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Review: Sean Bean gives Snowpiercer a charismatic villain to stir the pot

Snowpiercer was overtaken by the supply train Big Alice in the S1 finale. [credit: YouTube/TNT ] The unexpected arrival of the presumed-dead Mr. Wilford throws a wrench into the revolutionaries’ plans to reform governance aboard the train, in the second season of Snowpiercer, TNT’s TV adaptation of the 2013 film of the same name, directed […]

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AEW wins the Wednesday Night Wars with WWE, if they ever really started

It’s been in the water for some time, but WWE made it official today. They’re moving NXT from Wednesdays to Tuesdays two weeks from now, just after Wrestlemania. What they didn’t announce is that they’re essentially giving up on the “Wednesday Night War” against AEW on TNT. WWE would never admit defeat, but it sure… […]

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ESPN rediscovers the NHL

For fans my age, the soundtrack of hockey, when we get wistful, can at times still be Steve Levy and Darren Pang calling yet another multiple overtime game. Or Bill Pidto hosting NHL 2night. It was eons ago now, but when ESPN launched ESPN2 “The Deuce,” one of its main tenets was that it was to […]

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NBA Daily Fantasy: Don’t listen to Shaq, Donovan Mitchell deserves his due

Who else watched the TNT broadcast on Thursday night and thought, “Damn, do I really watch more basketball than Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley?” Then again, some of y’all have probably felt that way for years. (The terrifying thing is many of you might be correct.) Read more…

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Sean Bean joins cast as the elusive Mr. Wilford in Snowpiercer S2 trailer

Sean Bean joins the cast as the mysterious Mr. Wilford for Snowpiercer‘s second season, premiering on January 25 on TNT. Is there any series that is not improved by the addition of Sean Bean (aka Ned Stark in the first season of Game of Thrones)? TNT clearly doesn’t think so, bringing Bean on board for […]