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Chicago Fire is going to be bringing back Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker). We're pretty stoked. It's been a long wait to get to the former 51 Chief, and he will be returning at a pretty critical time in the Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) tenure. Pascal is not dealing with the trauma of his wife's death in a particularly healthy manner, and Boden will all but certainly notice.

Boden's return got us thinking about all the Chicago Fire characters who have come and gone over the years. The ones who haven't died on the job, and simply decided to move on to different places and chapters in their lives. We decided to jot down the characters who we'd like to see return for a cameo, in an effort to manifest it actually happening.

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Jason Pelham (Brett Dalton) did not spend a lot of time on Chicago Fire,...

"Relief Cut" was sold as, and will be remembered as, the episode in which Stellaride decided to start a family. The whole episode was building up to their decision, and the final scene delivered with a twist that well, we have all seen before.

We digress. The episode also had some interesting subplots involving secondary characters. We had major developments in the romantic lives of two 51 members, one negative and one positive. We will start with the negative, which was bestowed upon poor Darren Ritter (Daniel Kyri).

Ritter's boyfriend broke up with him

The character had been dating a police officer for most of season 13, but things were starting to take a turn for the worse by the start of "Relief Cut." So much so, in fact, that he got distracted in the field, and failed to carry out a direct order from Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo).

Ritter apologized,...

A fantasy series, with 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, is getting a new streaming home after leaving Netflix. Although it has managed to successfully launch several genres, particularly old-school thrillers like The Night Agent and supernatural teen fare such as Stranger Things and Wednesday, there's an argument to be made that the most global streaming platform has struggled to find a fantasy tentpole on the level of HBO's House of the Dragon or Prime Video's Wheel of Time.

The Witcher has had notable success, although not without its share of turmoil. Series lead Henry Cavill has exited the project, with his role as Geralt of Rivia to be played by Liam Hemsworth in The Witcher season 4. It also hasn't been a franchise starter, with spinoffs failing to gain much traction so far. Shadow and Bone has faired even worse, getting cancelled much to the frustration of its audience. It's an important genre...

Chicago Fire showrunner Andrea Newman has teased how there will be fallout from season 12's Severide (Taylor Knney) and Damon (Michael Bradway) cliffhanger, indicating a complex relationship moving forward. At the end of the previous batch of episodes, Chicago Fire season 12 revealed Severide and Damon are brothers, with Benny Severide (Treat Williams) confirmed to be their father. This came from a confession from Damon, potentially bringing up the old complicated relationship Severide had with his now-deceased dad. It also sets the stage as something they'll both need to wrestle with in season 13.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Newman explained the fallout from Damon's revelation to Severide about them being brothers in Chicago Fire season 13. The showrunner explains how the news will bring the Lieutenant back to his past, having him explore his relationship with his father and family through a new lens. She also hints at events transpiring between the pair in early episodes,...

The American fantasy romantic comedy 13 Going on 30 was a tremendous commercial success at the box office and also one of the biggest-selling DVD rental titles in 2004. Jennifer Garner starred as Jenna Rink, a 13-year-old girl who suddenly finds herself being 30-years-old.

Jennifer Garner told Vogue, celebrating the film’s 20th anniversary, that after watching 13 Going on 30, she realized she had never seen herself smile so much on screen. She mentioned that the character Jenna Rink was the closest she had ever played to her own personality.

Jennifer Garner as Jenna Rink reacts in shock after waking up as a 30-year-old in 13 Going on 30 (Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing)

Christa B. Allen as Young Jenna Rink

Christa B. Allen, later known for her role as socialite Charlotte Grayson on the ABC drama series Revenge, portrayed the 13-year-old Jenna Rink.

Christa B. Allen as young Jenna Rink...

The Water of Life, a documentary about Scotland’s whisky industry, has been picked up by PBS.

The public broadcaster will launch the feature doc, which is exec produced by The Magicians star Brittany Curran, in June.

The doc was shot in six countries on three continents over three years and tells the story of the creative revolution that saved Scotland’s once flagging whisky industry and turned it into the global titan it is today.

It features a half-dozen distillers and distilleries but focuses much of its time on the resurrection of the tiny Bruichladdich Distillery on the remote Scottish island of Islay. Led by Mark Reynier and whisky legend Jim McEwan, the distillery went from being a mothballed memory to a world-beating innovator in a matter of years, helping to save the struggling economy of the island often called Whisky Island.

