Several media outlets are now reporting that Doctor Who “The Waters of Mars” special will be premiering in the United Kingdom on Sunday, the 15th of November.

Sadly, no news yet on an American transmission date.

“The Waters of Mars” stars David Tennant as The Doctor.

Talk about Doctor Who on the KryptonSite Forums!

NBC, hoping to get people to remember that their sitcom Community has now moved to Thursdays at 8PM, sent out screeners of this week’s Halloween-themed episode. The sitcom, starring Joel McHale in the lead role, is described like this, for those of you who haven’t seen it:

From Emmy Award-winning directors Joe and Anthony Russo (“Arrested Development”) comes “Community,” a smart comedy series about higher education — and lower expectations. The student body at Greendale Community College is made up of high-school losers, newly divorced housewives, and old people who want to keep their minds active. Within these not-so-hallowed halls, “Community” focuses on a band of misfits, at the center of which is a fast-talkin’ lawyer whose degree has been revoked (Joel McHale, “The Soup”), who form a study group and end up learning a lot more about themselves than they do about their course work. In addition to McHale, the series also stars: Gillian Jacobs (“The Book of Daniel”); Yvette Nicole Brown (“Rules of Engagement”); Danny Pudi (“Greek”); Alison Brie (“Mad Men”); and comedy legend Chevy Chase (“Saturday Night Live”). “Community” is a Krasnoff Foster Entertainment, Harmonious Claptrap and Russo Brothers production in association with Sony Pictures Television and Universal Media Studios. Russ Krasnoff (“The Soloist”), Dan Harmon (“The Sarah Silverman Program”), Joe Russo (“Arrested Development”), Anthony Russo (“Arrested Development”) and Gary Foster (“The Soloist”) serve as executive producers. Joe and Anthony Russo directed the pilot that was written by Dan Harmon.

Okay, first, the fact that the show’s directors share names with Blossom’s older brothers is funnier than the actual show. Yes, I’m 12. Anyhow, here’s how NBC describes tonight’s episode:

JEFF MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN GETTING A DATE OR HONORING A PROMISE TO ANNIE -Jeff (Joel McHale) has the hots for his statistics professor and is determined to take her out on a date. He finds the perfect opportunity to pursue her but it happens to interfere with a Day of the Dead party Annie (Alison Brie) is throwing for their Spanish class. Meanwhile, Pierce (Chevy Chase) comes to terms with being old. Ken Jeong, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi and Donald Glover also star.

This was my first time seeing Community, so I don’t know if earlier episodes might give more of a feel for the characters, but based upon this first episode alone, I felt more character depth from Saved by the Bell. I don’t think it was due to the cast (I know Joel McHale can and has been funny), and there WERE a few shining moments in the writing (a reference to Urkel made me laugh out loud), but it is nowhere near the kind of solid show that I see in something like How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, or 30 Rock. I will give them one benefit of the doubt – I see some Arrested Development alums among the crew and that was a series that I didn’t “get” the first time around that I grew to love later.

As things stand, though, Chevy Chase’s Pierce character was the only one I really grabbed onto, and I did get some laughs out of Abed dressed as Batman. I also liked the references to Beastmaster. But the situations of the episode, where Jeff skips out on his friends to hang out with the “big kids” (or in this case, to try and woo a professor), seem right out of the bad teen sitcom playbook. Except without the teens. I think these characters are supposed to be funny and wacky, but when it’s adults acting like this it’s more on the level of sad. It was more fun when this behavior came from Screech.

(There’s a that moment I do admit that I did like later on with the Batman costume guy. Though as other series like Only Fools And Horses have shown to TV history, you can rarely go wrong with that.)

Although I run a series of websites based mostly upon the sci-fi genre (with a few exceptions), I’ve always been a big TV geek. I remember the powerful Thursday nights of “Must See TV” back when it was Cosby, A Different World, Cheers, and Night Court. And I also remember the 90′s when it was usually Friends, Frasier, Will & Grace, and filler sitcoms in between. While Community has a few moments, it’s just not the kind of concept or show that is as good as any of those predecessors. But for now, when it comes to Thursday nights at 8, I’ll be sticking with The Vampire Diaries, with Flashforward on the DVR. I’m not saying Community is must-not-see TV – I’d probably turn it on if nothing else in the same timeslot interested me, or if a promo caught my attention – but my first impression wasn’t the greatest. Hopefully the show can and will improve before it’s too late.

Community airs tonight (October 29) at 8PM on NBC.

A few new destinations have now been added to the KryptonSite Network – although, whether or not they become full-on sites is up to readers and interest.

