Saturday Newsies

In the Houston area? Join SWAMP and Discovery Green for a special FREE screening of Once More, With Feeling on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 7:30pm. The event will take place under the stars on a giant outdoor screen in the park and will include a special appearance by Amber Benson.

Michelle Trachtenberg's new NBC show Mercy will be starting production months ahead of schedule and airing Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 8 pm (instead of Mid-Season, as originally planned.) Don't worry Gossip Girl fans, no scheduling conflict is foreseen at the moment, so her limited run reprising the role of Georgina Sparks shouldn't be affected.

James Marsters will be playing Buzz Aldrin in the docu-drama Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, about the journey to the Moon and back - airing this Monday, July 20th at 9 pm on the History Channel. (They have a nice preview clip over at that link, as well.) James did an interview with the New Zealand Herald about the project.

The premier episode of Ace of Cakes will feature a Firefly/Serenity cake. Yum and Shiny! It airs tomorrow night, July 19th at 10 pm on Food. 

Only one week left to San Diego Comic Con! Dark Horse has their booth signing schedule up here. Also added to the event schedule is a Whedonopolis hosted Buffy sing-along! See below for the deets.

Sunday, July 26 4:00-5:00 Buffy the Musical— Let's end this show with a bang! The powers that be behind Fandom Charities Inc. and Whedonopolis.com present a screening of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More With Feeling" as Comic-Con 2009's big closing event! Many say this is the finest, funniest, most ingenious episode ever to come out of the Buffy-verse. But remember, the best part of the show is up to you! This episode was made for talkin'—back, that is—and singing and shouting and dancing in the aisles, with or without your dry cleaning! Audience participation: it isn't just for Rocky Horror and mob riots anymore. For more details on the screening visit www.whedonopolis.com, then show up for music, singing, surprises and dancing crazy! Ballroom 20