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by Rick Norwood
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On the plus side, we have a remake of V, which according to the buzz is better than we have any
right to expect from a remake of a lame old tv series.
Smallville continues to get worse, as does Fringe. Heroes and
FlashForward have their ups and downs. I've given up on everything else.
Here's what's on tv in November (shows in the last half of the month may be delayed until December
or later, Legend of the Seeker plays on different dates in different markets):
SF on TV in November 2009
Even a Hugo winning science fiction writer like Robert Sawyer (FlashForward)
is delighted to have a chance to write for television, and reach a really large
audience. And yet, most television is bad. Really bad. So, how do writers get
lucky and break into television?
Scott Peters created The 4400 and has now crafted the remake of
V. He's a Canadian. He has also written for
Highlander and The Outer Limits.
Ian Goldberg wrote for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
before writing an episode of FlashForward with Lisa Zwerling.
Lisa Zwerling is a doctor who got her start writing for shows such as ER.
Jeffrey Vlaming has written for Xena: Warrior Princess,
The X-Files, and Battlestar Galactica.
Why do we not know these names?
In December, look for the return of Dollhouse and new Doctor Who.
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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. |
No new Dollhouse in November. The show has gone on hiatus until December while Joss and the gang
try to figure out how to make morally reprehensible characters appealing to a mass audience. Dr. Horrible was
morally reprehensible and won the Hugo, but did not reach more than a paltry few million people.
Monday, November 2
 
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