First, although GLEE doesn’t really match the comic-booky, sci-fi-genre type stuff you usually find here in the Network, the GLEE sub-forum at KryptonSite is going really well. So, even if it doesn’t become a full site, Gleeksite now exists as a GLEE portal. At the very least you’ll probably find episode descriptions at the new domain, and if there’s demand or interest for a full site, then you’ll surely find more. I know I’d use any excuse I can find to write about GLEE.

The blog posting about Syfy’s The Phantom seemed to draw interest in seeing a site devoted to it. Right now there’s just an informational page with a cast list and description. If and when more news comes out you’ll very likely find news there. That new domain is Phantomsite.net.

And then finally, more than six years after domain squatters took the name, KnightsPast.com is now back in the KryptonSite Network. I’ve always loved that name – which was originally used for a site about a Jack Knight Starman TV series that was proposed for ABC in 2003. I’m thinking I might use the URL to share some information about the Justice Society characters who are coming to Smallville. Either way, I love the name and I’m determined to do something with it.

One comics-to-TV project that’s in development right now is The Walking Dead, based on the Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman. It’s slated to become a TV series with Frank Darabont tapped as writer, director, and executive producer.

Creator Kirkman has spoken with the CBR website about the latest progress in the project, which you can find here. Since many of you who follow the KryptonSite network of sites are also comic book fans, this may be of interest.

Check out the interview and talk about The Walking Dead on the KryptonSite Forum!

The Syfy Channel in the United States will be preparing for the second coming of the Visitors by airing the original V in the days leading up to the ABC series premiere.

Here is the current schedule, subject to change. All times listed are ET.

Sunday, November 1
1PM-5PM V: The Original Miniseries
5PM-11PM V: The Final Battle
11PM-3AM V: The Original Miniseries

Monday, November 2
8AM-7PM Syfy will be showing V all day. We’re assuming this will be comprised of episodes of the original series.

Tuesday, November 3
8AM-4PM
Again, Syfy is doing a marathon that we assume is made up of episodes of the original weekly series.
4PM-8PM V: The Original Miniseries – Then catch the premiere of V on ABC on November 3 at 8:00!

Swing by VisitorSite.net for more on V!

Saturday boredom was taken care of for many yesterday thanks to a trend started by Chris Colfer, one of the actors from FOX’s GLEE.

The trend got “Sue Sylvester” up to be the second-most-posted-about subject on Twitter on October 17, behind only “#beatcancer.” The Sue Sylvester wave seems to be continuing through to the next day.

Sample “Sue Sylvester” posts included the following less-than-140-character masterpieces:

“There is no ‘ctrl’ button on Sue Sylvester’s computer. Sue Sylvester is always in control.”

“Yo, Sue Sylvester, imma let you finish but…you know what, you go right ahead and finish.” — Kanye

My own personal entry:

“Sue Sylvester only wants you to #BeatCancer if ‘Cancer’ is code for ‘Will Scheuster.’“

I think now is a good of a time as any to use this post to promote the GLEE sub-forum at the KryptonSite Forums. Plus, I just wanted the excuse to write about Sue Sylvester, I admit it.

You can also leave your best Sue Sylvester-isms in the comments here.

Just curious for those reading out there…

Would you like to see Smallville go on for a tenth and final season, or would you like things to wrap up this year with Season 9?

(I’ll probably be reposting this poll on KryptonSite itself in a little bit – although I am a little concerned that posting on the actual site would skew the results as it’s pretty certain if someone’s visiting KryptonSite they probably like Smallville)

Be honest with your answers – they’ll all be anonymous.

Since many of you may not have been to PowersTV yet, some updates are finally available about the upcoming television series – including news of a showrunner and a director for the pilot.

So if you haven’t – check out PowersTV already and spread the word!

Every once in a while a TV show will come along that just plain makes its viewers happy. This year, the show that brings me the most, well, glee is FOX’s GLEE.

Created by Ryan Murphy, who also brought us Popular and Nip-Tuck, every episode seems to have a few good musical pieces. Some characters are very exaggerated in their traits, but in the case of characters like Sue Sylvester, that’s a very good thing.

We’ve added a GLEE sub-forum to the KryptonSite Forums even though it’s clearly not of the sci-fi type genre you find throughout the rest of the forum. With new episodes still airing it’s a good chance to join the fun.

Also – TVShowsOnDVD.com has revealed that the first thirteen episodes of GLEE will be on DVD December 29. You can pre-order a copy here.

Gleeks Unite!

The BBC has revealed their new logo for Doctor Who (as seen above.)

The logo will presumably begin with the start of Steven Moffatt’s run as producer of the series.

What do you think?

Talk about it on our forum!