At first glance, American Grit looks like a typical competition show with a military twist – there’s a series of challenges, a million dollars in prize money, and plenty of interpersonal drama along the way.  But American Grit takes its military inspiration seriously, which leads to some pretty great TV.  

“We didn’t want to be like other shows where you have civilians in uniforms pretending to be soldiers,” said Executive Producer Jon Kroll in his exclusive interview with SciFi Vision. “We felt that would be disrespectful. We are military-themed but we don’t have drill sergeants screaming and people in uniforms.”

Instead, American Grit features four genuine U.S. military heroes (a Navy SEAL, an Army Ranger, a Marine gunnery sergeant and an Army sniper) guiding their teams of incredibly athletic civilians through physical challenges that emphasize military values – leadership, teamwork, and endurance.

Tonight 12 Monkeys returns to Syfy with all-new episodes. In preparation, stars Aaron Stanford (James Cole), Amanda Schull (Cassandra Railly), and Emily Hampshire (Jennifer Goines), along with Executive Producer Terry Matalas, recently talked to the press about season two.

This season a lot changes as the focus shifts from being just about the virus, to also about protecting time. Matalas talked to SciFi Vision about the bold move to shift the focus.

“It was always the plan since season one. It’s the reason we introduced the Army of the 12 Monkeys, the way they are, and have their connection to time travel, their ambitions to use the machine, the witness seems to know the future, and there’s this thing, the Red Forest, and the house made of cedar and pine.

Next week the popular time travel series 12 Monkeys returns to Syfy. At the end of last season, Cassandra Railly (Amanda Schull) was sent by James Cole (Aaron Stanford) into the time machine, where she splintered into 2043. Things, however, were not as Cole left it, as Deacon of the West VII, played by Todd Stashwick, had joined with The Messengers, and they had fought their way into and taken over the temporal facility.

This season, Deacon's role at the facility takes a turn.

Stashwick recently sat down with Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision for an exclusive interview to talk about his work on season two of 12 Monkeys.

SCIFI VISION: I've watched the first eight episodes, and I have to say, I absolutely love this season.

TODD STASHWICK: We're proud of it. The funny thing is I'm a stupid science fiction comic book nerd and to be a part of a show that I would watch, even if I wasn't on it, is something of a 'pinch me' situation.

Last week the popular competition series American Idol came to an end after fifteen seasons. After the final vote, the winner was chosen: Trent Harmon. The singer recently sat down with the media to talk about his time on Idol and his future.

Harmon talked to SciFi Vision about what kind of album he sees himself making. “I sing blue-eyed soul. I talked it over with Mr. Scott, and he said Justin Timberlake is thinking about making a country album. So, define country in 2016. I think it could be whatever you want it to be, so we’re going to try to make an album that country supporters would pick up. Country supporters, they go to shows; they go to festivals; they buy CDs; they download stuff. If you can make it in country, you can have a career.”

Last week the phenomena of American Idol came to a close on FOX. The top three were cut down to two, as Dalton Rapattoni took third, and La'Porsha Renae and Trent Harmon went on to battle for the title. After the final vote, Renae took second. The two runners-up recently talked to the media about their journeys.

This season, as they brought back a lot of contestants from the previous years of Idol, the contestants did not get to sing with a lot of icons outside of the show. The two singers first talked to SciFi Vision about who they would have liked to have sung with on stage if they had the chance.

According to Rapattoni, “I would’ve loved to do a song with Childish Gambino. That would’ve been dope.”

Renae had a hard time choosing. “I really don’t know because it would probably be someone from back in the day, one of those soulful singers.” She did, however, say that she would have liked to have sung with Carrie Underwood out of the past American Idol contestants.

Last week, Syfy premiered its new series, Wynonna Earp, based on the comic series by Beau Smith. The show follows bad-ass demon-fighting Wynonna Earp (Melanie Scrofano), as she tries to stop the Revenants, who are resurrected criminals previously killed by her ancestor Wyatt. She is helped by her sister Waverly (Dominique Provost-Chalkley), her new boss Agent Dolls (Shamier Anderson), and Wyatt's immortal best friend Doc Holliday (Tim Rozon).

Comic creator Smith, showrunner Emily Andras, along with stars Scrofano, Provost-Chalkley, and Rozon, recently talked to the media about the new series.

First, the showrunner and comic creator talked about adapting Wynonna Earp to a television series.

According to Smith, “This marks 20 years that Wynonna Earp’s been a publication, and when we knew that this was actually going to be a television series, my decision was, this is great, put me in contact with as much stuff as possible, and what I'll do with the new series is make this a hybrid of the television series and what people traditionally have with the comic book series.

Empire returns this week right where it left off last December - Camilla is back, Lucious is off the board, and Rhonda lies unconscious at the bottom of that big staircase. In anticipation of the spring premiere, showrunner Ilene Chaiken took some time to tease journalists about what we can expect in the back half of the season.

“The eight episodes that begin on March 30^th are much more about the family,” she explained, and that means “far fewer” guest stars.  “The guest stars that are in those episodes are there to serve the stories and are driven by the stories. Every single person that appears on the show is on the show because we’re telling a story.”

On the other hand, fewer guests mean more screen time for Lucious! And while Chaiken maintains that she doesn’t have a favorite character, she admitted that “the story that I’m most excited about in the latter half of this season or the character whom I’ve most enjoyed is Lucious.

Set in the future, Colony focuses on a family living in an occupied Los Angeles, where for those who don't collaborate, there is harsh punishment. When the father, Will (Josh Holloway), is offered a job working for the occupational government, he reluctantly accepts it, believing it may help them find their son, who they were separated from during the initial invasion. However, his wife, Katie (Sarah Wayne Callies), has been secretly working for the Resistance.

Everything culminates in the season finale, in which the Los Angeles bloc is placed on lockdown after the Resistance takes one of the hosts of the occupation hostage.

Holloway, who is probably best known for his role as Sawyer on Lost, recently talked to Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision in an exclusive interview about his work
on the series and what may be in store for season two.

Actor Eddie McClintock is most known for his role as Pete Lattimer on Syfy's Warehouse 13. However, recently, he's also appeared on such television series as Castle and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tonight McClintock appears on CBS in an all-new episode of Supergirl.

The actor recently talked to Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision in an exclusive interview about working on Supergirl, his upcoming role on Shooter, and his film A Fish Story, which now available to purchase.

On Tuesday, March 22nd, Stitchers returns for it's second season on Freeform, the new name for ABC Family. The series follows a secret government program where they "stitch," someone into the memories of the recently deceased. Having had devastating consequences in the past, they recruit grad student Kirsten Clark, who has temporal dysplasia, which means she doesn't perceive the passage of time and doesn't process emotions, which makes her the perfect candidate. When Kirsten is stitched, she is able to use the memories of the dead to help solve mysteries and murders.

Other members of the team include neuroscientist Cameron Goodkin (Kyle Harris), who guides the stitches, communications technician Linus Ahluwalia (Ritesh Rajan), Kirsten's friend Camille Engelson (Allison Scagliotti), who also works for the program, and head of the department, Maggie Baptiste (Salli Richardson-Whitfield).

At the end of season one, Cameron had stopped his heart so that Kirsten could stitch into his memories to learn the identity of Detective Fisher (Damon Dayoub)'s shooter. On the season premiere on Tuesday, after Kirsten successfully brings Cameron back, she has the unexpected side effect of her temporal dysplasia being gone, and her emotions come flooding back.

Stars Ishta and Harris talked to Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision earlier in the week for an exclusive interview about what's coming up in season two.