Syfy Fall 2011 Programming

Syfy Fall 2011 Programming - Press Release

Aug 23, 2011

NEW YORK – August 23, 2011 – Syfy will take the chill out of the air with a robust fall programming lineup featuring the series premiere of Paranormal Witness, the annual spook-a-thon 31 Days of Halloween culminating with Ghost Hunters Halloween Live telecast, and the 4-hour movie event Neverland, an original prequel to Peter Pan featuring Oscar nominee Keira Knightley as The Voice of Tinker Bell.

Syfy’s fall primetime schedule will also include the return of hit series Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, Sanctuary, Scare Tactics, and the Saturday Original Movie Zombie Apocalypse, as well as the season finales of the hit scripted series Eureka, Alphas, Haven and Warehouse 13.

Highlights of Syfy 2011 Fall Programming (All Times ET/PT)

SEPTEMBER

PARANORMAL WITNESS (NEW ORIGINAL SERIES)
Wednesday, September 7 at 10PM – Paranormal Witness teams with 9PM lead-in Ghost Hunters to anchor the fall’s Wednesday prime paranormal programming block. This tense, filmic and high-octane drama-documentary series brings to life the real stories of people who have lived through paranormal experiences that defy explanation. Using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony, actual home video and gritty realistic drama, Paranormal Witness transports viewers into a world turned upside-down by extraordinary, terrifying and sometimes life-threatening paranormal events.

The season premiere episode showcases two stories with spine-tingling, first-person narration. The episode begins with “Emily the Imaginary Friend," a story about a young Baltimore family whose life is turned to chaos when they move into a new home and their 5-year-old daughter makes friends with an invisible girl named Emily. At first, Emily appears as a harmless playmate. Then, signs of mischievous behavior and household items moving or breaking start to occur in the house. The parents initially assume this could be uncharacteristically naughty behavior from their daughter, until the mischief turns increasingly more sinister and threatening towards the family members. The second story is "The Lost Girl,” where a mother and daughter relive an unexplainable encounter along a rural dirt road in Florida with a mysterious girl who carries a shocking secret.

SCRIPTED SERIES SEASON FINALES

Eureka Season 4.5 finale -- Monday, September 19, 8-9PM
Alphas Season One finale -- Monday, September 26, 10-11PM
Haven Season Two finale -- Friday, September 30, 10-11PM
Warehouse 13 Season Three two-hour finale -- Monday, October 3, 9-11PM
To accompany the season finales, Syfy will air the following marathons:

Alphas Season One -- Monday. September 26, 11:30AM-10PM
Haven Season Two -- Friday, September 30, 8AM-6PM
Warehouse 13 Season Three -- Monday, October 3, 11AM-9PM
OCTOBER

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN and Ghost Hunters HALLOWEEN LIVE

Saturday, October 1, through Monday, October 31 -- 31 Days of Halloween will unleash nearly 600 hours of bloodcurdling programming with original series, Saturday Original Movies and theatricals as well as ghoulish celebrations on Chiller and Syfy.com.

The month-long fright fest culminates with the annual six-hour Ghost Hunters Halloween Live telecast on Monday, October 31 at 7PM (ET/PT).

This year Syfy will partner with NYC & Company, New York City’s official tourism, marketing and partnership organization for 31 Days of HalloweeNYC. The joint venture will bring the popular 31 Days of Halloween to the streets of New York City.

SANCTUARY (SEASON 4 PREMIERE)
Friday, October 7 at 10PM (ET/PT) -- The 13 all-new episodes of Season 4 change everything. With the arrival of the Hollow Earth refugees, the balance between Abnormals and humans is severely upset. In order to keep the peace, Magnus and team must throw out the rulebook. But forging their own way means they're not just dodging dangerous Abnormals anymore, now they've got world governments and new villains nipping at their heels. Sanctuary stars Amanda Tapping as the brilliant Dr. Helen Magnus, Robin Dunne as forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman, Agam Darshi as Kate Freelander, Ryan Robbins as Henry Foss and Christopher Heyerdahl as John Druitt. Created by Damian Kindler (Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis), Sanctuary is produced in association with Syfy and is distributed by Tricon Films and Television. Season four of the series is executive produced by Damian Kindler, Amanda Tapping, Martin Wood, Keith Beedie and Tricon Films.

