Poll Results: What New Series Did You Stick With This Fall?

You have had your say and the votes are in! The Poll Results for What New Series Did You Stuck With This Fall? come back with a clear leader with Sleepy Hollow at 72%. We are loving Sleepy Hollow here at Hexed so it's so exciting to hear you are too! An impressive tie for second is Witches of East End and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at 54%.

With so many awesome new shows that debuted in the Fall of 2013, it's shouldn't be a surprize that many of the shows had excellent standings. Here are all of the results:

• 72% - Sleepy Hollow
• 54% - TIE: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Witches of East End
• 45% - The Tomorrow People
• 36% - TIE: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, The Originals and Ravenswood
• 36% - Reign
• 27% - TIE: Almost Human and Dracula
• 18% - Atlantis
• 9% - TIE: Fangasm, Heroes of Cosplay and Killer Contact

Ep 148: Paranormal TV Nov 19 - 25, 2013

On this weeks episode of Hexed, we chat about the explosive Season 2 finale of Ghost Mine, and chat up with recent episodes of Paranormal Witness, Lost Girl, Haven, Walking Dead and The Vampire Diaries. 

We might be a little grumpy over some things as we acknowledge the boringness of being the season of amnesia as well as the 4th year blahs in several shows, but we do still have lively discussions on some of the newer shows as we catch up on Ravenswood, Reign and Almost Human.

We'll be back next week with Season 2 premiere of Haunted Highway, the return of Grimm and Dracula plus lots to catch up on more of our regs of Supernatural and Sleepy Hollow.

Show Notes

• Bitten series premiere announced: January 11, 2014 on Space
• SyFy will have Bitten to premiere on Jan 11, 2014 and on the same night premieres Lost Girl S4 and Being Human (North American) S4
• Space and BBC America have set air date for Orphan Black S2: April 19, 2014
• Killer Contact *will* be on Space, started Wed Dec 4, 2013 (double billing-with Haunted Highway)
• THE UNEXPLAINED FILES begins Dec 2, 2013 on Discovery Science; series investigates bizarre phenomena and mysterious cases
• Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special sets Guinness World Record: largest ever simulcast of a TV drama (94 Countries and in 6 Continents)
• Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special also broke a record on largest audience on Space with 1.1 million viewers
• Intelligence premiere date revised, will premiere Tuesday, Jan. 7 (9:00-10:01 PM, ET/PT) and then move to it's regular Monday (10:00-11:00PM, ET/PT) time period on Jan. 13 , 2014
• ABC MidSeason release dates announced, only paranormal show is Ressurrection (March 9, 2014) but Killer Women (Jan 7, 2014) and Mind Games (March 11, 2014) are ones that have come up in discussions the past.
• Article about Fox's midseason starts indicates Sleepy Hollow finales January 20, 2014 (WHA?) and it's on early at 8pm because The Following comes back at that date and in Sleepy Hollow's timeslot.

Time Coding:
0:00- 1:00 Intro
1:00 - 15:48 News
15:48 - 28:13 Ghost Mine S2 Ep 12 (Finale) Shadows in the Drift
28:13 - 43:25 Paranormal Witness S3 Ep 18 and 19 The Harpy and The Exorcist
43:25 - 52:08 Almost Human Series Premiere and Ep 2 Pilot and Skin
52:08 - 59:57 Lost Girl S4 Ep 2 and 3 Sleeping Beauty School and Lovers.Apart.
59:57 - 1:05:52 Haven Season 4 Ep 3 Bad Blood
1:05:52 - 1:13:55 The Walking Dead S4 Ep 7 Dead Weight
1:13:55 - 1:23:55 Ravenswood General Discussion
1:23:55 - 1:32:43 Reign General Discussion
1:32:43 - 1:45:15 Vampire Diaries Season S5 Ep 6, 7 and 8 Handle with Care, Death and the Maiden and Dead Man on Campus
1:45:15 - 1:47:20 Outro

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All Supernatural TV. All the Time.

