Scifi TV Series Start Dates

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Sunday, August 18, 2002 17:10
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HAKEN

Monday, July 29, 2002 9:55 PM

It's a slow news day. So I thought I'll post this so that you all can mark your calendars. Here are the premiere dates of SciFi shows this Fall.

8/03 William Shatner's Full Moon Fright Night (SCI-FI)
9/6 Justice League (CARTOON NET)
9/8 Lathe of Heaven (A&E)
9/9 Stargate SG-1 (SYN)
9/18 Enterprise (UPN)
9/18 Twilight Zone (UPN)
9/20 Firefly (FOX)
9/20 Sabrina The Teenage Witch (WB)
9/20 John Doe (FOX)
9/24 Buffy The Vampire Slayer (UPN)
9/24 Smallville (WB)
9/24 Haunted (UPN)
9/29 Alias (ABC)
9/29 Charmed (WB)
9/30 Andromeda (Syn)
9/30 Mutant X (Syn)
9/30 The Lost World (Syn)
10/6 Adventure, Inc (Syn)
10/6 Angel (WB)
10/9 Birds of Prey (WB)
10/10 Dinotopia (ABC)
10/29 24 (FOX)
11/10 Futurama (FOX)

ZICSOFT

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:15 AM

Sorry to pick nits, but most of these are not SF. They do all belong to genres whose fan base overlaps with that of SF -- fantasy, spy stories, etc. But I will never concede that "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" is science fiction, not even by a very loose definition!

CHARLIEBLUE

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:53 AM

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Originally posted by Zicsoft:
Sorry to pick nits, but most of these are not SF. They do all belong to genres whose fan base overlaps with that of SF -- fantasy, spy stories, etc. But I will never concede that "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" is science fiction, not even by a very loose definition!

Er...she's in outer space on the coming on?

Or hey, maybe he was just confusing it with that '80s sci-fi sitcom where the girl would touch her fingers together. There is kind of a resemblance there.

MOJOECA

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:14 AM

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Originally posted by CharlieBlue:

Or hey, maybe he was just confusing it with that '80s sci-fi sitcom where the girl would touch her fingers together. There is kind of a resemblance there.

OUTTA THIS WORLD? I remember that show.

I gotta say, there are only a 3 genre shows on this list that I watch -- BtVS, AtS, ALIAS. I catch FUTURAMA and SMALLVILLE occasionally, but am not terribly impressed.

JOHN DOE looks interesting, if gimmicky.

--- Joe

HAKEN

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:43 PM

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JOHN DOE looks interesting, if gimmicky.

It seems to me that John Doe is just another take on "The Pretender".

MOJOECA

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:47 PM

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Originally posted by Haken:

It seems to me that John Doe is just another take on "The Pretender".

UPN's NOWHERE MAN comes to mind as well. Of course, they're all just rip-offs of THE FUGITIVE.

--- Joe

ZICSOFT

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:03 AM

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Originally posted by Haken:

It seems to me that John Doe is just another take on "The Pretender".

UPN's NOWHERE MAN comes to mind as well. Of course, they're all just rip-offs of THE FUGITIVE.

--- Joe

Excuse me? What are the similarities between Nowhere Man, the Pretendeer, and the Fugitive? Yeah, they all have a hero who's on the run. Big deal. That's like saying Strictly Ballroom is a ripoff of Last Tango in Paris because they're both about dancing!

Nowhere Man struck me as semi-lame attempt to redo that 60s paranoid classic, The Prisoner. There were some original elements, but not enough to impress me.

http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/

MOJOECA

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:26 PM

Easy there, tiger

THE FUGITIVE was definitely inspiration for what came after. And they're not just heroes on the run, they're also searching for their past ... so neener.

--- Joe

ZICSOFT

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:14 PM

So Richard Kimble had magical powers of impersonation? I must have missed that episode.

MOJOECA

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:40 PM

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Originally posted by Zicsoft:
So Richard Kimble had magical powers of impersonation? I must have missed that episode.

I don't recall the pretender having magical powers. He was just really smart.

The basic premise was that he traveled about, and, while trying to uncover his own past, he took on various guises to help others out of their own jams. THE FUGITIVE had the exact same premise. The difference was that Kimble was Every Man, while the Jacob *was* every man.

--- Joe

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