15 Upcoming TV Shows That Could Save Small-Screen Scifi

[Base_Delta_Zero]

Only things I'm looking forward to are the Star Wars Live Action thing (which I don't actually expect to happen anytime soon) and The Walking Dead. I'm on a zombie kick right now.

I like Maggie Q, but I already saw La Femme Nikita in movie and series form.

I'm burned out on spies, too. Abrams would have to really pull something great out of his ass to get me interested in another spy show. Hey! Maybe he could make one set in the real world where spies do spy shit and not crazy super-human Hollywood assassin/terrorist shit all the time.

 

[Greg Cox]

I highly recommend the novels by Philip Jose Farmer.

Coming out soon from Tor! (Plug, plug.)

What's coming out soon from Tor? The original books by PJF? A novelization of the new miniseries?

And why "plug, plug"? Did you write the novelization or are you really PJF?

The original PJF novels. And I've been working for Tor for probably twenty years now . . . .

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'm looking at the IMDB page for "Nikita" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592154/fullcredits#cast I have no idea who Maggie Q is... but Shane West as Michael? Hmmm... So I suppose Melinda Clarke is Madeline... Aaron Stanford - could be Birkoff? But I don't see any actors in this list old enough to play Operations or Walte, every actor except Clarke seems to be 30 or under. Have the roles not been cast yet, or did they just decide to ditch any older characters?

It's a CW show. Anyone over 30 belongs in a nursing home if not the morgue.

 

[Tulin]

"Mando Mercs"?!?

Is this more EU fanwanking?

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Betwixt - supernatural

Betwixt (2010) (TV)
the CW's Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller

live action adaptation of Tara Bray Smith’s novel with the same name

the children of fairies, who can transform into mythological creatures: one has claws and fangs, one can fly.

The show is said to be more male-skewing than most CW shows (excluding Smallville and Supernatural) and is projected to be paired with the Vampire Diaries next season. It will also be heavily serialized with very dense mythology so don't expect it to be a monster of the week type show. Also there are some early talk about a crossover with The Vampire Diaries.

http://www.spoilertv.com/2010/03/betwixt-filming-begins-vd.html
http://thetorchonline.com/2010/03/16/fantasy-tv-pilot-round-up/




anyone heard anymore about this Betwixt show?

 

[jefferiestubes8]

7 announced genre shows coming in Autumn

Here's your rundown of the "big five" networks' new genre offerings that have already been announced in advance of next week's upfronts.

7 New Genre Shows Coming To Network TV This Fall
http://io9.com/5539438/7-new-genre-shows-coming-to-network-tv-this-fall

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: 7 announced genre shows coming in Autumn

anyone heard anymore about this Betwixt show?

The Futon Critic's page.

Here's your rundown of the "big five" networks' new genre offerings that have already been announced in advance of next week's upfronts.

7 New Genre Shows Coming To Network TV This Fall
http://io9.com/5539438/7-new-genre-shows-coming-to-network-tv-this-fall

I don't think Undercovers is going to be sf/f. I hope The Event will be at least a little. Other than that, AMC has The Walking Dead and Skiffy is launching Haven and ABC will trot out The Gates this summer. Overall, I guess that's a good selection to choose from but I could sure use a space opera or two. L

 

[3D Master]

Tragically, the only space opera in contention this year - and still not picked up to series - is from the CW. It's called Plymouth Rock and it's, yes, teens in space.

You know, that could actually be fun, if they go the Commander Keen route:

14-year-old geeky genius in senior year of High School, gets bullied by a bunch of jocks. Then he goes to the local junkyard, and enters a space ship. Unbeknownst to him, the jocks, a girlfriend or two and a sister or two follow him, then enter the space ship to try an humiliate him even more. Geek in a geeky space suit, jocks hiding and filming the geek "playing" captain of a starship.

Then geeky guy straps himself in chair, a few of the bullies and entourage start to frown, others snicker harder. Geeky guy dramatically (to more snickering) pauses with hand above a button, and then pushes it.

:Rumble:

Snickering stops.

Geeky genius built himself a genuine FTL spaceship, and the bullies if they wanna live (or not be humiliated... or just tossed out the airlock) are just going have follow Captain Geek's orders.

Bring on the fun and adventures in a humor filled with all kinds of aliens and civilizations. Half-comedy, half drama.

 

[Greg Cox]

Re: 7 announced genre shows coming in Autumn

anyone heard anymore about this Betwixt show?

The Futon Critic's page.

Here's your rundown of the "big five" networks' new genre offerings that have already been announced in advance of next week's upfronts.

7 New Genre Shows Coming To Network TV This Fall
http://io9.com/5539438/7-new-genre-shows-coming-to-network-tv-this-fall

I don't think Undercovers is going to be sf/f. I hope The Event will be at least a little. Other than that, AMC has The Walking Dead and Skiffy is launching Haven and ABC will trot out The Gates this summer. Overall, I guess that's a good selection to choose from but I could sure use a space opera or two. L

I wouldn't be surprised if some scifi elements sneak into UNDERCOVER, just like they did in ALIAS, LOST, and FELICITY . . . .