Ep 147: Paranormal TV Nov 12 - 18, 2013 (Plus Some Catch Up)

This week on Hexed, Suzie and Shannon dive into the Season 4 Premieres of Lost Girl and Haven, continue to share thoughts on Grimm, Supernatural, The Walking Dead, Sleepy Hollow, get caught up on Ghost Mine and Dracula plus touch briefly on Almost Human.

We are also trying a new format for our discussions, starting with a brief synopsis, sharing our favourite and least favourite part of the episode and then highlighting supernatural elements. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the new format, and we have a poll up at the site where you can vote on what you'd like to hear: http://hexedpodcast.blogspot.com You can also email us at hexedpodcast@gmail.com

We'll be back next week to chat the Season 2 Finale of Ghost Mine, continue our catch up with all of our regs and maybe even get a chance to chat the mid-season finale of Ravenswood.  And although we won't likely be chatting about it, we did want to remind everyone that the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special The Day of the Doctor will be airing Saturday Nov 23, 2013 at 2:50PM on Space.

Show Notes:

• Outlander will come to Showcase in 2014 with the Canadian Broadcast Premiere
• The Originals, Reign and The Tomorrow People all picked up for full seasons by The CW
• TV Line's Annual Renewal Scorecard for 2014 - great one to bookmark.
• Ghost will now be a TV show
• Stevie Nicks to Appear on American Horror Story: Coven
• Killer Contact Season 1 Trailer - upcoming series on SyFy
• People's Choice Awards Noms for 2014 (Full List).
• Antihero definition: "The sporting antihero is typically not a team player; challenges officialdom; sets financial gain over club loyalty; yet still acquires a large fan following,[27] by way of his or her actualisation of the rebel archetype"
• Note for Face Off fans that the Judges Faves episode is online at Space.ca
• The Strain confirmed for 13-ep order at FX, plan to run for 39-65 eps. Series description: "The Strain is a high-concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll), the head of the Centers for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called on to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers wage war for the fate of humanity. Co-starring on the series are Mia Maestro, Sean Astin, Kevin Durand, Natalie Brown, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, Robert Maillet, Jack Kesy, Ben Hyland, and Miguel Gomez.)"
• Supernatural is now on Netflix.ca (all 8 seasons!)
• Hal-Con Update from Suzie check our site stART: Creating As We Go for upcoming continuing coverage of Hal-Con for vendors and artisans
• Poll Results: What November Start Shows Will You Be Watching

Time Coding
0:00 - 1:15 Intro
1:15 - 25:3 News
25:30 - 36:00 Lost Girl Season 4 Premiere In Memoriam
36:00 - 53:53 Haven Season 4 Premiere and Ep 2 Fallout and Survivor
53:53 - 57:20 Almost Human Series Premiere Pilot
57:20 - 1:05:22 Grimm S3 Ep 4 One Night Stand
1:05:22 - 1:12:50 Sleepy Hollow S1 Ep 8 Necromancer
1:12:50 - 1:22:00 The Walking Dead S4 Ep 6 Live Bait
1:22:00 - 1:29:50 Supernatural S9 Ep 6 Heaven Can't Wait
1:29:50 - 1:40:20 Ghost Mine S2 Ep 10 and 11 Passage to the Unknown and Shadows in the Drift
1:40:20 - 1:52:43 Dracula S1 Ep 3 and 4 Goblin Merchant Man and From Darkness to Light
1:52:43 - 1:58:10 Paranormal Witness S3 Ep 17 The Visitors
1:58:10 - 2:00:40 Outro


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Poll Results: What November Start Shows Will You Be Watching?

You have had your say and the results are in for What November Start Shows Will You Be Watching? It turns out the awesome female protagonist shows of Showcase have caught your eye as both Haven and Lost Girl tie for first place at 64%! Woohoo! We are excited for their return too.

