Game of Thrones
HBO
Game of Thrones is an HBO adaptation of American author George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy novel series published by HarperCollins,A Song of Ice and Fire.
The show explores a medieval-like fantasy world with its plethora of
characters all struggling in the only game that matters--the game of
thrones. And in this game you either win or you die, there is no middle
ground
Arrow
the CW
Arrow is a modern retelling of the DC Comic character Green Arrow. Multi-millionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing, and presumed dead
after a shipwreck at sea. He is found five years later, having survived
on a desert island off his wits and by mastering the bow and arrow.
When he returns to Starling City however, he discovers that it is rife
with corruption and crime. Oliver decides to put his skills to use by
taking on the persona of Arrow and becoming the vigilante that Starling
City needs. The show stars Stephen Amell in the title role. Green Arrow has been portrayed two times by a real life actor, and voiced in twelve separate cartoon/animations starting in 1973
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
ABC
Based on Marvel's fictional government
organization, S.H.I.E.L.D. It shows that not all heroes have to be
super. Agent Phil Coulson (The Avengers)
recruits a new team to go into the field and handle any cases involving
the strange and the bizarre. Accompanying him are solo field agent
Grant Ward, field agent turned desk jockey Melinda May, and British
scientists Leo Fitz and Gemma Simmons. Coulson soon recruits a civilian
computer hacker known only as Skye, a mystery woman with an unknown past
Grey's Anatomy
ABC
Grey's Anatomy is a medical drama about a group of surgeons working at Seattle Grace Hospital. The show centers around Meredith
Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and her life as a resident at the hospital. In
addition to her relationship with her neurosurgeon husband, Derek
Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), and best friend Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh),
it also explores her relationships with her peers and the other doctors
around her. Each episode dives into different medical cases and personal
dramas of the doctors at Seattle Grace, with Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin
McKidd) at the helm of the surgical department as the new Chief of
Surgery.
Coronation Street
ITV
Coronation Street is credited as being one of the longest running soaps in the world and the longest running television soap
in Britain (with the longest running overall being The Archers on BBC
radio). The show has been on British TV screens since 1960 and has aired
over 6,000 episodes. Coronation Street was created by Tony Warren, who
drew on his own experiences living in Salford when developing the show
for Granada Television in Manchester. The show's working title was
Florizel Street. In a memo from Tony Warren to Granada, he explains the
basis of the show: "A fascinating freemasonary, a volume of unwritten
rules. These are the driving forces behind life in a working class
street in the north of England. The purpose of Florizel Street is to
examine a community of this nature, and to entertain." The first episode
of Coronation Street, written by Tony Warren and containing the first
airing of the iconic theme music (composed by Eric Spear), was
transmitted live at 7.00pm on Friday 9th December 1960 and was an
instant success due to its eliment of "realism". The series began as a
twice weekly serial (airing originally on Wednesdays and Fridays) and
was initially only commissioned for twelve episodes but due to the
series' success with the viewers it became a perminant fixture, soon
changing its transmission days to Monday and Wednesdays. Almost 30 years
later the number of episodes increased to three per week in 1989
(additional episode on Fridays) and then to four in 1996 (additional
episode on Sundays). Recently that has increased again with a second
episode being added on a Monday night at 8.30, leaving a half hour gap
between the end of the first episode of the evening and the start of the
second. Coronation Street,
Corrie or The Street (however you know it) has been at the top of the
ratings for most of it's long run and despite tough competition from new
soaps and even new TV channels it remains the highest rated programme
on British television. William Roache is now the only original cast
member remaining - he's played Ken Barlow since episode one. The Set: In
early 1960, after Granada Television commissioned twelve episodes of
Coronation Street, the set designer Denis Parkin was taken on a tour of
Salford by series creator Tony Warren for inspiration on the set. The
street's set was based on Archie Street in the Ordsall district, a film
shot of which was used in the opening credits of the programme from 1960
to 1964. Archie Street itself was knocked down in 1971. The original
television set was built indoors, the cobbles and paving slabs were
painted to the floor and the houses were made out of wood. The set was
so big and the studio so small that it had to be erected in two parts
which explains why shots of the entire street were not seen until 1968
when Granada decided that the interior set was too limiting and so
re-erected the set outside in a yard rented from British Railways on
Grape Street on Manchester, behind the Granada studios. The cast hated
it! They complained that it was draughty and cold; nevertheless it was
soon re-built in bricks and mortar and survived until the end of the
1970s when the decision was made to incorporate the set into the Granada
Studios Tour. By 1982 a brand new set had been erected on a new site
just a few hundred yards away. When the set was complete it was opened
by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. The new set was first seen on-screen
in episode 2210, broadcast on Monday 7 June 1982. From 1982 up until
1999, it was possible for fans of the show to visit the exterior set as
part of the Granada Studios Tour. With the closure of the tour, Granada
were able to expanded the exterior set to incorporate further buildings
on Rosamund Street (the Health Centre) and later on Victoria Street
(Roy's Rolls & Elliot and Son). Coronation Street
currently airs on the following days in the UK: Monday @ 7.30pm &
8.30pm, Wednesday @ 7.30pm, Friday @ 7.30pm, Sunday @ 7.30pm. Note: This
episode guide mirrors the episode numbers that are used by Granada
Television. These, in turn, are based on the episode production numbers.
