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‘The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ comes to Syfy this spring

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Hot on the heels of The Science Channel acquiring the rights to air Joss Whedon’s Firefly, the Syfy network intends to bring back another cult favorite program axed from network TV prematurely. Syfy will air all 31 episodes (spanning 2 seasons) of the ill-fated FOX show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles starting Thursday, April 7 at 9PM. After its cable premiere date, TSCC will air Thursdays from 7PM to 11PM–that’s right, the station will air 4 one-hour episodes back-to-back every Thursday. Intense stuff. Though the show got off on shaky ground, it quickly found its feet towards the latter half of season one and its shortened second season made for some really great TV. If you missed out on its original run, I highly recommend checking it out on Syfy this April. By the time the series finale rolls around you will be begging to the powers that be for more. Sure it’s set in the Terminator universe, but the show distances itself from the movies by expanding on familiar names (read: John and Sarah Conner) and introducing new and exciting characters (Summer Glau’s Cameron and Garrett Dillahunt’s Cromartie). Plus a TV movie may be in the works, so you’ve got to prepare for that.

[Via EW]

The Science Channel is set to air ‘Firefly’ in its entirety this March

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Listen here fellow Browncoats: The Science Channel has acquired the rights to Joss Whedon’s epic space western Firefly and is prepared to air all thirteen episodes, including the two-hour pilot, this March. What’s more is each episode will be tagged with interstitial segments hosted by physicist Dr. Michio Kaku who will discuss the theoretical science behind the show’s sci-fi concepts. Nerdgasm! Since FOX axed the short-lived series in 2002, it traveled to the USA Network in 2008 and now it has found a home with the Science Channel where it will continue to live on as one of the most original, character-driven sci-fi series ever produced.

In addition to scooping this news, EW also sat down with Malcolm Reynolds himself Nathan Fillion to discuss he thoughts about the show. When asked about playing Mal he said, “It was my favorite job ever. What wasn’t great about it? I got to wear a low-slung holster. I got to ride horses. I got to have a spaceship. I got to act mean and curmudgeonly. [Creator Joss Whedon] is really good at kicking characters in the nuts so the other characters would have laughs at my expense and that was great too.” He went on to share his enthusiam about potentially bringing back the show if the opportinity showed itself. “If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to Firefly, make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet,” he said.

Firefly‘s run on The Science Channel beings March 6. The premiere night will air the 2-hour pilot “Serenity” starting at 8PM and this will be followed by episode 2 “The Train Job” at 10PM. The channel will then air one episode every Sunday at 8PM in their intentional order. You can’t take the sky from me.

[Via EW]