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Bionic Woman’s Greatest Enemy Is Apathy

Audiences would rather watch Kitchen Nightmares than sit through an hour of Jaime Sommers’ domestic life. Last night’s Bionic Woman pulled in just 6.5 million viewers, down from the 13.6 million who watched the series debut. It’s obvious BW’s particular blend of escapism and soap isn’t working. But do TV audiences want more escapism, stronger…

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Da-Lite Unveils Home Theater Screen With Enormous 184-Inch Diagonal

Da-Lite is taking home entertainment to ridiculous new places with a video projection screen that boasts a 184-inch diagonal. For those of you doing the math, that equates to a viewing area covering a 160.4 inches(w) x 90.2 inches(h) or a total viewing area of 14468.08 sq inches. No pricing details have been made available,…

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Heroes Sister Show Dead (For Now)

If you think the world of gifted and talented mutants is already too crowded, then you’ll celebrate the death of Heroes: Origins, the spin-off miniseries. Origins was set to introduce six more protagonists, during the break in this year’s Heroes season, but the writers’ strike (and Heroes’ flagging ratings?) have killed it. NBC Holds ‘Heroes’…

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New Joss Whedon Show: Eliza Dushku Is An Amnesiac Puppet

Mind-wiped humans serve as “dolls” for the wealthy in Dollhouse, a new TV series from Buffy and Firefly creator Joss Whedon. Echo (Eliza Dushku) can take on any personality you want her to have — complete with memories, skills, languages and “even muscle memory.” Once imprinted, she fulfills the fantasy of whoever rented her, and…

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Licensing Problems Wreck Bionic Woman’s Cyber-Limbs

Why are there no cool cybernetic limbs (like on the left) in the new Bionic Woman TV show? Many of us speculated that the creators thought nanobots were cooler, and regular old cyborgs were too old-school. But it turns out the answer has more to do with legalities, according to creator David Eick: Part of…

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Heroes Does the Cross-Temporal Sex Dance

One of the more uneven subplots in the second season of NBC’s mutant soap Heroes involves time-master Hiro traveling back to feudal Japan, tangling with a white samurai, and falling in love with a lady. To keep the space-time continuum intact, Hiro has to bring the white samurai and the lady together. So he’s kept…

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Chuck Joins Journeyman On Endangered List

NBC is starting to get rope burn from sticking out its neck for science fiction. Last night’s episodes of Heroes, Journeyman and Chuck all hit series lows. Now it’s not just Journeyman in danger of cancellation, but Chuck also. ‘Heroes,’ NBC Lineup Continue To Get Clobbered [SyFyPortal]

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FCC Ends Exclusive Cable Contracts for Apartments

Exclusive deals between landlords and cable companies that force tenants to use a specific cable provider are being terminated by the FCC, which hopes the move will spur competition and drive down cable prices. According to the NYT, the move will be a boon for low-income and minority families, who have “seen cable prices rise…

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Poll: Which Katee Sackhoff Would Win?

This fall, Katee Sackhoff is playing two different cyber-bitches: the maybe-Cylon Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica, and the whacked-out beta-bionic lady Sarah Corvus in Bionic Woman. Who would win in a robo-faceoff?

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Ron Moore Gets His Auteur On

Ronald Moore will go the Joss Whedon route, directing an episode of Battlestar Galactica which he wrote. But the bad news? Galactica season four is now officially airing in April.

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New TV Series: “I Have No Mouth And I Must Climb”

A group of humans are trapped in a skyscraper at the mercy of a psychotic artificial intelligence, in 99 Stories, a new series that will appear on AMC next year. There’s no way out of the 99-storey building except to keep climbing, and each floor presents a different challenge, as the building’s computer torments its…

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Bionic Woman Gets Another Upgrade

Can an award-winning writer from The Sopranos save Bionic Woman? The Jaime Sommers saga continues to trend downwards in the ratings, achieving a lackluster fourth place last night. Jason Cahill, who won a WGA Award for his work on The Sopranos, replaces Friday Night Lights’ Jason Katims, who in turn replaced Glen Morgan, who left…

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The 50 Million Dollar Dame: Jaime Sommers, Coed

Evil Islamofascists are implanting neural chips into the brains of American POWs and turning them into what Jaime calls “human car bombs,” though there’s less exploding and more shooting and stabbing than this implies. To solve the problem, Jaime goes undercover as a British exchange student at the local university, a twist that allows actress…

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Must See: Futurama

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Must see by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Futurama Date: 1999-2003 Vitals: A dimwitted pizza delivery boy is accidentally frozen in 1999 and reawakens in 2999, where he…

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Must See: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Must see by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Date: 1981 Vitals: Moments before the Earth is destroyed, a hapless Englishmen is whisked…

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Must See: The Prisoner

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Must see by James Rocchi. Title: The Prisoner Date: 1967-68 Vitals: Patrick McGoohan, chafing after years of playing a secret agent on Danger Man, re-invented the…

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Must See: Lost

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Must-see by James Rocchi. Title: Lost Date: 2004-2007 Vitals: An airliner crashes on a remote Pacific island … and things just get weirder and weirder for…

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Must See: V

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: V Date: 1983 Vitals: Human-looking aliens appear in big honkin’ spaceships asking for mutual cooperation. They subtly begin to take over the planet, and a resistance…

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Must See: Star Trek Voyager

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. By Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Star Trek Voyager Date: 1995-2001 Vitals: In the fourth Star Trek series, a starship is tossed to the far side of the…

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Must See: Battlestar Galactica

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Must-see by Jason Shankel. Title: Battlestar Galactica (1970s) Date: 1978-1979 Vitals: Human refugees of the Cylon war wagon train themselves across space with only the diaphanous…

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Bionic Woman’s Greatest Enemy Is Apathy

Da-Lite Unveils Home Theater Screen With Enormous 184-Inch Diagonal

Heroes Sister Show Dead (For Now)

New Joss Whedon Show: Eliza Dushku Is An Amnesiac Puppet

Licensing Problems Wreck Bionic Woman’s Cyber-Limbs

Heroes Does the Cross-Temporal Sex Dance

Chuck Joins Journeyman On Endangered List

FCC Ends Exclusive Cable Contracts for Apartments

Poll: Which Katee Sackhoff Would Win?

Ron Moore Gets His Auteur On

New TV Series: “I Have No Mouth And I Must Climb”

Bionic Woman Gets Another Upgrade

The 50 Million Dollar Dame: Jaime Sommers, Coed

Must See: Futurama

Must See: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Must See: The Prisoner

Must See: Lost

Must See: V

Must See: Star Trek Voyager

Must See: Battlestar Galactica

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