TV Show Releases by Genre
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Dark Matters: Twisted But True: Season 1
August 31, 2011
Strange and controversial scientific experiments are explored in this series hosted by John Noble (Fringe).
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Alphas: Season 1
July 11, 2011
A scientist (David Strathairn) within the US Department of Defense leads a team of five people with extraordinary powers as they seek others like them.
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Torchwood (UK): Season 4
July 8, 2011
Torchwood: Miracle Day is the show's first season as a coproduction between Starz BBC Wales and BBC Worldwide. CIA agent Rex Matherson investigates a strange worldwide phenomenon and discovers a secret British organization called Torchwood that might know why it is happening.
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Falling Skies: Season 1
June 19, 2011
After an alien invasion that killed most of the human race, a group of soldiers fight back in this sci-fi drama executive-produced by Steven Spielberg.
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The Nine Lives of Chloe King: Season 1
June 14, 2011
After Chloe dies, she wakes up with special powers and claws in this show based on the book series by Celia Thomson.
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The Protector: Season 1
June 12, 2011
Ally Walker is Gloria Sheppard, a homicide detective juggling life as a single parent and solving murders.
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The Almighty Johnsons: Season 1
February 8, 2011
On his 21st birthday, Axl Johnson (Emmett Skilton) discovers his family are Norse Gods in this imported New Zealand comedy.
[Originally aired on New Zealand's TV3 on 7 February 2011 - 11 April 2011]
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Outcasts: Season 1
February 7, 2011
It is 2040, and humans have settled on a planet they named Carpathia. Led by President Richard Tate, the colony is now a decade in the making and is growing, but danger still lurks inside and outside.
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Face Off: Season 1
January 26, 2011
12 special effects make-up artists compete for the $100,000 prize.
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Being Human: Season 1
January 17, 2011
The remake of the BBC show about a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf who move in together is set in Boston.
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V: Season 2
January 4, 2011
The Vs have let loose Red Sky on planet Earth as season two begins.
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The Walking Dead: Season 1
October 31, 2010
Based on a comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, a small group of survivors, led by officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), must fight a world full of zombies.
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No Ordinary Family: Season 1
September 28, 2010
After a plane crash, the Powell family return home to discover they have superpowers.
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Fringe: Season 3
September 23, 2010
Season three picks up with Olivia still trapped in the alternative world with evil Walter (Walternate), while her alternate self (Bolivia) is with the unknowing Peter and Walter.
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The Event : Season 1
September 20, 2010
While investigating the disappearance of his fiancee (Sarah Roemer), Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) discovers an international conspiracy that may or may not involve the president (Blair Underwood).
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The Vampire Diaries: Season 2
September 9, 2010
Damon and Stefan discover Katherine has returned to Mystic Falls.
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Haven: Season 1
July 9, 2010
FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) arrives in a small town in Maine to investigate a murder in this series loosely based on the Stephen King novella, "The Colorado Kid."
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Eureka: Season 4
July 9, 2010
Eureka continues to experience strange phenomena, including time travel as a well known scientist (James Callis) returns to his hometown.
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Warehouse 13: Season 2
July 6, 2010
Artie (Saul Rubinek) survives the explosion as the second season begins. In August, characters from the show will crossover into Eureka and vice versa.
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Futurama: Season 7
June 24, 2010
Fry and the other characters from Futurama return to television via Comedy Central.
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The Gates: Season 1
June 20, 2010
The Monohan's move to the seemingly idyllic community of The Gates, but they soon discover the neighbors are hiding supernatural secrets about themselves.
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Doctor Who: Season 5
April 3, 2010
The Doctor (Matt Smith) regenerates into his 11th self as the sci-fi series moves over to BBC America and meets the Doctor's new companion, Amy Pond (Karen Gillan).
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Caprica: Season 1
January 22, 2010
The Battlestar Galactica prequel introduces Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) and Joseph Adama (Esai Morales), the father to BSG's Admiral William Adama, as well as the beginnings of the Cylons.