It also includes whisky writer Charles Maclean,...

Jade Tailor, best known for playing Kady Orloff-Diaz for five seasons on Syfy’s The Magicians, has signed with APA.

The multihyphenate recently wrote and directed The Shift, a short film Tailor produced via her production banner, Eyeris Entertainment, and which starred Danny Trejo, Jessica Tuck, Brittany Curran and Toni Trucks.

Tailor’s TV credits include recurring roles on TNT’s Aquarius and NBC’s Murder in the First, and guest roles on Vegas and True Blood.

Offscreen, Tailor is an ambassador to the Women’s History Museum.

She is also repped by Gsa Entertainment and Jackoway Austen.

Jade Tailor, best known for playing Kady Orloff-Diaz for five seasons on Syfy’s The Magicians, has signed with APA.

The multihyphenate recently wrote and directed The Shift, a short film Tailor produced via her production banner, Eyeris Entertainment, and which starred Danny Trejo, Jessica Tuck, Brittany Curran and Toni Trucks.

Tailor’s TV credits include recurring roles on TNT’s Aquarius and NBC’s Murder in the First, and guest roles on Vegas and True Blood.

Offscreen, Tailor is an ambassador to the Women’s History Museum.

She is also repped by Gsa Entertainment and Jackoway Austen.

Zachary Laoutides, Jaime Zevallos and Alexander James Rodriguez have been cast in Where Sweet Dreams Die, the Ave Fenix Pictures Studios dramatic thriller being directed by Mirza Esho. Production is now set to get underway in November in Chicago and New York with Covid-19 protocols in place.

The pic follows an Italian American on the verge of losing his restaurant and wife to cancer. He becomes obsessed with a Middle Eastern immigrant looking to take over the restaurant on the path to achieve the American Dream. Marius Iliescu and Emmanuel Isaac co-star in the movie, the latest from the Monica Esmeralda Leon-founded Ave Fenix, which is also aiming to start production next year on And They Called Her Paradisa, Fields of Aaru and City of Cathedrals.

Laoutides (Black Ruby) is repped by CAA, Zevallos (Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger) by Buchwald and Untitled Entertainment, and Rodriguez (Missing Link) at Cesd Youth Talent.

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Airing on the Syfy cable channel, The Magicians stars Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, Jade Tailor, Brittany Curran, and Trevor Einhorn. The series follows a group of friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they’ve come to know. Last season, magic was saved with Quentin Coldwater giving his...

The Magicians has been a force of nature from the very start, growing a loyal audience and weaving a tale that bridged our world with the storybook land of Fillory and has become more and more complex ever since. Given its massive appeal, including our glowing reviews over the years, the anticipation was high for the return of season 5, which turned out to be the show’s final season.

The logline for The Magicians season 5 spoke of plenty of magical mayhem that was in store:

Last season, magic was saved, but at a terrible cost: the life of Quentin Coldwater, who died heroically to save his friends— and the world. Julia, Alice, Eliot, Margo, Penny and their friends (and frenemies) must learn to navigate a world without him. Now, a new threat has arisen: in freeing magic, the balance tipped the other way and there’s too damn much of it,...

The Syfy channel has cancelled several of its scripted shows over the past year so there are only a three left -- The Magicians, Wynonna Earp (which has had financing issues), and Van Helsing (which has been renewed for a final season). While there are new shows in the works, it feels like Syfy is cleaning house. Will The Magicians be cancelled or renewed for season six? Stay tuned. Status Update Below.

A supernatural Syfy drama, The Magicians stars Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, Jade Tailor, Brittany Curran, and Trevor Einhorn. The series follows a group of friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they’ve come to know. Last season, magic was saved with Quentin Coldwater giving his life to...

The chances of a sixth season renewal have disappeared for The Magicians. Syfy has revealed that the current fifth season will also be the show's last.

The Magicians stars Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, Jade Tailor, Brittany Curran, and Trevor Einhorn. The series follows a group of friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they’ve come to know. In season four, magic was saved with Quentin Coldwater giving his life to save his friends and the world. In year five, there's too much magic and, as the excess builds, an apocalypse looms.

