Ovation TV broadcasts Firefly episodes Serenity and The Train Job.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 06:00    TYPE: BROADCAST

Ovation TV brodcasts Firefly episodes Serenity and The Train Job.

Starting on January 3, Ovation TV kicks off a week-long, limited run of Joss Whedon’s cult classic “Firefly”. Each night, three full episodes will air during primetime, beginning at 8.00 p.m. ET/5.00 p.m. PT with an encore presentation at 11.00 p.m. ET/8.00 p.m. PT. A “Firefly” marathon will run all day on Ovation on Saturday, January 8.

Starring Nathan Fillion (ABC’s Castle) and Summer Glau (The Cape, Dollhouse), Firefly has won numerous awards, including the 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Effects in a television series and SyFy Genre Award for Best Television Series.

The series premiered in 2002 on FOX and quickly formed a cult following, which led Whedon and Universal Pictures to produce the feature film, Serenity. The franchise also developed into a comic series and a role-playing video game.

Serenity
Directed by Joss Whedon
Written by Joss Whedon
Malcolm Reynolds is a veteran and the captain of Serenity. He and his crew are smuggling goods, but they need to pick up some passengers for extra money. However, not all the passengers are what they seem.

The Train Job
Directed by Joss Whedon
Written by Joss Whedon & Tim Minear
The crew of Serenity takes on a train heist commissioned by a crime lord. They steal the goods, only to find it is medicine that is desperately needed by the town.

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