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Chuck: Season 3
January 10, 2010
Chuck's access to all the knowledge in his brain helps him join the upper spy ranks with Sarah, but it's not bringing them any closer.
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The Prisoner
November 15, 2009
The "reinterpretation" of the cult British 1960s series is remade as a six-hour miniseries about a man who wakes up in The Village, where people are only identifed by a number.
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V: Season 1
November 3, 2009
The 1980s series about aliens who appear human and peaceful is remade as a split miniseries, with the second part airing sometime early next year.
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Stargate Universe: Season 1
October 2, 2009
The latest series for the Stargate franchise has Dr. Nicholas Rush (Robert Carlyle) as part of a group that is transported to Destiny, a self-guided spaceship used to place stargates around the universe.
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FlashForward: Season 1
September 24, 2009
For 2 minutes and 17 seconds, everyone see their future in this loose adaptation of Robert J. Sawyer's novel of the same name.
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Fringe: Season 2
September 17, 2009
The mystery continues to unravel slowly for Olivia, Peter, and Walter after last season's finale set in an alternate universe.
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The Vampire Diaries: Season 1
September 10, 2009
In this adaptation of the L.J. Smith book series, vampire brothers battle for the heart of a mortal teenaged girl named Elena Gilbert.
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Defying Gravity: Season 1
August 2, 2009
A group of astronauts headed up by Maddux Donner (Ron Livingston) explore planets during their six-year mission.
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Warehouse 13: Season 1
July 14, 2009
Two Secret Service agents are sent to South Dakota to work at the mysterious Warehouse 13, which houses a variety of artifacts.
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Meteor: Season 1
July 12, 2009
On the heels of ABC's "Impact" a few weeks ago, comes the two-part movie about another meteor bearing down on Earth.
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Torchwood (UK): Season 3
July 6, 2009
The third season morphs into a five-part miniseries as the Torchwood trio prepares to defend the Earth (and its children).
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Virtuality
June 26, 2009
A spaceship crew on a 10-year trip battle boredom with virtual reality, and their virtual lives are beamed back to earth as a TV show.
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Kings: Season 1
March 15, 2009
An idealist young farmer turned soldier (Chris Egan) finds himself involved with the royal court of Gilboa when he saves the king's (Ian McShane) son, in this new dramatic series by Heroes' Michael Green.
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Ashes to Ashes: Season 1
March 7, 2009
Welcome to the Ashes to Ashes guide at TV.com.
DI Alex Drake of the Metropolitan Police is taken hostage and shot, and wakes to find herself apparently thrown back in time to 1981. She quickly recognises DCI Gene Hunt and his team from detailed reports made by DCI Sam Tyler about his own trip to 1973.
Initially sceptical about the surreal nature of her new environment, Alex, a modern, no-nonsense woman, clashed regularly with her sexist colleagues but had to learn to adjust while she strove to find her way back to 2008. As time passed, Alex started to accept her situation, and wonder whether her life in the future had been the dream. Executive Producer Jane Featherstone described this spin-off from Life on Mars as "a touch of Moonlighting teamed with a measure of Miami Vice." The show aimed to build on the success of its award-winning predecessor, resurrecting Philip Glenister's ever-popular detective while taking the opportunity to wink at 1980s fashions and attitudes.
Ashes to Ashes is a Kudos production in association with Monastic Productions for the BBC.
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Dollhouse: Season 1
February 13, 2009
Echo (Eliza Dushku) and her fellow "actives" are implanted with temporary personalities and hired out by rich clients.
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Lost: Season 5
January 21, 2009
The answers to when/where did the island go and how Locke died are to be answered this season as the show approaches the end of the series (slated for 2010).
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The Beast: Season 1
January 15, 2009
Patrick Swayze is a veteran FBI agent training his rookie partner in the art of deep undercover work.
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Demons (UK): Season 1
January 3, 2009
Luke Rutherford (Christian Cooke) is just your average high school student until his godfather Rupert Galvin (Philip Glennister) reveals he is the last descendent of infamous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing.