The fifth season of The Magicians averages a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 341,000 viewers. Compared to season four, that's...

The Magicians will not continue for a sixth season at Syfy.

The cabler has confirmed the current fifth season will be the show's last, revealing that the series finale will air April 1.

“The Magicians has been a part of our Syfy family for five fantastic seasons,” the network said in a statement.

“As we near the end of this journey, we want to thank John McNamara, Sera Gamble, Henry Alonso Myers, Lev Grossman, and our entire brilliant cast, crew, writers and directors for their beautiful creation."

"But most of all, we thank the fans for their tremendous support and passion. Because of you, magic will be in our hearts forever.”

The Magicians stars Stella Maeve as Julia Wicker, Olivia Taylor Dudley as Alice Quinn, Hale Appleman as Eliot Waugh, Arjun Gupta as William “Penny” Adiyodi, Summer Bishil as Margo Hanson, Rick Worthy as Henry Fogg, Jade Tailor as Kady Orloff-Diaz,...

Syfy is ending “The Magicians” after its current fifth season.

The series based on Lev Grossman’s novels will air its series finale on April 1. The series centers on a group of friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they’ve come to know.

“‘The Magicians’ has been a part of our Syfy family for five fantastic seasons. As we near the end of this journey, we want to thank John McNamara, Sera Gamble, Henry Alonso Myers, Lev Grossman, and our entire brilliant cast, crew, writers and directors for their beautiful creation. But most of all, we thank the fans for their tremendous support and passion. Because of you, magic will be in our hearts forever,” the network said in a statement.

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The Magicians‘ spell over Syfy is coming to an end; the drama’s current fifth season will be its last, TVLine has confirmed.

The show’s Season 5 finale, set to air on April 1, will now serve as the series finale.

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“The Magicians has been a part of our Syfy family for five fantastic seasons,” the network said in a statement. “As we near the end of this journey, we want to thank John McNamara,...

And for its final trick, “The Magicians” is bidding farewell.

Syfy has announced that the current fifth season of the fantasy show will be its last. Season 5, which is scheduled to last 13 episodes, premiered in Jan. 2020, meaning that the series finale will air on April 1.

Based on Lev Grossman’s bestselling novels of the same name, “The Magicians” centers on a group of 20-somethings from Brakebills University as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures. The series first premiered on Syfy in January 2016, and has been one of its most consistent shows over the last four years.

News of the show’s end means that the NBCUniversal-owned cabler’s scripted roster has been whittled down to only a couple of returning series. However, Syfy is gearing up to premiere several new offerings in the near future, and recently ordered a pair of shows including one inspired...

Is there too much magic in the fifth season of the The Magicians TV show on Syfy? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Magicians is cancelled or renewed for season six. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the fifth season episodes of The Magicians here.

A Syfy supernatural drama series, The Magicians stars Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, Jade Tailor, Brittany Curran and Trevor Einhorn. The series follows a group of friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they’ve come to know. Last...

In today’s TV news roundup, Comedy Central announces the premiere date of “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” and BBC America announces “Doctor Who’s” Season 12 premiere date.

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Bet Plus’s new legal thriller, “Sacrifice,” starring Paula Patton (“Precious”) premieres Dec. 19. Patton stars as Daniella, an entertainment lawyer with a bad reputation who is at odds with her sorority sister, district attorney Beverly. Marques Houston and Chris Stokes (“You Got Served”) executive produce.

BBC America announced that Season 12 of “Doctor Who” will premiere Jan. 1. Jodie Whittaker (“Broadchurch”) returns as the 13th Doctor with co-stars Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill and Bradley Walsh in the two-part season premiere. Watch the trailer for the new season below:

“Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” will debut Jan. 22 on Comedy Central, the cabler announced. In the series, Awkwafina (“The Farewell”) stars as Nora, a 27-year-old who lives with her parents. Michelle Buteau (“Always Be My Maybe...

It's almost time to return to the magical world of The Magicians. 

Syfy on Monday revealed that the fifth season of its hit drama series would hit the air January 15 at 10/9c. 

The network also dropped a new trailer that teases some spooky happenings. That's just par for the course with this series!

Based on the best-selling novels by Lev Grossman, The Magicians centers on a group of friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they've come to know.

Last season, magic was saved, but at a terrible cost: the life of Quentin Coldwater, who died heroically to save his friends - and the world.

