Sci-Fi Storm

The Emmy nomination list is out, and here are some of the genre nods, in order of how many: Lost (12), The Big Bang Theory (5), True Blood (5), Flash Forward (3), The Prisoner (2), Stargate Universe (2), and Caprica, Chuck, Fringe, Heroes, V, Virtuality, and Warehouse 13 all receiving 1 each.

Warehouse 13 returned for its sophomore season last night (missed it? Fortunately my TiVo didn’t – I should have had it in the Storm calendar, but it will air several more times this week), but ratings were down 14% from its series debut last year. The news is not all bad, though – it was still SyFy’s most watched telecast this year, with 3 million viewers. P.S. Eureka returns this Friday at 9PM ET…

I admit it…I heard this through another channel and seriously thought it was a joke, but apparently not: Tween sensations (before they were called tweens) Debbie Gibson and Tiffany, long after the tabloid stories of rivalry have faded, will put a new rivalry on the small screen as they will appear in a new SyFy shlocker, Mega Python vs. Gatoroid. Seriously. I didn’t make this up. I can’t even call these B movies any more. At least a B movie I might want to watch…

Michael Emerson (Ben) had some time back on an episode of Attack Of The Show mentioned that there was an 11 minute “epilogue” of sorts that covers what happened to Ben and Hurley after they were left on the island “in charge”. Now it appears that that epilogue will be released on the Lost: The Complete Collection [sfs=1019]Blu-ray[/sfs] and [sfs=1020]DVD[/sfs] releases (it is not know if it will be in the Season 6 [sfs=1018]Blu-ray[/sfs] and [sfs=1017]DVD[/sfs] release). The epilogue is entitled, “The New Man In Charge”.

The channel that gave us Mega Piranha and Dinocroc vs. Supergator may have bitten off more than it can chew. The network is creating a new production site called “B Movie Mogul” (no sign of it yet) where fans will get to pitch ideas and be involved in the creative process, and create the ultimate “script by committee”. But really, this could be the chance for a good movie…

Doctor Who seems to be all over the news web this week so far, but not because Matt Smith’s debut is reaching it’s conclusion in a couple weeks. First, the UK blogosphere was abuzz about the shower scene in “The Lodger”, this past Saturday’s UK episode (US viewers will see it in a few more weeks), where the Doctor loses his towel momentarily and may have shown his “sonic screwdriver” – but the BBC denies anything was visible because Smith was wearing something to “protect his modesty.” Before that had even died down, co-star Karen Gillan struck back at critics about her short skirts, saying “Amy’s not a schoolgirl, she’s 21, pretty much the same age as me, and we all wear stuff like this.” And finally, Christopher Eccleston finally revealed why he left the show after just one turn as the Doctor – he “didn’t enjoy the environment and the culture that we, the cast and crew, had to work in. I thought if I stay in this job, I’m going to have to blind myself to certain things that I thought were wrong.” No mention of what in particular he didn’t like.

A new exhibition is set to open in Seattle at the Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum the weekend of October 22nd-24th, 2010 which will feature exhibits from both the original and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.
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Comic-Con has become such a media event these days, with producers making major use of it for publicity for their TV shows. But now it seems that show outside the typical comic/SF/Fantasy genres are looking for some exposure time as well. But these shows do have some ties CBS’s upcoming Hawaii Five-0 features Lost‘s Daniel Dae Kim, Battlestar Galactica‘s Grace Park, and Buffy/Angel alum James Marsters; Castle of course has Nathan Fillion of Firefly, and Sons Of Anarchy have Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Katey Sagal (Futurama), so maybe its not so far-fetched.

Breaking news – U.S. premium network Starz has acquired U.S. television rights to the next installment of Torchwood, set to run for 10 episodes and air in both the U.K. and U.S. in Summer 2011. The new series is a co-production between Starz, BBC Wales, and BBC Worldwide. Cast members John Barrowman and Eve Myles will return, and new cast members will be added “reflecting the more international scope of the series.” Russell T. Davies will also remain as show-runner.
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Heroes creator Tim Kring is lobbying NBC to allow for a wrap-up miniseries to the show, which ended with the world knowing about the Heroes. The mini-series would pick up 1 year later, seeing the effects of the revelation.

Also on the resurrection front, Flash Forward fans plan to stage a “flash” blackout of their own – on June 10th, at ABC offices and other locations in major cities, fans plan to stage a blackout in which they with “faint” for 2 minutes and 17 seconds…