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Survivors: Season 1
November 23, 2008
After a virus kills 90 percent of the population on Earth, a group of nine survivors try to work together in this remake of the 1970's British series.
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My Own Worst Enemy: Season 1
October 13, 2008
Harry lives the stereotypical suburban life, but he also is Edward, a trained spy. The worlds start to merge as the carefully constructed wall between the two breaks down.
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Eleventh Hour: Season 1
October 9, 2008
A scientist (Rufus Sewell) consults for the FBI about unusual crimes in this American remake of a British series.
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Life On Mars: Season 1
October 9, 2008
Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) finds himself transported to the 1970s after a car accident in this remake of the award-winning British drama.
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Sanctuary: Season 1
October 3, 2008
Dr. Helen Magnus is in charge of a sanctuary for some of nature's unusual creatures in this new series for Sci Fi that utilizes virtual sets.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season 1
October 3, 2008
The battle for the Republic continues in Lucas' animated series with Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, and a new character by the name of Ahsoka Tano.
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Pushing Daisies: Season 2
October 1, 2008
The second season of the show about the pie maker and his childhood sweetheart finds Chuck under threat of discovery of her secret.
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Chuck: Season 2
September 29, 2008
Chuck's life may be in danger now that The Intersect 2.0 is in the works.
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Heroes: Season 3
September 22, 2008
The future is in danger, and the gang must race to stop the end of the world as we know it.
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Fringe: Season 1
September 9, 2008
J.J. Abrams' sci-fi drama investigates the conspiracy behind the mysterious deaths on an airplane.
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2
September 8, 2008
Sarah, John, and Cameron continue their run from robots sent to kill John, this time with his uncle from the future (Brian Austin Green) joining the family full-time.
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Saving Grace: Season 2
July 14, 2008
Grace explores her guilt over her sister's death in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in the second season.
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Fear Itself: Season 1
June 5, 2008
The producers of "Masters of Horrors" are back with another anthology of thrillers written and/or directed by such names as John Landis, Darren Bousman, Breck Eisner, Stuart Gordon, Mary Harron, and Ronny Yu.
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The Andromeda Strain: Season 1
May 26, 2008
Michael Crichton's novel, which involves a deadly disease that is unleashed when a satellite crashes into a small town, is remade again, this time as a miniseries.
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The Sarah Jane Adventures: Season 1
April 18, 2008
Doctor Who brings another spinoff into its universe with The Doctor's companion (1973-76), Sarah Jane Smith. The life involving aliens isn't that far behind her as she continues to investigate with the help from three kids.
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Battlestar Galactica (2003): Season 4
April 4, 2008
The final season picks up from last season's revelations of Cyclons amongst the crew and the return of the presumed deceased Starbuck.
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New Amsterdam: Season 1
March 4, 2008
A New York detective seeks his true love to break the curse of immortality.
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Jericho: Season 2
February 12, 2008
The townspeople try to rebuild after the nuclear war as the show returns from the ashes of cancellation.
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Lost: Season 4
January 31, 2008
After a peek at the future last year, season four aims to show how our lost passengers find their way off the island.
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Torchwood (UK): Season 2
January 16, 2008
Captain Jack and his crew return for their second season, with James Marsters and Alan Dale among the guest stars.
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 1
January 13, 2008
The Terminator franchise arrives on TV with this serial drama. The series picks up a year after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor hiding from the government. After two years in one place Sarah decides they need a change of scenery and in doing so they expose themselves to FBI Agent James Ellison and Skynet's army of Terminators including Cameron Phillips a reprogrammed Terminator sent to protect John. She informs them that Judgment Day was not stopped and will take place in 2011. John convinces Sarah to stop hiding and fight so Cameron takes them to a time machine the resistance has set up to take them to the year Skynet was created 2007.
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Tin Man: Season 1
December 2, 2007
The Sci Fi channel reimagines "The Wizard of Oz" as a three-part miniseries.
