All Entries in the "Television" Category

What Can We Expect from Pyr Books in the Future?

While at this year’s WorldCon I had the fortunate pleasure of meeting Lou Anders, head editor of mid-sized book publisher of Pyr Books. In recent years, Pyr (an imprint of Prometheus Books) has stood out in science fiction publishing as a publisher with a fantastic list of authors, a standard for great editorial quality, and [...]

TV Review: Does the Vampire Diaries Measure Up?

Welcome to Mystic Falls, where high school students look years older than they should, teachers get angry at students for not knowing historic facts about their town, and fog machines appear to be peppered throughout the small town, set to go off whenever anyone is left alone for too long. This is the Vampire Diaries. [...]

Viewers Choose Labor Day Star Trek Episodes on SPACE

A few days ago I announced the SPACE Channel’s plans for Labor Day viewing (Click Here to View). In a nutshell it consists of six Original Series films on Saturday, Sept. 5, and the four Next Generation films on Sept. 6, and nine viewer’s choice episodes of the Original Series starting at 12 noon EST, [...]

Flashforward Sneak Peek Released

With a new television season looming on the horizon, one of the most anticipated shows to be watched this fall is ABC’s Flashforward, set to debut on September 24, 2009 at 8/7 Central.

For those that don’t already know the premise, I’ll try to distil it as best I can. One day a global event causes [...]

Eureka Renewed for a 4th Season

Fans of the popular Syfy original Eureka will be happy to know that the show has been green-lit for a fourth season for 22 episodes, which will likely to air next summer. The original announcement came in late July at last month’s ComicCon in San Diego.

The announcements included some intriguing news items:
• One or two episodes [...]

Stargate Universe Trailer Released in Theaters

For those of you that had the fortunate pleasure of seeing either Halloween II or Final Destination 4 this weekend, you would have noticed a new trailer for Stargate Universe just before the film. For those of you that have no idea what I’m talking about let me just say that Stargate Universe is the [...]

Blockbuster or Lackluster? September DVD/Blu-ray Releases

While August was a somewhat lackluster month for science fiction and fantasy DVD/Blu-ray releases it seems that with kids going back to school as we roll into the new fall television season, September seems to more than make up for the difference. Check out below for what we can expect from DVD/Blu-ray releases in September

September [...]

Star Trek Invades SPACE September 5 – 7

It’s a galactic invasion when the U.S.S. Enterprise leads a three-day, trek-tastic takeover on SPACE with the Star Trek Movie Marathon. The assault begins with all six Captain Kirk films on Saturday, Sept. 5. Continuing into Sunday, Sept. 6, SPACE beams up Captain Picard and the Next Generation films. Then, on Monday, Sept. 7, the [...]

Gemini Nominations Announced

Just wanted to do a quick post congratulating all of the science fiction television shows nominated for this year’s Gemini Award. As much American television is filmed in what many dub “Hollywood North” (Battlestar Galactica is a testament to this as much of Caprica City looks a lot like downtown Vancouver) it is no surprise [...]

September TV Science Fiction Guide

One of the things about having a science fiction blog is the inevitable four-month summer droughts that come around May-June where many sci-fi shows close up yet another season, leaving the TV reviews section of ScifiWatch rather stagnant.

Fortunately with the return of new shows, and old favorites, you can expect I’ll be watching a good [...]