For Max Burkholder, who plays the young John Bennett on Peacock’s hit series Ted, the experience of watching the show’s second season is a bit like looking at a distant memory. With the series having dropped in early March, Burkholder sat down to discuss the strange passage of time in television, the "home" feel of a Los Angeles soundstage, and why nothing in the Seth MacFarlane universe is ever truly off-limits.

While fans are currently binging the new episodes, for Burkholder, the work has been finished for a long time. The cast wrapped production on Season 2 back in late January or early February of 2025 - over a year before it finally hit screens.

"Watching the show and seeing everyone’s reaction to it makes it feel like it is happening to someone else," Burkholder admitted, describing the experience as a form of derealization. It’s a feeling he’s familiar with; he explains that once a project is complete, he often feels it is "none of his business anymore" and no longer identifies with it. Still, he admits it feels "really cool" to see the audience embrace the new season so warmly.

Now a resident of New York, Burkholder enjoyed the rare opportunity to return to his roots for the shoot. "Not enough stuff films in LA anymore," he noted, sharing that he stayed at his parents' house during production.

Season three of FROM ended on a shocking cliffhanger, when Jim (Eion Bailey), left stunned after Tabitha (Catalina Sandino Moreno)’s news of reincarnation, suddenly out of nowhere sees a future version of his daughter, Julie (Hannah Cheramy), appear in a panic, followed by the mysterious Man in Yellow (Doug E. Hughes), who proceeds to rip his throat out in front of her. Season four does a fantastic job of picking up that momentum and carrying it throughout the first six episodes.

Julie’s storywalking continues to play a part the season as she tries to undo the threads that lead to her father’s apparent death and get a better understanding of how her ability works. The events in Julie’s life has made her have to grow up really fast, but I enjoy her perseverance in the face of what could be an unobtainable solution. I also really like how Randall (AJ Simmons) continues to be someone to look out for Julie and has stepped up, slowly starting to redeem himself.

There is of course fallout over the truth about what happened to Jim as Jade and Tabitha wrestle with how far they are willing to go for answers.

Following the early March premiere of Ted Season 2 on Peacock, SciFi Vision sat down with Alanna Ubach, who plays the soft-spoken yet resilient matriarch Susan Bennett.

Filming for Ted wasn't just another day at the office; it was a rare immersion into Hollywood history. Ubach highlighted how unusual it is in the modern industry to film on a major studio lot. "It is very rare to be filming at a studio," Ubach noted, recalling the unique sensory experience of the Universal backlot.

With her trailer parked right next to the legendary Jaws attraction, her workday was punctuated by the sounds of the theme park. Every eight minutes, like clockwork, she would hear the familiar symphony of screaming, laughter, and pure fun from fans on the ride - a constant reminder of the "magic" surrounding the production.

In Season 2, Susan Bennett is working harder than ever to keep the family unit intact. Ubach describes Susan’s journey this year as a game of "whack-a-mole." As her family members cycle through their various crises and antics, Susan is "all over the place," jumping from one problem to the next to keep the household from imploding.

Despite the chaos, Ubach found herself constantly surprised by the scripts. While she initially thought the writers had drawn a line they couldn't possibly cross, she admitted, "Boy, do they surprise you." Working under the creative direction of Seth MacFarlane, she noted that while the subject matter pushes boundaries, she never felt uncomfortable. "When you are working for Seth MacFarlane, you know what you’re signing up for," she shared.

With Season 2 of Ted currently airing, fans are seeing a bolder, funnier version of the Bennett family. For Scott Grimes, who plays the gruff but lovable Matty Bennett, the experience of returning to this world was about more than just the jokes.

If Season 1 established the foundation, Season 2 is where Seth MacFarlane truly let loose. According to Grimes, while the core of the show remains grounded in the comfort of 70s and 80s sitcom tropes - complete with the same furniture, clothes, and character dynamics - the humor has evolved. “The comedy has been upped," Grimes noted. "We did what Seth wanted us to do in Season 1, but we kept it the same...Seth wrote more of what he wanted to write in Season 2."

This "more is more" approach seems to be paying off; Grimes shared that the series is performing even better than the first season since its release in early March.

At 54 years old, Grimes is a veteran of the industry, but filming on the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles still moves him to tears. Having started his career in LA at the age of 11, walking onto a historic studio lot remains a sacred experience for him.

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The Hunting Party follows a team of investigators led by former FBI profiler Rebecca “Bex” Henderson (Melissa Roxburgh) as they hunt down and capture the worst of the worst serial killers who have escaped from the top-secret government prison known as “The Pit.”

Tonight, on an all-new episode, Josh Dallas reunites with his Manifest costar, playing the role of Elliot Carr, a high-end shoemaker and serial killer known as the Connecticut Cobbler, who made shoes from his victims’ skins. Bex and the team race against the clock to find and catch Carr before more people find themselves flayed.

