UPDATE!!
The 10-episode first season of "Ash Vs. Evil Dead" does not launch until Saturday, but Starz has just ordered a second season.
The second season will comprise at least 10 half-hour episodes and will likely air about this time next year.
ORIGINAL POST:
Seven things to know about Starz’ new 10-episode series:
1) “Ash Vs. Evil Dead” is better than the “Evil Dead” movies.
2) “Ash Vs. Evil Dead” is a most worthy successor to Sam Raimi’s “Army of Darkness.”
3) “Ash Vs. Evil Dead” is the best half-hour series on television.
4) “Ash Vs. Evil Dead” is hilarious, and evocative of writer-director Sam Raimi’s most entertaining work.
5) “Ash Vs. Evil Dead” takes full advantage of the fact that Starz, its pay-cable home, permits TV-MA things that big-screen movies cannot.
6) “Ash Vs. Evil Dead” features in its first four minutes one-handed Ash Williams having heroic doggie-style public-bathroom sex with an easily deceived stranger.
7) What the clip above doesn’t show you is -- even though Ash’s sex partner takes on a hideous demon face – he’s no quitter.
It premieres Halloween. Come get some.
