Fans of ABC’s V will be pulling up to the TV set tonight, as the first season comes to an end it what looks to be an epic season finale. All season long, we’ve gotten the chance to chat with stars of the show such as Scott Wolf, Laura Vandervoort, Logan Huffman, and Joel Gretsch.

Now, we bring you one of the baddies of the show, in fact: the baddest: Morena Baccarin, who plays Anna. Morena is no stranger to science fiction, as she got her first big break working on Joss Whedon’s Firefly as Malcom Reynolds’ (Nathan Fillion) love interest, Inara.

After the jump, check out our interview with Morena where she gives away a few cool things you might see in tonight’s episode, as well as her interest in working with Joss once again on The Avengers.

Of course, be sure to catch the season finale of V tonight at 10/9C on ABC.

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Fans of NBC’s Chuck and ABC’s V it’s time to break out the champagne (or celebratory beverage of your choice). Why? Because both of these shows ave been renewed by their respective networks.

That’s right, both Chuck and V will be getting thirteen new episodes next season which will actually be season four for Chuck and season two for V. As a big fan of both shows I, for one, am thrilled with the news. I’ve been with Chuck since the beginning and was worried about the perpetual “on the bubble” show most of this season, just like last season when renewal was in question right up to the end.

That was the case with V as well, which took a very long hiatus after a short run and then came back to finish its season, which concludes next week. Fortunately, after a somewhat slow start, ratings for V have improved significantly, especially last week’s episode, while those for Chuck have remained steady but have not been spectacular.

Fortunately, Chuck has seemingly done well enough to get another go and now we know we get to enjoy both shows again next season. Great news indeed. Sadly, things are not so good for another freshmen show Flash Forward, which has seen its ratings steadily decline and has gone through a host of creative changes. The network has decided to pull the plug and it will not be coming back next year.

As most of us know, ABC’s V made its triumphant return after LOST last week to a pretty warm welcome. The show averaged about 7.2 Million viewers last week, which is one of the best ratings that the slot has gotten in quite some time.

With that in mind, ABC is upping their marketing ten-fold. We brought you an interview with one of the stars of the show, Laura Vandervoort, yesterday, and she gave us the scoop on some of the great things we can look forward to seeing this season.

Today, we’ve got another cool treat for you, as ABC sent us an exclusive, un-aired promo for tonight’s episode, entitled “Pound of Flesh.” You can see in the promo that they’re taking an interesting turn with Morena Baccarin’s character in sexualizing her quite a bit.

Check out the clip after the jump, and be sure to catch an all new V on ABC tonight at 10pm ET, right after LOST: The Final Season.

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ABC has quite a lot going on this season, between the final season of LOST, and the very first season of V, it’s a pretty big time for hour-long science fiction. We recently got the chance to sit down with one of the stars from V, Laura Vandervoort, to talk about her character Lisa. Prior to V, Laura was best known for also playing Kara, a.k.a. Supergirl, on a season of Smallville, which we also discussed.

The Flickcast: What can we expect to see for the rest of this season on V?

Laura Vandervoort: Oh boy! Quite a bit of action and drama because a lot of the main characters that haven’t interacted before are going to, and that’s going to add a lot of plot points and conflict.

There will be explosions, the Fifth Column is going to be creating some havoc, the romance between my character and Tyler (Logan Huffman) thickens, there’s a pregnancy, a death, so much! I think the audience is going to be shocked every time they watch.

TFC: Were you a fan of the original series when you came onto this project? How much did you know about it?

LV: I’m actually embarrassed to say that I didn’t know about V when I was first introduced to the project. I was quickly told, and I looked it up, and found it’s huge cult following from the 80s. So I went out and bought the miniseries, watched it since, and I really enjoyed it.

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With the pilot episode of V airing last week, things have been picking up with the show as of late. We got a chance to talk to star Scott Wolf last week about the show, and now we’ve recently got our hands on the first episode of the Official V Podcast, and it’s given us even more juicy info on the show.

Hosted by Scott Wolf, the maiden voyage of the video podcast gives us an inside peak at the special effects of the show, a few words from the show’s creators, interviews with the stars, a first look at tonight’s episode, and even a chance for you to ask one of the actors a question next time. Check out the first full video podcast after the jump, courtesy of ABC.

And don’t forget to catch the second episode of V on ABC tonight, 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).

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It’s getting colder and darker every day (at least in my part of the world), so it’s certainly time to curl up on the couch with some apple cider and some great TV, or at least that’s what I’ll be doing! While November brings us very few new TV shows, this month’s edition of Cortney’s TV Digest will let you know everything that’s going on with your favorite shows, no matter if they just premiered or have been with us for awhile.

V

A reimagining of the 80′s classic TV mini-series, V tells the tale of aliens who have landed on Earth in peace, but secretly have sinister motives. Starring Morena Baccarin, Morris Chestnut, Joel Gretsch, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Scott Wolf, V premiered November 3rd to big ratings and will run for four weeks.

It will then go on hiatus, returning in March 2010 to finish the season.

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Scott Wolf is an actor that’s bounced around on televised Drama for over a decade now. He’s been on some major shows like Party of Five, Everwood, and The Nine. He’s now taking his acting chops over to the new ABC series V, which starts up tonight.

Recently, we got the chance to chat with Wolf about the show, his character, journalist Chad Decker, the spoilers that people may know from seeing the original 80′s miniseries, and how a show like V will stack up against LOST (which happens to feature Wolf’s former on-screen brother Matthew Fox).

Check out our exclusive interview with Wolf after the jump. Also, be sure to take a look at some of the exclusive clips we have from tonight’s pilot, and catch the first episode of V on ABC tonight, November 3rd at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).

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It’s been two and a half decades since the original miniseries first hit TV, but now V is finally making a comeback next week on ABC, and we’ve got two new clips to give you a taste of what the show has to offer.

For those who didn’t see the original, the plot is about the arrival of a seemingly peaceful alien race on Earth, who say they have only good intentions. Slowly, however, its reveled that those intentions could mean bad things for the inhabitants of our planet. No word on how the plot will change from the original, but you could expect it to grow it’s own legs, much like Sci-Fi’s Battlestar Galactica.

In first clip, one of the cooler effects takes place. It’s the first communication between the alien race and the humans using a gigantic screen in the sky. Firefly’s Morena Baccarin plays Anna, the alien ambassador, and does a nice job of portraying a creepy calm.

In the second clip, Baccarin is joined by Scott Wolf, playing TV journalis Chad Decker in the first interview between alien Anna and the human race. Things get dicey when she asks not to be portrayed in a bad light.

Check out these clips after the jump, as well as the first 8 minutes of the pilot on ABC.com. Be sure to catch V on ABC, Tuesday, November 3, at 8pm/7pm Central.

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