Julia, Alice, Eliot, Margo, Penny and their friends (and frenemies) must learn to navigate a world without him.

Now, a new threat has arisen: in freeing magic, the balance tipped the other way...

The Magicians returns for its fifth season on January 15th and Syfy has released a new trailer that hints at the magical mayhem to come.

Following Quentin Coldwater’s sacrifice at the end of Season 4, the remaining band of magicians must learn to navigate the world without him. Julia, Alice, Eliot, Margo, Penny and the rest must work to fend off a coming apocalypse on their own.

The Magicians, adapted from the series of novels by Lev Grossman, stars Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil,...

In a case of superhero inception, it turns out that Mark Ruffalo and Brie Larson have co-starred in a movie together before Avengers: Endgame. But here’s the Marvel-level plot twist: Ruffalo had no idea about it. Not a clue.

Welcome to the club, Hulk…neither did I nor half the world’s population. See what I did there?

In a quick red carpet chat with Entertainment Tonight at the La premiere of Endgame, Et’s Kevin Frazier asked Ruffalo about Larson being in 13 Going On 30. The Strongest Avenger said he had no clue she was in the movie, and his reaction to her being one of the “mean girls” in the film was pretty funny:

“She was a mean girl. Oh my god, that’s amazing! Wow, I didn’t know that. It looks like her a lot. It’s her.”

Mark Ruffalo Forgot He Worked With Brie...

Kayti Burt Apr 17, 2019

We have a lot of questions after The Magicians Season 4 finale. Here are the biggest ones we hope Season 5 addresses.

Warning: This The Magicians article contains Major spoilers for the Season 4 finale.

The Magicians Season 4 finale was arguably the most devastating season-ender in the show's history. The only thing that is keeping me going at this point is the knowledge that the writers' room is already hard at work on The Magicians Season 5, spinning out the most emotionally-affecting, unpredictably truthful answers to the following questions...

Is Quentin really dead?

If Quentin is coming back to the show, then The Magicians creative team is playing very coy about it—as in straight-up lying. The executive producers released this statement in regards to Quentin's death, following the airing of the season finale:

“Before we began this season, we entered into a creative conversation that included the writers, executive producer and director Chris Fisher,...

A strong theme ties this episode of The Magicians together nicely, and with powerful magic at the ready, an exciting end is no doubt near.

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The Magicians Season 4 Episode 12

When The Magicians gets something right, it really nails it. Here, what really works is the thematic concept that growing and evolving doesn’t mean shedding the past, and this idea appears across multiple storylines in “The Secret Sea” with impressive universality. Margo doesn’t have to give up her bitch persona just because she cares for Josh, and Quentin doesn’t have stop loving Fillory just because he’s seen its dark side. Even Christopher Plover, despite what he thinks about his own persecution, illustrates the idea to Zelda that the past remains a part of someone no matter how they change. Perhaps this will also hold true for Julia and Eliot who...

As expected, the storylines are starting to converge in The Magicians as its finale nears, and the nostalgic trip to season 1 was welcome.

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The Magicians Season 4 Episode 11

It’s somehow comforting that The Magicians can settle into its pattern of revealing unexpected similarities between its disparate storylines, reassuring fans that it knows exactly what it’s doing even when it leaves certain threads dangling. “The 4-1-1” started connecting the dots between the Monster, the Library, and perhaps even Fillory’s dilemma in this second-to-last episode of the season and combined it with a great trip down memory lane for Alice and Quentin. And after allowing Margo to go on Janet’s desert journey from the Lev Grossman novels last week, the timing for giving Quentin his long sought discipline was perfectly suited to the moment.

Let’s tackle the speculation first. Presumably...

Michael Ahr Dave Vitagliano Mar 31, 2019

Our genre television podcast hosts take on Netflix's recently renewed supernatural drama The Order, which features witches and werewolves.

We've been discussing quite a few supernatural shows lately on Sci Fi Fidelity, from A Discovery of Witches to Always a Witch, and even our recent interview with Brittany Curran of The Magicians. At first blush, The Order on Netflix may seem very much like The Magicians with its hidden society of magic users on a college campus, but with the introduction of the opposing werewolf force, the show becomes eminently discussable.