Recently, Roxburgh and Dallas spoke with SciFi Vision about reuniting for the episode, playing the dynamic between their characters that is very different than that of Manifest, what it was like for Dallas to play the darker parts of the character, and more.

The following interview contains spoilers for 407

Dark Winds follows Navajo Tribal Police officers Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zain McClarnon), Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon), and Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) as they investigate violent crimes on the reservation. In season four, however, the team is pulled to Los Angeles and must work outside their usual jurisdiction to try to stop a killer connected to organized crime.

In the penultimate episode of the season, the race to save Billie (Isabel DeRoy-Olson) from Irene Vaggan (Franka Potente) continues, however, things go from bad to worse when Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) ends up her prisoner alongside the girl.

McClarnon recently spoke to SciFi Vision and the press about season four, including his cat-and-mouse relationship with Vaggan.

PARAMOUNT+ RENEWS SCHOOL SPIRITS FOR A FOURTH SEASON | Created by Nate Trinrud & Megan Trinrud and Produced by Paramount Television Studios

Created by Nate Trinrud & Megan Trinrud and Produced by Paramount Television Studios
 
Paramount+ has renewed School Spirits for a fourth season. The hit original drama, produced by Paramount Television Studios, closed its critically acclaimed third season on March 4 with a perfect 100% Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes. All three seasons are now streaming on Paramount+ in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Latin America, and Brazil.

School Spirits season three stars Peyton List as Maddie Nears, Kristian Ventura as Simon Elroy, Spencer MacPherson as Xavier Baxter, Kiara Pichardo as Nicole Herrera, Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda, Nick Pugliese as Charley, Rainbow Wedell as Claire Zomer, Josh Zuckerman as Mr. Martin, Maria Dizzia as Sandra Nears, Ci Hang Ma as Quinn, Miles Elliot as Yuri, and Milo Manheim as Wally Clark.

School Spirits was created by Nate Trinrud & Megan Trinrud, who are co-showrunners and executive producers on the series. Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars, Bridgerton) will return to season four as a consultant. List also serves as an executive producer on the series. 

Sci-fi fans should recognize Alex Zahara from his versatility across more than 150 television and film projects over the years, ranging from Jeremiah to Stargate SG-1 to Supernatural to Fringe and everything in between. More recently, he appeared in the film Final Destination: Bloodlines and plays the role of Principal Hartman in the supernatural series School Spirits.

Recently Zahara was kind enough to appear on SciFi Vision’s livestream spotlight series to speak not only about his role on School Spirits and the end of the season, but also about his prolific acting career and what’s next for him.

While crafting Hartman, the actor pulled from both the script as well as real-life school principals he had, as opposed to other principals on the screen. “I'm basing him on the script, what I believe his needs and wants and goals are, plus a little amalgamation of real people that I know,” the actor told SciFi Vision, likening it to a cocktail. “As actors, we're sponges. We absorb everything from everywhere.”

Zahara connected early on to the material and thought the concept was appealing because of his own beliefs in the supernatural. “I believe in ghosts; I believe in spirits, and that's why it's been a pleasure working on this, because I do think there's stuff out there,” explained the actor. In fact, he even offered up a real experience he had as a child, a visitation he believed was from his great aunt, and he knows he’s not the only one. “I'm not alone. There are a lot of people who have had ghostly, or I would say energetic encounters, and that's for real…There's no denying that there's something beyond our mortal coil, for sure.”

Set in the American South, the film Vampires of the Velvet Lounge follows Countess Elizabeth Báthory (Mena Suvari) and her coven of vampires, including Joan (India Eisley) who operate of a hidden absinthe bar where they lure in unsuspecting lonely victims they meet through dating apps and drain them to maintain their youth. When they target the wrong matches and cross paths with an undercover vampire hunter and a group of unsuspecting male targets who disrupt the plan, the coven’s routine begins to unravel, leading to a chaotic night of escalating violence, fangs, and green-winged fairies inside the bar.

Suvari and Eisley spoke with SciFi Vision about what drew them to Vampires of the Velvet Lounge and why the script felt different from typical horror material, working with blood effects, and more. Vampires of the Velvet Lounge is now in theaters.

In DRAGN, Tom Wilson (James Paxton) takes his family to Serbia to fill in for his boss at what he expects to be a routine team-building retreat in the remote forest, but after meeting with the head of the company, Petros (Alex Lane), things quickly go from bad to much worse when he and a group of colleagues from different branches of the company end up being hunted by a rogue AI-driven drone.

Recently, stars Paxton and Lane, who also produced the film and wrote the script, spoke with SciFi Vision to break down the movie, including their characters, stunts, practical effects, AI themes, and more.

DRAGN is now in theaters and available on demand.