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Monday, August 1 2011

TV Highpoints and Lowpoints of 2010-2011… Number 6

There was both good and bad news for the so-called geek and nerd audience, as Fringe survived its move to Friday night, but they were left with no Space Opera with the cancellation of Caprica and Stargate Universe.


Wednesday, July 27 2011

TV Highpoints and Lowpoints of 2010-2011… Number 9

PopMatters continues its 10-day countdown of some of the high and lowpoints of the 2010 to 2011 TV season. This time up... the superlative BBC drama Being Human and the oh-so-sad, watered down SyFy version of the show.


Tuesday, June 21 2011

The End Was All Too Near: ‘Stargate Universe: The Complete Final Season’

Without much critical acclaim or ratings, SGU delivered 40 episodes of excellent storytelling.


Friday, February 25 2011

The Year in TV: July 2010

Continuing out look at the year’s most notable television events, here’s what happened in July 2010.


Friday, December 10 2010

The Year in TV: January 2010

Because so many noteworthy things happened in the history of American television this year, it’s best to look at it all one month at a time. So let’s take a look at the biggest events on TV in January 2010.


Wednesday, July 14 2010

‘Riverworld’ Suffers From a Slow-moving Current

This Riverworld reboot improves on the 2003 version, but that's no grand achievement.


Monday, July 6 2009

Sci Fi channel changes its name to Syfy


Tuesday, March 17 2009

Sci-Fi ‘geeks’ blast Syfy name change


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