A big part of the podcast discussion is the immediate family chemistry between protagonist Jack Morton (Jake Manley) and his grandfather (Matt Frewer) and the undeniable sparks between Jack and his mentor in the Hermetic Order of the Blue Rose, Alyssa Drake (Sarah Grey). Since the pilot of The Order was admittedly shaky,...

Michael Ahr Dave Vitagliano Mar 24, 2019

Our genre television podcast hosts talk to Brittany Curran about how her character Fen has grown in each season of The Magicians.

When Brittany Curran joined the cast of The Magicians, she took over for Laci J. Mailey, who only played the character of Fen, the woman destined to be married to the High King of Fillory, for a single episode. After recurring for a season and making the character her own, she became a series regular in season 3, and now in season 4, Fen has taken on one of the central storylines of the series.

The Sci Fi Fidelity podcast hosts spoke with Curran about the amazing evolution of her character in The Magicians, from her chemistry with the other principal characters to the changes in her wardrobe that have reflected Fen's heightened importance. Curran also shared details of her life as an actor and...

The Magicians goes all in on the Library’s fascist control of magic while it liberates and dethrones others in an insightful episode.

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The Magicians Season 4 Episode 9

The lack of unified quests that we worried about in last week’s episode of The Magicians takes a step in the right direction in “The Serpent.” In addition to an intriguing twist in the hedge witch storyline, the rescue of Harriet gave us some wonderful insights into Alice’s character, and there were moments in Fillory that likely left few dry eyes in the audience. And of course, the mission to recover the Monster’s missing parts took a surprising turn and upped the ante in ways that we have yet to fully comprehend. Fortunately, the fog seems to be clearing up around the disparate conflicts, and although the way forward is fraught with difficulties for Julia,...

This post contains spoilers for tonight’s episode of The Magicians, and for the third season to date.

“When you file people away as sidekicks, you don’t realize their importance to the story. And this story belongs to a lot more people than you think,” Penny declares late in “The Side Effect,” the midway point of The Magicians Season Four.

“The Side Effect” is a spiritual sequel — and, at times, a narrative sequel — to “Six Short Stories About Magic,” a wonderful Season Three episode that told a collection of...

The Magicians reminds us that “the most important characters aren’t who you expect,” in this week’s cleverly executed episode.

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The Magicians Season 4 Episode 7

The Magicians is making us eat our words as it answers the exact question we were critically posing last week: “Where the heck is Kady?” In a wonderfully meta homage to minor characters, Penny 40 makes his return with an exploration of what’s really important in the story of season 4, and although we don’t really get a full picture of how Kady’s revolution, Fen’s prophecies, and Zelda’s misgivings about the Order relate to each other, the seeds have now been planted, and we’re dying to know how it turns out. Since we’re now in the back half of the season, there’s a greater expectation for resolution to the problem of the...

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Does the magic endure? Is The Magicians TV show cancelled or renewed for a fifth season on Syfy? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Magicians, season five. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?   

What's This TV Show About?

A supernatural Syfy drama, The Magicians stars Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, Jade Tailor, Brittany Curran, and Trevor Einhorn. The series follows Quentin Coldwater (Ralph) and his friends as they hone their magical abilities and fight off evil threats. Last year ended with The Monster finding a mind-wiped Quentin. In season four, it will also seek out the others, and something else, as...

Last year, The Magicians TV show was still working its Nielsen ratings magic for Syfy. The show ranked number one in the demo and slipped to number two, just behind the freshman outing of Krypton. Now that it is back for a fourth season, will the spell still hold? Will The Magicians be cancelled or renewed for season five? Stay tuned. *Status update below.

Based on Lev Grossman's best-selling books, The Magicians stars Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, Jade Tailor, Brittany Curran, and Trevor Einhorn. The supernatural Syfy drama follows Quentin Coldwater (Ralph) and his friends as they hone their magical abilities and fight off evil threats. Last year ended with The Monster finding a mind-wiped Quentin. In season four, it will also seek out the others, and something else, as well.

In its fourth season, does The Magicians TV show on Syfy still have the magic touch? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Magicians is cancelled or renewed for season five. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of The Magicians season four episodes, below.

A supernatural Syfy drama, The Magicians stars Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, Jade Tailor, Brittany Curran, and Trevor Einhorn. The series follows Quentin Coldwater (Ralph) and his friends as they hone their magical abilities and fight off evil threats. Last year ended with The Monster finding a...