SCARE TACTICS (SEASON 4.5)
Monday, October 10 at 9 pm (ET/PT) -- Hosted and executive produced by actor/comedian Tracy Morgan, Scare Tactics is a hidden camera show with a sci-fi twist. The show conspires with friends and family members to lure those close to them into outrageous scenarios. Unsuspecting victims find themselves in shocking situations from alien abductions to brushes with the living dead, taking advantage of the age-old practice of friends playing practical jokes on each other. In the premiere episode, "Tracy the Tour Guide," Tracy Morgan is on hand when one of his ancestors comes back to life in the form of a bloodthirsty mummy.

Fact or Faked: PARANORMAL FILES (SEASON 2.5)

Wednesday, October 19 at 10 pm (ET/PT) – Fact or Faked continues its red hot second season with six all-new episodes featuring former FBI agent Ben Hansen, lead scientist Bill Murphy, journalist Jael de Pardo, tech specialist Devin Marble, stunt expert Austin Porter and photographer Lanisha Cole. To date, new episodes this year have averaged more than 1.5 million viewers, up 57% from its first season.

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files uncovers the truth behind supernatural and unexplained occurrences that have been caught on camera. In each episode, the team searches for the most intriguing images, videos and unnatural phenomenon found online and around the world. After selecting the most compelling cases, they head into the field, attempting to recreate the video, carrying out key experiments and questioning eyewitnesses. The team investigates all the clues and evidence with the most advanced techniques and tools at their disposal, and their objective is to answer the question, “Is this real?”

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIE)

Saturday, October 29 at 9PM (ET/PT) -- Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina. Stars Ving Rhames. A production of The Asylum.

DECEMBER

NEVERLAND (ORIGINAL 4-HOUR MOVIE EVENT)
Sunday, December 4 at 9PM & Monday, December 5 at 9PM (ET/PT) -- Neverland, an original prequel to author J.M. Barrie’s classic Peter Pan, sweeps in time from the turbulent seas of the pirates of the Caribbean and the back alleys of Dickensian London to a world of pure imagination. The film stars Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) as James Hook, Keira Knightley as The Voice of Tinker Bell, Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) as Captain Elizabeth Bonny, Oscar nominee Bob Hoskins as Smee (who previously played the character in Steven Spielberg’s feature Hook), Raoul Trujillo (Tin Man) and Charlie Rowe (Pirate Radio) as one of literature’s most cherished characters, Peter Pan. Neverland is produced by Dublin-based Parallel Films on behalf of MNG Films, in association with Syfy and Sky Movies HD, and will be distributed by RHI Entertainment.

Source: Syfy

15 comments:

DarqueModeAugust 23, 2011 at 4:34 PM
It's really sad when a Science Fiction network has only one legitimate Sci-Fi series in it's Fall press release!

Guess that's why they changed their name to SyFy.... they don't do SciFi anymore....
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Bruce_FAugust 23, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Agreed. This is bordering on patronizing. I wouldn't even consider their reality shows "sci-fi." This network is becoming a nerdy version of Spike TV and that network is useless.
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Darcey PilkingtonAugust 23, 2011 at 6:45 PM
Looking forward to watching that Neverland!
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BaffAugust 23, 2011 at 7:09 PM
Yes, very pitiful.

Winter should be pretty good though, with Merlin, Being Human, Lost Girl, and possibly BSG: Blood & Chrome, Three Inches, and Me & Lee.