 

[Warped9]

Steven Spielberg's untitled alien invasion series, starring Noah Wylie.

No Ordinary Family - ABC

La Femme Nikita. The CW

Betwixt Another CW series

Tower Prep and/or Unnatural History. - live-action shows on the Cartoon Network

Riverworld. - Syfy miniseries

Undercovers. J.J. Abrams' comedy about a husband-and-wife spy duo

Terra Nova. Another Spielberg show, this time for Fox.

Being Human (U.S. remake) - Syfy

Torchwood (the U.S. remake)

The Cape. Another superhero show — NBC

The Walking Dead

Star Wars: The Live-Action Series.

15 Upcoming TV Shows That Could Save Small-Screen Scifi
http://io9.com/5476760/15-upcoming-tv-shows-that-could-save-small+screen-scifi

A good article on io9.
Some of the shows have their own threads already on TrekBBS Science Fiction & Fantasy forum.

Not one of these looks the least bit interesting.

 

[heroes4evr]

With Heroes,Flash Forward gone what else could be worth watching is any good Uk shows going to be produced just wondering

 

[jefferiestubes8]

space-set scifi series in development

Tragically, the only space opera in contention this year - and still not picked up to series - is from the CW. It's called Plymouth Rock and it's, yes, teens in space.

You know, that could actually be fun, if they go the Commander Keen route:

Commander Keen is a series of video games developed by id Software in the early 1990s. The series focuses on the adventures of Billy Blaze, an 8-year old boy who travels through space and assumes the identity "Commander Keen".

via Wiki. I'm not laughing 3D Master. A show Plymouth Rock done with less middle aged adult soap opera elements could be better than Defying Gravity.

Oh yes I was thinking of this earlier this week and the title slipped my mind. We have a thread for it.
"Plymouth Rock" series on CW for 2010

Bring on the fun and adventures in a humor filled with all kinds of aliens and civilizations. Half-comedy, half drama.

I think the most comparisons will be to "Defying Gravity" for this CW show if it happens in the next couple years.

 

[Greg Cox]

With Heroes,Flash Forward gone what else could be worth watching is any good Uk shows going to be produced just wondering

As far as genre shows go, VAMPIRE DIARIES is really clicking on all cylinders these days. The season finale had some great, jaw-dropping moments . . . .

 

[3D Master]

Re: space-set scifi series in development

Tragically, the only space opera in contention this year - and still not picked up to series - is from the CW. It's called Plymouth Rock and it's, yes, teens in space.

You know, that could actually be fun, if they go the Commander Keen route:

Commander Keen is a series of video games developed by id Software in the early 1990s. The series focuses on the adventures of Billy Blaze, an 8-year old boy who travels through space and assumes the identity "Commander Keen".

via Wiki. I'm not laughing 3D Master.

Huh?

A show Plymouth Rock done with less middle aged adult soap opera elements could be better than Defying Gravity.

Oh yes I was thinking of this earlier this week and the title slipped my mind. We have a thread for it.
"Plymouth Rock" series on CW for 2010

Bring on the fun and adventures in a humor filled with all kinds of aliens and civilizations. Half-comedy, half drama.

I think the most comparisons will be to "Defying Gravity" for this CW show if it happens in the next couple years.

That's not a space opera, though, it's also something I'm not going to waste my time watching.

My Commander Keen-like idea would be a lot more fun to watch.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

With Heroes,Flash Forward gone what else could be worth watching is any good Uk shows going to be produced just wondering

As far as genre shows go, VAMPIRE DIARIES is really clicking on all cylinders these days. The season finale had some great, jaw-dropping moments . . . .

VD is too CW for me. Right now, the only good sf/f show that's going to survive till next year is Chuck. I certainly hope at least some of the new sf/f shows are worthwhile and get decent ratings.

 

[G2309]

Your post could have done with some descriptions of the programmes or at least some links.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Genre in Decline

The problem, as I see it, is not that Caprica was cancelled, but that it simply is the most recent example of a science-fiction series failing to connect with viewers.

“Caprica’s” failure, sadly, is more illustrative of a trend in science-fiction — there simply isn’t much of it right now that people are buying.

Battlestar Galactica:
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the show got so bogged down in love triangles and complex, ambiguous religious themes that it sometimes forgot some of the people tuning in wanted to see a good old-fashioned space battle (if there is such a thing). “Caprica” committed the same mistake, but actually went a step further: it eliminated nearly all action and kept in all the boring parts.

the 2008-09 Fox series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” was guilty of exactly the same thing. It got so caught up in the human drama and some underlying philosophy about fate that it was trying to convey,

Science has become secondary to complex, even incomprehensible, religious dogma.

Writers, producers and directors would be wise to remember that even thoughtful, intellectual science-fiction can still be action-packed and exciting.

SciFi 101: Science-Fiction: A Genre In Decline?
Is 'Caprica' a victim of this popularity loss, or is it a cause?
Nov-18-2010
http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/8059/scifi-101-science-fiction-a-genre-in-decline.html

While Caprica did not make it at least this analysis brings up why this and 2 other shows didn't do well. Perhaps the new series will learn from these.