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The trailer for the upcoming TV series Gotham shows Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Southland) as a young Jim Gordon making his way through the dangerously corrupt city that gives rise to some of the greatest villains and vigilantes.

Thinking about watching every episode of a show you’ve never seen? Nielsen put together this handy chart which helps you plan how many sick days you’ll need to take from work to catch up. We’re guessing this website came in handy.

While its visuals pale in comparison to The LEGO Movie, we’re still looking forward to the upcoming LEGO-fied episode of The Simpsons, airing Sunday, 5/4 on FOX. Conveniently, they’re already yellow, so that helped them save money.

(NSFW) An upcoming HBO series based on Tom Perrotta’s eponymous novel. The Leftovers sees 2% of people on Earth vanish without a trace, and how those that were left cope with the mysterious event. Premieres 6/29.

Award-winning writer and comedian John Oliver steps out of The Daily Show‘s shadow to host Last Week Tonight, an HBO news show that recaps the week’s news in his trademark sharp satire. The entire first episode is on YouTube.

Calm the Ham follows up its Filmography of Cars poster with one that lists a hundred years of aviation in film. You can also pledge to get a Collector’s Book that has large versions of the 66 aircraft illustrations and more.

John Malkovich plays dread pirate Blackbeard (Greybeard?) as he hunts for the “invention that will change the world.” Though we wouldn’t be surprised if he turns out to be a senile coot in Florida. Crossbones premieres 5/30 on NBC.

(SPOILERS) You can’t please everyone, but the series finale of How I Met Your Mother left a lot of fans pissed. We think the backlash is T.M. – too much – but this straightforward take by Ricardo J. Dylan should please the angry mob.

Jim Meskimen and Ross Marquand play fictionalized versions of themselves – two impressionists trying to be serious actors – in this comedy mini-series by SoulPancake. It’s starts off slow, but stick with it. Watch the rest here.

To promote copyright reform and fair use, Joe Sabia scoured all nine seasons of The Office for pop culture references and then arranged the references by year. The video here shows the 1998 references. Make one for Community Joe!

(NSFW) Tommy Means and Kevin Mulroy’s promising pitch for a comedy series. Supposedly, Hotel Security is based on the stories of Tommy’s younger brother Michael, who worked as a security guard at a five-star hotel.

(MAJOR SPOILERS) A soldier knows nothing, an aspiring ruler gains something and a house loses practically everything. The cast of HBO’s Game of Thrones look back at the third season in this 25-minute recap. WHUR MUH ARMY AT.

“Always keep your foes confused. If they don’t know who you are or what you want, they can’t know what you plan to do next.” The Starks are scattered, the Lannisters are afraid, the Martells want answers and Ramsay is still creepy as hell.

When we heard there would be a Fargo TV series, we were doubtful. But since we heard the Coen Brothers were writing, and then saw the cast list, our hopes have gone way up. Coming to FX 4/15/14. Be sure to watch the whole playlist.

Prolific illustrator Jeff Victor has an ongoing series wherein he tracks the careers or progression of famous actors, musicians, fictional characters and directors. You can buy prints of some of the pieces from his online shop.

The first Jedi spirit makes contact, Yoda is asked to go to Dagobah and Order-66 is whispered in The Lost Missions, the sixth and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The series drops 3/7/14 on Netflix.

(NSFW: Language) A new HBO comedy series from Mike Judge (Office Space, Beavis & Butthead) about socially awkward computer geeks trying to make it in the world of high-tech startups. Premieres 4/6/14.

Every time Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake get together it’s a crowd pleaser; their latest collaboration is no exception. Take a break for five minutes and luxuriate in their kooky choreography for Outkast and Drake.

(Spoilers, NSFW: Language) An incredible sequence from the 4th episode of HBO’s True Detective, shot by director Cary Joji Fukunaga in a single six minute-long take using a Steadicam and an insane amount of precise stunt coordination.

Some of them are after power. Some of them are after destiny. And some of them are out for blood. The rest are freakin’ ice zombies. Whatever their reason, they’re going to make Westeros an even worse place to live in.

James R. Harris of Design Through Story Telling made an interactive periodic table-style chart of story elements as collected by TV Tropes. The online version links each element to its TV Tropes entry, but you can also buy a print.

With the backing of James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Weintraub and others, this documentary series from Showtime casts celebrities as correspondents reporting on the human impact of climate change on our planet.

(NSFW) Adult Swim uploaded the fourth episode of Rick and Morty on YouTube for free. Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon (Community), the show is about the misadventures of an alcoholic mad scientist and his grandson.