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by Rick Norwood
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The only new science fiction series -- and like most recent SF on TV it is a pretty mundane SF series,
set on Earth in the present day -- is Bionic Woman.
Returning series include Heroes, Season Two; Smallville, Season Seven;
and Stargate Atlantis, Season Four.
The 4400, Season Four, winds up in September. Dr. Who, Season Three, and Eureka,
Season Two, end in early October. Whether The 4400 and Eureka will return is anybody's
guess -- they are not on the Fall schedule but could return as mid-season replacements or summer series. Dr. Who
will be back, but I must confess I'm losing interest. The Season Four premiere will have the Tardis crash into
the Titanic. How lame can you get? Remember Time Tunnel? Remember Time Bandits? It's been done.
Flash Gordon is so bad that I'm no longer listing it.
And if you get BBC America, you can watch the Dr. Who spinoff Torchwood, which
is pretty much on all the time starting September 8.
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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. |
September is a busy month for television watchers. There is a lot to see. Whether any of it is worth seeing remains
to be seen. Best bet: Heroes.
Sunday, September 2
 
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