First Look: Rihanna's Marion Crane Checks Into 'Bates Motel' Season Five
Bates Motel returns for its fifth and final season on February 20th, with Rihanna co-starring as Marion Crane. Check out the Bates Motel Rihanna first look.
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'Bates Motel' Season Five Trailer: The Final Season Begins Next Month
The final season of Bates Motel, which debuts next month, takes place two years after the events of season four. Watch the Bates Motel season 5 trailer.
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Interview: 'The Strain' Producers Carlton Cuse & Chuck Hogan On TV Horror And Watching The Apocalypse Happen
Read our The Strain Chuck Hogan and Carlton Cuse interview. The producers discuss
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'Bates Motel' Season 4 Teaser Trailer: Will There Be More Drug Wars?
There was a lot of skepticism going into A&E's Bates Motel, but the Psycho prequel has proven to be a success. Watch the Bates Motel season 4 teaser now.
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Exclusive Interview: Carlton Cuse And Ryan Condal On 'Colony', 'Lost', 'Bates Motel', And 'The Strain'
Read our Colony interview with Carlton Cuse and Ryan Condal. Cuse and Condal discuss their new USA show, plus Lost, The Strain, Bates Motel, and more.
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Netflix Study Shows How Long It Takes To Get Hooked By A TV Show
How Long Does It Take To Get Hooked By A TV Show? A new Netflix study proves that viewers usually take a few episodes to get invested in a tv series.
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'Bates Motel' Renewed For Two More Seasons
Bates Motel Renewed: A&E has ordered two more seasons of the Psycho prequel series starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore.
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TV Bits: 'Mad Men', 'Vikings', 'Bates Motel', 'Girls', 'Happy Endings', 'Jonathan Strange', 'The Bridge'
Whether you're scrambling to catch up on the Mad Men Season 6 premiere or you just want to experience it again, AMC's got the entire episode online right now. Also after the jump: Vikings and Bates Motel get renewed Paul Reuben heads to Wonderland HBO's Girls loses one of its boys Will USA pick up Happy Endings? The…
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Watch The First 6 Minutes Of The 'Psycho' TV Series Prequel 'Bates Motel'
A&E has released the first six minutes of their upcoming tv series Bates Motel, which is a prequel of Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film Psycho. Watch the footage after the jump while you still can, as we're not sure how long it will be available online. Leave your thoughts in the comments below. Embed from Dread Central:…
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TV Bits: 'Luck', 'Arrested Development', 'House Of Cards', 'Zombieland', 'Bates Motel', Alfonso Cuaron, James Gandolfini, Chris Hardwick, Judd Apatow, And More
The pilot casting blitz isn't over yet. Also after the jump: Kristen Wiig's Arrested Development role revealed Yeah, NBC is probably going to cancel Up All Night HBO decides not to go with James Gandolfini's pilot HBO's cancelled drama Luck finds new life as a blog Survey says House of Cards is a success for Netflix…
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TV Bits: 'Breaking Bad', 'Community', 'Futurama', 'Beverly Hills Cop', 'Archer', 'Bates Motel', Marc Maron, George R.R. Martin, More
I am going to assume that the Futurama crew, like the rest of the Internet, is cheering in celebration of Community's return. After the jump: Dean Norris says Breaking Bad's final run is "Hank-centric" Roy from The Office is Beverly Hills Cop's new Judge Reinhold George R.R. Martin could develop more shows for HBO See the real-life models for the staff…
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SXSW Programs 'Burt Wonderstone' As Opening Film, Also Schedules 'Evil Dead,' 'Downloaded,' And 'Bates Motel' Pilot
The next big festival after Sundance is SXSW, right here in Austin, TX. The fest runs from March 8-16, and has just announced the opening night film, as well as a few other selections. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is the opener, and stars Steve Carrell as as "a Las Vegas magician who splits from his longtime…
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TV Bits: 'Breaking Bad', 'Arrested Development', 'Archer', 'Dexter', 'Bates Motel', 'Tron: Uprising', 'Shameless', Wonder Woman, Sam Mendes, Stephen King, And More
Based on the header image, can you guess who's coming back for Breaking Bad's final stretch? Also after the jump: Sam Mendes and a Skyfall co-writer team for a Showtime project Rupert Wyatt gets hired for AMC's period drama pilot Turn Disney XD's Tron: Uprising desperately needs more viewers Check out two new stills from Arrested…
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'Bates Motel' Premiere Date Announced, Series Inspired By 'Psycho' Films But Not Directly Linked To Them
The line between prequel/sequel and fan fiction blurs further. There have been several Psycho movies following Alfred Hitchcock's standard-setting 1960 original, and we've wondered just how the prequel TV series Bates Motel would exist in relation to them. Is this a prequel, a reboot, or something else? The movies don't have the clearest story path…
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'Bates Motel' TV Trailer: Norma And Norman Bates Aim For A Fresh Start
As a prequel to one of the most revered horror movies of all time, A&E's Bates Motel has some pretty big shoes to fill. And while it's unlikely to reach the same iconic status, it's heartening to see that the first trailer actually looks pretty good. (Unlike, say, the one for the ill-received 1987 pilot…