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Pushing Daisies: Season 1
October 5, 2007
Ned brings life and death with a touch in this fresh-as-a-daisy fantasy show.
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Bionic Woman: Season 1
September 26, 2007
There's no $6 Million Man or cheesy sound effects in this new, darker Bionic Woman.
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Chuck: Season 1
September 24, 2007
From a retail hack who sells computers to a hunted man with a computer in his brain. Chuck's life changes when an old college friend sends him an e-mail that chucks him into the world of spies.
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Journeyman: Season 1
September 24, 2007
After witnessing the end of ancient "Rome," Kevin McKidd finds himself time-traveling in modern-day San Francisco.
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Flash Gordon: Season 1
August 10, 2007
Flash Gordon returns--uh oh. This savior of the universe may not survive sci-fi's biggest enemy--the critics--to return for episode two.
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Saving Grace: Season 1
July 23, 2007
An angel named Earl (Rippy) tries to save an Oklahoma City detective (Hunter) from self-destruction.
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John from Cincinnati: Season 1
June 10, 2007
The lives of three generations of a dysfunctional surfing family residing near the California-Mexico border are impacted by the arrival of a mysterious (and ambiguously supernatural) stranger in the latest series from "Deadwood" creator David Milch.
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Painkiller Jane: Season 1
April 13, 2007
A woman who can heal from any injury works on a secret government project to track genetically-enhanced humans with mind-control abilities in this adaptation of the graphic novel (which also aired on Sci-Fi as a movie with a different cast in 2005).
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Life on Mars (UK): Season 2
February 13, 2007
In the final season of Life on Mars, Sam Tyler (John Simms), a modern day detective who woke up from a car crash in 1973 Manchester, tries to determine if he's dreaming or not.
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Primeval: Season 1
February 10, 2007
After being contacted by the government to investigate strange happenings in the forest, a group of scientists discover that dinosaurs are coming to Earth.
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The Lost Room: Season 1
December 11, 2006
Peter Krause stars as a detective who stumbles upon a portal to an alternate universe in a motel room filled with magical objects in this quirky Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries.
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Day Break: Season 1
November 15, 2006
Replacing "Lost" in ABC's Wednesday night lineup (until February) is this Groundhog Day-esque drama about a cop (Taye Diggs) who keeps re-living the same day over and over again. And what a bad day it is: among other things, his girlfriend is killed, and he is framed for a murder he didn't commit.
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Torchwood (UK): Season 1
October 22, 2006
This spin-off from the producers of the new Doctor Who has Captain Jack Harkness in charge of a secret government organization with the mission to protect the world from alien threats.
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Battlestar Galactica (2003): Season 3
October 6, 2006
The 20-episode third season of the acclaimed series picks up where season two unexpectedly ended: pitting humans against Cylons on the planet of New Caprica.
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Heroes: Season 1
September 25, 2006
What would you do if you suddenly realized that you had superpowers? Better still, what would Milo Ventimiglia, Adrian Pasdar, and a bunch of actors you've probably never heard of do when they discover the same? Will they save the world? Or at least NBC's Monday night lineup?
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Jericho: Season 1
September 20, 2006
In yet another "What the hell is going on?" serial, a small Kansas town is cut off from the outside world after a nuclear mushroom cloud appears on the horizon.
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Eureka: Season 1
July 18, 2006
When a small Pacific Northwest town boasts more eccentric geniuses per capita than anywhere else in the world, and when they are each working on their own secret projects, a lot of strange things tend to happen.
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King: Season 1
July 12, 2006
TNT has pulled together an all-star cast for its new anthology series consisting of eight one-hour episodes adapted from Stephen King’s short stories. Look for such notable performers as William H. Macy, Jacqueline McKenzie, Steven Weber, Samantha Mathis, Jeremy Sisto, Ron Livingston, Henry Thomas, Tom Berenger, Marsha Mason, and William Hurt.
