New Magic on TV

Two things..

One - John Scott Shepherd (Life or Something Like It) is developing a new series titled 'Illusions' for , I understand, Spike TV. It's about an illusionist and his former FBI sister who go on a search for the killer of the illusionists wife. Rumour has it that Penn & Teller have signed on as consultants for the series, which should be interesting.. I'll let you know more when I hear it...

Two - ABC has signed up for two more thirty minute segments of T.H.E.M., due out sometime this winter. I think THEM was probably my favorite hour of magic on TV last year. They tried to 'wow' the audience with magic and not stunts.

As a side note.. I will mention that I enjoyed the Criss Angel Halloween special. No stunts, just magic.. I really wish Criss would stick to the magic and leave the hindu tricks to someone else.. With Johnny Thompson and Banachek assisting him, he could come up with some really good effects for his series if he wanted to go that route..