Chris Longo Jan 23, 2019

We went to Brakebills to learn more about The Magicians Season 4.

It’s the last day of school for The Magicians Season 4.

A group of makeup artists sit in a semi-circle around a monitor and Hale Appleman, who plays Eliot, gives a lengthy goodbye hug to each one. Brittany Curran, who plays Fen, shot her final scene the day prior, and the name on her chair is now covered with pink tape that spells out “Wrapped.” Rick Worthy, the suddenly controversial Dean Fogg, is anything but as he’s walking around the set with a smile and a wine glass filled with candy in his hand. Worthy’s dog Buddy, a burly chocolate lab, trails behind, leisurely wagging his tail and making new friends along the way. Everywhere on set the end of the semester looms large over Brakebills; the bittersweet goodbyes to close friends, the feeling of relief,...

Syfy has renewed “The Magicians” for a fifth season just ahead of the fourth season premiere. The show has also promoted Henry Alonso Myers to co-showrunner for the fifth season.

“‘The Magicians’ raised the bar at Syfy and has gained momentum season after season, attracting a new audience to the channel. We are proud of this series as it continues to break the boundaries of storytelling,” said Bill McGoldrick, president of scripted content at NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.

Based on Lev Grossman’s bestselling novels of the same name, “The Magicians” centers on a group of 20-somethings from Brakebills University as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures. Currently, the characters have forgotten who they are, having had their minds wiped by “The Monster,” who has sought them out for still unknown reasons.

“We couldn’t be happier or more excited to conjure another year of magic and all it entails — love,...

One day before The Magicians’ season 4 premiere, Syfy has picked up a fifth season of the critically praised fantasy drama series. In addition, Henry Alonso Myers (Ugly Betty), who has been an executive producer on the series since season 1, joins John McNamara and Sera Gamble as co-showrunner for upcoming season 5.

Based on the bestselling novels by Lev Grossman, the Ucp-produced series centers on a group of 20-something friends from Brakebills University as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they’ve come to know.

“The Magicians raised the bar at Syfy and has gained momentum season after season, attracting a new audience to the channel. We are proud of this series as it continues to break the boundaries of storytelling,” said Bill McGoldrick, President, Scripted Content, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.

“We couldn’t be happier or more excited to conjure...

SyFy’s The Magicians has conjured its official season four trailer, showcasing the core group’s struggle to remember their identities and rediscover each other. The new episodes start on Jan. 23 at 9 Pm Et/8 Central.

Last season, the core group embarked on the epic quest of the seven keys to restore magic after it was turned off. In the finale, just as our magicians finally restored magic by unlocking the fountain at the other end of the Wellspring, the Library, Irene McAllistair and Dean Fogg swooped in to reroute magic to them.

In exchange, Dean Fogg negotiated the lives of his students, erasing their memories and giving each – except Alice who is now imprisoned by the Library – a new, magic-free identity. Even with their new identities, our core group is far from safe. Inside Castle Blackspire an ancient, powerful and unkillable Monster escaped confinement and jumped bodies to a new host, Eliot.

In today’s TV News Roundup, Showtime released the premiere date and a new trailer for the second season of “Smilf” and Syfy unveiled a new trailer for season four of “The Magicians.”

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“Young Justice” is coming to the DC Universe streaming platform for a third season on Jan. 4, nearly five years after the show’s conclusion in 2013. “Young Justice: Outsiders” will feature popular heroes Static, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl, Spoiler, Blue Beetle, Thirteen, Arrowette, Arsenal and Beast Boy as well as newcomers Forager, voiced by Jason Spisak and Halo, voiced by Zehra Fazal. Posters and teasers for the show have also hinted at a Darkseid appearance alongside the immortal super villain Vandal Savage.

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YouTube star Coyote Peterson is hosting a new original series for Animal Planet set to premiere in 2019. On the show, Peterson will travel across the world to provide viewers with rare, up-close animal...

Syfy will conjure up Season 4 of The Magicians at 9 Pm Wednesday, January 23, producers announced at New York Comic Con today. In addition to the premiere date, a sneak peek trailer also was unveiled. Check it out above.

