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NBC dumping non-sci-fi on Sci-Fi Channel :-(
10 May 2006 07:15:58 -0700
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evwill...
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It is a soap opera but with a few supernatural elements added on for
effect.
Donna B...
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The supernatural elements have never been for effect.
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Everett W.
Barnabas Collins...
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My understanding is it added the supernatural elements
towards the end when it looked like the cancellation
axe was about to fall.
Ian J. Ball...
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No, that was ABC's "Port Charles".
Ian (The show that gave Kelly Monaco her first big break.)
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Donna B...
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LOL, okay, your understanding is completely off. Still on the air, hasn't
been cancelled, supernatural elements from Day One.
Barnabas Collins...
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Wasn't it cancelled earlier this year?
Ellen...
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We should be so lucky!
SD Ellen
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Bill...
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Passions is still on NBC daily, 2pm Eastern time. As a couple of others
have pointed out, you're probably thinking of ABC's "Port Charles." One
of the main characters in Passions is a witch, but as far as I know
they've never had a vampire in a storyline...though the witch in this
series claims to have had a fling with Barnabas Collins. : )
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ANIM8Rfsk...
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That would be wrong. The supernatural elements were what attracted Spik from
Buffy to watch it.
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I've noticed a trend for Sci-Fi Channel to show non-scifi during this
past year. I think it's because NBC looks at Sci-Fi and says, "Here's
a place we can dump our shows for minimal cost & maximum profit."
Hence Passions / Law & Order on a channel where it does not belong.
Paul Stacy - Captain K'orvette zantai Reshtarc...
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What network (I seem to recall it was a broadcast network) originally aired
"Space: Above and Beyond"? I ask because, thought I can't remember which
episode, there was at least one several years ago that bleeped out a line.
It just surprised me that they (a cable channel) would bleep out a line a
network allowed.
Stan Brown...
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It's unfortunately common.
One reason I stopped watching movies on USA and TNT was that they
seemed to do quite a lot of bleeping or muting of made-for-network-TV
movies.
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Barnabas Collins...
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Maybe the line is bleeped out in the syndication package?
John Duncan Yoyo...
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Perhaps the line was always a bleeped out.
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shawn...
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Fox aired SAaB. It was one of many shows that had a SciFi theme that
aired for a short time on the network.
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hobbyfan...
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Space: Above & Beyond originally aired on Fox before going to Sci-Fi.
Passions, because of its supernatural content (and frequent homages to
Dark Shadows) fits on Sci-Fi. Law & Order: SVU doesn't.
J. C. Gilbert
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jayembee...
Dr. Woodard...
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Passions is a way to get a "Dark Shadows" type show that Unviersal
alredy owns. They don't havet to fork over the bucks for the rights.
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This is actually nothing new for Sci Fi. I recently had occasion to
recall that back in its first year or two (early 90s) it ran at least
two non-SF series:
(1) THE MAGICIAN, with Bill Bixby. No supernatural-type magic involved.
Bixby played a stage magician who helped people in trouble.
(2) SUSPENSE (the 60s version). A drama anthology which, like ALFRED
Bill...
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Sci-Fi Channel also ran the 60s version of Batman for a brief period. I
still have a few episodes recorded from that channel.
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HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, may have had an occasional SF/fantasy episode,
though I don't recall any.
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