Paranormal Pick of the Week: Alphas Season 2 Premiere & The Almighty Johnson Premiere

Images of Alphas's Laura Mennel as Nina Theroux and David Strathairn as Dr. Lee Rosen

Sometimes it's just not fair to pick favourites, that's why this weeks Paranormal Pick to the week is a double dose (and double bill) of awesome premieres on Space this Monday July 23, 2012:

The Almighty Johnsons
Series Premiere - Monday July 23, 2012 on 9PM ET on Space

Alphas Season 2 Premiere
Monday July 23, 2012 at 10PM ET on Space

Suzie & I really enjoyed Season 1 of Alphas last summer and chatted about each and every episode (see archive here) and have been excited for months that we are getting Season 2 and now it's finally here! This series featuring humans with enhanced abilities that when found are given the opportunity to works for an organization or be sent to 'the compound'; and it's all kept under wraps from the general public.

The Almighty Johnsons is a New Zealand series following brothers that have powers of Norse Gods. I a little leery that it might be slanted strongly to male audience, but it looks like it could be a lot of fun and now it's not long until we can decide for ourselves! We only recently confirmed that it's air dates here in Canada and now the time has finally come to check it out.


The Almighty Johnsons: 5 Boys (L-R) Anders (Dean O'Gorman), Mike (Tim Balme), Axl (Emmett Skilton), Ty (Jared Turner) and Olaf (Ben Barrington)

Also Awesome This Week:

• Doctor Who Catch-Up Marathon Continues with Season 4 on Sunday July 29, 2012 from 6AM to 7PM on Space; check out "The Time Lord (David Tennant) reunites with human companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), to travel back to Pompeii on the eve of the infamous volcanic eruption. He also investigates a series of grisly murders with the help of Agatha Christie, journeys to the home world of the sinister Ood, and comes face-to-face with an old enemy."

Images of Alpha's Ryan Cartwright as Gary Bell and Malik Yoba as Bill Harken


Images of Alpha's Azita Ghanizada as Rachel Pirzad and Warren Christie as Cameron Hicks

Ep 109: Continuum Video Excerpt

This week we have a video clip from Episode #109 of our podcast! And it is all about Continuum. To listen to the entire podcast, click here.

I love that it starts with us dancing! And the timing of the ending was a complete fluke but quite funny. Enjoy!

Ep 109: Paranormal TV July 10 - 16, 2012

Summer TV fun continues to impress as Suzie & Shannon continue to enjoy our regular shows of Teen Wolf & Continuum and the finale of Fact or Faked. We also dive into premieres +1 for several shows including the new adventure show Sinbad, and non-fiction shows School Spirits (which we LOVE) and Haunted Highwauy. There is so much to watch that except for this crazy heat we'd never even know it's summer!

We sound a little different this week as Shannon's using a new computer (YAY) but a little quite (not so yay) and we also while we are chatting too so that's a lot of tech awesome (which we made it through - go us!). There is an odd occasional electronic purr-like sound that's a bit of a mystery & I'll try and solve that soon!

Show Notes

• Teen Wolf renewed by MTV for Season 3 for whooping 24 episodes
• True Blood renewed for Season 6 (hat tip to Tuning into SciFi TV)
• Lots of the shows we chat about were at ComicCon: Fact or Faked was at Comic Con too but I didn't see much coverage yet but there are pics at the Facebook Fangroup, Haven, Game of Thrones at Comic Com, Season 3 vid for Game of Thrones and Walking Dead at Comic Con and Season 3 trailer
• Vikings casting news & more details/show info sounds pretty exciting, the show is from HISTORY and Shaw Media.
• Newly found Haven Blog with news, spoilers, pics and recaps & the Comic Con coverage
• Other TV shows we mention include: Degrassi on MuchMusic and Storage Wars
• We mention that Lost Girl Season 3 will be on in 2013
• While discussing Haunted Highway we mention Devon's Blog
• We also mention Alphas Season 2 and The Almighty Johnsons start next week on Monday July 23, 2012
• We mention Tahmoh Penikett who guest starred on Continuum this week (although we call him 'Helo' & Kurgen from when he was on Battlestar Gallactia)
  

