Awesome Tv Series

The creator of Oz sets his sights on crime drama once again, this time in 1860s New York City as an Irish immigrant cop tries to bring some order to the chaos of the infamous Five Points neighborhood.

Ricky and Stephen continue to pick on Karl in the new season of The Ricky Gervais Show, which returns to HBO on April 20th, and in the UK on Channel 4 this May. Here’s a sneak preview.

(NSFW) Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series The Newsroom goes behind the scenes of a network news operation, with Jeff Daniels starring as a stressed-out anchorman trying to reinvent his program.

(Spoilers) Time travel – neat cop out or inescapable plot hole? CollegeHumor continues its SNES-ification of TV shows and takes on the Eleventh Doctor’s head-scratching adventures.

(NSFW: Language) While it might be a while before we get to see it here in the states, Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington star in the new comedy/drama Derek. Premieres on Channel 4 in the UK on 4/12.

(MAJOR SPOILERS) HBO’s 22-minute recap of the first season of Game of Thrones is perfect for those who are new to the series. We watched this just so we could stare at the beautiful Emilia Clarke.

The Hamster heads to the States to learn to drive America’s largest and most dangerous vehicles, including an MIA2 Abrams tank, a two-ton wrecking ball, and the world’s most powerful fire engine.

Leaked out from this past weekend’s WonderCon, here’s a thrilling first look at SyFy’s upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel, Blood & Chrome, set in the 10th year of the first Cylon war.

The Legend of Korra is about Korra of the Southern Water Tribe, the next Avatar after Aang. She will strive to master the four elements while living in a society that favors technology over bending.

We’ve seen a dramatic mashup of the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises. Here’s a fun but still ominous mashup of the trailer with scenes from Community from Hot Chocolate Party Productions.

Brace yourselves, a couch gag is coming. The latest episode of The Simpsons took aim at HBO. The fun started early with a parody of Game of Thrones’ iconic opening sequence.

There was a time when one TV show would never dream of mentioning the existence of another. These days, however, it seems that all of these fake realities are connected in a giant Möbius loop.

Playmates Toys is set to release a line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles merchandise based on the upcoming animated TV series from Nickelodeon. The Ninja Stealth Bike is radical. (Thanks, Kyle!)

A teaser for the highly intriguing Wastelander Panda. According to creator Epic Films, it will be a TV series about the last panda on a post-apocalyptic Earth. We have so many questions.

Special makeup effects artist Kevin Kirkpatrick made prosthetic models of the legendary Beavis and Butt-Head to show what they’d look like in real life; we wouldn’t want to meet them in a dark alley.

The first season of Game of Thrones is coming to Blu-ray and DVD. Bonuses include character profiles and audio commentaries, with additional Blu-ray exclusives such as a guide to Westeros.

Portlandia season two starts in January on IFC. In the meantime, enjoy this clip of Fred and Carrie at the dog park and imagine all the fun, quirky and laugh-out-loud funny nuggets to come next year.

Last Sunday, The Simpsons hit E4 – the Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo, featuring such games as Guts of War II, Dig Dug Revelations and World of KrustCraft. Full episode online on 11/21.

Sure, we get some new Muppets later this month, but the UK gets Mongrels for a second season. This warped, adults-only “multispecies” puppet show needs to find its way to the US. Now.

The Simpsons had another guest animator for its couch gag, John Kricfalusi, better known as the creator of Ren & Stimpy, proving that John K. just gets weirder with age.

NBC re-cuts Community as a sexually-charged thriller to promote the upcoming third season of the hilarious TV show. Not that we ever forgot about it. September 22 can’t come soon enough.

(NSFW: Language) The boys are back – Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington – and hilarity ensues in the teasers for the new seasons of An Idiot Abroad and Life Is Short.

(NSFW Language) (Spoilers) Michael Hobson made a massive (about five mouse wheel scrolls!) timeline showing what’s in store in the coming years, if movies and TV shows are to be believed.