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TV Bits: 'Freaks & Geeks', 'Mad Men', 'Game Of Thrones', 'Doctor Who', 'Girls', 'Bates Motel', 'Enlightened', 'Californication', Mike Judge, Sean Bean, Beyonce
Today's TV bits is stuffed to the brim with new project announcements, casting notices, trailers, and much more. After the jump: Mike Judge and Scott Rudin team for Silicon Valley at HBO FX is adapting J. Michael Feldman's show Fairy Tale Theater Goonies co-stars Sean Astin and Corey Feldman reunite on TMNT The Newsroom casts someone to…
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First 'Bates Motel' Video Teases Imply Ominous Violence
I'm not certain why, exactly, 2012 has turned into the year of Alfred Hitchcock, but it doesn't really matter. We've got two biopics, Hitchcock and The Girl, chronicling the making of Psycho and The Birds, respectively. And just as Hitchcock is about to open we're starting to get a look at the new TV series,…
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TV Bits: 'The Walking Dead', 'Revolution', 'Smash', 'Bates Motel', 'Hannibal', 'The Mindy Project', Hugh Laurie
Norman and Norma Bates' twisted relationship is the stuff of cinematic legend, but apparently things weren't always so weird between them. In fact, the first photo from Bates Motel has them looking downright relaxed together. Also after the jump: Veep's Anna Chlumsky will be an FBI trainee on Hannibal The Wire's Chad Coleman is The Walking Dead's…
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TV Bits: 'Bates Motel', 'Justified', 'Girls', 'Terra Nova', 'The Walking Dead', 'Fringe', 'It's Always Sunny', Baz Luhrmann, Tina Fey, Christopher Guest
Today we have a nice mix of shows that don't even exist yet, shows that have already been cancelled, and everything in between. After the jump: Baz Luhrmann is making his first foray into television Tina Fey plans tostick to television after 30 Rock ends Carlton Cuse brings Richard Alpert to the Bates Motel Christopher…
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TV Bits: 'Parks & Recreation', 'Bates Motel', 'Arrested Development', 'The League', 'The Office'
Some quick TV hits for you after the jump, including: Bates Motel adds Max Thieriot as a big brother to Norman Jeff Garlin will also return to Arrested Development FX getting sued for copyright infringement over The League Parks & Recreation looks funny as ever in Season 5 trailer Watch an 18-minute blooper reel for…
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TV Bits: 'The Office', 'Bates Motel', 'Arrested Development', 'Vegas', 'Girls', 'Californication', 'Shameless', 'The Walking Dead', Emmys, And More
Today's TV Bits consists of a bit of casting info, some scheduling notes, and several interesting promos. After the jump: Bates Motel casts the Charlie & the Chocolate Factory kid as Norman Isla Fisher and Terry Crews have been added to Arrested Development Breaking Bad's Jonathan Banks will go gangster on CBS' Vegas Shameless, House of…
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TV Bits: 'Parks & Recreation', 'Justified', 'Bates Motel', 'Once Upon A Time', Donald Glover, Bret Easton Ellis, Michael Bay
Everyone's got new shows brewing, from Community favorite Donald Glover to Fifty Shades fan Bret Easton Ellis. After the jump: Donald Glover could get his own show at NBC Bret Easton Ellis writes teen monsters for The CW A&E orders an occult drama from Michael Bay Jonathan Mostow will direct TNT's The Last Ship Breaking…
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TV Bits: 'Arrested Development', 'American Horror Story', 'Once Upon A Time', 'Hannibal', 'The Farm', 'Revolution', 'Bates Motel', 'Jersey Shore', Robin Williams
Fall doesn't technically start for another three weeks, but we all know Labor Day is the unofficial turn of the season. In this very late summer edition of TV Bits: MTV announces Jersey Shore will end after Season 6 Robin Williams could return to TV with David E. Kelley Jorge Garcia lands a guest spot…
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TV Bits: 'The Farm', 'Bates Motel', 'House Of Cards', 'American Horror Story', 'Doctor Who', And More
A little bit of casting, a couple of teasers, and a time-traveling webisode are included in today's TV Bits. After the jump: Tom Bower and Breaking Bad's Matt Jones join The Farm Vera Farmiga will be Norman Bates' mom in Bates Motel David Fincher spills on who else will direct House of Cards Tom and…
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'Lost' Producer's 'Psycho' Inspired Show 'Bates Motel' Heads To A&E
The previously-announced Psycho-prequel TV show Bates Motel just got a huge, exciting vote of confidence from its network: A&E. While most shows shoot a pilot, which is then tested and possibly picked up for a full season, Bates Motel is skipping that step and going right into full production aimed at a 2013 premiere. The…
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TV Bits: Is 'Mad Men' Going Back In Time? Plus: 'Game Of Thrones' Trailer, 'Girls' Clips, Carlton Cuse Joins 'Bates Motel', 'Dexter' And 'Homeland' Return Dates
Lena Dunham and company may be having trouble finding lasting romance in HBO's Girls, but they've still got it way easy compared to the tormented lovers of HBO's Game of Thrones. For one thing, I'm betting love affairs in the former involve way fewer beheadings. After the jump: Mad Men hints a look back to the…
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A&E Developing 'Psycho' Prequel Series 'Bates Motel'
Is the big 2012 trend going to be TV series that act as prequels to film classics? We've already heard that AMC is the likely home for a Goodfellas TV series, which has been said to be a prequel to Martin Scorsese's film. There is also Hannibal, a show that explores the early relationship between…
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