SyFy considering doing Cooking and Talk Shows...

[jefferiestubes8]

SyFy's programming Summer 2010

Oh they are going there.
a heightened focus on reality TV.

Damn. NBC Universal owns SyFy and they are doing it in this niche channel. So much for Science Fiction.
This pretty much is the nail in the coffin of this channel staying in the science fiction world at least starting on Thursdays...

a new bloc of Thursday reality TV, starting July 15, 2010.

http://io9.com/5496098/syfy-is-turning-into-vh1-more-reality-tv-and-tracy-morgan

also

Syfy announced it is currently developing eight new reality series
Force of Nature, The Latimer Project, Mr. Impossible, Paranormal Files, Face Off, The Dome Experiment, and Untitled Artifact Search Series.

each show has a detailed synopsis at the realitytvworld link below.
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/...t-new-reality-shows-syfy-developing-10608.php

One of the new shows:
The Dome Experiment

will document 12 test subjects from various walks of life and seal them in a bio-environment known as "The Dome."

The subjects will rely on each other for needs ranging from food and shelter to entertainment and security while also competing in various challenges and experiments

a cross between Big Brother/Fear Factor/Survivor...
reminds me a little of a show idea I thought about of scientists at the MARS research station in this thread:
idea for science docu-reality TV series

A 3 month+ sealed-in show idea has already been considered by the European Space Agency and Russian Academy of Science's Institute for Medical-Biological Problems project who were doing a real 105-day sealed in experiment with 6 people.
You can see a 2 minute video tour of the capsule here:
The BBC's Richard Galpin gets a sneak preview of the capsule

Well The Dome Experiment is produced by the same production company that makes:
"The Biggest Loser, "Breaking Bonaduce" (2005), "Supergroup" (2006), "Hammertime" (2009), "Beauty and the Geek" (2005) so that track record should give you a real example of what to expect of course closer to the production values of the cable TV reality shows and not the broadcast network reality show budgets...
I'm guessing 20-30 days similar to CBS' Big Brother and there will be a few women and possible intimate situations...just like MTV's The Real World.

 

[sojourner]

Re: SyFy's programming Summer 2010

BRAINS!?!?

 

[Silvercrest]

Re: SyFy's programming Summer 2010

Imagine Lesser!

 

[FreezeC77]

Pauly Shore needs to host the dome show.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

FWIW, all of the shows at least have some vague connection to science, sci-fi, or fantasy. They'll probably still suck though.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

...all of the shows at least have some vague connection to science, sci-fi, or fantasy.

If it is not science fiction it should not be on the channel period.


There is
The Science Channel

a cable and satellite television channel produced by Discovery Communications. Science Channel features science-related television programs covering all aspects of science, e.g. space, technology, prehistory and animals.

Why can't they have the barely connected science unscripted reality shows? All of the other Discovery Communications-owed TV channels do.

It sounds like the only reason SciFi changed their name to SyFy is to do reality programming.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I like the suggestion I saw somewheres to just call that channel Sigh.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

SyFy Announces Summer Schedule - Haven

New Scripted Series

?Haven—Premieres Friday, July 9, at 10PM (ET/PT)—New drama series Haven, based on the novella The Colorado Kid from renowned author Stephen King, follows FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose), who arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve the murder of a local ex-con. Before long, her natural curiosity lands her in the epicenter of activity in this curious enclave, which turns out to be a longtime refuge for people with a remarkable range of supernatural abilities. Among the townspeople are local cop Nathan Wuornos (Lucas Bryant), who eventually becomes Audrey’s partner, and the mysterious and charming Duke Crocker (Eric Balfour).

There is more info at the link about the shows creative above-the-line personnel.
April 1, 2010
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/04/01/syfy-announces-summer-schedule/

synopsis:

A shrewd FBI agent with a lost past who arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine, to solve the murder of a local ex-con only to discover that the curious enclave is a longtime refuge for people with supernatural powers that holds a lot of secrets, including to her own past.

shot in Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1519931/

seems like Eureka meets the X-Files.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Well I didn't take to Eureka. Maybe Haven will be more to my liking.