Exclusive Interview: EUREKA co-creator Jaime Paglia explains the cancellation and more Season 5 talk – Part 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/11/2012
Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Niall Matter, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Colin Ferguson and James Callis in EUREKA - Season 4 - "Liftoff" | ©2011 Syfy/Art Streiber

Welcome to Part Two of our exclusive interview with EUREKA co-creator/executive producer/show runner Jaime Paglia, where he talks about the “extra” episode, the animated episode we got, the musical episode we didn’t get, and his directorial debut with the body-swapping “Jack of All Trades” episode. ASSIGNMENT X: Was there any danger of EUREKA ending with the end of Season Four? JAMIE PAGLIA: We sure hoped not. AX: EUREKA has been a ratings success for Syfy. Can you explain why it was canceled? PAGLIA: If you look at our budget and say, “Okay, we’re doing fine with our numbers and …” You’re making money, […]Read On »


COMMENTS (2)

Exclusive Interview: EUREKA co-creator Jamie Paglia looks back and forward – Part 1

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/04/2012
Trevor Jackson, Kavan Smith, Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Felicia Day and Neil Grayston in EUREKA - Season 5 - "In Too Deep" | ©2012 Syfy/Eike Schroter

EUREKA is Syfy’s much-loved and successful series about a town full of good-hearted geniuses working on secret science projects that accidentally almost destroy the world every week or so. The show, starring Colin Ferguson as regular-guy town sheriff Jack Carter, Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Jack’s love Dr. Allison Blake, Erica Cerra as deputy-turned-chief of security for town science hub Global Dynamics Jo Lupo, Neil Grayston as GD chief Douglas Fargo and Joe Morton as eccentric engineer Henry Deacon, is in its fifth and final season Monday nights. Jaime Paglia, who co-created EUREKA with Andrew Cosby, and remains as one of its […]Read On »


COMMENTS (1)

TV Review: EUREKA – Season 5 – “Force Quit”

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON 05/02/2012
Colin Ferguson as Jack Carter in EUREKA | (c) 2012 Justin Stephens/Syfy

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Niall Matter, Kavan Smith, Wil Wheaton Writer: Terri Hughes Burton Director: Mike Rohl Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 8 PM Original Airdate: April 30, 2012 When last we left EUREKA, the ground crew had found where the doomed Astraeus had gone, but was too late to rescue the ship’s crew, being kept in a virtual trance by the evil Beverly Barlow (Debrah Farantino) under the command of Senator Wen (Ming Na). And Jack (Colin Ferguson) had just figured out that Wen was behind the removal. In “Force Quit,” the key is to find out […]Read On »


COMMENTS (2)

TV Review: EUREKA – Season 5 – “The Real Thing”

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON 04/24/2012
The cast of Eureka Season 5 | © 2012 Art Streiber/Syfy

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Niall Matter, Kavan Smith, Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton Writer: Bruce Miller Director: Michael Robison Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 8 PM Original Airdate: April 23, 2012 We’ve got the 20-member crew of the Astraeus kidnapped by Beverly Barlow (Debrah Farantino) and being kept in some sort of trance state in which they think they’re back in EUREKA four years after the launch. Only because Allison accidentally found herself locked on board when the launch was taken over, there are actually 21 people under Barlow’s control and care. So now we find out in “The Real […]Read On »


COMMENTS (2)

TV Review: EUREKA – Season 5 – “Lost” – Season Premiere

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON 04/17/2012
Kavan Smith in EUREKA - Season 5 - "Lost" | ©2012 Syfy/Eike Schroter

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Niall Matter, Kavan Smith, Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton Writer: Jaime Paglia Director: Matt Hastings Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: April 16, 2011 There are so many things to love about EUREKA that it’s kind of bittersweet that “Lost” is actually the Season 5 premiere of the final season. Here is a show that celebrates genius and being smart, but also respects each character’s gifts. It is one of the most diverse shows on television, with two African Americans in prominent roles as scientists, including one woman. And women here are just […]Read On »


COMMENTS (3)