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Blade: Season 1
June 28, 2006
Spike TV's first scripted series is a small-screen adapation of the theatrical trilogy of vampire movies, with Kirk Jones taking over the Wesley Snipes role.
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Stephen King's Desperation: Season 1
May 23, 2006
Stephen King adapted his own 1996 novel about a remote Nevada mining town under the deadly influence of a mysterious force known as Tak.
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10.5: Apocalypse: Season 1
May 21, 2006
In a new miniseries sequel that has "disaster" written all over it, a series of super-sized seismic events (they're called "quake swarms," people) threatens not only the west coast--as in NBC's earlier "10.5"--but the entire United States and perhaps all of the western hemisphere.
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Life on Mars (UK): Season 1
January 9, 2006
A present-day Manchester police detective is hit by a car and wakes up to find himself seemingly living in the year 1973 in this hit British drama from the creators of "Hustle."
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The Triangle (2005): Season 1
December 5, 2005
This six-hour made-for-Sci-Fi miniseries--from producers Bryan Singer and Dean Devlin--follows a team of explorers seeking the truth behind the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.
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Masters of Horror: Season 1
October 28, 2005
The cable network has enlisted some of the genre's top directors (John Landis, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Joe Dante) for this weekly horror anthology.
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Night Stalker: Season 1
September 29, 2005
Two Los Angeles-based newspaper reporters investigate mysterious crimes in this drama based on the 1974-75 Darren McGavin series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker."
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Ghost Whisperer: Season 1
September 23, 2005
Not only does Jennifer Love Hewitt see dead people, she talks to them too. It's only a matter of time before they tell her: "You're cancelled." Unless having Hewitt run around in a nightgown is enough to secure decent ratings. (Which, come to think of it, might just do it.)
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Invasion: Season 1
September 21, 2005
This "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers"-type thriller centers on a Florida family whose lives change after mysterious lights are glimpsed during a hurricane.
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Surface: Season 1
September 19, 2005
Strange creatures are found in the sea in NBC's sci-fi adventure which, unlike its last nautical series, is mercifully free of talking dolphins.
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Threshold: Season 1
September 16, 2005
This sci-fi drama with a sense of humor follows a team of scientists and military personnel who deal with an alien invasion on Earth.
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Battlestar Galactica (2003): Season 2
July 15, 2005
The Best Show on Television? Yes, according to Time Magazine, The National Review, Rolling Stone and New York Newsday. Praised by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune and many other publications, Battlestar Galactica won a prestigious Peabody Award in the spring of 2006.
Ronald D. Moore, the producer of Carnivale and writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, boldly re-imagined the original 1978 space opera of humans versus the robotic Cylons. He teamed up with fellow executive producer David Eick on a powerful and dramatic update of the Galactica story.
Gone are the technobabble, disco-themed costumes and Egyptian helmets of the original series. The modern show introduces new elements to the Galactica story. The Cylons have developed human-form models that are indistinguishable from real humans. The Cylons have a monotheistic religion in contrast to the polytheistic religion of the human Colonies. The approach is serious and intense, with a focus on tough political, philosophical and religious issues set in a tale that manages to keep the focus on realistic and not always perfect characters.In the miniseries, the Cylons launch a massive attack against the humans and wipe out the Twelve Colonies, sending the 47,000 survivors on a desperate search for the fabled 13th colony -- Earth.
Season One Overview
The Cylons declare war on humanity, wiping out billions in an unprovoked first strike. The Colonial fleet is all but eliminated leaving just a handful of ships, including the soon to be decommissioned battlestar Galactica. Galactica is manned by a crew that never expected to be involved in real duty. With the president gone and the government all but eliminated, Laura Roslin, the Education Minister, takes on the mantle of President of the 12 Colonies.
