I've got a kind of a love/hate thing going with the Sci-Fi Channel. For example, I loved the fact that when they first purchased the rights to air classic
Star Trek, they restored the footage that was edited out for syndication all these years. But I hated that after the first two runs through the series, they began to make edits again--sometimes cutting out even larger chunks of the shows than originally done in syndication. (Makes me appreciate my DVDs that much more, I guess!)
I loved
Farscape and hated Sci-Fi when they cancelled it. I've sort of forgiven them for picking up the upcoming mini-series in October.
Today, I have reason to love Sci-Fi yet again. Rumors are swirling that the poeple over at
Sci-Fi are in negotations to pick up the U.S. rights to the new
Doctor Who series, as well as showing the classic series. Nothing confirmed yet, but one can hope. And I'd hope that if Sci-Fi does pick up
Who, they bring it to our screens as soon as possible!
posted by Michael Hickerson at 9/03/2004 09:09:00 AM |
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