Eric Dane stars in “The Last Ship”

In ship shape: In an industry known for its big-time spectacle, there's one moviemaker who cinema-goers know is never going to disappoint.

Director and producer Michael Bay's been the man behind some of Hollywood's biggest hits, including "Transformers" (2007), "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and "Pain & Gain" (2013). With a resume as impressive as his, it's kind of a big deal when he attaches his name to a television project.

"The Last Ship" is coming to TNT on Sunday, June 22. The Bay-produced drama, loosely based on the 1988 novel by William Brinkley, is already attracting the kind of buzz that tends to follow whenever someone of Bay's caliber attaches his name to a TV project.

Set aboard a United States naval destroyer after a global pandemic has wiped out most of the planet's population, the 10-episode series is set to tell the story of the crew who may be Earth's only chance to see humanity's continued survival.

And Bay isn't the only big-timer on board with this post-apocalyptic drama. Some of the actors who have come aboard include: "Grey's Anatomy's" Eric Dane ("Marley & Me", 2008), "Chuck's" Adam Baldwin ("Independence Day," 1996), "The Practice's" Rhona Mitra ("Underworld: Rise of the Lycans," 2009) and "All My Children's" Charles Parnell ("The Education of Charlie Banks," 2007).

The original novel was a Cold War thriller, set after a nuclear exchange between the competing superpowers; this television adaptation is taking out the nukes and bringing in a much more topical out-of-control pandemic. That feeling of isolation, though -- being among the last surviving humans, stranded on a ship at sea and unable to make landfall -- is all too real. Keep an eye on TNT for "The Last Ship" starting June 22.

Not well 'liked': What happens when you're more interested in how much attention you can attract online than in what people actually think about you?

It's a relevant question in our world of likes, pokes and tweets, and it's also prime material for a comedy as ABC continues to develop its latest half-hour comedy pilot entitled "Selfie." It has been busy rounding up talent for the project from "Suburgatory" creator Emily Kapnek, and it has signed up some familiar talent for the promising project.

Karen Gillan's been cast in the lead as a woman in her mid-20's who's more concerned with how many "likes" she can rack up online than in whether people actually like her. After a video of her goes viral for all the wrong reasons, though, she decides that it's time to polish up her image.

Gillan will no doubt be best known to American audiences for her role as Amy Pond in the science fiction hit "Doctor Who." She's on the brink of getting even more exposure, too: she'll be part of the ensemble cast in the upcoming Marvel superhero film "Guardians of the Galaxy," which is set for release this summer.

Co-starring with Gillan in the male lead is the up-and-coming John Cho. Cho's been a fixture of TV and movies for years, with roles in "American Beauty" (1999), "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004) and "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" (2008). In the past few years, his star has really started to take off with big roles in NBC's "Go On" and, perhaps most famously, as the iconic Sulu in the rebooted Star Trek movie franchise.

Ain't no mountain high enough: Over the years, the Discovery Channel's traveled to some of the most extreme locales on earth. Everest has been visited countless times by countless people, but there's one thing that's never been done before: it's never been jumped off of.

Some time in May (the exact date hasn't been set since the weather will be a major factor), renowned mountain climber Joby Ogwyn will try to make history when be becomes the first person to leap off the world's highest peak. Sound crazy? It sure does, but he'll be wearing a special wing suit so that he can (hopefully) safely glide down to a safe landing spot.

"Everest Jump Live" will be broadcast as it happens on Discovery, and it has scooped up some pros to help the people watching at home make sense of this historic event. As host of this very special two-hour television event, NBC News' Willie Geist will be giving a play-by-play, a role he performed last summer when Nik Wallenda performed a historic tightrope walk over the Grand Canyon.

Also on hand during that suspenseful event was The Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore, and he'll be returning for the Everest jump, too. A true expert on all things weather, his expertise will be valuable in helping viewers at home understand just what exactly the extreme weather conditions at the world's highest peak are like -- and how they could affect the jump.