Gaius Baltar, a top researcher in Artificial Intelligence, inadvertently betrayed humanity by allowing a Cylon agent into the defense network, rendering it and all of the Colonial military forces impotent in the face of the Cylon attacks. He sees her everywhere when no one else can. He initially attributes this to stress-induced hallucinations. She tells him that she implanted a chip in his brain during their time on Caprica, which enables her to talk to him. Over the season Baltar falls in love with the Cylon, Number Six, eventually betraying humanity again and again.
A lone soldier is trapped on Cylon-occupied Caprica, having given up his seat on a transport for Baltar, as he believes that his own life is not as important as one of the greatest minds of their time. He struggles against the odds, trying to stay alive amid the hostile Cylons. He is surprised to learn that Sharon Valerii, the pilot of the transport, returned for him. However, the truth is that she is actually another human-form Cylon. Sharon and Helo spend the season trying to escape Caprica. Sharon also finds herself falling in love with her human target. The season ends with her pregnant and fighting to save his life.
Meanwhile, the copy of Sharon onboard Galactica (known as "Boomer") has set off several bombs and engaged in other acts of sabotage. The season ends with a stunning turn of events after a successful mission to disable a Cylon base ship.
For a more detailed overview of the first three seasons, visit the pinned thread titled "Battlestar Galactica in Just Ten Minutes" located in the forum.
Awards and critical praise
The 2003 miniseries was the highest-rated miniseries on the Sci Fi Channel (soon to be known as Syfy) at the time. It was also the most successful cable miniseries that TV season.The first regular season premiered to excellent viewer numbers and critical acclaim. After the midseason break in Season Two, the show received widespread recognition from the mainstream media, including several outlets not always known for their interest in science fiction. As mentioned above, Time Magazine named BSG the best show on television for 2005. Rolling Stone Magazine and New York Newsday also named BSG the best show of the year. Many other publications like the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune lavished praise on the series.The American Film Institute added the show to its list of the ten best television shows of 2005. The show won Emmy Awards in the usual sci-fi categories of special visual effects but it also received Emmy nominations for writing and directing. It also won a prestigious Peabody award for its general excellence in creativity in the television medium.
The Sci Fi Channel has used creative means to promote the series, including the release of certain episodes as free streaming video on the official website. In the month leading up to the start of Season Three, the Sci Fi Channel aired a Web-only series titled Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance. The brief, 2 to 3 minute episodes revealed key events from the time period between the Season Two finale and the Season Three premiere episode. Another Web-only series was shown on the official website in the lead-up to the Season 4.5 "final" episodes.
A Battlestar Galactica television movie, "Razor", was broadcast in late 2007, followed soon after with a release on DVD. The story followed the struggles of Admiral Cain and young Kendra Shaw as they tried to survive the Cylon attack on the Colonies. The hard-hitting movie was well received by fans and critics.
Even though the series "ended" on March 20, 2009, with the two-hour broadcast of "Daybreak, Part 2", the Sci Fi Channel (Syfy) will broadcast one final Battlestar Galactica television movie. "The Plan" is scheduled to air in the fall of 2009.
The Galactica franchise will live on, even after the final movie and DVD. A prequel series, Caprica, began production even before Battlestar Galactica ended. The pilot movie will be released as a stand-alone DVD in April 2009. The movie will later air on Syfy along with regular episodes of the new series in 2010. For more information about this look at the early days of the development of the Cylons on Caprica, please consult the separate guide for that series.
Original Broadcast History: Season One
October 18, 2004 - January 24, 2005 - 8:00 PM SKY One (UK)
January 14, 2005 - April 1, 2005 - Fridays @ 10:00 PM Sci Fi Channel (USA)
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Doctor Who: Season 1
March 26, 2005
Christopher Eccleston becomes the ninth actor to take on the role of the time-travelling title character in the BBC's latest incarnation (the first in 16 years) of its venerable sci-fi franchise, airing in the U.S. for the first time after becoming an unexpected hit in Britain last year.
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Battlestar Galactica (2003): Season 1
January 14, 2005
The Best Show on Television? Yes, according to Time Magazine, The National Review, Rolling Stone and New York Newsday. Praised by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune and many other publications, Battlestar Galactica won a prestigious Peabody Award in the spring of 2006.
