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by Rick Norwood
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We do know that a new Babylon 5 DVD will be out in 2007, with two new episodes written by J. Michael
Straczinski. As commercials shown in the margins of the screen during programs become more and more annoying,
the direct to DVD series is the wave of the future. And so the world divides into two classes instead of three, an upper
class with all the money which never watches commercials, and a lower class who watch all the commercials but have no money.
Stargate SG-1 is ending, but Stargate Atlantis will continue. Battlestar Galactica will
be back for a fourth season, and Heroes for a second. Lost, as it becomes more clearly science fiction,
also becomes less popular. According to TV Guide, most Lost fans wanted a theological rather than a
pseudo-rational explanation for the island. Whether Smallville will be renewed is anybody's guess. It is
unlikely that any of the other new SF or borderline SF shows will be back. Expect a series based
on the SciFi miniseries The Lost Room.
On TV in January
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
The best SF on TV in 2007 will probably be a series we haven't seen yet. Will it be The Dresden Files, which debuts
this month on SciFi? Good writers from Star Trek make that at least a possibility.
A third season of the new Doctor Who -- old doctor, new companion -- has already started in the UK, along with a
spin off, Torchwood, which I have not seen, but which reportedly has all of the flaws (monster of the week) and none
of the virtues (nostalgia, cheek) of the revived Doctor. In the works, The Sarah Jane Adventures. My prediction:
it will sink like a stone.
Thursday, January 11
 
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