Category: News

News about current and upcoming genre media projects that include people of color. Info about historical projects, as well.

Dark Matters Fall Watchlist 2016

Tuesday, Sept. 6

From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (9 p.m., El Rey)
Atlanta (10 p.m., FX)*
Queen Sugar (10 p.m., OWN)*

Sunday, Sept. 11

Churchill’s Secret on Masterpiece (8 p.m., PBS)*
Son of Zorn (8 p.m., Fox)* — preview

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition (9 p.m., Food Network)
American Horror Story (10 p.m., FX)

Friday, Sept. 16

Z-Nation (8 p.m., Syfy)

Monday, Sept. 19

Gotham (8 p.m., Fox)
Lucifer (9 p.m., Fox)

Tuesday, Sept. 20

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (8 p.m., Fox)
Scream Queens (9 p.m., Fox)
Strut (9 p.m., Oxygen)*
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (10 p.m., ABC)

Wednesday, Sept. 21

Lethal Weapon (8 p.m., Fox)*
Empire (9 p.m., Fox)
Modern Family (9 p.m., ABC)
Black-ish (9:30 p.m., ABC)

Thursday, Sept. 22

The Blacklist (10 p.m., NBC)
How to Get Away With Murder (10 p.m., ABC)

Friday, Sept. 23

MacGyver (8 p.m., CBS)*
Dr. Ken (8:30 p.m., ABC)
Dateline NBC (9 p.m., NBC)
The Exorcist (9 p.m., Fox)*

Saturday, Sept. 24

48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS)

Sunday, Sept. 25

Bob’s Burgers (7:30 p.m., Fox)
Once Upon a Time (8 p.m., ABC)
The Simpsons (8 p.m., Fox)
Son of Zorn (8:30 p.m., Fox)* — time period premiere
Family Guy (9 p.m., Fox)
Secrets and Lies (9 p.m., ABC)
Quantico (10 p.m., ABC)

Monday, Sept. 26

Vice News Tonight (7:30 p.m., HBO)*
Presidential Debate (9 p.m., CBS)

Tuesday, Sept. 27

Channel Zero: Candle Cove (9 p.m., Syfy)*
Aftermath (10 p.m., Syfy) (10 p.m., Syfy)*

Friday, Sept. 30

Luke Cage (Netflix)*

Sunday, Oct. 2

Ash Vs. Evil Dead (8 p.m., Starz)
Westworld (9 p.m., HBO)*
Elementary (10 p.m., CBS)

Monday, Oct. 3

Timeless (10 p.m., NBC)*

Tuesday, Oct. 4

The Flash (8 p.m., The CW)
No Tomorrow (9 p.m., The CW)*

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Arrow (8 p.m., The CW)
Frequency (9 p.m., The CW)*

Monday, Oct. 10

Supergirl (8 p.m., The CW)

Thursday, Oct. 13

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (8 p.m., The CW)
Supernatural (9 p.m., The CW)
Falling Water (10 p.m., USA Network)*

Friday, Oct. 14

Wolf Creek (10 p.m., Pop)*

Monday, Oct. 17

Jane the Virgin (9 p.m., The CW)

Thursday, Oct. 20

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (8:00 p.m., Fox)*

Friday, Oct. 21

The Vampire Diaries (8 p.m., The CW)
Great Performance: Hamilton’s America (9 p.m., PBS) — documentary

Saturday, Oct. 22

Dirk Gently’s Hollistic Detective Agency (10 p.m., BBC America)*

Wednesday, Oct. 26

Rectify (10 p.m., Sundance)*

Monday, Oct. 31

People of Earth (9 p.m., TBS)*

Wednesday, Nov. 2

Salem (TBD, WGN America)

Sunday, Nov. 20

The Librarians (8 p.m., TNT)

Wednesday, Nov. 30

Incorporated (10 p.m., Syfy)* 169

It’s All Your Fault That Nighthawk Was Cancelled

LINK: Nighthawk has been cancelled, fifth and final issue out September 28th

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‘The Originals’: CW Adds ‘Teen Wolf’ Keahu Kahuanui

LINK: WARNING! Season 4 Spoilers

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Questlove to Make Pandora Cool Again by Hosting a Weekly Show

Read about it at Vulture.com.

Questlove  in Sao Paulo in 2011

Questlove in Sao Paulo in 2011 – Photo credit: maissoma

“Rings”: first trailer for the horror reboot

LINK: Its new release date is October 28th 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLATvm71rwg

Pakistan Has a New Harry Potter-Themed Cafe

Mental Floss has the story.

https://youtu.be/eisOHpt6Hyk

Learn about the African Speculative Fiction Society & NOMMO Awards

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FLYERS: The ASFS & The NOMMO Awards

Read press release and details on the blog of horror author Joan De La Haye

Manish Dayal Joins AMC’s “Halt and Catch Fire”

LINK: Vulture offers details & this exclusive clip

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Robert Rodriguez to Soak Texas in ‘Blood’

Dreadcentral.com has the story.

Director Robert Rodriguez

Director Robert Rodriguez

Nnedi Okorafor & NK Jemisin Among 2016 Hugo Award Winners

LINK: Hao Jingfang, Ken Liu Also Winners

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