Here are all of the results:

• 64% - Haven and Lost Girl
• 42% - Almost Human
• 14% - Haunted Highway

Almost Human Series Premiere ~ Sunday Nov 17, 2013 (And Continues Monday Nov 18, 2013)

It's hard to believe we still have new shows popping in November! Doing some research today I noticed that the new series Almost Human which starts tonight, Sunday November 17, 2013 at 8pm ET/PT on Global, will regularly air on Mondays at 8pm - and in fact tomorrow is a new episode! That's right. Tonight is the series premiere, and tomorrow is episode 2 and from there it will air Monday Nights at 8pm.

Remember to set your PVRs, Tivo's or sit down and watch it - for two nights in a row!

Almost Human ~ Series Premiere
Premiere: Sunday November 17, 2013 at 8pm ET/PT on Global
Regular Night: Mondays at 8pm starting on Monday November 18, 2013

Need a reminder on what Almost Human is all about? Here is a Series Description:

"In this action-adventure series from executive producers J.J. Abrams (Lost) and J.H. Wyman (Fringe) set in 2048, a cop teams up with a second-hand synthetic android to fight a strain of urban crime that has evolved in even more frightening ways. Detective John Kennex (Karl Urban, The Bourne Supremacy) survived a catastrophic attack on the city's police department that cost him his friends, one of his limbs and his reputation. When he returns a year later, he finds the transition difficult. Not only does one of the surviving detectives, Richard Paul (Michael Irby, Flight Plan) blame him for the lethal ambush, but department policy now requires that every cop be paired with a highly-evolved human-like android partner. Instead, Kennex works with lab technician Rudy Lom (MacKenzie Crook, Game of Thrones) to reinstate an outdated Dorian android (Michael Ealy, The Good Wife) whose somewhat dysfunctional platform is based on a "Synthetic Soul" program, allowing it to have emotional responses. Together, the two set out to keep the city safe and uncover the criminal conspiracy that threatens to destroy their world."

Almost Human stars Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Mackenzie Crook, Michael Irby, Minka Kelly and Lili Taylor.

See more about Almost Human at GlobalTV.com

November 2013 Paranomal TV New and Returning Air Dates

November is hear and as we get closer to the end of the year, we still have tons of awesome shows and specials premiering. This month we have the new science fiction series Almost Human starring Karl Urban and Micheal Ealy as reluctant cop partners in a human and robot filled world. We also have a few specials in store including the big 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who special as well as Face Off's Judges' Favourites Special which looks like so much fun. In the non-fiction realm we have the Haunted Highway return for it's second season. Last but certainly not least, two of our favourite shows are returning for their fourth seasons: Haven and Lost Girl.

For the Spoiler-Sensitive: several of the returning series have *season* descriptions, so read with caution if you don't want to know where the shows are going this year.

We've also had a lot of revisions in dates this month too, as Haven is now starting earlier than initially anticipated but Almost Human will now be airing closer to the end of the month. As always, we'll share if we find out any more date changes but always be sure to check your local listings.
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(L-R) Lucas Bryant, Emily Rose and Eric Balfour in season four of Haven

Haven ~ Season 4 Premiere
Friday November 8, 2013 on Showcase at 9pm ET/PT (revised date)

Genre: Paranormal/Drama

Season 4 Description: "Season 4 of Haven picks up six months after the devastating season three finale when the town was pummeled by a violent meteor storm, that saw Audrey (Emily Rose) and Duke (Eric Balfour) vanish into thin air, and an injured Nathan (Lucas Bryant) left marooned in Haven. Joining the cast is Colin Ferguson (Eureka) as William, a handsome stranger with a secret agenda"

Haven stars Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant and Eric Balfour; Season 4 of Haven will have 13 episodes.

See more about Haven at Showcase.ca



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Lost Girl ~ Season 4 Premiere
Sunday November 10, 2013 on Showcase at 10pm ET/PT

Genre: Paranormal

Season 4 Description: "Season four of Lost Girl sees fate cast a wide shadow over the Fae world. With Bo's (Anna Silk) return, the lines between Dark and Light fae are blurred causing Bo to venture on a journey of discovery. Bo and company will ultimately realize that regardless of the challenges and enemies they face, they're stronger when they face them together."