TV Review: EUREKA – Season 4 – “Do You See What I See?”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 12/08/2011
Animation takes over the EUREKA world for the Season 4 Christmas episode - "Do You See What I See?" | ©2011 Syfy

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Kavan Smith, Jordan Hinson, Trevor Jackson, Christopher Gauthier, Matt Frewer, Jim Parsons, Edward James Olmos Writers: Amy Berg & Eric Tuchman Director: Matt Hastings Network: Syfy, Tuesday @ 8 PM Original Telecast: December 6, 2011 Once in awhile, a TV show makes an episode that is both so good and so completely insane that one feels safe in showing it to people who have never seen the series before and may never see it again. EUREKA can now proudly join that select company with its fourth-year Christmas special, “Do […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

TV Review: EUREKA – Season 4 – “Glimpse”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 07/26/2011
Niall Matter in EUREKA - Season 4 - "Glimpse" | ©2011 Syfy/Eike Schroter

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Niall Matter, Kavan Smith, Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, Stan Lee Writer: Ed Fowler Director: Michael Robison Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: July 25, 2011 Once again, multiple plates are spinning in an episode of EUREKA. In “Glimpse,” Jo (Erica Cerra) and Zane (Niall Matter) are grappling with their relationship – with Jo wanting to call things off even though they’ve had six weeks of “last times” – and Jack (Colin Ferguson) and Allison (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) are dealing with more subtle nuances of their romance. Meanwhile, Fargo (Neil […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

TV Review: EUREKA – Season 4 – “Reprise”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 07/19/2011
Colin Ferguson and Felicia Day in EUREKA - Season 4 - "Reprse" | ©2011 Syfy/Eike Schroter

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Niall Matter, Tembi Locke, Kavan Smith, Felicia Day, Trevor Jackson, Debrah Farantino Writer: Amy Berg Director: Matt Hastings Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: July 18, 2011 Episodes of EUREKA can approach THE USUAL SUSPECTS in structural complexity, with a lot of individual actions affecting one another until calamity erupts. This is the case in “Reprise,” which is both entertaining and suspenseful – and also intentionally very funny. When visiting Department of Defense scientist Holly (Felicia Day) hits town, she is clearly hyper-bright but also so nervously chatty […]Read On »


COMMENTS (1)

TV Review: EUREKA – Season 4 – “Liftoff”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 07/12/2011
Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Niall Matter, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Colin Ferguson and James Callis in EUREKA - Season 4 - "Liftoff" | ©2011 Syfy/Art Streiber

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Niall Matter, Tembi Locke, Kavan Smith Writer: Bruce Miller, story by Jaime Paglia & Bruce Miller Director: Mike Rohl Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: July 11, 2011 Welcome back, EUREKA. Despite the long time the show has been gone (barring the Christmas special), “Liftoff” is actually the beginning of the second half of Season Four, rather than the premiere of Season Five. As such, it begins on a cheery note, with just about all of the main characters in a state of reasonable contentment. The first note […]Read On »


COMMENTS (2)

TV Review: EUREKA – Season 4 – “O Little Town”

By T.K. DEHN 12/08/2010
Colin Ferguson and Erica Cerra in EUREKA - Season 4 - "Oh Little Town" | ©2010 NBC Universal

From its one-off holiday title sequence to the series-specific jokes about fruitcake (and of course the fruitcake does come to menace the town’s inhabitants), “O Little Town” is a uniquely EUREKA Christmas episode. Some plot elements are a bit too wacky even for EUREKA, which is why we get the framing device of Jack (Colin Ferguson) telling four cynical snowbound kids of a Yuletide when it was unseasonably sweltering in Eureka. The town’s electromagnetic shield has gone haywire, trapping everybody inside. Taggart (Matt Frewer) is visiting town in an actual flying sleigh, determined to find Santa, while at Global Dynamics, an energy project gone amok and Taggart’s gift-shrinking technology are causing the town to get smaller and smaller. On the upside, there’s a Secret Santa running around, giving everyone the perfect present. Who can it be? Maybe … Santa?


COMMENTS (0)
  1. Pages:
  3. 1
  4. 2
Increase your website traffic with Attracta.com

Dr.5z5 Open Feed Directory

bottom round