On the odd occasion over the years these have proven to be slightly
haphazard. To explain; the first episode of the programme was production
code P228/1, the second P228/2, etc. In 1970, the production team
reached episode 999 with the episode that was broadcast on Wednesday
19th August that year. The next episode, the 1000th, was not given the
production code of P228/1000 but instead was given the new production
code of P694 and the number 1! (To confuse matters more, Granada also
publicised episode 999 as the 1000th episode!). The actual 1000th
episode was therefore known as episode P694/1. As the seventies went on,
two episodes (P694/26 and P694/27) were edited down into one half-hour
episode, supposedly because Doris Speed - playing Annie Walker - was
ill, and four episode numbers were not used at all - P694/503, P694/504,
P694/505 and P694/549. You will therefore not find episodes 1503, 1504,
1505 or 1549 in this guide - because they were never made! When the
4000th episode was broadcast in April 1996, Granada's production codes
skipped from P694/2999 to P694/4000, thereby mirroring better the actual
episode number being shown and publicised. The fact remains though that
other episode numbers have been skipped or counted as double episodes
and therefore the publicity over episodes such as number 6000 in 2005
are a few episodes out. This is no big secret and, on occasion, comments
have appeared in the UK press about this anomoly
The Vampire Diaries
the CW
The Vampire Diaries is based on a novel series penned by L.J. Smith where you are given the insight into the diary of 17-year old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev). Elena and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen), live with their Aunt Jenna (Sara Canning). Elena seeks comfort from her familiar social circle – best friend Bonnie (Katerina Graham), frenemy Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola), and former boyfriend Matt Donovan(Zach Roerig, Friday Night Lights). At Mystic Falls High, Elena and her friends become fixated by a mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley, "Fallen"). Stefan and Damon(Ian Somerhalder, Lost) are vampire brothers – one good, one evil – at war for Elena's soul. The Vampire Diaries is from Alloy Entertainment and Bonanza Productions Inc in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios
The Big Bang Theory
CBC
Created by writer/producers Chuck Lorre (of Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (of Gilmore Girls) comes The Big Bang
Theory, a sitcom that shows what happens when hyperintelligent
roommates/physicists Sheldon and Leonard meet Penny, a beautiful woman
moving in next door--and realize they know next to nothing about life
outside of the lab. Rounding out the crew are the smarmy Wolowitz, who
thinks he's as sexy as he is brainy, and Koothrappali, who suffers from
an inability to speak in the presence of a woman. The show distinguishes
itself by being unafraid to toss scientific references and technobabble
into an otherwise standard sitcom, even employing a physicist to keep
things accurate. In doing so, it allows Sheldon and Leonard to do for
science what Frasier's Crane brothers did for fine dining, art, and
opera. Theme Song: "The History of Everything" by Barenaked Ladies
Supernatural
the CW
Supernatural features stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki as Dean and Sam Winchester, two brothers who travel the country looking for
their missing father and battling evil spirits along the way. Sam
Winchester is a college student bound for law school, determined to
escape his family's past - unlike his older brother, Dean. Ever since
they were little their father has been consumed with an obsession to
find the evil forces that murdered his beloved wife, in result
recruiting and training his two young sons to help him in revenge. They
have grown up as hunters of the supernatural. Sam escaped under the
premise of going to college, and now has a happy life with his
girlfriend, Jessica, and a promising future career. Dean, however,
stayed behind with his father to join him in his "hunting". Dean goes to
Sam for help when their father goes missing. Now Sam must join his
brother to find him. His one weekend trip to search for the missing John
Winchester becomes an ongoing quest after a horrible tragedy ruins any
thought of a happy life for Sam. The two brothers, bound by tragedy and
blood to their mission, travel across the country encountering
terrifying and dangerous forces most believe to be nothing but
superstition and folklore, such as the Lady in White, the Indian beast
known as the Wendigo, Phantom Travelers who cause plane crashes, Bloody
Mary, vampires, demons and many more. From Warner Bros. Television
Production Inc. in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, with
executive producers McG (Charlie's Angels, The O.C.), writer/executive producer Eric Kripke (Boogeyman) and Robert Singer (Midnight Caller)
How I Met Your Mother
CBC
How I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. It all starts
when Ted's best friend, Marshall (Jason Segel), drops the bombshell
that he's going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, Lily (Alyson
Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realizes that he
had better get a move on if he too hopes to find true love. Helping him
in his quest is Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), a friend with endless,
sometimes outrageous opinions, a penchant for suits and a foolproof way
to meet women. When Ted meets Robin (Cobie Smulders), he's sure it's
love at first sight, but destiny may have something else in store. The
series is narrated through flashbacks from the future, voiced by Bob
Saget. The theme song is "Hey Beautiful" by The Solids.
Once Upon a Time
ABC
Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, writers of Lost, have created a modern take on fairy tales with a female lead character,
Emma Swan, who has moved to Maine. The show revolves around the
adaptation of fairytale characters such as Snow White and Prince
Charming who have been brought into the real world with no knowledge of
their true identities, due to the Evil Queen, who cast an evil spell on
the entire land.
