We have the latest publicity shot from Disney Pictures for the upcoming syndicated fantasy series “Legend of the Seeker,” which is being produced by Sam Raimi and based on Terry Goodkind’s “Wizard’s First Rule and The Sword of Truth.” [Pictured in the ABC Photo are: Craig Horner as Richard Cypher and Bridget Regan... 

While we don’t know who will shuffle off this mortal coil on the second season of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” series star Thomas Dekker told the New York Daily News that when he heard, the news “shocked” him. The actor first heard about the development following series producer John Wirth’s panel at... 

How To Build A Better Being is a new documentary from the National Geographic Channel (NGC) which examines unexpected genetic truths behind Spore, the upcoming highly anticipated simulation game from EA and Will Wright. “What are the things that evolution has at its disposal to define a creature, to mix and match the parts, and eventually come up... 

In December 2006 on our Slice of SciFi show #86 we reported that the HBO pay cable channel would develop a live-action series based on the Garth Ennis graphic novels titled “Preacher.” After nearly two years in pre-production it now looks as if HBO is backing down from its proposed presentation of the series. In an interview with Comic... 

Step into the mysterious world of “Pushing Daisies” through the eyes of an omniscient voice. A new season is coming to life Wednesday, October 1 at 8/7C. Purchase “Pushing Daisies” on DVD. Purchase “Pushing Daisies” on Blu-ray. Get to know the man behind the visions and get ready for an all new season of “Eli... 

In less than two weeks, one of the most anticipated new dramas of the season kicks off with FOX’s debut of J.J. Abrams “Fringe.”  “Fringe” focuses on strange mysteries, on-going plot arcs and characters complicated relationships.  The pilot is also said to start on an airplane having mechanical issues.  That may sound... 

The good news for “Torchwood” fans is the series three has begun filming in Cardiff.  The popular “Doctor Who” spin-off series began shooting its third season this week.  As previously reported, the third series will be a single-storyline, five-part shortened season for the hit spin-off.  The five episodes are set to air as... 

With only four episodes left until the summer season of “Eureka” comes to a close, producer Jaime Paglia says that fans can look forward to even more twists, turns and surprises to come. He also said these four episodes will set up the second half of the season, which will air sometime next year on SCI FI. Upcoming episodes will deal with... 

Michelle Rodriguez, the actress who starred as Ana-Lucia, one of the plane survivors on ABC’s hit series “Lost,” and was killed off by Michael, like her killer, will be returning to the island in season five. Rodriquez played a cop in the series, but in real life she has had her share of run-ins with the real men and women in blue... 

When it returns to the airwaves on October 1, ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” will have been off the air for ten months.   A combination of factors from the writer’s strike to the overruns in filming caused the ABC series to air only nine episodes last year before it shut down production on the first season. The season was a relative... 

The SCI FI Channel has been able to get the U.K. pay TV rights to the first two seasons of “Eli Stone,” the ABC American dramedy starring Jonny Lee Miller with recurrent appearances by English singing icon George Michael. The SCI FI deal was negotiated by Mark Lawrence, NBC Universal Global Network’s director of global acquisitions,... 

Many of the new SF and genre-related shows will get worldwide attention at this years New York Television Festival. Some of the more prominent programs will get the majority of attention, shows like J.J. Abrams’ highly anticipated Fox SF thriller “Fringe,” and the ABC remake of the popular British series “Life On Mars.” While... 

As one Stargate closes, another appears to be opening. According to the Hollywood Reporter, SciFi will give a green light to a third “Stargate” series, “Stargate: Universe.” “Universe” will premiere as a two-hour movie early next year and will assume a regular hourly slot in the summer. Brad Wright and Robert Cooper,... 

“Stargate: Atlantis” will come to a close at the end of its fifth season. The spin-off to the hit series “Stargate SG1″ was not picked up for a sixth season by the SCI FI Channel, but will live on in a two-hour movie that will air some time in 2008 on SCI FI. The film is intended to be the first of several movies that will either... 

Contrary to all his denials since the release of the February 2008 2-hr TV movie reboot of “Knight Rider,” starring Justin Bruening (”All My Children”), David Hasselhoff, star of the original 1980’s version of the show, is reportedly in final negotiations to return to the new series as Michael Knight. This could be the... 

