This week on TVHackr, we talked about what’s coming up on Zero Hour, Scandal’s early syndication, and the 2013 Emmy nominations, while the internet pontificated on a TV landscape that has gradually been filled with deeper roles for actresses and a potential Turkish TV takeover.

Magic City Recap: Pray That Nobody Gets Killed
While Vera’s opening night doesn’t go quite as planned, Ike approaches Sy about cutting a deal and Danny goes along on an arms raid that will change him for good.

Hit the Floor Renewed for Season 2 by VH1
VH1’s dance team drama will return for a second season of scheming, side eyes, and sex appeal. Will Jelena get a leg up on Ahsha?

True Blood Renewed for Season 7 by HBO
After averaging about 10 million viewers per episode this season, True Blood will return for a seventh season in the summer of 2014.

BET to Broadcast Scandal’s First Two Seasons This Summer, Season 3 in Fall
The first two seasons of Scandal will be broadcast on BET later this summer, while season three episodes are set to encore eight days after their initial ABC run.

The Fosters Recap: He Told Me I Was Special
Callie reveals the extent of the ways Liam hurt her, Lexi goes missing after being threatened with boarding school, and Mariana may have gotten herself into a situation that she can’t talk her way out of.

Zero Hour Series Finale Spoilers: Can Hank Save the World?
Will Hank be able to stop both the Pyrates and the Shepherds from acquiring the True Cross and changing the world as we know it?

Renewal Notice: Lying Game Canceled, Ray Donovan Renewed, American Dad Moving
While The Lying Game has been canceled after months of no information about its renewal status, Showtime’s Ray Donovan has been renewed for a second season and FOX’s American Dad will be moving to a new network beginning in late 2014.

ABC Announces Fall 2013 Premiere Dates
When will the next seasons of Scandal, Revenge, and Nashville premiere? What dates will we get to see the first episodes of Agents of SHIELD and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland?

2013 MTV Video Music Award Nominations
Justin Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead the way in the 2013 VMA nominations, while Bruno Mars, P!nk, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and 30 Seconds to Mars all scored multiple nominations.

News Roundup: Sharknado Gets a Sequel and You Get to Name It
Syfy has given social media phenomenon Sharknado a sequel movie, which will be named using suggestions from Twitter. Have you sent in your awful pun yet?

2013 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations Announced
Who was nominated for an Emmy this year? We have the major categories, where the likes of House of Cards, Modern Family, and Breaking Bad did quite well for themselves.

The Fosters Summer Finale Spoilers: Who Gets Married?
On the summer finale of The Fosters, someone’s getting married and there’s news that could shake the family to its core. What could potentially rip the Foster family in half?

Twisted Spoilers: Is Karen the Potential Weak Link?
Of all the problems that Danny has had to worry about threatening his freedom, it turns out that his biggest threat may live in the same house.

Mistresses 1.08 Preview: April is Stunned From the Latest Revelation About Paul
April has to come to terms with what she found out about Paul, while Joss looks to redefine her relationship with Alex and Savi fights to save her marriage, regardless of whether the baby is Dom’s.

Casting News: Billy Campbell Joins Syfy’s Helix; Karine Vanasse to Guest on Revenge
Billy Campbell has become the first actor cast in Syfy thriller Helix, while Pan Am alum Karine Vanasse will have an arc on Revenge as someone from Daniel’s past.

The Fosters 1.08 Sneak Peeks: Ana Won’t Stop Contacting Mariana
Ana crosses the line by calling Mariana at home, Brandon can’t seem to please his demanding piano teacher, and Jesus takes matters into his own hands.

Twisted 1.07 Sneak Peeks: Is Lacey Sending Danny Mixed Signals?
Danny grows frustrated at receiving conflicting messages from Lacey, Rico attempts to come to terms with his feelings for Jo, and Kyle sets his sights on cracking Karen.

Teen Wolf Winter Season Premiere Set for January 6th
The second half of Teen Wolf‘s third season is set to premiere Monday, January 6th. Catch a trailer for the next set of episodes at the link above.

