By John J. Joex The Summer Blockbuster season wrapped up a few weeks ago and even though a few of the Summer movies are still in the theaters, we can get a good idea now of which ones count as the winners and which ones ended up as bottom feeders. Of course trying to determine [...]
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The Winners and Losers from This Summer’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Blockbuster Season
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With Lost Gone, What Will be the Next “Big Thing” for Science Fiction and Fantasy Television?
By John J. Joex Lost wrapped up its six year run this past season and did so on a high note. Though quite a number of people did not care for the series finale, I thought it delivered a satisfying resolution and a decent amount of closure (and you can read more of my thoughts [...]
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Final Thoughts on Lost
By John J. Joex Okay, I have given it a few weeks since the finale aired to see how the ending sits with me and to peruse over the reaction across the Internet. I recall last year after the Battlestar Galactica finale I actually convinced myself that I liked the conclusion right after I watched [...]
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Why Weren’t They Cancelled: V, Medium, Fringe, Human Target, and Chuck
By John J. Joex There were twelve Science Fiction and Fantasy bubble shows this past season and of those seven were cancelled. I looked at the cancelled shows last week and now I will take moment to consider what kept the other five from a date with the network executioner. Check out the Latest News [...]
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Why Were They Cancelled: Dollhouse, Heroes, Legend of the Seeker, and Past Life
By John J. Joex Seven Science Fiction and Fantasy television shows got the axe this past season. Yesterday I looked at the reasons why for FlashForward, Ghost Whisperer, and Eastwick. Today, I will look at the remaining four shows by network: FOX: Dollhouse – Well, you have to give FOX credit for trying with this [...]
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Why Were They Cancelled: Eastwick, FlashForward, and Ghost Whisperer
By John J. Joex Seven shows got the axe this past season so I will take this opportunity to look at the reasons why for each of the unlucky ones by network. ABC: Eastwick – This show started off last fall somewhat uneven. It couldn’t quite figure out whether it wanted to be a comedy [...]
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Cancellation Watch: Are We Facing a Sci Fi-pocalypse on Television?
By John J. Joex As I covered in last week’s Cancellation Watch column, there are currently seven Science Fiction and Fantasy shows on the broadcast networks on the bubble and I’d say with confidence that at least three of those will get the axe by season end if not six or even all seven. Along [...]
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How Lost Changed the Face of Network Television – Part 3
By John J. Joex Part 3 – The Network Explosion Lost was a phenomenal success for ABC in 2004 and it jump-started interest from the other broadcast networks in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre. By the time the 2005 Fall season rolled around, three of the “Big Four” networks as well as one of [...]
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How Lost Changed the Face of Network Television Part 2
By John J. Joex Part 2 – Lost for Years, the Networks Find Sci Fi The period from 1959 to 1970 I classify as the Golden Age of Science Fiction and Fantasy on television. During these years, the genre matured as it moved from the kiddie-space operas that defined the 1950’s to shows that appealed [...]
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How Lost Changed the Face of Network Television Part 1
By John J. Joex Part 1 – A Change is Coming Lost is truly a phenomenon for television and the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre. It attracted a wide audience and devoted following that extended beyond just sci fi fans and it changed the attitude that the networks previously had toward scheduling shows from the [...]
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