Sci Fi Ramblings By John J. Joex Alcatraz is the latest offering from genre mogul J.J. Abrams, and he once again manages to deliver a show that rises above most of the other sci fi shows on the broadcast networks and cable channels. In the pilot episode, we discover the reason that Alcatraz was shut [...]
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Sci Fi Ramblings: FOX’s New Genre Entries Alcatraz and Touch Show Promise
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The Sci Fi Web: Cell The Web Series
The Sci Fi Web: There’s a lot of great sci fi/fantasy web series out there that too many genre fans don’t know about. This column is dedicated to filling you in on what you are missing. Currently, we are focusing on the winners and nominees from the 1st Annual IAWTV Awards. Cell: The Web Series [...]
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Cancellation Watch Mid-Week Update: Alcatraz Continues to Fall, Is It In Trouble?
Cancellation Watch: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks. By John J. Joex FOX’s Alcatraz took another drop in the Nielsens this past Monday, slipping to a 2.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic (down from a 3.0) with 8.4 million [...]
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The Audio Files: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
The Audio Files: Reviews of audio adaptations of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror works. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. Book Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars (Highest Rating) Audiobook Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Synopsis: A strange and enormous creature is sighted by many ships at sea and an expedition is dispatched [...]
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Cancellation Watch: Touch Scores a Win with Preview Airing
Cancellation Watch: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks. By John J. Joex FOX’s latest genre series Touch, from Heroes creator Tim Kring and starring 24‘s Kiefer Sutherland, scored a big win in the Nielsens with its special preview airing [...]
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Sci Fi Ramblings: Some Sci Fi Shows from the Past that Might be Ripe for a Reboot: The Starlost, Land of the Lost, Ark II
Sci Fi Ramblings By John J. Joex Sci fi fans often lament the many reboots and remakes of television shows that keep cycling through the networks and cable channels, claiming these as unabashed proof that the entertainment industry has fallen into a creative drought. Currently in the works, there are reboots of The Munsters (spearheaded [...]
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The Sci Fi Web: RCVR
The Sci Fi Web: There’s a lot of great sci fi/fantasy web series out there that too many genre fans don’t know about. This column is dedicated to filling you in on what you are missing. Currently, we are focusing on the winners and nominees from the 1st Annual IAWTV Awards. RCVR Web Series (One [...]
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Cancellation Watch Mid-Week Update: Alcatraz, Once Upon A Time Slip, But Not Bad
Cancellation Watch: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks. By John J. Joex In its second week J.J. Abrams’ Alcatraz slipped in the Nielsens to a 3.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic (down from a 3.3) and it had nine [...]
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Cancellation Watch: Person of Interest and Grimm are Surging
Cancellation Watch: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks. By John J. Joex Two of this season’s new shows are showing some life in the ratings this mid-season. CBS’s Person of Interest pulled a 3.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic [...]
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Sci Fi Ramblings: The IAWTV Awards Give Some Good Exposure to the Many Sci Fi Web Series on the Internet
Sci Fi Ramblings By John J. Joex This last week the IAWTV (International Academy of Web Television) held their first annual awards which saw several sci fi web series getting some much deserved recognition. The Best Drama Series category saw four science fiction series among the five nominees, and some pretty darn good ones at [...]
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