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There are a growing number of cable viewers who feel that the network has lost focus from its founding principles. |
There are a growing number of cable viewers who feel that the network has lost focus from its founding principles. |
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Critics cite programming like [[Braveheart]], the NBC soap opera ''[[Passions]]'', [[WWE]] wrestling, aired in May 2006, |
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([http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=30-MAY-2006 SCI FI May 30th, 2006 Schedule]) and episodes of [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]], aired in May 2006 ([http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=4-MAY-2006&feed_req SCI FI May 4th, 2006 Schedule]) , as these programs have little relevance to science fiction. For the time being, it seems science fiction will only be relegated to special event programming (like [[The Triangle]], aired in December 2005) and the very few original series that SCI FI does air that can be classified as science fiction, like [[Battlestar Galactica]] and [[Eureka]] and [[The Dresden Files]], planned for the 2006-2007 season. |
([http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=30-MAY-2006 SCI FI May 30th, 2006 Schedule]) and episodes of [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]], aired in May 2006 ([http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=4-MAY-2006&feed_req SCI FI May 4th, 2006 Schedule]) , as these programs have little relevance to science fiction. For the time being, it seems science fiction will only be relegated to special event programming (like [[The Triangle]], aired in December 2005) and the very few original series that SCI FI does air that can be classified as science fiction, like [[Battlestar Galactica]] and [[Eureka]] and [[The Dresden Files]], planned for the 2006-2007 season. |
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- See Sci-Fi Channel for a list of other Sci Fi channels.
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| Type | Cable television network |
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| Country | |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | NBC Universal |
Launch date | 1992 |
Official website | www.scifi.com |
Sci Fi is an American cable television channel, launched in 1992 and currently owned by corporate conglomerate NBC Universal, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming.
There are a growing number of cable viewers who feel that the network has lost focus from its founding principles.
Critics cite programming like Braveheart, the NBC soap opera Passions, WWE wrestling, aired in May 2006, (SCI FI May 30th, 2006 Schedule) and episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, aired in May 2006 (SCI FI May 4th, 2006 Schedule) , as these programs have little relevance to science fiction. For the time being, it seems science fiction will only be relegated to special event programming (like The Triangle, aired in December 2005) and the very few original series that SCI FI does air that can be classified as science fiction, like Battlestar Galactica and Eureka and The Dresden Files, planned for the 2006-2007 season.
The channel is one of the sponsors for the Coalition for Freedom of Information.
Sci Fi original programming
- See List of Sci Fi Channel (United_States) programs#Sci Fi original programming for the full list.
Sci Fi has found a profitable nich in creating its own television movies, miniseries and series. As of April 2006, these included the on-air series, Battlestar Galactica, Scare Tactics, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Tripping the Rift.
Sci Fi Miniseries
- See List of Sci Fi Channel (United_States) programs#Sci Fi Miniseries for the full list.
Sci Fi original programming gained national prominence in 2003 with the airing of Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken, which won the Emmy Award that year for best miniseries. Sci Fi's current Battlestar Galactica series started out as a miniseries that same year. Sci Fi miniseries for the 2006-2007 season included The Triangle and Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King.
Sci Fi Pictures original movies
- See List of Sci Fi Channel (United_States) programs#Sci Fi Pictures original movies for the full list.
Since 2002 the channel has earned strong ratings from television movies it commissions. Typically independently-made B movie-quality monster movies with total budgets of $1 to 2 million, they usually air on Saturday nights.[1] In April 2005 the network announced that it would air 28 original movies on Saturday nights through 2006.[2]
Sci Fi second-run programming
- See List of Sci Fi Channel (United_States) programs#Sci Fi second-run programming for the full list.
The Sci Fi Channel has a long history of buying the rights to air second-run, or repeat, programming of series no longer in production. As of April 2006, John Doe, a former Fox Network program had a featured spot on Sci Fi's Friday night lineup.
Other Movies Shown on Sci Fi
- Main article: Other Movies Shown on Sci Fi
Anime shown on Sci Fi
Briefly in the early 1990's, Sci Fi showed anime movies, although they had to be edited in order to be shown on basic cable. It was the first to show the movie Akira in it's original Streamline Pictures English dub, as well as showing episodes of Dominion Tank Police, Gall Force, and Project A-ko. As for the future of anime on Sci Fi, it is still unknown.
Trivia
- As a placeholder for those who were about to receive the Sci Fi channel on cable, a loop of a fly through space in first-person perspective was shown, with a countdown clock in the corner that told viewers exactly when Sci Fi would begin programming. This went on for at least 2 months before the channel's inception.
- The first broadcast of the Sci-Fi Channel was the original Star Wars movie. The telecast was bracketed by a sequence indicating the channel was in a future era, and that the original movie had been re-discovered after being lost for a long period. The film was said to have been refurbished and was now able to be viewed "in the privacy of your own head".
- During the initial period of the channel's broadcasting, the premise that it was from the future was continued, including future news stories and "historical" bits set in the near future of 1992.
- In the early years, sequences would feature a talking head in which current factoids would be read as if found in a time capsule at some future time. Also, common items would be found by aliens who would marvel over them.
- In the late 1990s, a brief "Sci-Fi Saturday" morning cartoon programming block was aired. Among the cartoons shown was Star Trek: The Animated Series and Galaxy High.
Notes
- ^ Wolf, Gary. "We've Created a Monster!," Wired, October 2004
- ^ SCI FI Announces Films for '06." press release, 14 April 2005.
