Re: NBC Universal is dividing TV studio

In article <FYKdncanyZihe2vanZ2dnUVZ_qSonZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Jack Bohn wrote:
> > Mac Breck wrote:
> >
> >> Found this when I was looking just now:
> >>
> >> List of Sci Fi Channel (United States) programs
> >>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sci_Fi_Channel_%28United_States%29_progra
> ms
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> Sci Fi Channel (United States)
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci_Fi_Channel_%28United_States%29
> >>
> >> ...and under that check out:
> >> *Non-science-fiction programming*
> >
> > You know, I see no mention of "Crossing Over With John Edwards"
> > on these pages.
> 
> Not to put too fine a point on it, but....
> 
> It's "Crossing Over with John Edward" and it should be there.
> http://www.johnedward.net/
> 
> John Edwards was one of the Democratic candidates for President.
> http://johnedwards.com/
> 
> While the political candidate wasn't my favorite, I still don't want to
> mix him up with John Edward.  :P

One of them's the biggest douche in the universe.  The other has a show 
on SciFi.
> 
> 
> 
> > Having some time, I've put their First Run series in
> > chronological order and hunted down selected Second Run series,
> > the miniseries (marked with +), and some original movies (-):
> 
> What is the * for?
> 
> 
> > 1992
> >  *Sightings
> If it's the one I'm thinking of, didn't care for it.  Seemed like cheap
> filler.
> 
> > 1997
> >  *Mission Genesis
> Don't remember it.
> 
> > 1998
> >  *MST3K (2004)
> Loved it.

Sniffle.
> 
> >  *Sliders (2000)
> Really liked it, all except for the last seasons where almost all of the
> main characters left the show.

Where "last seasons" mean, what, after 1?
> 
> >  *Welcome to Paradox
> Don't remember it.
> 
> > 1999
> >  *Farscape (2003)
> Really liked it.

Yes
> 
> >  *First Wave (2002)
> Liked it.
> 
> >  *G vs E (2000)
> Really liked it.
> 
> >  *Crossing Over
> <spit>

You liked it a LOT more than I did.
> 
> > 2000
> >  *Exposure (2002)
> Don't remember it.
> 
> >  *The Invisible Man (2002)
> Liked it.
> 
> >  *The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
> Liked it more than The Invisible Man (2002).

Yeah, I liked JV.  I'd have thought this was one they'd be rerunning 
forever.  Did it ever get a DVD release?
> 
> >  *Lexx (2003?)
> Couldn't stand to watch it.
> 
> >  +Dune
> Never been a fan of Dune.  Not my cup of tea.
> 
> > also began marathoning one show in the morning through afternoon.
> > 2001
> >  *Black Scorpion
> awful crap. Its only worth is as MST3K fodder.
> 
> >  *The Chronicle (2002)
> I could watch it. (Never saw all of the eps.)
> 
> >  *The Outer Limits (2002)
> Liked it.

I liked it at the beginning, on Showtime, but it spiralled in fast.
> 
> >  *Crusade
> When I saw this in first run on TNT, and wasn't used to the characters
> or the music, I thought it was so-so.  After I watched the series a few
> times, and got to know the characters better, and see the little
> nuances, and got how the music set the just the right alien-foreign tone
> for the show, I really liked it.  The music is too loud in places, and
> the end "music" from "Ruling from the Tomb" is awful, but sans
> TNT-Atlanta interference, I could see loving this show as much as
> Babylon 5.
> 
> > 2002
> >  *Stargate SG-1 (2007)
> Really liked it.  Great characters!

si
> 
> >  *Brimstone
> Absolutely loved it.  It had me from the first few scenes of the pilot.
> 
> >  +Firestarter 2: Rekindled
> Never watched it.  Could have, but wasn't interested.
> 
> >  +Taken
> Bloated.  Watching it was a chore.  Isn't it mandatory to mention Steven
> Spielberg in the title?  This was advertised *to death*, so much that it
> probably rivals how many times The Eagles' "Heartache Tonight" was ever
> played, and that was a song I got thoroughly sick of hearing.  To this
> day, I change the radio station when I hear "Heartache Tonight".
> Wouldn't watch Taken again if somebody paid me.

Mentioning Steven Spielberg in the title is required by the FCC so 
you'll know it's crap.
> 
> >  -start of Sci Fi original films
> >  -Legend of the Rangers
> 95% of the movie was awful.  It's either predictable, or is "I can't
> bear to watch these scenes." awful.  The only positive standouts were
> *Dulann*, Na'feel, Firell and David Martel (when he's not being Mr.
> Exposition.).  G'Kar seemed "off."  Making this instead of Crusade was a
> huge mistake on Sci-Fi's part.  Made me long for Crusade.
> 
> > 2003
> >  *Battlestar Galactica (c)
> Started out looking promising, but went steadily downhill.  Petty,
> trashy, like a daytime soap set in space.  Sold my DVDs.