Remember to also check out the Lost Girl Webisodes that bridge Season 3 and 4, and watch the Season 4 pre-show special Sunday November 10, 2013 at 9pm ET/PT before the series premiere.  If you need to catch up on the show, check out my Lost Girl Spoiler-Free Episode List.

Lost Girl stars Anna Silk, Ksenia Solo, Kris Holden-Ried, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland and K.C. Collins; Season 4 of Lost Girl will have 13 episodes.

See more about Lost Girl at Showcase.ca



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Almost Human ~ Series Premiere
Sunday November 17, 2013 at 8pm ET/PT on Global

Genre: Science Fiction

Series Description: "In this action-adventure series from executive producers J.J. Abrams (Lost) and J.H. Wyman (Fringe) set in 2048, a cop teams up with a second-hand synthetic android to fight a strain of urban crime that has evolved in even more frightening ways. Detective John Kennex (Karl Urban, The Bourne Supremacy) survived a catastrophic attack on the city's police department that cost him his friends, one of his limbs and his reputation. When he returns a year later, he finds the transition difficult. Not only does one of the surviving detectives, Richard Paul (Michael Irby, Flight Plan) blame him for the lethal ambush, but department policy now requires that every cop be paired with a highly-evolved human-like android partner. Instead, Kennex works with lab technician Rudy Lom (MacKenzie Crook, Game of Thrones) to reinstate an outdated Dorian android (Michael Ealy, The Good Wife) whose somewhat dysfunctional platform is based on a "Synthetic Soul" program, allowing it to have emotional responses. Together, the two set out to keep the city safe and uncover the criminal conspiracy that threatens to destroy their world."

Almost Human stars Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Mackenzie Crook, Michael Irby, Minka Kelly and Lili Taylor.

See more about Almost Human at GlobalTV.com



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L-R Neville Page, Ve Neill, Glenn Hetrick

Face Off: Top 20 Countdown ~ Judges' Favourites
Tuesday November 19, 2013 at 9pm ET on Space

Genre: Non-Fiction/Competition - Special Presentation

Description: "FACE OFF judges Glenn Hetrick, Ve Neill, and Neville Page take a look back at the best contestant creations from all five seasons of the series. In addition to ranking the top twenty best make-ups, they will call out some of the funniest, most surprising, and impressively ambitious designs the show has ever seen."

See more about Face Off at Space.ca

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The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special
Saturday November 23, 2013 at 2:50PM ET on Space

Genre: Science Fiction - Special Presentation ~ Commercial-Free Simulcast

Description: "The highly-anticipated, one-hour special will broadcast simultaneously to millions of viewers worldwide. In addition to the current Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companion Clara (Jenna Coleman), The Day of the Doctor features the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) as well as Billie Piper who reprises her role as Rose, and John Hurt who returns as an ominous figure in the Doctor’s timeline."

The Day of the Doctor will also screen in 3D in Theatres on Saturday November 23, 2013 and again on Monday November 25, 2013. For ticket information, chick here.

See more about The Day of the Doctor at Space.ca



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Haunted Highway ~ Season 2 Premiere
Wednesday November 27, 2013 at 10pm ET on Space

Genre: Non-Fiction/Paranormal

Series Description: "HAUNTED HIGHWAY puts the pedal to the metal as two separate teams Jack Osbourne & Dana Workman, and Devin Marble & Jael de Pardo, investigate the most frightening claims of paranormal activity along remote back roads. Fueled by eyewitness interviews and evidence collected by state-of-the-art equipment, teams travel alone, self-documenting their harrowing road trip while coming face-to-face with paranormal legends."

The teams of Haunted Highway consist of Jack Osbourne & Dana Workman and Devin Marble & Jael de Pardo; Season 2 of Haunted Highway will have 6 episodes.

