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SciFriday: Unlikely Signature Show? How About 'Warehouse 13'

Michael Hinman heaps praise on a show as if it's 'Battlestar Galactica'

OK, it's not "Battlestar Galactica," but if you've been watching "Warehouse 13" on Syfy as religiously as I have, then you know that this show is deserving of huge amounts of love and respect. It's strange, because I almost had to be forced into watching "Warehouse 13" to begin with. I saw the pi ...

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SciFriday: America Must Adopt The British TV Model

Michael Hinman takes a look across the pond for what would be successful

Not too long ago, a popular British showrunner suggested that America could really improve its television offerings if it would just do one simple thing: shorten its seasons. That suggestion was not embraced too well by American television purists, who believe the 22-episode season is the golden ...

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SciFriday: Maybe Not A New World, But Certainly A Brave One

Coming out for Sean Maher and Zachary Quinto will help thousands

Save a teen, save the world. Zachary Quinto's character of Sylar was never on the right side of that battle in NBC's "Heroes," but as an actor and a role model, he's ready to do his part. Quinto, who also stars in the rebooted Star Trek films, did something absolutely amazing over the weekend: ...

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SciFriday: Another Syfy-Filled Weekend

Digital Press Tour returns to Florida ... making life easier for Michael Hinman

Yes, I can't believe it's been almost five years since the first time I received an invite from NBC Universal inviting me to make the trek up to Vancouver to be a part of its first ever SciFi Channel Digital Press Tour. I was kind of amazed they were even doing it. The Internet had been around f ...

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SciFriday: Syfy Offers Another Well-Deserved Promotion

Michael Engleman really did steer science-fiction channel into the future

If you asked me a couple years ago if I would ever write a column like this, I would at least hesitate. But I am the kind of person who gives credit where credit is due. And when it comes to Michael Engleman, his recent promotion to executive vice president of marketing and global brand strategy ...

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SciFriday: Teach A Man To Fish ...

Some valuable advice to young, aspiring actors out there

When I think about it, I am not sure what has me fascinated about Cody Deal, or why I have now written yet another piece about the actor. I think it has to do with the fact that the kid really does have talent, beyond an action role (not meant in the nicest way) in a Syfy original movie, "Almigh ...

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SciFriday: SD v. HD? Remember BW v. Color?

When it comes to entertainment, there always seems to be a winner ... and a loser

This column might be a decade too late. But you have to admit, it sure takes an awful long time for television to change. I grew up in the 1980s, and by then, color television was common. Yet, so were black and white televisions. My family was an electronics family. We had an Atari right when the ...

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SciFriday: I So Hate You, Felicia Day

Michael Hinman once again is late to a party -- this time, 'The Guild'

Why is it that I don't want to listen to people sometimes? I didn't watch "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" until Season 4. I didn't watch "Warehouse 13" until Season 2. I didn't watch "Fight Club" until like 10 years after its release. And now I get to add a new one to the list: "The Guild." A ...

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SciFriday: Syfy PR Blunders And An Anniversary

Talk about not being able to stay on just one topic

I really don't want to join the pile-up on Syfy for its most recent public relations blunder when it came to "Eureka." But you have to admit, this isn't the first time this all happened. As much as some are trying to blame the NBC Universal public relations people for the renewal and then cancell ...

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SciFriday: Confessions Of A Former Movie Theater-Goer

Michael Hinman is now done with rude people

On May 12, 2000, I paid $7 for a movie ticket and sat down with a few hundred other people to watch this new John Travolta movie that had come out. The opening credits of "Battlefield Earth" -- a film that forced "Earth: Final Conflict" to have changed its name a couple years earlier -- rolled, a ...

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