Tag: NBC

Fail once, try twice more.  Although NBC's Constantine may be gone after a graceless one-season bow, DC Comics is continuing their partnership with the rainbow peacock in an attempt to solidify their domination of superheroes on...

"Memories are funny things.  The good ones fill our lives with meaning— with context, with clarity...but other memories can deceive.  The ones that make you believe you know the truth— those are the dangerous...

Heroes the show. Heroes the games?

Swiftly following last week's debut of the "Where are the Heroes?" teaser trailer, NBC has released a flurry of Heroes: Reborn promotional material to get audiences excited about the return of the show.  First...

As a teenager, Heroes was one of the shows that influenced me most.  I guess you could read into what that says about me, but I always appreciated the show even as it spun...

Universal television announces its big Sunday panel

After NBC failed to pick up its DC Comics adaptation Constantine for a second season, fans (dubbed "Hellblazers" by the cast and crew) were rallying in support of another network potentially bringing the show...

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Lucifer gets a pilot, Constantine's fate hangs in the balance, and more

When people talk about saving John Constantine, usually it's a hopeless task, as the scouser magician's soul has long been consigned to hell for his many sins on earth. But another campaign to save Constantine is under way—and this time it's fans attempting to keep his TV show going past a 13 episode commitment despite middling ratings.

  When NBC's take on DC/Vertigo's chain-smoking anti-hero struggled in the ratings, the network halted production on Constantine after 13 episodes. Middling critical response and a terrible time-slot (Friday nights at 10 pm) didn't help its...