Eureka Returns to Syfy Tonight
July 10th, 2009
The third season of quirky drama Eureka continues tonight at 9:00PM ET on Syfy (the new and improved SCI FI Channel). The third season began almost a year ago before taking a break in September of 2008. Tonight’s installment is the first of eleven new episodes that will run through September 11th.
SCI FI Channel Now SyFy
July 8th, 2009
The actual transformation took place yesterday. SCI FI Channel, launched in September of 1992, is now officially known simply as Syfy. The name change didn’t seem to impact the channel’s latest original scripted series, Warehouse 13. The two-hour premiere drew 3.5 million viewers, making it the night’s most-watched cable program, according to TVbytheNumbers.com.
What are your thoughts on the new Syfy? Hit the comments.
The Twilight Zone Marathon on SCI FI
July 3rd, 2009
SCI FI Channel is currently in the midst of its annual Fourth of July marathon featuring The Twilight Zone. In what I believe is a change from previous years, the marathon began yesterday (July 2nd) at 8:00AM Eastern with episodes from the 1985 version, and those will continue until 5:00PM Eastern this evening when the classic 1959 version takes over. The marathon ends at 6:00AM Eastern on Sunday, July 5th.
Be sure to check your local listings and enjoy hours and hours of wonderful television. And remember that SCI FI Channel becomes Syfy on Tuesday, July 7th, so this is the last marathon of The Twilight Zone under the current name. Sad. My personal favorite episode, “The Midnight Sun” (starring the late Lois Nettleton) airs tomorrow (July 4th) at 3:00PM Eastern. I’ll probably watch a few hours of the marathon but unlike SCI FI’s New Year’s Eve Day/New Year’s Day marathon, I won’t be watching for two days straight.
Alan Dean Foster Writing Novel Set After Star Trek (2009)
July 2nd, 2009
TrekMovie.com reports that Alan Dean Foster, who wrote the novelization to Star Trek (2009), will be penning an original novel set after the events in the movie, tentatively titled Star Trek: Refugees, that will presumably not have anything to do with the movie sequel to Star Trek (2009).
Farscape To Be Re-Released on DVD; Series Issued
July 1st, 2009
SCI FI Channel’s Farscape, which ran from 1999 to 2003, will be re-released on DVD this November by A&E Home Entertainment in conjunction with the Jim Henson Company. The series has been released on DVD twice before, in complete season sets and individual volumes/collections. But they are all out of print and can be expensive and/or time consuming to purchase secondhand.
Now, however, you’ll be able to buy all four seasons individually or the complete series in a special megaset. Read the official press release at TVShowsOnDVD.com.
Another Day, Another SCI FI Channel Remake
July 1st, 2009
Variety.com is reporting that SCI FI Channel (soon to become Sy Fy Channel) is working on a new version of the 1988 movie Alien Nation, which spawned a television series that ran on FOX for one season from 1989-1990. Both the movie and the television series involved a race of aliens attempting to integrate into Los Angeles society and the racism directed towards them.
Tim Minear (Dollhouse, Angel, Wonderfalls, Drive) is writing the script for what may or may not begin as a miniseries much like SCI FI’s Battlestar Galactica.
At the moment, Star Trek (2009) is the highest-grossing movie in North America, having made an estimated $243,699,000 through Friday, June 26th according to Box Office Mojo. It reached this milestone near the end of May. But sadly it can’t last.
Up, which opened on May 29th, has made an estimated $241,123,000 as of Friday, June 26th and stands a good chance of toppling Star Trek (2009). But another summer blockbuster, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, will likely soon easily beat both. It has made an incredible $125,946,000 in just three days.
While its a little sad for this Star Trek fan to see the movie dethroned as the highest-grossing movie of 2009, when that finally happens it won’t diminish at all the incredible accomplishment that was Star Trek (2009). Love it or hate it, there’s no denying it made an awful lot of money and thus, in a financial sense, was a staggering success.
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Trailer Released
June 21st, 2009
Just when you thought you were done with those Cylons and their plan, the Los Angeles Times goes and posts this exclusive trailer for SCI FI Channel’s last chance to milk its franchise made-for-TV movie called Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, set to premiere in November:
Producer Talks Terminator: TSCC Season Three
June 14th, 2009
James Middleton, executive producer of the cancelled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has spoken with SCI FI Wire about how the series would have dealt with the events of the second season finale had it continued for a third season. If you haven’t seen the last episode of the series and don’t want to be spoiled, you probably shouldn’t keep reading.
Futurama Returning With New Episodes
June 9th, 2009
Variety reports that 26 new episodes of Futurama will be produced by 20th Century Fox TV and aired on Comedy Central in mid-2010. Recall that the animated sitcom originally ran on FOX from 1999 to 2003 and released four direct-to-DVD movies between 2007 and 2009. Three of those movies were edited into individual episodes and aired on Comedy Central; the fourth will presumably air later this year.
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