Submitted by: Nina Photo from Gateworld.net Ben Browder, star of the longest running scifi program on American television (Stargate SG-1), is ready and willing to do a follow-up to Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. "Oh, I'd be more than happy to play John Crichton again," Browder said in a recent interview for the SciFi Channel. "I [...]
Aquaman Is Found
January 9, 2006 By 1 Comment
According to Variety, the WB's long search for an actor to portray superhero Aquaman is over. The network has decided on relative newcomer and teen heart-throb Will Toale (Uptown Girls, Tempting Adam) to put on the wet suit. After a worldwide search that included auditions from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia, Toale, a [...]
No Solace For NBC As 'Daniel' Disappoints
January 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Source: Yahoo Entertainment News Written By: Cynthia Littleton NBC's limited-run series "The Book of Daniel" earned its share of advance scrutiny for its portrayals of contemporary men and women of the cloth, but that didn't translate to a large turnout for the drama's premiere Friday.
From Cove to Cave
January 6, 2006 By 1 Comment
Submitted by: Kyle Nin Blue Lagoon alum Christopher Atkins is co-starring with STAR TREK's own Colm Meaney in an upcoming original SciFi Channel movie entitled Caved In: Prehistoric Terror. I hold out some hope for this TV film for one reason, Colm Meaney. The small-screen flick will also feature David Paliffy of Stargate SG-1 and [...]
Shanks Feels at Home on Stargate SG-1
January 4, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Source: Zap2It Written By: Kate O'Hare Submitted by: Kyle Nin Actors on successful, long-running shows sometimes worry about being typecast, while actors not on successful, long-running shows sometimes wish they had the luxury of worrying about being typecast. Michael Shanks, who plays spacefaring archaeologist and linguist Dr. Daniel Jackson on Sci Fi Channel's Stargate SG-1, [...]
Excitement Mounts
January 4, 2006 By 1 Comment
Written by: Uncle Sam We scifi fans are hardly able to contain ourselves as the tension and excitement mounts with just days to go before the next new installments of SciFi Friday begins on cable's SciFi Channel. That's right kids, this Friday, January 6, 2006 all new episodes of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and the [...]
IGN 2005 Sci-Fi Awards
January 2, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Source: IGN SciFi Brain Submitted by: Nina The end of 2005 has come, and IGN celebrated the arrival of 2006 with their Best Sci-Fi Of 2005 awards. Did your favorite TV show or movie win? BEST NEW SCI-FI TV SHOW WINNER: Invasion and Surface (tie) We started out with three contenders, but when Threshold goes [...]
BSG Makes 'Times' #1 TV Show For 2005
December 31, 2005 By 2 Comments
Submitted by: Cougar The fabulous SciFi Channel remake of the 1980's classic Battlestar Galactica, starring Edward James Olmos has been picked by Time Magazine as the best television program of 2005. For the fans of the dark and gritty series this comes as no surprise, but it certainly caught everyone else off-guard. Why has this [...]
Star Trek Is 'Most Missed' Series In the UK
December 28, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Source: BBC Sci-fi series Star Trek is the show most people want to see returned to their TV screens, a survey has found. Originally broadcast in the US in 1966, it topped a poll of more than 1,000 viewers commissioned by UK interactive TV firm Home Media Networks. Fantasy action series Buffy the Vampire Slayer [...]
Tennant Has Good Opening As Doctor Who
December 26, 2005 By 2 Comments
Source: BBC EastEnders beat out Doctor Who on Christmas Day as the most watched program on the BBC EastEnders attracted approximately 11 million viewers while Doctor Who's Christmas show introducing David Tennant as the new Doctor was a strong second with 9.8 million viewers. The network was very happy with Tennant's draw and are confident [...]
Russians Make A TV Date With The Devil
December 26, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Source: Yahoo Reuters News Written By: Meg Clothier Decapitation by tram, Christ on the cross and true love in a Moscow basement. Mikhail Bulgakov's much-loved and much-quoted novel "The Master and Margarita" has Russians mesmerised in front of their television sets with its mix of deadpan comedy, soaring fantasy, and troubling questions about politics, religion [...]
The BBC Celebrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
December 25, 2005 By 1 Comment
Source: BBC The BBC Television Four Network set off a whole series of a season's worth of documentaries, films and dramas celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle and his creations, including the renowned detective Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger. The season long programming began on Christmas Eve with 'The Lost World' Part 1 with Bob Hoskins starring [...]
Tennant "here to stay" as the Doctor
December 23, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Source: Digital Spy Written By: Neil Wilkes New Time Lord David Tennant has insisted he won't be following in the footsteps of Christopher Eccleston and quitting after one series. The Casanova star, who takes the TARDIS for a spin for the first time on Christmas Day, told tonight's Jonathan Ross Show: "It's a bit of [...]
SciFi Channel and iTunes Break New Ground
December 23, 2005 By 1 Comment
Source: Zap2It Submitted by: Sevens With all of the networks rushing to make programming available for iPod viewing, Sci Fi Channel and iTunes are stripping down barriers and breaking new ground. On December 22nd it made available to iTunes subscribers "Sci Fi Inside: Battlestar Galactica," its half-hour special which will serve as a lead-in for [...]
Alias May Get Resuscitated
December 22, 2005 By 1 Comment
Submitted by: Kyle Nin TV Guide says that J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, believes it still has life in some form after the end of the Season Five series finale episode. Executive producer Jeff Pinkner hinted that they may not be done looking at the different directions they could take the franchise. "There are [...]
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