Ronald D. Moore, the producer of Carnivale and writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, boldly re-imagined the original 1978 space opera of humans versus the robotic Cylons. He teamed up with fellow executive producer David Eick on a powerful and dramatic update of the Galactica story.
Gone are the technobabble, disco-themed costumes and Egyptian helmets of the original series. The modern show introduces new elements to the Galactica story. The Cylons have developed human-form models that are indistinguishable from real humans. The Cylons have a monotheistic religion in contrast to the polytheistic religion of the human Colonies. The approach is serious and intense, with a focus on tough political, philosophical and religious issues set in a tale that manages to keep the focus on realistic and not always perfect characters.In the miniseries, the Cylons launch a massive attack against the humans and wipe out the Twelve Colonies, sending the 47,000 survivors on a desperate search for the fabled 13th colony -- Earth.
Season One Overview
The Cylons declare war on humanity, wiping out billions in an unprovoked first strike. The Colonial fleet is all but eliminated leaving just a handful of ships, including the soon to be decommissioned battlestar Galactica. Galactica is manned by a crew that never expected to be involved in real duty. With the president gone and the government all but eliminated, Laura Roslin, the Education Minister, takes on the mantle of President of the 12 Colonies.
Gaius Baltar, a top researcher in Artificial Intelligence, inadvertently betrayed humanity by allowing a Cylon agent into the defense network, rendering it and all of the Colonial military forces impotent in the face of the Cylon attacks. He sees her everywhere when no one else can. He initially attributes this to stress-induced hallucinations. She tells him that she implanted a chip in his brain during their time on Caprica, which enables her to talk to him. Over the season Baltar falls in love with the Cylon, Number Six, eventually betraying humanity again and again.
A lone soldier is trapped on Cylon-occupied Caprica, having given up his seat on a transport for Baltar, as he believes that his own life is not as important as one of the greatest minds of their time. He struggles against the odds, trying to stay alive amid the hostile Cylons. He is surprised to learn that Sharon Valerii, the pilot of the transport, returned for him. However, the truth is that she is actually another human-form Cylon. Sharon and Helo spend the season trying to escape Caprica. Sharon also finds herself falling in love with her human target. The season ends with her pregnant and fighting to save his life.
Meanwhile, the copy of Sharon onboard Galactica (known as "Boomer") has set off several bombs and engaged in other acts of sabotage. The season ends with a stunning turn of events after a successful mission to disable a Cylon base ship.
For a more detailed overview of the first three seasons, visit the pinned thread titled "Battlestar Galactica in Just Ten Minutes" located in the forum.
Awards and critical praise
The 2003 miniseries was the highest-rated miniseries on the Sci Fi Channel (soon to be known as Syfy) at the time. It was also the most successful cable miniseries that TV season.The first regular season premiered to excellent viewer numbers and critical acclaim. After the midseason break in Season Two, the show received widespread recognition from the mainstream media, including several outlets not always known for their interest in science fiction. As mentioned above, Time Magazine named BSG the best show on television for 2005. Rolling Stone Magazine and New York Newsday also named BSG the best show of the year. Many other publications like the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune lavished praise on the series.The American Film Institute added the show to its list of the ten best television shows of 2005. The show won Emmy Awards in the usual sci-fi categories of special visual effects but it also received Emmy nominations for writing and directing. It also won a prestigious Peabody award for its general excellence in creativity in the television medium.
The Sci Fi Channel has used creative means to promote the series, including the release of certain episodes as free streaming video on the official website. In the month leading up to the start of Season Three, the Sci Fi Channel aired a Web-only series titled Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance. The brief, 2 to 3 minute episodes revealed key events from the time period between the Season Two finale and the Season Three premiere episode. Another Web-only series was shown on the official website in the lead-up to the Season 4.5 "final" episodes.
