Television news round up from the end of April including cancellations, Fringe secrets and SG Universe news.
Leonard Nimoy reveals Fringe finale secrets, talks Transfomers Leonard Nimoy told SCI FI Wire that his upcoming guest shot as William Bell in the season finale of Fox’s sci-fi series Fringe sets the stage for Bell—the oft-mentioned, not-yet-seen former partner of Walter Bishop (John Noble)—to become a recurring character next year.
Fringe co-star Kirk Acevedo says they’re already prepping for season two Kirk Acevedo, who plays FBI agent Charlie Francis on Fox’s SF series Fringe, told SCI FI Wire that he and the crew are already working on season two, though no official renewal announcement has come so far, and that upcoming guest star Leonard Nimoy will figure in it.
Solved! The secret Fringe glyph code Fans of Fringe: You’ve known all along that those weird glyph images that precede commercials meant something. The producers have said that they mean something. And now Julian Sanchez, a genius code-cracker at Ars Technica, has figured it out.
The Fringe glyph code key
Lost’s ‘Desmond’ is sued by former ABC employee Lost star Henry Ian Cusick is being sued by a former ABC employee who alleges sexual battery and harassment against the actor, Entertainment Weekly reported. According to the suit, filed last week in Los Angeles court, Cusick allegedly squeezed and placed his face on the plaintiff’s breasts, kissed her on the mouth and caressed the back of her body while making moaning sounds.
Stargate Universe guest stars named; includes SG-1 cast SCI FI Channel announced that the upcoming spinoff series SGU: Stargate Universe will feature an array of guest stars, including Stargate SG-1 cast members Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks and Gary Jones, as well as Christopher McDonald, Janelle Monáe and Carlo Rota.
11 sci-fi TV shows that could be cancelled tomorrow Several shows stand on the precipice of cancellation. Many of them are fighting for their lives, with hopes they won’t end up like Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Stargate Atlantis, Life on Mars, Kyle XY or The Ex-List. Some of them have had multiple seasons to make their case, while others are brand-spanking-new and discovering that getting viewers to tune in isn’t always easy. Here are 11 shows that are in the danger zone and SCI FI Wire’s assessment of their prospects.
Joss Whedon speculates on Dollhouse’s future and teases the 13th episode Joss Whedon, creator of Fox’s sci-fi series Dollhouse, told a group of reporters that he’s resigned to the show’s fate and that a second-season pickup is unlikely, but said he holds out hope for a renewal.
The end of Dollhouse Fox has announced that it will air the season finale of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse on 8 May, with the episode entitled “Omega” – which is raising questions about the end of the show. Blogger Narin Bahar discusses the night’s news that there will be no thirteenth episode.
Report: Fox terminates Sarah Connor Chronicles Is Sarah Connor terminated? That’s the rumor being passed on by EW.com’s Ausiello Files: Citing multiple anonymous sources, the columnist reports that Fox has cancelled the low-rated Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
