HYGOTS Special: The DS9 Writers #4 – Peter Allan Fields
May 21st, 2009
In ‘How I Got These Scars’ #30, I wrote about the ten ‘Deep Space Nine’ writers who comprised the backbone and vision for the Star Trek series that is widely considered, if not the most popular, to be the best of the five live action TV projects. In this special series, I’m going to explore the individual contributions of those writers, which continues with one of the undeservedly least heralded contributors, Peter Allan Fields.
Ghost Whisperer – 4×23 – “The Book of Changes”
May 20th, 2009
Ghost Whisperer
“The Book of Changes”
Originally Broadcast Friday, May 15th, 2009
I apologize for the lateness of this review. It has nothing to do with how I felt about the episode; I just didn’t get around to writing it. Anyway, this was the fourth season finale of Ghost Whisperer. And it was a pretty good finale. I don’t think it’s fair to judge this one episode on the basis of the season as a whole. Maybe in a few weeks I’ll write about what worked and what didn’t during this past season. Right now, though, I’m going to discuss “The Book of Changes.”
Comics On Sale – May 20th, 2009
May 20th, 2009
It’s new comic book day! Dozens of new books will be hitting the racks today. Head over to Previews to see the list of new comics and then hit the comments to share which books are on your pull list this week.
CBS’s 2009-2010 Schedule: What It Means For You
May 20th, 2009
CBS has revealed its schedule for the 2009-2010 television season. What does it mean for you, the sci-fi/fantasy fan? Almost nothing. Ghost Whisperer was the crime procedural network’s only relevant show and it remains on the schedule, airing Fridays at 8:00 p.m. What may be news is that CBS is adding the cancelled (and Ghost Whisperer-compatible) NBC series, Medium, to its lineup. Medium will run on Fridays at 9:00 p.m., sandwiched between Ghost Whisperer and the returning Numb3rs.
HYGOTS Special: The DS9 Writers #3 – Robert Hewitt Wolfe
May 20th, 2009
In ‘How I Got These Scars’ #30, I wrote about the ten ‘Deep Space Nine’ writers who comprised the backbone and vision for the Star Trek series that is widely considered, if not the most popular, to be the best of the five live action TV projects. In this special series, I’m going to explore the individual contributions of those writers, which continues with Ira Steven Behr’s closest collaborator, at least through the first five seasons, Robert Hewitt Wolfe.
ABC’s 2009-2010 Schedule: What It Means For You
May 19th, 2009
ABC’s 2009-2010 television schedule has been announced. Lost returns in 2010 for its final season. New shows of possible interest include Eastwick, Flash Forward and V. Eastwick is another attempt to turn “The Witches of Eastwick” into a television series, where “three very different women find themselves drawn together by a mysterious man who unleashes unique powers in each of them.” If at first you don’t succeed, right? Eastwick airs on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m.
In Flash Forward, everyone on the planet, regardless of age, briefly blacks out and sees a glimpse of his/her future. How people deal with that knowledge, and whether they can change what they’ve seen is the focus of the show. While it sounds like a compatible match for Lost, Flash Forward is scheduled for Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m.
In another case of “haven’t we done this before,” ABC is rebooting the 1983 mini-seris (and subsequent television series), V, “about the world’s first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.” V doesn’t appear on the released fall schedule, meaning it’s destined to be a mid-season replacement.
Shows which didn’t survive the cut include Life on Mars and Pushing Daisies.
NBC’s 2009-2010 Schedule: What It Means For You
May 19th, 2009
NBC has officially announced their programming schedule for the 2009-2010 television season. They’re hyping their decision to give Jay Leno the 10 p.m. slot five days a week, the 2010 Winter Olympics and “shared time periods” as allowing them to go essentially rerun-free year-round. Chuck has been added to the previously-announced set of renewed shows, and it will share a time slot with Heroes. How will that work? We’ll get new Heroes episodes this fall in a straight run until the Winter Olympics. Following the Olympics, Chuck will run in Heroes‘ slot (8-9 p.m., Mondays). One new show of possible interest to the sci-fi crowd is Day One, a suspiciously Jericho-sounding show about a community trying to survive the aftermath of a “global event that devastates the world’s infrastructure.” Day One debuts in March in the post-Chuck 9-10 p.m., Monday time slot.
Disappearing from NBC’s schedule completely (a.k.a. cancelled) are Kings, Knight Rider and Medium.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Cancelled
May 18th, 2009
By now I expect most people have heard the official news that FOX’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is officially, completely, totally and 100% cancelled. FOX announced its 2009-2010 schedule today and the show wasn’t on it. If that wasn’t enough to convince the more hardcore fans, executive producer Josh Friedman has posted a farewell letter to fans at FOX’s website for the show. An excerpt:
And what an audience we found: passionate, intelligent, kind of nuts in a good way. My only complaint about the T:SCC fans is that there aren’t ten million of them. But I prefer to be happy for the ones we had instead of lamenting the ones we didn’t.
[...]
Thanks to a brave and talented cast, a feature crew working on a TV schedule, and everyone else who I could list but won’t because they know who they are. Mostly I’d like to thank those of you who’ve supported us and fought for us and given up hours of your life to watch our show. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s about. The watching.
Finally, the futon critic has some quotes from FOX entertainment chief Kevin Reilly about the cancellation:
“‘Terminator’ has completed its run,” FOX entertainment chief Kevin Reilly told reporters in a conference call this morning. “And I think it had a nice little run. It was a good show. It was not [a question of keeping either 'Dollhouse' or 'Terminator']. We did see it tailing off a bit. It had a nice creative core, but ultimately we made the bet on ‘Dollhouse’ for the night. We had some other shows we thought would make a better profile for the night. So that’s it for ‘Terminator.’”
Judging from the response we’ve had here at Lower Decks there are going to be a lot of unhappy people. Our poll asking if Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles should get a third season drew 111 responses (a record!) and 95 of them said yes. Unfortunately for them, it just wasn’t meant to be.
Comics I Like – May 18th, 2009
May 18th, 2009
In last week’s edition of Rich Johnston’s Lying in the Gutters comic gossip column at Comic Book Resources, included was a tidbit revealing that Marvel will be adding “back up” stories to some of its titles. They’re being written and drawing at this very moment. Or at least they were when the column was published. I am not a fan of back up stories. In my experience, they’ve never been worth reading let alone paying extra for the privilege. But is it better than nothing?
HYGOTS Special: The DS9 Writers #2 – Ira Steven Behr
May 18th, 2009
In ‘How I Got These Scars’ #30, I wrote about the ten ‘Deep Space Nine’ writers who comprised the backbone and vision for the Star Trek series that is widely considered, if not the most popular, to be the best of the five live action TV projects. In this special series, I’m going to explore the individual contributions of those writers, which continues now with the architect, the godfather, whatever you want to call him, but the man most responsible for just about everything, Ira Steven Behr.
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