Time Coding
0:00 - 1:00 Intro
1:00 - 12:20 News
12:20 - 30:25 Teen Wolf S2 Ep 8 Raving
30:25 - 41:00 Continuum S1 Ep 7 The Politics of Time
41:00 - 57:35 Sinbad S1 Ep 1 & 2 Episode 1 & Episode 2
57:35 - 1:09:10 Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files S2D/3 Ep 12 (season finale) Iceland Worm Monster; Stonehenge Secrets
1:09:10 - 1:22:05 School Spirits S1 Premiere Ep 1 & 2 Sorority House Terror & Dorm Room Nightmare
1:22:05 - 1:35:45 Haunted Highway S1 Premiere Ep 1 & 2 Bear Lake Beast/Vergas Hairy Man & Darkman of Standing Rock; Blackstar Shadow Man
1:35:45 - 1:37:15 Outro

The Fine Print (spoiler notations)
We talk about the shows in depth, so please watch first and then listen. We don't look ahead or watch trailers, teasers, look at casting info, so any predictions and commentary are from our own minds.

Subscribe to Hexed via or iTunes.

Hexed: Sisterhood of the Supernatural
All Supernatural TV. All the Time.

The Almighty Johnsons Premieres on Space on July 23, 2012

The Almighty Johnsons: 5 Boys (L-R) Anders (Dean O'Gorman), Mike (Tim Balme), Axl (Emmett Skilton), Ty (Jared Turner) and Olaf (Ben Barrington)

I'm excited to share we finally have a confirmed date & time for The Almighty Johnsons which will air on Space starting Monday July 23, 2012 at 9PM ET. I'm so curious about this New Zealand series with brothers that have powers of Norse Gods. I have to admit being a tiny bit worried from the trailer that it might slanted to anticipating having a mostly male audience, but I really hope it isn't because I want to love it. And it's starts on my birthday *and* the first episode is birthday-related, woohoo1

The Almighty Johnsons - Series Premiere
Monday, July 23 at 9 p.m. ET on Space
Season 1, Episode 1: “It’s Kind of a Birthday Present”

With The Almighty Johnsons being on Mondays at 9 and then followed by Alphas (also restarted July 23, 2012 with Season 2), it means monday nights are totally super powered & awesome. Here is more about the show and the series:

Episode Description "It is Axl Johnson’s 21st birthday – which explains the fire in the sky, the Waitemata Harbour being the colour of blood, the various women who seem to want to kill him and the sudden need for a family ceremony in a forest."

Series Description: "The Johnsons are four ordinary Kiwi brothers who have inherited the powers of Norse Gods. But Norse Gods lived a long time ago, and over many generations, their powers have become diluted. So the Johnsons aren’t like those flashy cartoon superheroes, they are typical Kiwi blokes who don’t much like to stand out from the crowd. This is New Zealand after all, and if Godzone really had gods, and they walked among us, let’s face it… you probably wouldn’t even notice.

These everyday gods also have everyday struggles - striving to love stroppy women, overcoming sibling rivalry and fulfilling your God-like destiny, all while still finding the time to enjoy a few beers with your mates."

Paranormal Pick of the Week: Eureka Series Finale

It's never happy news to see a series come to a close, but hopefully it helps to go out with a bang and that's what I hope for Eureka the science fiction/comedy series finale and this weeks Paranormal Pick of the Week:

Eureka Series Finale
Monday July 16, 2012 at 10pm EST on Space

Also Awesome

• Doctor Who Catch-Up Marathon on Space continues this week with Season 3. On Sunday July 22, 2012 hang out to enjoy Season 3 with "Hop on board with the Time Lord (David Tennant), and his new human companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), as they discover the truth behind the Doctor’s enemy Time Lord the Master (John Simm)." The Doctor Who Sunday marathons will continue Sunday after Sunday all through July 2012, see more information on them here.

Ep 108 Pararnormal TV from June 26 - July 9, 2012

On this weeks episode of Hexed Suzie & Shannon catch up with 2 weeks worth of Teen Wolf, Fact or Faked and the most recent episode of Continuum. Suzie also shares first reactions from new non-fiction shows Haunted Highway and School Spirits and we talk briefly about the series premiere of Sinbad which Suzie enjoyed.

