Judy Greer is on a roll. She stars in two FX comedies, Archer and Married, and is in two of this summer’s most anticipated films, Ant-Man and Jurassic World. Despite her hectic schedule, she’s thrilled to be back in the studio as Archer’s unstable, glue-drinking secretary Cheryl.

Greer confesses she has little in common with Cheryl (who does?), but finds playing an animated character is in some ways liberating. “I don't think I would do this stuff live action that my character does animated,” Greer told journalists this week via conference call. “I feel like that would make me really uncomfortable.”

However, she added “It's also really freeing to be able to do it the way that we do. It's pretty amazing.”

Animation allows her to step out of her comfort zone: “It's pretty cool to be able to be in something that's so raunchy and so disgusting,” she admits, “but be able to get away with it and not be raunchy and disgusting. It's a really nice treat, at least for me."

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.