From The Hub (Lansing State Journal, Lansing, MI):
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...0309/1055/news
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Published July 29, 2005
It's a sci-fi invasion this fall on TV
Networks jump on bandwagon after success of both 'Lost' and the genre's shows on cable TV
By Mike Hughes
Lansing State Journal
For generations, science fiction and fantasy were confined to TV's toy chest.
There were a few classic shows that kept the buffs buzzing. Other sci-fi shows were rare and brief ... until now.
**major snippage**
Growing genre
There's more, if you count scare shows. CBS has "Ghost Whisperer" and WB has "Supernatural." That's six new shows - none of them on the networks (UPN and Fox) that used to have sci-fi to themselves.
Then there's cable. This summer, the Sci-Fi Channel fills Fridays with new episodes of two "Stargate" series and the impressive "Battlestar Galactica" remake. Its sister channel, the USA Network, has the terrific new "The 4400" on Sundays. And at 10 p.m. Sundays, two ESP shows - USA's "The Dead Zone," Lifetime's "Missing" - collide.
In addition, TV and cable movies this fall will offer fantasy versions of tornadoes, earthquakes, vampire bats and the Bermuda Triangle, plus Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island."
** general snippage **
Copyright 2005
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Morjana
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...0309/1055/news
(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
Published July 29, 2005
It's a sci-fi invasion this fall on TV
Networks jump on bandwagon after success of both 'Lost' and the genre's shows on cable TV
By Mike Hughes
Lansing State Journal
For generations, science fiction and fantasy were confined to TV's toy chest.
There were a few classic shows that kept the buffs buzzing. Other sci-fi shows were rare and brief ... until now.
**major snippage**
Growing genre
There's more, if you count scare shows. CBS has "Ghost Whisperer" and WB has "Supernatural." That's six new shows - none of them on the networks (UPN and Fox) that used to have sci-fi to themselves.
Then there's cable. This summer, the Sci-Fi Channel fills Fridays with new episodes of two "Stargate" series and the impressive "Battlestar Galactica" remake. Its sister channel, the USA Network, has the terrific new "The 4400" on Sundays. And at 10 p.m. Sundays, two ESP shows - USA's "The Dead Zone," Lifetime's "Missing" - collide.
In addition, TV and cable movies this fall will offer fantasy versions of tornadoes, earthquakes, vampire bats and the Bermuda Triangle, plus Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island."
** general snippage **
Copyright 2005
|*|(*)|*|(*)|*|
Morjana
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