A Battlestar Galactica television movie, "Razor", was broadcast in late 2007, followed soon after with a release on DVD. The story followed the struggles of Admiral Cain and young Kendra Shaw as they tried to survive the Cylon attack on the Colonies. The hard-hitting movie was well received by fans and critics.
Even though the series "ended" on March 20, 2009, with the two-hour broadcast of "Daybreak, Part 2", the Sci Fi Channel (Syfy) will broadcast one final Battlestar Galactica television movie. "The Plan" is scheduled to air in the fall of 2009.
The Galactica franchise will live on, even after the final movie and DVD. A prequel series, Caprica, began production even before Battlestar Galactica ended. The pilot movie will be released as a stand-alone DVD in April 2009. The movie will later air on Syfy along with regular episodes of the new series in 2010. For more information about this look at the early days of the development of the Cylons on Caprica, please consult the separate guide for that series.
Original Broadcast History: Season One
October 18, 2004 - January 24, 2005 - 8:00 PM SKY One (UK)
January 14, 2005 - April 1, 2005 - Fridays @ 10:00 PM Sci Fi Channel (USA)
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Hex: Season 1
October 17, 2004
A British take on the likes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Charmed," "Hex" centers on a boarding school student with supernatural powers.
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Lost: Season 1
September 22, 2004
After Oceanic Air Flight 815 tears apart in mid-air and crashes on a Pacific island on September 22nd 2004, its survivors are forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discover that the island holds many secrets, including a mysterious smoke monster, polar bears, housing with electricity and hot & cold running water, a group of island residents known as "The Others," and a mysterious man named Jacob. The survivors also find signs of those who came to the island before them, including a 19th century sailing ship called The Black Rock and the ruins of an ancient statue, as well as bunkers belonging to the DHARMA Initiative -- a group of scientific researchers who inhabited the island in the recent past. Lost has won a Golden Globe, 9 Saturn Awards and 8 Emmy awards.
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Stargate Atlantis: Season 1
July 16, 2004
This spin-off from Stargate SG-1 (picking up from events in that series' season 8 opener) ran for five seasons (and 100 episodes) on Sci-Fi, where it was a ratings hit for much of its run. The series centers on the exploration of the distant Pegasus Galaxy by an Earth team led by Lt. Colonel John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan).
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The 4400: Season 1
July 11, 2004
Beginning 03 March 1946, and spanning over 50 years, 4,400 people were abducted in a blinding flash of light.
14 August 2004: A comet is due to fly-by Earth harmlessly. However, the comet's course suddenly changes to an impact trajectory, and the combined nuclear arsenals of multiple nations fail to destroy it. When the comet appears to slow down — as if it's coming in for a landing — 4,400 people are deposited in explosion over Highland Beach (Capilano Lake, British Columbia, Canada).
The returnees — "The 4400" — have been missing from months to years. None have any memory of where they've been, none have aged, and a small number are beginning to manifest paranormal abilities.
Theme Song: "A Place In Time" (performed by Amanda Abizaid)
The 4400 was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and produced by CBS Paramount in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope.
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Tremors: Season 1
March 28, 2003
This spinoff of the Tremor movies chronicles the town of Perfection, Nevada, which has a little problem with great big worms. The Graboids, and their offspring the Shriekers and Ass-Blasters, have overrun the valley but are on the government's protected species list. The locals are (barely) allowed to live there rather then leave their homes, as long as they don't harm the creatures, particularly the giant Graboid known as "El Blanco." Complicating matters, a secret government lab accidentally unleashed a gene-blending substance called "Mixmaster" into the area, occasionally causing various animal-types to recombine into new monsters.
The natives of Perfection include survivalist Burt Gummer, 60's hippy-type Nancy Sterngood, and grocery store owner Jodi Chang who all try to make a living. New to Perfection is tour guide Tyler Reed and Rosalita Sanchez, a mysterious woman with a past. Government representative W.D. Twitchell keeps an eye on the whole situation.
The series lasted one season on the SciFi Channel before being ignominously cancelled. A fourth movie was released the following January.
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