CW has a new show in the pipeline based on DC Comics’ Green Arrow. The new show, called Arrow, will star Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen and air on Wednesday evenings at 8PM EST. This will pair Arrow with Supernatural, which airs at 9PM. No word on a premiere date just yet.

Here is a basic run down of the plot:

After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he’s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow – a vigilante – to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be – flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle – while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel’s father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

Source: MTV Splash Page

The new Care Bears series “Welcome to Care-A-Lot”, which will premiere June 2nd, is a bit over two weeks away and the Hub and American Greetings are busy advertising. A huge Care Bears billboard sporting the words “Care Bear Stare” can now be seen in Los Angeles, in the same location that many popular My Little Pony billboard have been posted.

In addition to this a number of videos introducing various Care Bears are now online on the American Greetings web site. Check out videos to introduce Cheer Bear, Funshine Bear, Grumpy Bear, Harmony Bear, Share Bear, Tenderheart Bear and Wonderheart Bear.

So who’s your favourite bear to date? Grumpy Bear seems promising, with his carry all which seems something like Batman’s utility belt. It should be noted that Funshine Bear is male in this show. Though female in the original Care Bears cartoon, Funshine Bear’s sex has changed in later series.

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Welcome to the Powet Top 5, where we explore the top (and bottom) 5 items we think are relevant to any of a variety of topics that span the imagination. Sit back, read, and respond

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It looks like ShoutFactory will be brining the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to DVD at long last. Four offerings appear to be in the pipeline:
MMPR: Season 1 Volume 1
3 DVD set
First 30 episodes
MSRP: US$19.93
Available August 21, 2012
Available for pre-order now on Amazon (see link below)

MMPR: Season 1 Volume 2
3 DVD set
Second 30 episodes
MSRP: US$19.93

Full Season 1 Set
6 DVD set
Available through Time Life TV campaign and online
Available starting July 30, 2012

The Power Rangers: Season One – Seven
40 DVD set
Contains all 145 eps from MMPR Season 1-3
Contains 10 episode series MMPR: Alien Rangers
Contains all 183 episodes of Seasons 4-7 including:

• Power Rangers Zeo
• Power Rangers Turbo
• Power Rangers In Space
• Power Rangers Lost Galaxy

Bonus material will include but is not limited to:

• Retrospective featurette
• Interviews with cast and team

Available starting July 30, 2012

Full press release after the jump

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Tron: Uprising is coming to Disney XD in June of this year.

Commercials for the Hub’s new series Care Bears: Welcome to Care-A-Lot have been running on the network for a few weeks now. The trailer, seen below, and some of the promotional images that we’ve gotten from the Hub give us a good idea of how the show will look. On top of the Care Bear cast of the show is a human girl character who is not named, as well as a new Care Bear who has no “belly-badge” at some moments. According to information from Parade Magazine, this new character is named Wonderheart Bear.

The show is set to begin airing in a month with the premiere episode playing on Saturday June 2nd at 8am. Well have more information on this show as we learn it. For now, what do you think of the trailer? Does the show look like it will be worth watching?

Keep reading for more promotional art and screenshots from the trailer.

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In a recent interview with the Smithsonian Magazine Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, has revealed that the “Springfield” the show takes place in was actually based on Springfield Oregon! Fans have been trying to determine the location of Springfield for many years, as the show has given many, often contradictory, clues to the city’s actual location.

No doubt this will do nothing to settle the age old argument. The show’s city may have been loosely inspired by a city in Oregon, not far from Matt Groening’s home town of Portland, but the town of Springfield is a place all to itself.

Springfield, Oregon is a tiny town, home to only about 60,000 people at last count. Is that even equivalent to the number of guest stars to appear in the show over the past 23 years?

Thanks to Nik Choeychan who’s picture of the Springfield, Oregon sign I stole from his MySpace page. Could Nik be the inspiration for Bart Simpson? No. Not at all…

Last week we brought news of a new Care Bears series, Welcome to Care-a-Lot. Now we’ve got a first look at what the show will look like. We learned previously that the show would be CGI animated which is confirmed by these images. From the group shot we get an idea of the cast of the show, included are from left to right, Harmony Bear, Funshine Bear, Grumpy Bear, Share Bear, Tenderheart Bear and Cheer Bear. From other promotional material it looks like perhaps Share Bear and Cheer Bear may be more prominently featured than other characters.

These photos were found at the AG Properties site as well as this forum thread. We’ll of course be bringing you more information about this show as we get it.

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