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by Rick Norwood
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First Battlestar Galactica and now Heroes airing half a season at a time -- how much longer
before 24 has to change its name to "12"? At least that would allow Jack Bauer to catch a little shut eye.
Evidently falling ratings (and the writer's strike) have caused the cancellation of the Heroes: Origins
mini-series, originally planned for this holiday season.
SF on TV in Secember
Stargate Atlantis will return January 4, 2008.
Smallville will return January 31, 2008.
The return of Heroes depends on the writer's strike.
Journeyman has been cancelled.
Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman were shut down by
the writers' strike, and whether they will ever go back into production is anybody's
guess. The Battlestar Galactica episodes already filmed won't be aired until April 2008.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
"No more kissie, kissie," fans of Heroes demanded of Tim Kring, Heroes' creator. And he has obliged, ending
the romantic episodes involving The Cheerleader, Hiro, and Peter and returning to an action/adventure format, with a bigger
and better disaster threatening life on Earth. I liked the more character driven episodes, but I must admit that the cliffhanger
story line of the last few episodes has been more exciting. Just one more episode to go before the end of the first half-season.
Monday, December 3
 
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