We'll be back next week with more of ALL of the shows, including the Fact or Faked finale and deeper discussions on Sinbad as well Shannon's reactions to Haunted Highway and School Spirits, plus our regs Teen Wolf and Continuum.

Show Notes

• We mention the World Domination Summit which Shannon just attended in Portland
• Teen Wolf seems to be on later (10pm instead of 9pm) with 9pm being last weeks show (no link, observational note)
• Sinbad rating starts with HIGH sailing "series premiere of SINBAD on SPACE on Sunday night, with 465,000 viewers tuning into the 7 p.m. ET (339,000) and 12 a.m. ET (126,000) broadcasts. Reaching 1.1 million viewers" (source).
• Sinbad premiere re-airs Saturday, July 14 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on SPACE
• Haunted Highway Season 1 is noted as 6 episodes and goes through to August
• School Spirits number of episodes for Season 1 is still TBD
• We mention the The Almighty Johnsons starts July 23, 2012 on Space
• We mention The Ontario Science Centre
• Other TV shows: Mr. D, The Osbournes, Deadliest Catch and Storage Wars.
• We chat briefly about the upcoming San Diego ComicCom and Suzie mentions that J. Michael Straczynski (who created Babylon 5) is making a big announcement

Time coding
0:00 - 1:05 Intro
1:05 - 12:57 News including Sinbad mini-review
12:57 - 32:18 Teen Wolf S2 Ep 6 & 7 Frenemy & Restraint
32:18 - 46:16 Continuum S1 Ep 6 Time's Up
46:16 - 1:04:15 Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files S2D/3 Ep 10 & 11 Into the Vortex/Tavern Shapeshifter & Surveillance Specter/Morgue Mystery
1:04:15 - 1:11:25 Haunted Highway Series Premiere S1 Ep1 Bear Lake Beast/Vergas Hairy Man
1:11:25 - 1:18:00 School Spirits Series Premiere S1 Ep1 Sorority House Terror
1:18:00 - 1:22:07 Outro

Poll Results on What Summer TV You are Watching:
Continuum - 72%
Alphas - 45%
Teen Wolf - 45%
True Blood - 36%
The Almighty Johnsons - 18%
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - 13%
School Spirits - 13%
Haunted Highway - 13%
Sinbad - 13%

Thanks for voting!

Subscribe to Hexed via or iTunes.

The Fine Print (spoiler notations)
We talk about the shows in depth, so please watch first and then listen. We don't look ahead or watch trailers, teasers, look at casting info, so any predictions and commentary are from our own minds.

Hexed: Sisterhood of the Supernatural
All Supernatural TV. All the Time.

Paranormal Pick of the Week: Fact or Faked Season Finale

Image: Season 2C Fact or Faked Cast (from l-r) Devin Marble, Lanisha Cole, Bill Murphy, Ben Hansen, Jael De Pardo, Austin Porter

This has been one heck of an enjoyable season of Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files (I can't wait to talk to Suzie about the most recent eps!!!), and this amazing season comes to a close this week on Wednesday July 11, 2012 which makes it our Paranormal Pick of the Week:

Fact or Fact Paranormal Files Season Finale *
Wednesday July 11, 2012 at 10pm EST on Space

It's going to sad to see the season come to a close but they have entertained us with each and every episode and also expanded the audiences minds as well as take their own. A lot of compelling paranormal evidence has been captured and quite a few fakes have been found as well. I never know what they will come up and can't wait to see what the big finale will be. Suzie and I have talked about each and every episode since Fact or Faked began, so I can't wait for it's return on Wednesday!

Also Awesome this week:

• Doctor Who Catch-Up Marathon on Space continues this week with Season 2. On Sunday July 15, 2012 hang out to enjoy Season 2 with "The Time Lord (David Tennant), and his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), continue on their adventures though time and space where they encounter a variety of new characters including Queen Victoria, an evil race of Cat Women, K9, Sarah Jane, and the dreaded Cybermen." The Doctor Who Sunday marathons will continue Sunday after Sunday all through July 2012, see more information on them here.

