By Karen Moul

Now in its 85th year, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is as much a holiday tradition as turkey, stuffing, and green bean casserole. More than 3.5 million people are expected to line the parade route and 50 million more will watch on TV.

The parade's signature element is the gigantic helium balloons that tower over the streets of New York City. Each year, more than a million people flock to the Upper West Side the night before the parade to see the balloons inflated. This afternoon SciFi Vision joined in the fun with a special behind-the-scenes tour.

By Karen Moul

Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, V) is back on TV this month with a new holiday movie – ABC Family’s Desperately Seeking Santa. The film premieres this Sunday, November 27, at 8/7c.

Vandervoort plays Laura Walker, a shopping mall marketing executive who has more than a little in common with Ebenezer Scrooge. Gunning for a promotion, she dreams up a new plan to bring in customers: a search for the hottest Santa in town. Will a hunky Kris Kringle melt her cold heart?

"It’s a great family film," Vandervoort says, "but it’s also a very romantic, sweet story between these two very different people. She is the Scrooge of the film and she’s very focused on making it up the corporate ladder and she doesn’t realize what’s right in front of her, which is true love and family, which she doesn’t have."

By Jamie Ruby

Sendhil Ramamurthy is probably best known for his role of Dr. Mohinder Suresh on NBC's Heroes. More recently he also starred in the Funny or Die short by Christopher Farah, "Egypt's Facebook Revolution" as well as the Indian release Shor in the City.

Ramamurthy currently stars as Jai Wilcox in USA Network's Covert Affairs, which is currently in its second season. The actors talked to the digital media about his role.

By Jamie Ruby

Last Christmas Syfy brought us two Christmas specials. This year three scripted shows will be airing special episodes in December for the holiday season, during the Countdown to Christmas week. The three standalone episodes will air December 6th, starting at 8pm.

A member of the casts of each of the series, including Colin Ferguson (Sheriff Jack Carter on Eureka), Emily Rose (Audrey Parker on Haven), and Eddie McClintock (Pete Lattimer on Warehouse 13), attended the Syfy Digital Press Tour in Orland, Florida last month. The three talked to the press about the special episodes.

By Jamie Ruby

Chris Fedak is the creator and executive producer of the popular action-comedy series Chuck on NBC. The series follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) as a computer nerd turned spy, when a database of government secrets and deadly fighting skills that was meant for someone else is downloaded into his head. Chuck is assisted by Colonel John Casey (Adam Baldwin) and CIA agent (and now wife) Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski).

This season everything has been turned on its head as the team no longer work for the CIA, but rather their own private security company Carmichael Industries. The "Intersect" has also now been downloaded into Chuck's best friend, Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez), so Chuck must learn to work with his own set of skills.

Fedak recently discussed the new season of Chuck with the digital media.

By Jamie Ruby

Grimm is NBC's new drama that is inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales. The show follows Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli), who discovers he is a descendent of the "Grimms," who work to keep balance between humans and the mythological creatures that live among us that only they can see.

Burkhardt soon discovers Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell), a reformed Blutbad, who ends up helping him with his cases.

Mitchell recently talked to the press about the new fantasy drama.

By Alyssa Grillo and Jamie Ruby

Jason Lee is probably best known for his role as Earl Hickey in the comedy series My Name is Earl. He more recently landed the leading role in the series Memphis Beat on TNT. Lee will also be reprising his role in the upcoming film Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, due out next month.

Lee recently appeared on the NBC comedy Up All Night. He talked to the digital media to discuss this new project.

By Karen Moul

One of the bright spots on NBC’s fall lineup is Grimm, a supernatural police drama based on the classic Grimm’s fairy tales. The series is drawing steady-but-not-huge numbers, averaging more than 5 million viewers each week. Not bad for Fridays at 9 pm, a tough slot for a new genre series where it has to compete against cult favorites Supernatural and Fringe.

Grimm stars David Giuntoli as Nick Burkhardt, a Portland cop who learns he’s descended from a long line of mythological crime fighters tasked with keeping marauding fairy tale villains in check. Nick’s partner, Hank Griffin (Lincoln Heights’ Russell Hornsby) is in the dark for now, but how long will Nick’s secret remain hidden?

By Karen Moul

I take back much of what I said last week. In “Bloodletting” I thought we were seeing another side of Shane, a side that was loyal and responsible and almost likeable. This week, I’m pretty sure that is the last time anyone will use those words to describe Shane.

But I don’t mind being wrong when we get an ending this delicious. The final scene was so shockingly great, most viewers didn’t even notice that almost nothing happened during the entire rest of the episode. Those last five minutes cemented Shane’s position as the most compelling character on the show. Yes, his actions were horrifying, but they raised a number of fascinating questions about morality and survival and to what extent the two are compatible.

Rick is the show’s moral center and always does the honorable thing; he’s constantly risking his life for others. He went back into Atlanta after Merle, he ran off after Sophia, and he gives away guns to everyone he meets. There’s no way he would do the things that Shane has done, even if it meant he would survive.

But while Rick sees the world as black and white, Shane is operating in a very grey area.

By Jamie Ruby

Rage of the Yeti, which premieres tonight on Syfy, follows a team of treasure hunters into the Arctic, where they are attacked and must battle ferocious snow beasts and survive.

The film stars David Chokachi (Baywatch) and Yancy Butler (Kick-Ass) and is directed by Syfy's own David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis).

The three sat down recently with the media to discuss the film and what fans can expect.