Friday night used to be pretty much a wasteland when it came to TV shows. People go out on Friday nights so networks used to dump their least interesting shows, or ones they didn’t care much about, at the end of the work week.

Now, with pretty much everyone having a DVR and the networks needing to compete with cable and online, Friday’s TV fare has greatly improved. Case in point are two shows we’re big fans of: Grimm and Hannibal.

Both are new tonight, now that the Olympics are over, and we’ve got previews for both of them for you. We won’t get too much into details about what happens in the new episodes, but you can definitely expect some surprises and a lot of action.

Grimm airs at 9/8C followed by Hannibal at 10/9C on NBC. Check out the previews after the break.

With the holidays over it’s time to get back to business. In the case of Grimm, it’s the business of taking out evil monsters, demons, and much, much more.

Lucky for us, Grimm is back this week with an all-new episode. And of course, we’ve got a preview of said episode for you.

Check out the preview after the break. Look for Grimm tonight at 9/8C on NBC.

That’s right, it’s Friday. Fortunately, as bad as the week can sometimes get, we can always look forward to this day showing up to help us end the week correctly and get ready for the weekend.

One way Friday helps do that is by providing us with brand new episodes of some of our favorite shows: Grimm and Dracula. And to get you ready for tonights new episodes, we’ve got previews. Duh, of course we do.

First off with Grimm, it’s a bit of domestic bliss as Monroe and Rosalee learn to live together. But all isn’t roses as Nick must do battle against an evil mermaid Wesen. Yep, mermaid.

Then on Dracula, an old friend drops by to cause complications for Greyson. And, of course, Dracula is up to his old tricks again too. We’ve also got a preview for this weeks’s Saturday Night Live with musical guest/host Lady Gaga.

Check out all the previews after the break and look for all the action to start tonight at 9/8C with Grimm.

Nick is at the doctor’s office doing the typical TV doctor’s office visit test – running on a treadmill with all kinds of wires on him. No matter how fast he runs, his heartbeat and blood pressure do not change. The doctor figures there is just an issue with the equipment.

Monroe and Rosalee are out to eat, and Monroe awkwardly asks Rosalee to move in with him. They profess their love for each other, and she accepts. The chef sends over some beef and truffle tarts to the table, but Rosalee eats them both, as Monroe is apparently now a vegetarian. A couple comes over to say hi to Monroe for no apparent reason.

As in all TV shows, nothing ever happens “for no reason.” Two people have died under gruesome circumstances. They climbed up into a tree and their stomachs exploded. At least one of them was a Blutbad. Nick and Hank find out that the two “victims” ate at the same restaurant.

Hank and Nick talk to the chef at the restaurant who assures them he has no health violations. Nick notices that the chef and his whole cook staff are Bauerschwein, basically pig people.

Nick is running crazily through the woods as Monroe and Hank are trying to track him. He sees a family coming home and chases after them. He breaks into the house and corners the father of the family. Hank and Monroe get there just in time to lure Nick out of the house.

Nick chases them into a barn, and they are able to trap him inside. Captain Renard, Rosalee, and Juliette arrive as the father shows up with a gun. They manage to get the man back into his house, and head into the barn to help Nick. Captain Renard and Monroe woge, and eventually Rosalee is able to inject Nick with the antidote. They take Nick away before the cops arrive.

When they get Nick back to the spice shop, they give him a second dose of the antidote. Nick is flailing around, so they handcuff him to the bed. Nick eventually wakes up, but does remember anything after fighting the Baron in the shipyard.

Captain Renard receives a text from his informant saying that the job has been done. Renard checks the news online to see that his brother was killed in a car explosion in Vienna. Renard’s informant is on a train headed on vacation as instructed. Something tells me Eric is not really dead, but I guess time will tell.

It’s week two for the brand new season of Grimm and the first ever season of Dracula, and things are off to a great start. This week features new episodes of both shows and, of course, we’ve got previews.

First up is Grimm where Nick has to deal with his hopefully soon to be post-zombie self. How will it go? Well, he may be getting better but you can bet he’s not out of the woods yet.

Then, on Dracula, Van Helsing and the titular blood sucker contemplate an alliance to combat their common enemy. Will this truce last long enough to do what needs to be done? It doesn’t seem likely.

All the action starts tonight at 9/8C with Grimm, followed by Dracula at 10/9C on NBC. Check out the previews and such after the break.

Captain Renard has followed his brother Eric to the shipping container warehouse, and found that Eric is taking something away in a coffin. Meanwhile, Rosalee, Monroe, and Juliette are trapped on top of a stack of shipping containers trying to fend off zombies.

Captain Renard is being attacked by a pair of zombies, but woges up and takes them out. Juliette has called Hank to let him know they are in trouble and Nick is missing. Hank tries to call Nick, but Captain Renard answers. The police arrive and contain the zombies, and Captain Renard and Hank leave with Rosalee, Monroe, and Juliette.

The Baron tells an unconscious Nick that he is being sent to his new castle. Hank has alerted the local cops to that there is unauthorized flight activity from the local airport. Two cops are sent to check it out, but The Baron paralyzes them both with his green goo.

Hank, Captain Renard, Rosalee, Juliette, and Monroe arrive at the airport just as the plane is taking off. Renard says that they are probably taking Nick to Austria, where his family will have control of him.

It’s Friday and you know what that means? Yeah, it means the weekend starts tonight. But this Friday it also means the return of one of our favorite shows, Grimm, and the premiere of another show that could be interesting if done right: Dracula.

And yes, to commemorate the return of Grimm, we’ve got some previews for tonight’s episode and the upcoming season. We’ve also got previews of Dracula, which features that English bloke Jonathan Rhys Meyers. We liked him in The Tudors. You may have seen that. If not, no worries, just watch him in Dracula instead.

Anyway, the fun starts tonight at 9/8C with Grimm followed by Dracula at 10/9C. Both shows are on NBC.

Check out the previews, and more, after the break.

This week on The Flickcast, Chris and Joe are back from a week off and jump right in again discussing all things geek. That, of course, means movies, TV, comics and even a little tech thrown in, just for fun.

This week’s episode includes lots of topics, but especially concerns the new Fall TV season, and geek-centric shows in particular. Some of these include the brand new Joss Whedon/Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Blacklist, Sleepy Hollow, Arrow, Seth MacFarlane’s controversial sitcom Dads and a whole lot more. Plus, even more fun stuff.

Picks this week include Joe’s pick of the new album by singer/songwriter, and former Marillion frontman, Fish and Chris’ pick of the Dropcam HD device.

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques, offers of sponsorship or whatever, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter, at Facebook, Google+ or via email.

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Now that Comic-Con is all about movies, comics, games, pop culture and tv, all the major networks show up to promote their series. Our friends at NBC are no exception.

They had several shows at the Con including returning series Revolution and Grimm as well as new series The Blacklist, Dracula and Believe. Of course, they recorded all the panels and of course, they sent them to us so we could share them with you.

So, following are promos and panels from these shows, and more. Some of the highlights include more about the mysterious Red Reddington, a stellar mashup of Sergeant Wu’s snarky one-liners from Grimm, a first look at season two of Revolution.

All of this, and more coming to NBC this Fall. Check out all the stuff after the break.