While it may not be the entire (available) 26-season run of the original “Doctor Who,” i-Tunes users can now download a selection of classic “Doctor Who” serials. Priced at $1.99 per episode, the selection covers most of the first six Doctors and offers an interesting selection of titles currently on DVD and some that have yet... 

MGM Domestic Television Distribution, the franchise holder of all the “Stargate” programming is ready to continue making a splash on the small screen by bringing the U.K.-based online graphic Howard Webster novel “The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore” to television as a weekly series. The studio has had great success on TV in the past... 

The WB is coming back, not to your television set, but to your computer screen. On August 27, 2008, Warner Bros. brings back its WB Network in a big way online with full episodes of classic SF and genre-related shows like “Babylon 5,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” Roswell,” “Smallville” and…..wait for it... 

NBC has teamed with Ford Motor Co. and Yates Racing, which operates two motor-sports teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, on a promotion for the network’s upcoming series “Knight Rider,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Race car driver Travis Kvapil will drive the specially painted No. 28 “Knight Rider” Ford for... 

Christina Applegate, star of the sitcom “Samantha Who?,” happily reported that she is now cancer free. The 36-year old actress was diagnosed with breast cancer last year after a mammogram and follow-up biopsy revealed the disease. Applegate has been routinely getting mammograms since age 30 because of the high genetic risk for the disease... 

Tony and Emmy award winning actor, director Laurence Fishburne is returning to television after a very long absence. It’s been nearly 20 years since he made it to the small screen as a regular character ((played Cowboy Curtis on the 1980s kids show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse”), and he will return with an already established hit show... 

Warner Bros. is breathing life into the 1960s popular child program “The Banana Splits,” Daily Variety reports. The franchise will see new shorts and videos airing on Cartoon Network and its Web site. Future DVD and CD releases are also planned as part of the show’s multiplatform update, the trade says.  Read More →

On Eureka: Tuesday, August 19 at 9/8C. For episode “I Do Over,” a celebrity archeologist arrives with the tomb of an Egyptian queen, with the requisite curse. Wonder if the dead stay dead in Eureka. Plus: “Best in Faux” is online now. On Ghost Hunters International: Wednesday, August 20 at 9/8C. “Dracula’s Castle”... 

Watch August 15 on SCI FI Channel in real-time to get the secret code and unlock the Gate:  Read More →

Last season, NBC introduced viewers to Dan Vasser, a newspaper reporter who was mysteriously travelling through time, in the series “Journeyman.”   While many readers and listeners of Slice of SciFi became passionate fans for the show, the show didn’t catch on with the larger viewing public and was cancelled after 13 episodes. And... 

For the third year in the row, the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form has gone to “Doctor Who” writer Stephen Moffatt. Moffatt took the award for last year’s Doctor-light episode “Blink,” featuring the weeping angels who killed victims by sending them back in time to live our their lives. The winner for the... 

Earlier this week we broke the news that Sky One had acquired the TV rights to show Ron Moore and David Eick’s new BSG spinoff “Caprica.” Now the Sat Network has upped the ante by grabbing a hold of J.J. Abrams’ new Fox drama series “Fringe” direct from Warner Bros. International TV Distribution. Sky One is serious... 

Reuniting for the first time since they appeared together in “Kill Bill,” David Carradine and Darryl Hannah are starring in Spike TV’s two-part original miniseries, Kung Fu Killer. The miniseries premieres Sunday, August 17 and Monday, August 18 (10:00 PM – Midnight ET/PT) on Spike in HD. Set in late 1920s in China, before Communist... 

It’s official. “Battlestar Galactica” will live on when the series finishes it’s run early next year. Well, at least for two more hours. SciFi confirmed yesterday that the long-discussed two-hour “Battlestar Galactica” movie has been picked up and will air sometime after the series finale. The movie will be simliar... 

Sky One has acquired exclusive rights to air the new “Battlestar Galactica” prequel from Ron Moore and David Eick titled “Caprica” for the channel’s new fall schedule in the United Kingdom. “Caprica” will star Esai Morales (”NYPD Blue,” “Jericho”), Paula Malcolmson (”Lost,” “Deadwood”) and... 

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