The Magicians, based on the best-selling novels by Lev Grossman, follows young Quentin Coldwater (Jason Ralph) and his friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world Quentin and his friends have come to know.

Last season, Quentin and friends embarked on the epic quest of the seven keys to restore lost magic. In the finale, just as the magicians had restored magic by unlocking the fountain at the other end of the Wellspring, the Library, Irene McAllistair...

"FraXtur" is an upcoming post-apocalyptic television series. This series was co-created by Zack Ward (Don't Blink) and Deinstitutionalized LLC's Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray. Filming on the series began this past Spring in and around Los Angeles, with cinematographer Alexander Yellen ("Z-nation"). Casting and story details have also been announced. "FraXtur" will find an audience soon as a group of teens must survive in a new, brutal world. From the synopsis, an experiment goes wrong at a science center. Here, a group of teenagers are pushed into another dimension. This new dimension exposes the characters to a world, 100 years after an apocalyptic war. Now, these teens must find a way to survive in this very different landscape as warring bands fight for any remaining resources. The "FraXtur" cast consists of many familiar names. The regular cast includes: Brittany Curran of The Magicians, Denise Richards (The Toybox), Karl Yune ("Arrow") Camille Winbush ("The Bernie Mac Show...

In today’s roundup, “The Flash” promoted Hartley Sawyer and Jessica Parker Kennedy to series regulars, and the Toronto Screenwriting Conference named its 2018 guest speakers.

Casting

Recurring cast members Hartley Sawyer and Jessica Parker Kennedy have been upped to series regulars for Season 5 of the CW‘s “The Flash.” Sawyer will reprise his role as Ralph Dibny, or Elongated Man, while Kennedy will continue on as Barry and Iris’ future daughter, Nora West-Allen, since the Season 4 finale revealed her “Mystery Girl” identity.

Deinstitutionalized has announced the cast of the upcoming dystopian drama “FraXtur.” Series regulars include Brittany Curran, Denise Richards, Karl Yune, Leon Thomas III, Max Adler, Camille Winbush, Kristos Andrews, Cody Saintgnue, Eric Nelsen, Ciara Hanna and Chasty Ballesteros. Pro wrestler Diamond Dallas Page, Maria Conchita Alonso, and Jade Harlow are also set to guest star in the show, which follows a misfit bunch of teens who stumble into a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

The Visual Snow Initiative has concluded the first ever Visual Snow Conference which took place on May 5, 2018 at Ucsf.

Founded by Sierra Domb, the Visual Snow Initiative was created to bring attention to Visual Snow, a condition that affects all ages. Visual Snow is a brain disorder which has many visual and non-visual symptoms. The main indicator of Visual Snow is that people experience seeing the world through an overlay of tiny pixilated dots. These visual disturbances persist 24/7 with the eyes open or closed. The medical community is not yet fully educated on this condition. As a result, most people who suffer from Visual Snow are misdiagnosed or marginalized by well-intentioned but unknowing physicians.

The Visual Snow Initiative has teamed up with Brandefy, Conscience Entertainment Group, and The Artists Project to produce public service announcements featuring actors, recording artists, and professional athletes. Celebrities who support the Visual Snow Initiative through...

“Sci-fi For The Mind”

By Raymond Benson

Renowned science fiction writer Jerome Bixby produced many short stories in the genre, but he is perhaps most well-known for writing a handful of classic Star Trek episodes. The memorable original Twilight Zone entry, “It’s a Good Life,” was based on his short story, as was the same segment in The Twilight Zone—The Motion Picture (1983). Bixby was also responsible for the stories or scripts for sci-fi films such as Fantastic Voyage (1966), and It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958).

Bixby’s last work, allegedly completed on his deathbed in 1998, was the screenplay The Man from Earth. Nearly ten years later (2007), Bixby’s son Emerson helped bring it to the screen as producer. The low-budget feature was directed by Richard Schenkman and starred David Lee Smith as “John Oldman,” a man in the present day who has lived without aging for 14,000 years. Released with little fanfare,...

Vulture Watch Has the spell been broken? Is The Magicians TV show cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on Syfy? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Magicians, season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?   What's This TV Show About? A supernatural Syfy drama, The Magicians stars Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, and Jade Tailor. Brittany Curran and Trevor Einhorn join as season regulars in season three. Based on the Lev Grossman novels, the story follows Quentin Coldwater (Ralph) and his friends as they hone their magical abilities and fight off evil threats. In the second installment, they plotted to...

