Sleepy Hollow returned earlier in the month after its short hiatus for all new episodes. The star, Tom Mison, who plays Ichabod Crane, recently talked to the media about what fans can expect moving forward.

Mison talked to SciFi Vision about the move to make Sleepy Hollow start to be more mystery of the week and less serialized. “I’d rather welcome that change. Every writer comes to set with their episode, and when we sit around, and we have a drink after work and discuss ideas, there’s so many amazing ideas for the standalone episodes, that to give that format to that group of writers, I have absolute faith that it won’t become the dreaded monster of the week. It will be much fuller than that. There are so many great ideas from them I think we could probably easily fill another season with just what they’ve got now, let alone what they’ll have in the next few months.

“So, I think within that you can keep exploring character, rather than having to stick to following certain character acts through so ever many episodes, when the next writer might have a specific story that they want to tell, but, you know, they have to stick to something from before. I think it’ll be a welcome change.”

FOX’s hit series Gotham, is known for both its heroes and villains. Jada Pinkett Smith, who stars as villainess Fish Mooney on the series, recently sat down with the media to talk about her character, as well as what’s in store for fans of the series.

The actress talked to SciFi Vision about the future of her character. “Well, it’s not quite over yet, but we’ll see if Fish survives the season. It’s a little tense from here on out. That’s for sure. It’s a little rough on Fish from here on out.”

She also talked to the site about her favorite scene to shoot so far in the series. “I think one of my favorite scenes would have to be that Maroni scene when I go to Maroni and I hear that Penguin’s alive, but I have yet to see him, and then he comes from the back, in the kitchen, and I see him for the first time. I think that’s probably one of my favorite scenes that I’ve done so far.”

Monday afternoon SciFi Vision had the pleasure of speaking with Matthew Rhys, star of the critically acclaimed The Americans on FX, as part of a conference call. Rhys can also be remembered as Kevin Walker on Brothers and Sisters.  Rhys speaks quite a bit about season 3 and what we can expect in the coming season, which premieres on FX tomorrow night at 10 p.m. ET.

Sasha Roiz, who plays Captain Sean Renard on the hit NBC series, Grimm, recently talked to the digital media about the series and what fans can expect moving forward, as well as the Grimmster Endowment, whose fundraising efforts will be kicking off with the Grimm Gala, which will be supporting Portland’s OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Roiz talked to SciFi Vision about what is coming up for his character and Julliete (Bitsie Tulloch), now that it seems she is part Hexenbiest. “This season has become kind of like the season of the Hexenbiest. It’s a hexen feast, as I like to call it. There’s been my mom (Louise Lombard), there’s been myself, Juliette's transformation, Adalind (Claire Coffee)'s involvement, and a lot of sort of magical developments - some good, some bad.

“And it’s definitely going to create havoc as you could imagine. Certainly already has for Juliette, and now it slowly will trickle to everyone else. She’s come to me in that kind of partnership, and assistance is going to be imperative for her to try to understand who she is and how to navigate this uncharted water for her.

SYFY NAMES ANDIE BECKERMAN AS NEW VICE PRESIDENT, ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION

NEW YORK – January 22, 2015 – Syfy today announced the appointment of Andie Beckerman to the position of Vice President, Alternative Development and Production.

Beckerman, who developed and oversaw current programming on a wide range of successful unscripted series such as Talking Dead, Comic Book Men and Game of Arms, will be based in the channel’s Los Angeles office.

She will report to Heather Olander, Senior Vice President, Alternative Development and Production, Syfy.

SYFY SYNC WINS BEST CONTENT EXTENSION MADE FOR MOBILE AWARD AT 7^TH ANNUAL MOBILE EXCELLENCE AWARDS

NEW YORK – January 21, 2015 – Syfy Sync won a Best Content Extension Made for Mobile Award at the 7^th Annual Mobile Excellence Awards.
 
The Mobile Excellence Awards honored industry leaders and rising stars at its annual gala on January 13 at the recently inaugurated YouTube Space LA, sponsored by Hilton Worldwide, Intel and Fathom Events.

Syfy Sync allows consumers to go inside their favorite Syfy shows in a unique new way. The Syfy Sync app listens to the episode and delivers contextual photos, videos, behind the scenes trivia, games and more to the user’s mobile or tablet device. For those with Philips Hue personal wireless lighting, pairing the Syfy Sync app with Philips Hue bulbs while watching the program creates a specially designed "light track" – marrying the action on the screen to the lighting in the room.

Tomorrow FOX premieres its new detective series Backstrom. The show stars Rainn Wilson as Everett Backstrom, an offensive and unorthodox, yet brilliant, detective, who always sees the worst in everyone and is quick to speak his mind.

Last week, in preparation for the premiere, Wilson talked to the media about his new role.

The actor talked to SciFi Vision about being inspired by old school detective shows. “I would say the only inspiration that I had is growing up watching Columbo and watching The Rockford Files; I was really excited about the kind of old school nature of the show. There’s nothing slick about this show. Well, you know, I have a few little montages here and there, but it really is old school; it’s kind of cut from the 70s kind of detective show. You know, a quirky character that is not a leading man, who is struggling to get by in the world, kind of an anti-hero, and with some really major flaws, who happens to be pretty brilliant at solving crimes. So that would be my only inspiration, my main inspiration.

“Other than that, it was really figuring out who this guy was; doing the acting work, the rich, detailed acting work. I’m not saying that I was very good at it. I tried to do the rich, detailed acting work that was exploring who this guy is, how he sees the world, how he sees the world through his particular work lens and his choices accordingly - where does that come from? What’s it like to really be in his shoes and see the world the way he does? There’s a lot of pain there, but there’s also a lot of humor.”

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 12 MONKEYS DELIVERS HIGHEST L+3 LIFT EVER FOR A SYFY SERIES PREMIERE, LEAPING 85 PERCENT TO ONE MILLION ADULTS 18-49

NEW YORK – January 21, 2015 – Syfy’s critically acclaimed 12 Monkeys shattered channel records for a series premiere, soaring 85 percent among Adults 18-49, the highest lift ever based on L+3 data.

12 Monkeys delivered 1.0 million Adults 18-49, 1.1 million Adults 25-54 (+73 percent) and 2.3 million total viewers (+73 percent) from its Live+SD deliveries on Friday, January 16.

12 Monkeys also scored the highest Men 18-34 delivery for a Syfy series premiere since Helix in January 2014.

The series, which airs Fridays at 9PM (ET/PT), ranked as a top 10 cable telecast in prime among Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54 and total viewers.