The SF Site: Babylon 5.1 by Rick Norwood

Babylon 5.1
by Rick Norwood

SF on TV

Websites
Other Babylon 5.1 Columns
For more information, you can try the following sites:
Rick Norwood's Website
Worldwide TV Schedule
The Official Babylon 5 Website
The X-Files
Pocket Books: Star Trek
Paramount Star Trek

Ratings
Ratings are based on a four star system.
One star means that the commercials are more entertaining than the program.
Two stars watch if you have nothing better to do.
Three stars is good solid entertainment.
Four stars means you never dreamed television could be this good.

I missed listing the return of Doctor Who in my August column. It aired on August 27th. Lucky for me, my DVR recorded it. If you missed it, you can watch a rerun on September 2.

The conclusion of Season One of Falling Skies was good enough to make me moderately interested in Season Two, which airs Summer 2012.

I got the first season of True Blood from netflix. It is another of those take-it-or-leave-it shows, but better than most.

The best sf on tv this Summer is still Doctor Who, followed by Torchwood.

The big news for September is the premiere of Terra Nova.

SF on TV in September 2011

Friday, September 2
Doctor Who "Let's Kill Hitler" by Steven Moffat
Torchwood: Miracle Day "The Gathering" by John Fay
Haven "Friend or Faux"

Eureka Saturday, September 3
Doctor Who "Night Terrors" by Mark Gatiss

Sunday, September 4
True Blood "Soul of Fire" by Mark Hudis

Friday, September 9
Torchwood: Miracle Day "The Blood Line" by Russell T. Davies & Jane Espenson, Season Four Finale
Haven "Who, What, Where, Wendigo"

Saturday, September 10
Doctor Who "The Girl Who Waited" by Tom MacRae

Torchwood Sunday, September 11
True Blood "And When I Die" by Scott Winant, Season Four Finale

Monday, September 12
Eureka "One Small Step"
Warehouse 13 "Shadows"
Alphas "Blind Spot"

Saturday, September 17
Doctor Who "The God Complex", by Toby Whithouse

Monday, September 19
Eureka "One Giant Leap", Season 4.5 Finale
Warehouse 13 "Insatiable"
Alphas "The Unusual Suspects"

Warehouse 13 Friday, September 23
Fringe "A Sort of Homecoming", Season 4 Premiere.
Haven "Business as Usual"

Saturday, September 24
Doctor Who "Closing Time" by Gareth Roberts

Monday, September 26
Warehouse 13 "Emily Lake"
Alphas "Original Sin", Season One Finale
Terra Nova Season One Premiere

Friday, September 30
Haven "Sins of the Fathers", Season Two Finale

Sanctuary returns in October. Neverland airs in December. A three minute Doctor Who special airs in the Fall.

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. Visit his web site at comicsrevue.com.