AMC, CHANNEL 4 AND KUDOS RENEW “HUMANS” FOR SEASON TWO

A TOP 5 CABLE DRAMA LAUNCH AMONG ADULTS 25-54 THIS SEASON, “HUMANS” HAS AVERAGED 2 MILLION VIEWERS AND 1 MILLION ADULTS 25-54 THROUGH FOUR EPISODES IN THE U.S.

THE PREMIERE EPISODE WAS CHANNEL 4’S HIGHEST RATED ORIGINATED DRAMA IN 20 YEARS

NEW YORK / LONDON – July 31, 2015 – AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “HUMANS” has been renewed for a second season. The series will return for eight new episodes, with production starting next year.

AMC CONFIRMS 15-EPISODE ORDER FOR SECOND SEASON OF “FEAR THE WALKING DEAD”

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – July 31, 2015 – AMC announced today from the Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour a 15-episode order for the second season of “Fear the Walking Dead,”  which will air in 2016. One of summer’s most anticipated new series, “Fear the Walking Dead” was greenlit back in March for two seasons. As previously announced, the series will debut in the U.S. Sunday, August 23^rd at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with an extended 90-minute episode.  The premiere will also air on AMC Global channels around the world simultaneously and will then re-air in local time zones during primetime.*  A special episode of “Talking Dead,” hosted by Chris Hardwick (Nerdist), will follow the season one finale on Sunday, October 4^th at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT (U.S. only). 

Tonight on Defiance, Nolan (Grant Bowler) and Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas) hunt for who or what is responsible for a gruesome murder, of which the victim may have surprising connections to another character. Meanwhile Stahma (Jaime Murray) returns unwelcome to town while T'evgin (Conrad Coates) deals with problems in his own family.

Tonight's episode has quite a somber tone to it. I found myself tearing up at not only Nolan's speech to the grieving families, but also to Stahma being upset over Alak (Jesse Rath). The actors did a fantastic job tonight with pulling on your heart strings.

This week's episode of Dark Matter mostly focuses on Six (Roger Cross). Recently Six found out about his past from seeing Five's dream/vision. He was part of the rebel group, the Procyon Insurrection, who stole a destroyer ship from the Galactic Authority, and the leader of his crew, the General (Andrew Jackson), unbeknownst to him, planted a bomb that blew up the shuttle they left behind at takeoff, killing thousands at the space station.

Episodic photos from the first season episode of Dark Matter, "Episode Ten," airing 8/14/15, after the jump.

Episodic photos from the second season episode of Dominion, "Reap the Whirlwind," airing 8/13/15, after the jump.

Recently actress Samantha Mathis joined the cast of the FX series The Strain. Mathis plays the role of Councilwoman Justine Faraldo, a Staten Island born politician, who after losing her firefighter husband in the World Trade Center attacks, is not about to lose the city to the strigoi just because the government isn’t taking care of the problem. She may be unorthodox, but she is able to make Staten Island plague-free and keep the vampires out. Her power will only continue to grow.

Yesterday Mathis talked to the media about her character and her time working on the series.

The actress talked to SciFi Vision about the idea of using real-life politicians for inspiration. "I had a very brief conversation when I was brought on to play Justine. I mean I watched some footage of Geraldine Ferraro. I really tried to draw from what Staten Island is like today and looked at footage from some council people from Staten Island. I live in New York City, so there’s no shortage of access to that. In fact, our NY1 news station on Time Warner is incredible in terms of covering Staten Island news.

Episodic photos from the ninth season episode of Face Off, "Siren Song," airing 8/04/15, after the jump.

More episodic photos from the ninth season episode of Face Off, "Intergalactic Zoo," which aired 7/28/15, after the jump. You can still view part one here.