Science Fiction TV News

One thing you can say about sci-fi fans: They're not stupid. Each TV show comes with its own history, mythology, rules, science and literary allusions -- sometimes it even has its own language.

The last time I stood in the cold and the rain for something I wasna TMt sure I needed was 30 years ago.

This week, TV was filled with surprise appearances. Tommy returned on Brothers & Sisters .

In Section: ON SCREEN >> Posted By: Mark Peikert By now, two months after the rest of the new shows have premiered, you've surely been beaten into submission regarding the plot of V by ABC's marketing department, storing its plot in your brain even if you're unaware of it.

In 1983, a miniseries called V was broadcast. Despite there only being two episodes, it spawned a sci-fi franchise which lives on to this day.

Of course it also featured Jane Badler as Diana, the hottest villain on TV. That is, until the NEW series came out.

Erica and Father Jack find themselves being tracked by a "Seeker" from the Vs in "There Is No Normal Anymore." When "V," the eagerly anticipated sci-fi mystery update, debuts on ABC tonight, it will be a kick for those who remember the 1980s miniseries version of an alien invasion.

The Visitors are back! ABC's alien-invasion remake, V , debuted Tuesday night with a frightening opening scene of spaceships hovering over the world's major cities.

Blame it on Ronald D. Moore. His re-imagined Battlestar Galactica raised the bar high, not just for remakes of slightly cheesy 70s series, but for sci-fi in general.

Half-Scottish actor Andrew Buchan follows up his role in ITV's The Fixer with a part in new BBC period drama Garrow's Law, where he plays 18th century legal pioneer William Garrow.

John Lithgow was going to pass on the chance to play serial killer vs. serial killer on "Dexter," with an Italian vacation, cruise and his son's wedding awaiting him.

About V V is a re-imagining of the 1980's miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race.

Okay, if you're on the East Coast and you're reading this, chances are you just watched the premiere of V . Here's my B+ review to read, so you know where I stand.

I remember being introduced to V in high school, shortly after it was finally released onto VHS after years in wherever sci-fi miniseries go to rot.

DAVID Tennant could be set to smash America after being cast in the lead role for a new US TV comedy drama.

A remake of the mid-1980s alien invasion drama "V" premieres Tuesday on ABC, and a producer says this series is very different from its original because of the Sept.

Roughly 25 years after a reptilian race landed on Earth in the '80s television series 'V,' there's a new batch of duplicitous aliens on TV as the roster of sci-fi-tinged serial dramas continues to grow.

Back in 1983, fantasy fans were mostly ignored by TV. There was no Sci Fi Channel, no Syfy, few quirky cable shows.

No new Dollhouse in November. The show has gone on hiatus until December while Joss and the gang try to figure out how to make morally reprehensible characters appealing to a mass audience.

John Barrowman unleashes his sci-fi side as Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood .