Hey guys, Eric here for an actual brand new episode of Channel Surfing - Not one recorded two and a half weeks ago!

Laura Prudom from the Huffington Post joins me again as guest co-host, as we play some major catch up with the not-at-all-new news that Clark Gregg is starring as Agent Phil Coulson in S.H.I.E.L.D. – though we have actual recent news too, with Ming-Na Wen joining him in the ABC pilot!

Then there’s the bizarre situation with Up All Night, as NBC retools the series into a multi-camera sitcom. Plus, Dan Harmon’s new animated series gets the greenlight at Adult Swim, while G4 pulls the plug on Attack of the Show and X-Play.

We then discuss Arrow getting a full season order and our spoilery discussion on the show’s first three episodes, from 26:15-32:10 – followed by a “Watch Nikita!” rant and news about Seth Green on How I Met Your Mother, the lead being cast in Shawn Ryan’s Beverly Hills Cop, a potential Twilight TV series (sigh…) and Frank Darabont getting a greenlight for his new TNT LA Noir series. Plus, what the hell happened to DC Nation?

Reader email brings us an Arrow-related question about secret identities, followed by a spoilery Fringe chat (for what’s aired so far) from 57:30-1:02:00 and a Legend of Korra Emmy query.

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Channel Surfing Podcast, Episode 184

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Rovio continues to make full use of the Star Wars brand to promote its upcoming mash-up Angry Birds Star Wars. Following the initial "That's No Moon!" teaser trailer the Finnish mobile game maker has released two more teasers that re-use footage from the original Star Wars trilogy in... interesting ways:

These teasers are still lacking any kind of detail on how Angry Birds Star Wars actually plays. Hopefully we'll have an opportunity to see the game itself in motion before it launches. Angry Birds Star Wars is due out for PC, Mac, iOS, Android and Windows Phone on November 8.

Justin is Editor of IGN Wireless. You can follow him on Twitter at @ErrorJustin and on IGN.

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Apple showed off their brand new 7.9" tablet, the iPad Mini, today at a media event in San Jose.

The long-rumored tablet featured an iPod Touch-esque body with full aluminum back in both slate and raw aluminum - the same as found on iPhone 5s.

The iPad Mini also features a Lightning dock connector, which allows the device to be as thin as it is - only 7.2 millimeters thick. Or as Apple said, "It's as thin as a pencil." The iPad Mini boasts both front and rear-cameras.

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It's as thin as a pencil.

The iPad Mini has the same A5 processor and screen resolution as the iPad 2, which means it can use all the same tablet apps as the full-sized iPad.

It doesn't, however, have a Retina Display. While some of these specs are worse than those found in the competition (like the Kindle Fire HD), Apple has by far the most robust App Store. Whether that will make the iPad Mini a success is yet to be seen.

Preorders start on October 26th and Apple will begin shipping the iPad Mini on November 2nd. The iPad mini starts at $329 for a 16GB option and can be configured up to 64GBs with LTE. If rumors are correct, there will be an abundance in circulation - word on the street is Apple produced 10 million.

So what do you think? Let us know in the comments.

Nic is the Editor of IGN Tech. He loves technology almost as much as the SF Giants, Velveeta Sheels, and P.O.S.'s new album. You can follow him on Twitter @nicvargus and IGN.

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