A Good Time for TV Ladies (Slate)
Slate examines a television landscape that has become much kinder to actresses, considering the rise in complex female roles in recent years.

TV Dramas From Turkey Draw Hollywood’s Eye (The Hollywood Reporter)
Could Hollywood be heading for an explosion in Turkish television adaptations? The Hollywood Reporter looks at what could be the next trend to watch out for.

Google said to weigh supplying TV channels (The New York Times)
According to the New York Times, Google is said to be one of several tech giants trying to license TV channels from an internet cable service.

Mugabe to cripple ‘invader’ television station (The Africa Review)
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has shut down a television station that was expected to begin broadcasting from South Africa, per The Africa Review.

Emmys 2013 winners and losers: 30 Rock, Homeland, The Office (Hitfix)
Hitfix analyzes the 2013 Emmy nominations, including the surprises that could lead to even more surprising victories and the snubs that stopped promising shows in their tracks.

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Listed below are the dates, titles, and descriptions of the final four episodes of Zero Hour.

Saturday, July 20th – “Escapement”
Hank, Beck, and Laila are in the Faroe Islands, unsure if they will live or die at the hands of the Pyrates. Rachel shares some surprising news with Hank about his parents and the 41 Trust. Hank’s mother finally discloses the deeply painful secret she’s been holding all these years, and a dumbfounded Hank realizes his father is the missing piece to the puzzle. But when Hank sets out to save him, he is thrust into a life-threatening situation which may spell his demise.

Saturday, July 27th – “Hands”
Injured and disoriented from his recent car accident, Hank awakens on Plum Island in the hands of Melanie Lynch, a.k.a “Mother,” and the 41 Trust. With the stakes higher than ever, Hank’s father agrees to continue his work for “Mother” to ultimately save his son’s life. While Beck frantically assembles a rescue team in an attempt to find Hank, Laila is impatient and secretly heads out on her own. Inside the Plum Island laboratory, White Vincent unknowingly enters a deal that costs him more than he could have ever envisioned – and with everyone  racing to save Hank Galliston, not everyone who goes in, comes out alive.

Saturday, August 5th – “Ratchet” (8:00)
Everyone is on high alert, but their search for Rachel has met a dead end.  However Hank has a dream which may contain clues that will guide the team to her  remote location, and, hopefully help them stop the devious plan that “Mother”/Lynch has initiated in her “New Jerusalem.” Meanwhile, Theo and Vincent  strike a deal that would be mutually beneficial; and Hank, Beck, and Arron travel to Tajikistan with Father Mickle and the Shepherds, and are thunderstruck by what they find waiting for them. Will Lynch’s final action be successful, and is this the beginning of the end of the world?

Saturday, August 5th – “Spring” (9:00 – Series Finale)
Arriving at the entrance to New Jerusalem, Hank, Beck, Arron and the Shepherds  know it’s now or never to find Rachael and stop “Mother”/Lynch’s plan before  it’s too late. But when the team unlock the doors, what they find is unimaginable. With faith shaken and time running out, can Hank and the team take  down Lynch before it’s too late? Or will life as we know it end in an instant?  With everything resting on his shoulders, it’s up to Hank Galliston to save the world.

Zero Hour airs Saturdays at 8:00 on ABC.

Do you think that Hank will be able to save the world? What will he learn about his parents, particularly his father, and how will it impact his view of himself? Assuming that he does manage to halt the end of days, will he get back together with Laila?

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-Beginning Tuesday, April 30, NBC will release new installments of its axed dating series Ready for Love on a weekly basis via NBC.com, VOD, iTunes, Amazon, Hulu and more. The series finale is set for June 3rd.

-Also getting a chance to play out the rest of their episodes are ABC’s Zero Hour, returning to the schedule on June 15th at 8:00 with a two-hour premiere and signing off on August 3rd with a two-hour finale, and NBC’s Do No Harm, which will return Saturdays at 10:00 from June 29th through August 24th.

