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Returning: Eureka
Slipping quietly into TEN’s upcoming schedules is the return of Eureka, the 2006 series from SciFi set in a town inhabited almost entirely by geniuses.
It was last airing on TEN HD (y’know in the days when they had drama in high def too?).
It’s back in late night screenings 12am Friday July 24th (Thursday night).
It returns with the episode “Bad to the Drone?” S3E01 which aired in the US last July
TEN will also be repeating Californication in a late night slot too.
Amended.
SciFi to become ‘Syfy’
The logo is very cool. But what about that name?
After 16 years, the US Sci Fi Channel is changing its name to “Syfy.”
The switch will come in July along with a new slogan: “Imagine Greater.”
“We love being sci fi and we’re still embracing that,” said network president Dave Howe. “But we’re more than just space and aliens and the future – the three things most people think of when they think of ’sci fi.’”
Fair point. The Twilight Zone always had plenty of fantastical episodes, without a spaceship in sight.
“What this does …
What’s happened to HD?
Programming on HD channels has taken a holiday at some networks, with fleeting attention by networks to provide decent alternative viewing.
On some days next week on TEN HD there is only 3 hours of dedicated programming. On other days there is none.
Evening HD programming has dried up over summer on TEN, with no alternatives once provided by shows like Monk, Smallville, Battlestar Galactica, Torchwood, Eureka and The X Files. Those shows have now either concluded, without being replaced, or simply stopped.
When TEN HD was announced by TEN it promised “50 hours …
Sci Fi Channel switching to 16:9
The Sci Fi Channel has its second birthday on December 1 and will celebrate by switching from 4:3 to 16:9 ratio across the channel.
Around half the shows on the channel will be broadcast in true 16:9 detail. Those programmes that are only available in 4:3 will be pillar-boxed with black stripes down the side.
“Star Trek: Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine are only available in 4:3,” a spokesperson told TV Tonight.
“Star Trek: Enterprise is available in 16:9 full frame along with programmes like Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Angel, Stargate, Stargate: Atlantis and …
ONE HD bumps TEN HD into limbo
TEN’s “science fiction Thursday”, Neighbours catch-up, timeshifted News and documentaries on TEN HD could become a thing of the past with confirmation that there is no contingency plan announced alongside the launch of ONE HD.
TEN HD will continue on air until April when it is overtaken by TEN’s 24hr sports channel ONE HD. The current home of TEN HD, Channel 12, will broadcast the sports content in standard definition.
That leaves Smallville and other fan favourites in television limbo. Other shows including Torchwood, Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, One Tree Hill, Friday Night Lights …