Author: Arlene Washington

November 15, 2015 10:26am PT by Arlene Washington

Supergirl The CW

The replacement episodes for both shows will air Nov. 16.

In light of the recent Paris attacks on Friday that left 129 dead and 352 injured, CBS is switching this Monday’s episodes of Supergirl and NCIS: Los Angeles due to their terrorism-related plotlines. 

Supergirl‘s upcoming airing was originally set to feature Kara Danvers/Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) who protects National City from a series of bombings in its “How Does She Do It?” episode. The replacement episode, “Livewire,” will now revolve around Danver’s relationship with her foster mother played by Helen Slater. 

NCIS: Los Angeles was originally set to air “Defectors” which focused on the recruitment of women for ISIS. The replacement episode, “The Long Goodbye,” follows the team as they find a missing woman that LL Cool J’s character lead to asylum four years ago in the U.S. 

Supergirl airs Monday on CBS at 9 p.m., followed by NCIS: Los Angeles at 11 p.m.

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August 30, 2015 8:17pm PT by Arlene Washington

‘Shannara Chronicles’ MTV

The fantasy TV series will premiere on the cable channel in 2016.

The MTV Video Music Awards featured a special preview of MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles. The fantasy epic, based on the books by Terry Brooks, is set to debut in January 2016.

The first season will pick up from the second book in the series, The Elfstones of Shannara, which follows an Elvin princess a human rover and a half-human half-elf character who journey to save their world from a Demon army. Austin Butler (Switched at Birth), John Rhys Davies (Lord of the Rings) and Ivana Baquero (Pan’s Labrynth) will star. 

Read more Comic-Con: MTV’s ‘Shannara Chronicles’ Debuts First Footage, Sets January Premiere

Spider-Man 2 co-writers and Smallville co-creators Al Gough and Miles Millar have teamed up as the show’s executive producers and showrunners. At Comic-Con, Gough said the show is “akin to Star Wars.”

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3:21 PM PST 1/9/2015 by Arlene Washington

Courtesy of HBO

John Oliver

John Oliver is back for a second season of Last Week Tonight and he’s not changing a thing. 

The season 2 promo clip teases Oliver returning to HBO with a brand new pony and newly adopted children, but Oliver expresses he doesn’t want to improve his show if it’s already successful. 

Last Week debuted in April, and by October was pulling in 4.1 million viewers, putting it ahead of his fellow HBO colleague Bill Maher‘s four million weekly viewings. 

Season two premieres Sunday Feb. 8 at 11pm EST on HBO.