If you can’t beat them, join them.

That’s what the independent producers of “The Man From Earth: Holocene” concluded about the inevitable piracy of their sci-fi film, a sequel to the 2007 cult hit “The Man From Earth.”

More than two months before its April 3 release on digital and DVD, they uploaded it to The Pirate Bay — available in up to 1080p HD format — and it spread to other services. The video is book-ended by an appeal from director-producer Richard Schenkman to consider donating some money if they watched the movie. “If you like it, support it, and remember that sharing is caring,” reads the note they included with the digital versions they distributed on piracy networks.

Since “self-pirating” their movie on Jan. 15, according to Schenkman and producer Eric D. Wilkinson, they’ve received nearly $45,000 in donations via their site, manfromearth.com, from fans and supporters around the world including China,...

On The Magicians Season 3 Episode 13, viewers were offered a satisfying cliffhanger that serves as the perfect ending to a near perfect season.

“Will You Play With Me?” ended up being both exactly and not at all what I expected from this season’s finale. Completing the quest was ultimately in the cards.

Not having the team unlock magic would have essentially made all the mechanisms of the season a waste. But the ultimate cost of turning it back on was the real shocker and proves that The Magicians writers have a real understanding of what separates a good plot twist from a great one.

If you took the events of the final The Magicians Season 3 episode at face value, it might not seem all that satisfying. Particularly as much of what was gained over 12 episodes was lost in 42 minutes.

Julia became a goddess and then quickly gave up her powers to save magic.

The Magicians third season is easily the Syfy series best yet. With much of the drama focused on a key quest designed to bring magic back, characters from Brakebills to Fillory have had to lean on each other in new, exciting and more complicated ways.

That includes Fen, the native Fillorian promised to High King Eliot since she was a child. Starting her arc as a somewhat hapless and "unworldly" rural Fillorian, Fen ultimately played key roles in helping the children of Earth attempt to right their wrongs.

Delivered each week to audiences with heart and moxie by actress Brittany Curran, Fen has seen a rather grand transformation across this very soon to be completed 13-episode season.

From seducing her half-interested husband in a foggy haze, attempting to build a family, and acquainting herself with emojis to a secret history of Fillorian resistance fighting, losing her child (and toes) to bad deals,...

How magical is the third season of The Magicians TV show on Syfy? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether the TV show The Magicians is cancelled or renewed for season four. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of The Magicians season three episodes, below. A supernatural Syfy drama, The Magicians stars Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, and Jade Tailor. Brittany Curran and Trevor Einhorn join as season regulars in season three. Based on the Lev Grossman novels, the story follows Quentin Coldwater (Ralph) and his friends as they hone their magical abilities and fight off...

For its first two years on the air, The Magicians TV show has topped Syfy's ratings, and its numbers even rose in the sophomore installment. Is there magic afoot? Could the spell break during the third season? Will The Magicians be cancelled or renewed for season four? Stay tuned. Based on Lev Grossman's best-selling books, The Magicians stars Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil, Rick Worthy, and Jade Tailor. Brittany Curran and Trevor Einhorn join as season regulars in season three. The supernatural Syfy drama follows Quentin Coldwater (Ralph) and his friends as they hone their magical abilities and fight off evil threats. In the second season, they plotted to get rid of an evil deity, but in doing so eliminated magic. Now begins their quest to restore it. **Update below. Read...

Michael Ahr Mar 1, 2018

Syfy has given The Magicians season 4 the go-ahead, assuring fans that there's more magic to come...

With fans eager for more adventures at Brakebills, in Fillory, and beyond, Syfy's recent renewal announcement guarantees that The Magicians season 4 will be a reality. Coming just past the halfway mark of season 3, the news is neither surprising nor expected quite this early, but audience reception has always been overwhelmingly positive for this quirky, funny, sometimes dark fantasy. The series has been Syfy’s top performing scripted original among the key 18-49 demographic for the past three years.

Based on the best-selling novels by Lev Grossman, The Magicians centres on Quentin Coldwater (Jason Ralph) and his 20-something friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they’ve come to know. In season 3, our core group embarks on the epic quest...