Overnight ratings still come up short.
There may be a short shelf life for the new Joss Whedon Fox series "Firefly," after Nielsen Overnight Metered Market Ratings saw a significant decline to already lackluster ratings.The new science fiction show from the creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" pulled in just a 3.6 rating/7 share. It did ...
Read MoreSays John Connor still is guarded about technology
Trying to get Nick Stahl to talk about his role as John Connor in "Terminator 3" is like getting a T-800 to smile. But TheArnoldFans and LatinoReview Web sites were both able to get the young actor to talk about his character during a recent interview."Well, his whole sortof domestic life has change ...
Read MoreDon't expect to see too many more Ferengi
The Romulans will make their "Enterprise" debut next week on UPN, but executive producer Brannon Braga recently told Star Trek: The Magazine that you aren't going to see too much of the popular aliens."We see their cool ships, but we never see the Romulans," Braga said. "I think it's cool that on (' ...
Read MoreCould Faith be the new slayer in an eighth season?
There really could be an eighth season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on UPN, even if star Sarah Michelle Gellar comes back. But who would be the new star of the show?"Buffy" executive producer Marti Noxon recently talked to Sci-Fi Wire about those possibilities."It is a discussion that we've begun t ...
Read MoreOvernight ratings show little drop off from season opener
It wasn't a very strong episode, but somehow, the "Enterprise" episode "Carbon Creek" drew close to the number of viewers it drew in the previous week for the show's second season premiere, finishing respectable in the Nielsen Overnight Metered Market ratings."Enterprise" grabbed a 4.8 rating/7 shar ...
Read MoreREVIEW: 'Buffy' comes back for seventh season
Review by Bryant GriffinFrom Turkey to England and back to the haunted bowels of a newly restored and modernized Sunnydale High School, mysteries abound and a powerful unseen force is rising that even the Old Ones fear. So begins the seventh season of Joss Whedon's engaging series, "Buffy the Vampir ...
Read MoreREVIEW: 'Carbon Creek' a snoozer
Ok, I know the headline of this review makes it sound like I hate history. In actuality, I don't. I really love history, which is probably strange because I also love science fiction as well. And don't get me wrong, there has been a lot of Star Trek episodes to where I've enjoyed some of the histori ...
Read MoreOvernight ratings win goes to The WB
Ever since The WB lost "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to UPN, it has been showing dominance over its old show on Tuesday nights. As the new season for several shows began this past Tuesday night, The WB proved that not much has changed."Smallville" showed signs that its first season success was not a fl ...
Read MoreNew 'Gladiator 2' film could interfere, however
After spending so much time strengthening the Romulans for the upcoming movie "Star Trek: Nemesis," Brannon Braga said that Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan might be showing up on the set of the UPN series "Enterprise" to help create Romulans of 200 years in the past."He's told me that [he'd ...
Read MoreSci-Fi Channel to air 'cursed' film
Never thought you would see William Shatner in a foreign language film? Well, tune in to the Sci-Fi Channel Oct. 13 and check it out.Shatner appeared in the film "Incubus" in 1965, one year before he was cast as Capt. James T. Kirk in "Star Trek." The entire film, which is about an island filled wit ...
Read MoreRick Berman says he has a good idea who the 'Enterprise' villain is.
The dark shadowy figure has been controlling the Suliban since the very beginning of the UPN series "Enterprise" last season, and executive producer and co-creator Rick Berman said after one year of toying with the villain -- they have an idea on who it's going to be."Which race? Which race in the f ...
Read MoreBoth Star Trek and 'Twilight Zone' open strong
In a night filled with some premieres and many reruns, both the second season premiere of "Enterprise" as well as the series premiere of "The Twilight Zone" -- the latter helped by the release of the second trailer for "Star Trek: Nemesis" during one of its commercial breaks -- helped boost UPN to f ...
Read More'Nemesis' scribe returns to ancient Rome
Most of the principle characters are dead, but apparently Dreamworks Pictures and Universal Pictures feel they can strike gold twice as they recently announced giving the greenlight to a sequel of the 2000 Oscar-winning picture "Gladiator." And the writer? John Logan, the man who recently finished w ...
Read MoreCondition almost stopped his acting career
Having a speech impediment may be joked about a lot on television, but for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actor Nicholas Brendon, it's something that almost sidelined his entire acting career.Brendon, who plays Xander in the series, told CNN he started to suffer from a stuttering problem when he was 8." ...
Read MoreRatings not as strong as 'John Doe'
There has been some talk that "Enterprise" has been slipping in the overnight ratings as of late, but the UPN show seems to be faring a lot more than Joss Whedon's answer to Star Trek -- which had a mediocre start Friday night."Firefly," the new science fiction series put together by the creator of ...
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