–Saturday Night Live has announced its final three hosts of the season, with comedian Zach Galifianakis returning on May 4th with musical guest Of Monsters and Men, while former cast member Kristen Wiig will host for the first time since her departure on May 11th with musical guest Vampire Weekend and Oscar winner Ben Affleck closes out the season with Kanye West on May 18th.

-Comedy Central has renewed The Jeselnik Offensive and Nathan for You for second seasons. The former is set to return in July, while the latter is on hold until 2014.

-NBC has announced plans for a one-hour retrospective special for The Office, set to feature exclusive and original interviews with writers, producers and actors from the award-winning series. The special will air Thursday, May 16th at 8:00 and lead into the one-hour series finale at 9:00.

-FX has put animated comedy Bigfoot, executive produced by Seth Rogen, into development. Based on Graham Roumieu’s Bigfoot “autobiography” graphic novels, the project revolves around the bipolar sasquatch trying to fit in in both the human and animal worlds.

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With American Idol and The Big Bang Theory combining for nearly 7.0 in the demo and 23 million total viewers last night, in addition to a premiere on a lowly watched night (February 14th) and little to no awareness of the project, Zero Hour couldn’t find an audience and now furthers the so-called “Thursday curse” for the network. ABC has had difficulty filling the Thursdays at 8:00 slot for quite some time; since the 2009-10 season, FlashForward, The Deep End, My Generation, Charlie’s Angels, Missing, and Last Resort have all failed to gain a foothold.

The network has a handful of unscripted shows (Wipeout, Bet on Your Baby) that could be used to limp to the end of the season, in addition to repeats of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal. Next season, though, they’ll have to decide if they want to launch another new drama there, fill the hour with unscripted content, or move an established scripted player (Castle, Body of Proof) there. Friday powerhouse Shark Tank is an outside option for the slot next season; it has an upscale audience that has grown each season its been on the air, meaning that the move to a weeknight might not be as damaging as it would be for another show. Plus, this could open up Fridays for a TGIF line-up, if they decide to keep at least two of Last Man Standing, Malibu Country, and The Neighbors.

Zero Hour starred Anthony Edwards as Hank Galliston, the publisher of a paranormal-enthusiast magazine who gets caught up in a worldwide conspiracy while trying to find the man who kidnapped his wife. Co-starring were Carmen Ejogo, Jacinda Barrett, Scott Michael Foster, Addison Timlin, and Michael Nyqvist.

Do you think that ABC made the right choice in cancelling Zero Hour? Will the remaining 10 episodes ever see the light of day?  What should they do with the timeslot in the fall?

UPDATE: According to TV Guide, Shark Tank will air in the timeslot for the next two weeks, followed by Wife Swap. Wipeout will take over on May 9th.

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Below is the full episode description for the pilot episode of Zero Hour, as well as a link to watch the episode.

“Strike” (Watch Here)
It’s a race against time for Hank Galliston (Anthony Edwards) after his wife, Laila (Jacinda Barrett), is abducted by the international terrorist “White Vincent” (Michael Nyqvist). As the publisher of a paranormal enthusiast magazine, Modern Skeptic, Hank has spent his career debunking myths and investigating conspiracies. Now, seemingly out of nowhere, he is thrust into the middle of one of the biggest conspiracies in human history, sparked by his wife’s discovery of an antique clock at a Brooklyn flea market — a clock that possesses much more than the power to tell time. With help from FBI Agent Rebecca “Beck” Riley (Carmen Ejogo) and his two young magazine staffers, Rachel (Addison Timlin) and Arron (Scott Michael Foster), they set out on a journey to find Laila, but soon find their mission is much bigger than just saving one woman.

Zero Hour will air Thursdays at 8:00 on ABC beginning February 14th.

Will you be watching Zero Hour this season? Do you like when networks put pilots up early for sampling or do you prefer to wait until premiere night? Is this practice hurting the shows more than it helps them?

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