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Another panel we had at the Syfy Digital Press Tour was on the upcoming U.S. version of Being Human, a currently popular British television program about a a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf living together. The U.S. version is set in Boston (albeit filmed in Montreal, where the “old town” feel is similar), and features vampire “Aidan” (Sam Witwer), werewolf “Josh” (Sam Huntington) and ghost “Sally” (Meaghan Rath) – as they struggle to hide their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives and trying to be human. Mark Pellegrino plays Aidan’s charismatic but menacing vampire mentor “Bishop” (Pelligrino). Adam Kane (The Mentalist, Heroes) is Director and Co-Executive Producer with Executive Producer Michael Prupas (The Kennedys, Pillars of the Earth) and husband and wife Executive Producers/Writers Jeremy Carver (Supernatural) and Anna Fricke (Men in Trees, Everwood). Muse Entertainment is producing 13 1-hour episodes for Syfy.
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Our second panel of the day was for Sanctuary (Season 3 starts tomorrow night, October 15th, at 10pm ET). Amanda Tapping was scheduled to appear but had a family illness, so actor Robin Dunne (Dr. Will Zimmerman) was joined on stage by Erika Kennair, Vice President for Original Programming and Development for Syfy. Syfy’s Mark Stern mentioned that there will be more abnormals along with Caprica‘s Polly Walker guest starring, and asked Robin, “What would you say is kind of the most exciting thing for you this year?”

“A lot…Sanctuary is continuing on the path of being very innovative, the writing is amazing as always…I think the change from 13 episodes to 20 episodes is really amazing because…beautiful story arcs that go in and out of the series and you are going to see things that happen to the characters that sort of have impact throughout the entire series. 20 episodes is kind of like, it feels more of a puzzle this year, a jigsaw puzzle.
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So the first panel from the weekend’s Syfy Digital Press Tour was for the shows Eureka and Warehouse 13, with a preview of their special holiday episodes (sorry, I don’t have video of that), but you can find a full length video of the panel, along with a higher-resolution video (but poorer audio quality and lighting – the camera had trouble with some of the backlighting) of a particular question.

Mark Stern, Executive VP of Original Content, said that, “Ever since we’ve been doing Warehouse and Eureka I’ve wanted to do Christmas episodes or holiday episodes, also wanted to do musical episodes.” And there are upcoming musical episodes, apparently…but for now we get a holiday episode of each show, on December 7th, starting at 9pm with Eureka, and 10pm for Warehouse 13.

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Syfy.com will present the steampunk based digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling, a series of 10 seven to eight minute long episodes, narrated by Sanctuary‘s Amanda Tapping and featuring the voices of Christine Chatelain (The Bone Collector); Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe); Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island), Allison Mack (Smallville); Ryan Robbins (Caprica); Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe); Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) and Emilie Ullerup (Sanctuary). Read on for the press release.
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Just wanted to give a quick recap of dinner last night…it was pretty informal (but a REAL nice restaurant – Bice at Portofino Bay Resort at Universal Studios), with a group of about 40 or so digital press partners and the Syfy executives. At our table we had Mark Stern, the head of programming development, and got to ask various questions. Here is a bit of recap, paraphrased somewhat as it was fairly noisy.
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Just a reminder – this is probably the last post for a few days as I head down to Universal Studios Florida to take part in a Syfy press event…I will be giving rapid-fire updates on Twitter (@scifistorm) and Facebook, so be sure to follow us there – both places would probably be good in case there are problems keeping them linked together, and I’ll be uploading pictures and possibly video to Facebook. Most of the stuff takes place on Monday, and depending on battery life, etc. some stuff may appear Tuesday morning, and a full recap here on Wednesday.

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We should have plenty of info on Warehouse 13, Sactuary, Caprica, and the upcoming Being Human series, as well as some other things like Destination Truth, Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, Hollywood Treasures, Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen, and even a little WWE Smackdown…and perhaps a preview of some upcoming Syfy plans.

If you’ve got a few questions about any of the above, and I get the chance I’ll ask them!

SyFy announced today that their original series Haven, which concludes it’s first season tomorrow, has been renewed for a 13-episode second season, which is expected to air next summer, and all three stars (Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, and Eric Balfour) will return.

To tide you over for a few minutes at least, here are a couple of previews for Caprica‘s season premiere and one for Stargate Universe…
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People from the past come back to haunt the lives of Carter and the gang.

Update: Sorry, apparently the clip has been pulled…must discuss with SyFy…

Wondering what’s up with Myka and Pete next week? Check out this preview for “Merge With Caution”, which airs Tuesday, August 24th at 9/8c on Syfy.

Eureka, SyFy’s hit “dramedy” currently airing it’s fourth season, has already been picked up for a fifth. The press release didn’t say for how many episodes – the first three seasons were 12, 13 and 18 episodes respectively, with the current season being part of a 20-episode order – but here’s hoping it’s another full order. Anyone have any comments regarding the current season? Was the addition of James Callis good or bad? I admit it took a few seconds to recognize him. How about the alternate timeline arc?