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by Rick Norwood
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The big news in February is the premiere of the sixth and final season of Lost. It was
reported that President Obama moved his State of the Union Address so as not to conflict with that
much awaited event, which takes place February second.
Dollhouse came to a satisfactory end, with a sequel to the untelevised episode from the first
season DVD, set in the future. I enjoyed the series a lot, and will buy the season two Blu-Ray when it comes
out, but they were right to end it. It works better as a limited series. The concept of a high-tech cat house
is not designed for network television.
Caprica is back, on the SyFy Channel, with seven episodes, of which two were released on DVD last year.
Heroes is the show I enjoyed the most in January. The carnival story line has brought new life to
the series. If you gave up on it last season, I strongly recommend you give it a try. All the episodes are
available as downloads.
Legend of the Seeker actually made a top 20 list, number 20 in a list of most often downloaded
shows. The list was populated by many sf and fantasy shows that have few broadcast viewers.
SF on TV in February 2010
FlashForward and V return in March. SyFy is developing new episodes
of Riverworld and The Phantom. Smallville has been renewed
for a tenth season and Supernatural for a sixth season. A fifth season for Heroes
is still iffy, even though the fourth season finale will be a cliffhanger. Gene Roddenberry's The Questor
Tapes will probably return to tv in 2011. Good. Now maybe we'll get a Questor Tapes DVD,
and if they threw in DVDs of the other Roddenberry pilots, Genesis II and its sequels and Specter,
I could replace my VHS copies. The next Star Trek movie is set for 2012.
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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. |
J.J. Abrams is hoping to revive interest in Fringe the way he did for Lost,
by announcing a limited run of about five years. I do not think what worked for Lost will
work for Fringe. If Fringe lasts five years, I'll be very much surprised.
Tuesday, February 2
 
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