Started awful, slowly got better and better 'til I really liked it, and 
then augered in like nothing I've ever seen before.
> 
> >  *Scare Tactics (2006)
> <spit>

There's that
> 
> >  *Tremors
> Kinda liked it, in a guilty pleasures sort of way.
> 
> >  +Children of Dune
> See Dune above.
> 
> >  -Riverworld
> Never watched it.

It wasn't THAT bad.  But then my expectations were greatly lowered.
> 
> > 2004
> >  *Andromeda (2005)
> Couldn't stand Sorbomeda.

I watched every last episode.  Gah.
> 
> >  *Ghost Hunters (c)
> Never watched it.  It's sort of a do***entary, right?  I can take this
> kind of stuff as a fictional story, but not as a do***entary.

Exactly.
> 
> >  *Mad Mad House
> <spit>
> 
> >  *Proof Positive
> Don't remember it at all.
> 
> >  *Stargate Atlantis (c)
> Really like it.

Methadone for SG1 addicts.  Bottom line is, most of the time, it's lousy.
> 
> >  *Tripping the Rift (2005)
> Never watched it.
> 
> >  +5ive Days to Midnight
> Never watched it.
> 
> >  +Legend of Earthsea
> Never watched it.

After the author disavowed it I didn't bother.
> 
> > 2005
> >  *Firefly
> Similar reactuion to that I had with Crusade.  When I first saw it, I
> was put off by the twangy western score and sixguns, but on subsequent
> viewings I liked it more and more.

Yes
> 
> >  +The Triangle
> Never watched it.

It was awful.
> 
> >  -Man With the Screaming Brain
> Never watched it, but based solely upon the title, this is one I might
> look up.

Okay.  I really really really really wanted to like this.  Bruce 
Campbell.  Tamara Gorski.  But it was shot for $1.50 and none of that 
made it on screen.  Bottom line is, it's Mansquito level.
> 
> >  -Man-Thing
> Never watched it.
> 
> > 2006
> >  *Doctor Who (c)
> Never watched it, any of it.

It's very very good.  I was very surprised.  But now it's about to auger 
in.
> 
> >  *Eureka (c)
> Never watched it.
> 
> >  *ECW (c)
> <spit>
> 
> >  *Who Wants to be a Superhero? (c)
> Never watched it.
> 
> >  *Heroes
> Never watched it.
> 
> >  *Chuck
> Saw one ep.  Looks OK.

It's a lot of fun, and it's coming back!
> 
> >  +Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King
> Never watched it.
> 
> >  +The Lost Room
> Never watched it.
> 
> > 2007
> >  *The Dresden Files
> Really liked it, although I wish it's been closer to the books.  I'm
> reading "Grave Peril" right now, and am enjoying it much more than
> either "Storm Front" or "Fool Moon",

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> 
> >  *Flash Gordon
> Never watched it.  Flash Gordon, in general, isn't my thing.

It was almost as bad as painkiller jane.
> 
> >  *Painkiller Jane
> Never watched it.
> 
> >  +Tin Man
> It's in my Netflix queue.  I'd watch it solely because Zooey and Neal
> are in it.
> 
> >  -Earthstorm
> Never watched it.

But you read the review; that's the next best thing.
> 
> >  -Highlander: The Source
> Never watched it.  Heard it was bad.

Bad?  BAD???????  Oh dear god, bad doesn't begin to describe it.
> 
> 
> 
> > It appears your sweet spot was 2001-2002 (MSTK apparently still
> > in reruns, although only one season of it had been produced by
> > SciFi).  According to:
> >
> >
>
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.mst3k/browse_thread/thread/a7cf6eb86bae
> 64df/3e3faae9224ce93c?lnk=st&q=%22bonnie+hammer%22+-stupidity#3e3f
> aae9224ce93c
> >
> > Bonnie Hammer became Senior Vice President, Sci-Fi Channel
> > Programming in 1998.
> >
> > It would be a lot more work to track down the scheduling of
> > "Third Run" programming, that is to say, the old stuff; either
> > pulled from syndication like Hulk, Twilight Zone, or Trek, or
> > never syndicated because of short length like Earth 2 or
> > Otherworld.  As jayembee notes, there's stuff some people haven't
> > seen.  (And where else are ya gonna see it?)  I'm particularly
> > sorry to have missed all but an episode of Probe, and this
> > Mission Genesis looks interesting.

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