*Please note that in the US (on SyFy) this set of episodes is called Season 3 and here in Canada it's being called Season 2C. The US schedule is slightly ahead of us, but either way you phrase it the series has been totally exciting!

Sinbad on Space - Premieres Sunday July 8, 2012

Image: Sinbad ~ The Crew (L-R) Elliot Cowan as Gunnar, Elliot Knight as Sinbad, Marama Corlett as Rina and Dimitri Leonidas as Anwar

We finally had a Premiere date for Sinbad! I'm so excited to check out this high seas adventure.

Sinbad Series Premiere
Sunday July 8, 2012 at 7pm ET on Space

Series Description: "Forget what you know about SINBAD. See the legend brought to life in this spectacular reinvention of the 8th Century tale. When SINBAD inadvertently kills a man and causes the death of his beloved brother, he is cursed and escapes to sea as a stowaway. SINBAD is an impetuous young man on a quest for redemption, condemned to keep searching for a way to lift the curse that chains him to the seas, until he can find the goodness in himself. But a terrible storm ensues, killing many on board the ship. The few survivors - sensitive young doctor Anwar, Viking warrior Gunnar, beautiful but aloof Nala, feisty street thief Rina, the calm, insightful Cook, and SINBAD - find themselves thrown together on a spellbinding voyage of discovery."

Will you be watching Sinbad? If so, remember to have your say and vote on our poll to the right and add it to the shows you are watching this summer. And of course, remember to check it out the Sinbad Series Premiere this Sunday July 8, 2012 at 7pm ET on Space.


Image: The Crew (L-R) Elliot Cowan as Gunnar, Marama Corlett as Rina, Dimitri Leonidas as Anwar and Elliot Knight as Sinbad

We'll Be Back!

Hey folks!

Ah, you can tell it's summer eh? As we mentioned on last weeks podcast that we might take a break this week, we will be taking a break this week. But we'll be back next week to discuss the awesomeness of recent Teen Wolf, Continuum, Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files and the new shows of Haunted Highway, School Spirits and maybe even more! It's going to be a fun and full one!

Be sure to still stop by the site as we'll have show updates and our weekly Paranormal Pick of the Week.

Enjoy the long weekend(s) and we'll see you next week!

Paranormal Pick of the Week: School Spirits and Haunted Highways Begin

Image from: School Spirits

Two new non-fiction paranormal shows are coming to space this week which gives us 2 shows to share the honour of being out Paranormal Picks of the Week:

Haunted Highway Series Premiere
Tuesday July 3, 2012 at 10 PM ET Space

School Spirits Series Premiere
Wednesday July 4, 2012 at 9 PM ET Space

Let's take a closer look at Haunted Highway with the series description: "puts the pedal to the metal as Jack Osbourne and his friend Dana Workman do their own first-person investigations of the most frightening claims of paranormal activity along America's remote back roads."
Haunted Highway premieres Tuesday, July 3 at 10 p.m. ET. Space.

And now let's look at what School Spirits is all about: "will tell true ghost stories of hauntings that have happened at schools across the country. The stories will be told in first person narratives through the testimonials of real students, teachers, parents and staff that have encountered the paranormal activity, blended with bone-chilling cinematic reenactments to further bring the haunting experiences to life."
School Spirits premieres Wednesday, July 4 at 9 p.m. ET. " Space.

Also Awesome this week:

• Doctor Who Catch-Up Marathon starts this week with Season 1 on Sunday July 8, 2012 with Season 1 The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), and companion Rose (Billie Piper) "as they journey through time and space, facing a variety of foes and righting wrongs." The journey begins at 6AM ET on Space. The Doctor Who Sunday marathons will continue Sunday after Sunday all through July 2012, see more information on them here.
  
• Continuum returns with new episodes this week after the Canada Day Mini Marathon we are revving up with new episodes this Sunday July 9, 2012 at 9pm ET / PT on Showcase.
• Sinbad Series Premiere this Sunday July 8, 2012 at 7pm ET on Space. More details later this week!
  

Image from: School Spirits