Producer Verity Lambert Dies
Television and film producer Verity Lambert (1935-2007) was the first producer of Doctor Who, and in later years...
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Tag Archives: ABC
Haunted by the Past—a review of Pushing Daisies’s “Girth”
We keep saying this show is great, and this episode is no exception, with the proper leavening of bitter to offset the sweet, and... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Review of Masters of Science Fiction’s “The Discarded”
The fourth (and, sadly, final) episode of Masters of Science Fiction, "The Discarded," may have been the strongest of the four. A great story, well told, and ABC is making a big mistake...
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Review of Masters of Science Fiction’s “Jerry Was a Man”
"Jerry Was a Man," perhaps too much a man for the subtlety of the original Heinlein story to work its way through this adaptation, but I'm still enamored of Masters of Science Fiction...
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Review of Masters of Science Fiction’s “The Awakening”
"The Awakening" was the second episode of ABC's four-episode Masters of Science Fiction. By and large, it was good television, but the final few minutes felt like a cop out...
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Masters of Science Fiction is good, cerebral science fiction
Editor Ian Randal Strock reviews the first episode of Masters of Science Fiction, scheduled to air Saturday night on ABC. It's good, and well worth your time...
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Movie Reviewer Joel Siegel Dies
Movie reviewer Joel Siegel (1943-2007) died of cancer. He reviewed movies for New York City's Eyewitness News for 30 years, and for Good Morning America since 1982.
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ABC confirms Masters of Science Fiction as miniseries
ABC Television confirms it will air Masters of Science Fiction as a four-part miniseries airing Saturdays at 10PM starting 4 August. The four chosen episodes will be...
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Some Masters of Science Fiction May Air
ABC appears to have decided four of the six episodes they ordered of the anthology series Masters of Science Fiction, beginning...
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