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by Rick Norwood
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Jericho is still cancelled -- despite almost 6000 pounds of nuts sent by fans to CBS. CBS has promised to
do "something" for fans. My guess -- a final wrap up on the series DVD or else a made-for-DVD movie.
The season finale of Heroes clinches its place as the best SF on TV in the 2006-2007 season. Heroes will
be back for a second season.
June is the month in which Stargate SG-1 ends its unprecedented ten year run (yes, Dr. Who fans,
only unprecedented for a continuously running American SF TV series). The Stargate franchise still has a long way
to go to catch up with the Star Trek franchise in total number of episodes, but Stargate may be
the wave of the future. I just returned from a trip to China, and the Chinese have heard of Stargate, but
nobody I spoke to had ever heard of Star Trek, and neither the Star Trek TV series nor any of
the Star Trek movies were on sale there on DVD. (The complete first season DVD of Heroes was
on sale.) William Shatner's oft quoted "Get a life," may have killed Star Trek forever. If the new movie
is either never made or flops, that is probably it for the Star Trek (not counting a nostalgic move to be
made in 2027 with an animatronic Kirk and Spock).
And that strange series, The 4400, is back with new episodes. Harder to kill than a roadrunner.
On TV in June
And look for new Stargate SG-1 direct to DVD, "The Arc of Truth" and "Continuum," on sale before Christmas.
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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 Dresden Files has not been cancelled, as fans of the series were quick to let me know. It has not been
renewed, at this writing, but there is still hope. We should know soon, one way or the other.
Friday, June 1
 
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