See more about Haunted Highway at Space.ca and SyFy.com

From Pilot to Pick Up: The 2013/14 TV Season Firms Up

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It's May which means it's now the time that we start to see the 2013-14 TV seasons as The Big 5 US stations are in announcing their schedules mode. Now, here in Canada we won't know until later on where the shows will lands on the Canadian channels but at least it gives us the go ahead on knowing which shows have gone from Pilot to Pick Up.

We are right in the midst of announcements, and has individual channel schedules for Fox and NBC, and then picks up news for The CW, ABC, and CBS.  If you are visually-inclined, check out TV Line's Slideshow for New Fall TV here.  And now, on to the pick ups!

Fox

• Sleepy Hollow is confirmed as added to Fox's schedule for Mondays at 9pm.
• Fox also snuck in another "genre" show with J.J. Abrams' Almost Human, which is described as "An action-packed buddy cop show set in the near future when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids.", this one is from FOX and stars Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Lili Taylor, Minka Kelly, Michael Irby, Mackenzie and Mekia Cox. Almost Human is on Fox's schedule for late fall Mondays at 8pm.

NBC

• Believe gets picked up and casting fills out with Johnny Sequoyah, Jake McLaughlin, Kyle MacLachlan, Delroy Lindo, Jamie Chung, Sienna Guillory and Arian Moayed. Believe lands on the NBC line up on Sunday nights at 9pm.
• Also on NBC are lots of schedule changes, including moving Revolution from Mondays to Wednesday and putting Grimm BACK to Friday Nights where it will share a home with the previously confirmed new series Dracula starring Johnathan Rhys-Meyers.

The CW

• Star-Crossed (previously known as Oxygen) although it has a new title, it's been added to The CW's line up, I'm really looking forward to this one as it's described as "Passion and politics threaten the peace and an epic romance ignites between a human girl (Friday Night Lights' Aimee Teegarden) and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind (The Orion 9) are integrated into a suburban high school ten years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were immediately consigned to an internment camp where they’ve been imprisoned ever since."
• The Tomorrow People is going ahead on The CW, this is based on the UK series from the 70's following people with extraordinary powers.
• The 100 (previously referred to as The Hundred), follows a set of delinquents sent to each to see if re-population is possible 97 years after destruction of civilization and has the a-okay by The CW to go to series.
• Also, The Originals were previously announced as getting the series order.

ABC

• Joss Whedon's Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been confirmed and a teaser trailer came out on the weekend and ERUPTED all over the place.
• Mind Games (previously known as Influence) also has the go ahead on ABC, this one stars Steve Zahn and Christian Slater and follows 2 brothers who use the real science of human motivation and manipulation.
• Resurrection (previously The Returned) has also has the go ahead on ABC, this is the one that asks the question "What happens when the people you have mourned and buried suddenly appear on your doorstep as if not a day's gone by? The lives of the people of Arcadia are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return. Based on a novel by Jason Mott.".
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (previously known as simply Wonderland) looks like it's moving forward but that it will be a limited run bridge. I have to admit, I'm surprized at that.

CBS

• Intelligence, starring Josh Holloway and Michael Rady and described as "Centers on U.S. Cyber Command, a unit that has been created around one agent with a very special gift: a microchip that has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum." and has been picked up by CBS.

Shows NOT going ahead: sadly, Delirium is not being picked up by Fox.


As you can see we've already had several title changes and slight modifications, which is a good reminder that these shows are still in development, and clearly information may change about them at any time! But we are keeping our eye out for them and many more shows that will pop up for next season!

You can see the ones we have our eye on from the mammoth list (Big 5 as well as Specialty Channels) and the discussion Suzie and I had on titles with a paranormal, science fiction, fantasy or superhero angle, plus a few that sounded so awesome we couldn't leave it out. A few here and there it's hard to hone in on the genre, but these are all shows that have been confirmed to have gone from pilot to pick up, and that we will be following.