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by Rick Norwood
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Three years ago, in 2005, the networks offered six new fantasy/science fiction
series. Only Supernatural, the least sfnal of them all, was a
success, though The 4400 developed a cult following. The
major networks have pretty much avoided sf and fantasy ever since.
The most successful new genre shows in the last three years have been Heroes
and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, both returning this
month. Long-running Smallville also returns for an eighth
season. Lost and Battlestar Galactica won't be back until 2009,
and we also have to wait until 2009 to see Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. In
Stargate news, Stargate Atlantis will not have a sixth season,
but will return in a telefilm, and Stargate Universe will debut next year,
with the same plot as Lost in Space and Voyager.
Both Doctor Who and the anagramatical Torchwood will
return with new seasons, but your guess is as good as mine when they will make
it to US tv. The Doctor Who episode "Blink" by Stephan Moffat won the best short drama Hugo.
The only new genre show in the Fall season is J.J. Abrams' Fringe.
SF on TV in September
That's more television than any sane person would watch. My picks are Fringe,
Smallville, Heroes, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Battlestar Galactica will air ten webisodes in October, and the final ten shows
in 2009, including a rumored three-hour finale, to be followed by a telefilm. Lost will
also return in 2009 with 17 episodes in its antepenultimate season.
And don't miss Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog by Joss Whedon and friends, on the web.
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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. |
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