTE to Adult Swim
Anime News Networkreports that manga/anime sensation DEATH NOTE, will begin airing on Adult Swim beginning at midnight October 20th. The tale of a teen who fights evil with a death-dealing notebook has already been...
Tonight: In Search of Steve Ditko
Technically, it's already aired, but bear with us.
Tonight on BBC4, the Jonathan Ross documentary about Steve Ditko finally debuts. (It's on again at 12.50 AM, which is about 45 minutes from when this is...
Edward Gorey’s THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
Upon discovering that Edward Gorey was a Star Trek fanatic, Shaenon Garrity imagines what might have been.
Aside: You realize this is just a blog post, right and not in some satirical magazine where it...
VOTE FOR DAME DARCY
Is there ANYONE alive who does not want to see these two get together? Vote Dame Darcy for Flavor of Love! It is the law.
Two nerd things that go great together
For you folks surfing The Beat late tonight, check out tonight's "Superhero" themed episode of MYTHBUSTERS, another favorite of the nerderotti out there.
As we type this (9 PM ET), the first showing has just...
HEROES gal is 18
Hayden Panettiere has just passed her 18th birthday which apparently means she legal to drive or something. The websites which specialize in photos of female celebs in bikinis (one of which we snagged the...
Klingon sighting
Long thought an endangered species, Klingons have been spotted lately in Texas, giving hope that this rare and beautiful species may still make a comeback from the brink of extinction.
When the Klingons walk...
Veronica Mars joins Heroes
We don't watch enough TV to make an actual joke, but this is clearly a big deal.
NBC is adding former “Veronica Mars” star Kristen Bell to the cast of “Heroes.” Peacock has snagged...
More Jonathan Ross
Comics hero and boy's love video star Jonathan Ross will soon be seen searching for Steve Ditko, and BBC4 is producing a 3-part documentary about the comics, from Beano to Judge Dredd, according...
