The undead walk anew
“MANKIND: The Story of All of Us”
The hit horror series “The Walking Dead” returns to the small screen, several months after the conclusion of its second season.
The fan-favorite cable adaptation of creator Robert Kirkman’s acclaimed comic book, “The Walking Dead,” is back for a third season.
Its first new episode was launched locally at the Enderun Atrium in Taguig last month.
Airing on cable channel Fox in the Philippines mere days after each episode’s United States premiere, the show features a more hardened band of human survivors during an unrelenting zombie apocalypse.
The group of survivors, led by former cop Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) discovers a possible new sanctuary—an old prison now overrun with undead guards and convicts. Rick and his group, armed with zombie-smiting weapons, efficiently deal with the perpetually hungry occupants.
Meanwhile, resident sniper Andrea (Laurie Holden), who gets separated from the group, is aided by the katana-wielding Michonne (Danai Gurira). The two tough women also seek a fortified haven, evading herds of zombies during their long foraging treks.
“THE WEDDING Band”
Season three will introduce a new human “tribe,” led by the mysterious Governor (David Morrissey).
Fans of the comic book have been eagerly awaiting the addition of Michonne and the Governor to the live-action series, as the characters figure in some of the source version’s darker storylines. But it isn’t always patterned after the monthly title; different exclusive changes and previously unseen characters often keep the show unpredictable.
“The Walking Dead” airs Saturdays, 8:55 p.m. on Fox.
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‘True Blood’ season five
The fifth season of supernatural drama series “True Blood” airs Thursdays, 10 p.m., on HBO.
The show stars Anna Paquin as telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse, and Stephen Moyer as her erstwhile vampire lover Bill Compton. Season five introduces the mystery of the vampire “goddess” Lilith.
“WALKING Dead”
Backyard boffins
“You Have Been Warned,” a six-part series that airs this month on Discovery Channel, breaks new grounds as the first-ever user-generated science program.
The show scours the worldwide web and the globe to track down the top 20 backyard boffins—from the cleverest, funniest, most daring, outrageous to just downright bizarre, who take things into their own hands and turn everyday objects into astonishing science.
So, what does it take to be an Internet sensation?
The show features a panel of the world’s best science experts to explain the stunts and experiments with the help of amazing storytelling graphics.
On “You Have Been Warned,” meet backward-talking girls in America, human-powered flying machines in Canada, poultry whisperers who can hypnotize chickens, an amazing South Korean popcorn maker that pops all kernels at one go in one mighty explosion, a New Zealander who built a robot rock band, Karachi’s very own Evel Knievel who flies three times higher than a passenger jet can, Edgar the robot from the United Kingdom, and much more.
The show starts airing on Friday, Nov. 16 at 10 p.m., with encores on Monday, 4 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 p.m.; Thursday at midnight and 2 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 3 p.m. and 11 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 p.m.
Filipina audience
2nd Avenue’s new look aims to capture its primary target audience—Filipino women aged 29 to 39, who crave a balance between work and life.
The channel takes its balanced offering of entertainment, information and lifestyle shows to a whole level with its newest on-air campaign, “A Dash of Life.”
2nd Avenue introduced its latest programming lineup with its four new program blocks: Mondays Get Real is its reality-based and lifestyle block with “Top Chef” and the new celebrity documentary series “Who Do You Think You Are?”; All in the Family Tuesdays is the comedy and light drama block that boasts family shows such as “Suburgatory,” “Parenthood” and the new “1600 Penn”; Happy Fridays is a weekend-friendly block with light and fun shows such as “How I Met Your Mother,” the brand-new comedy “Ben and Kate” and the new season of “Hart of Dixie”; and lastly, Sweet-spot Sunday block features its finest comedies all in one night with fresh episodes of “Modern Family” season 4 and new series “The New Normal.”
Brolin narrates ‘Mankind’
“Mankind: The Story of All of Us,” which chronicles the story of the brutal fight for humanity, airs on History network on November 14 at 9 p.m.
The six-part series, which took two years to make, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Josh Brolin.
This programming event is one of the most in-depth television series produced by History channel. “Mankind” is the first global series premiere in the network’s history, as well as a worldwide educational initiative.
Highly ambitious in cinematic vision, “Mankind” uses CGI technology and dramatic reconstruction to bring the most critical events in human history to life, as never seen before.
Wedding rock stars
“The Wedding Band,” beTV’s new comedy series, follows the exciting and colorful weekends of four guys who live it up by rocking weddings and events as a band.
Premiering November 16 and airing every Friday at 8:30 p.m. in a same-week-as-the US telecast, the hourlong comedy series stars Brian Austin Green (who is screen siren Megan Fox’s husband), Harold Perrineau, Peter Cambor and Derek Miller as four buddies—three single, one married and all with day jobs—who escape their daily grind by playing “weekend rock gods” in Seattle’s premier wedding and events band, Mother of the Bride.