I am really surprised they didn't move Lost Girl up to Fall since there is an entire season ready to go. For me this means 3 months (Oct-Dec) with no reason to watch Syfy, except Neverland (if I remember).
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DarqueModeAugust 23, 2011 at 7:29 PM
I'm hoping to recall to watch Neverland too to see if I like it. I can like those fantasy genre series... or dismiss them easily. Hit or miss, but I always try to check them out when thee premiere.

Looking forward to Being Human's return (US version) ... I think I'm done with the UK version after that fiasco of a season finale last year.

Love Merlin but I watch Merlin on BBC (kinda). Looking forward to Morgana being outside of Camelot this year!

I thought hte premise of 3 Inches was great! Hoping it catches on, and I will watch Blood and Chrome for sure, but no BSG spin-off or parallel or prequel has measured up to the original so far in my eyes.
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BaffAugust 23, 2011 at 7:50 PM
Syfy hasn't mentioned Three Inches for a while (many months back they said they were reworking it) and it seems IMDb has recently removed it from their database (it was still there a couple weeks ago).

I really don't like most of the Syfy movies (like Ultrasharkosaurus vs. Megacrocagator or whatever), but I have enjoyed several of the reimagined classics (like Tinman and such).
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Ralissa VassilissaAugust 23, 2011 at 11:22 PM
To start with, I really hope that SyFy notice the efforts of the AMAZING fandom of the outstanding show LEGEND OF THE SEEKER to get a new network to produce a third season. It's been almost a year and a half since season 2 ended, but I still can't get over it. It is just too good! Everyone I've shown it to loves it! ABC Family obviously weren't in their right minds when they decided not to renew it. But anyway, that's a different topic.Looking forward to Sanctuary's new season, season 3 was wicked cool! I mean, the previous seasons had their ups and downs (and a disastrously dull season 2 finale), but the 3rd season was the charm. It's such a pity season 4 won't get 20 episodes as well. I know it's already been shot, but I'd be so thrilled if Claudia Black guest-starred as Tesla's love interest. :D It's just my wishful thinking, but still...As for Haven and Warehouse 13 - while I'm enjoying both shows, they really need to speed things up a bit. Haven seems to be in a "the quiet before the storm" mode, and it's fine that they keep presenting more pieces to the puzzle of the main story arc, but there should be at least some character development. Nathan should get a grip and make his move already! :P Warehouse 13 on the other hand is clearly all set for the new evil on the horizon. I'm secretly hoping that Myka and Pete end up together, but it's clearly not happening, at least not anytime soon. :/ Or at least they could give Myka a new love interest, now that she has closure.
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Katie1227August 24, 2011 at 2:41 AM
I really hope that no one pick up the Seeker 0.o They totally destroy the books, it was just too awful. I'm the first person in the world to told other people that movies/series v.s book aren't the same and it's okay to make change, adapt and everything....but in this case, the only thing they kept of the books was the character's names. The first season wasn't too bad, except for the bad, small actor they took for Richard, with nos charism

But the finale was so damn awful 0.o and WTH with the cheesy love story of the father of Darken Rahl falling in love and blablabla, the two being brothers..Darken Rahl rape Richardm,s mom, he's the father not the brother -_-;;;; Or richard leading the kindgom with such autority why he's a little kid barely being able to take minors decision in the serie..double wth. The Seeker deserved to be cancelled
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Ralissa VassilissaAugust 24, 2011 at 8:39 PM
I completely disagree. If you were a fan of the books before you watched the show, I can understand how you can be upset that they didn't adapt the show to the books, but just loosely based it on the book series.
However, I absolutely love the TV show and find the characters and entire atmosphere much more compelling than the books. The books are quite dark and grim, far too ominous for my taste.

Goodkind's female characters are always victims - whether to their duties and harsh upbringing, to the madness they've been forced into, or simply to physical torture. Being raped by a depraved tyrant, by a group of criminals, by the Keeper's beasts, being sliced in half by someone you've considered your soulmate, being murdered and then fed to a baby gar, being starved to near death, betrayed, decapitated, etc. - that's the fate that awaits a woman in Goodkind's world. Being murdered and gutted if you're a man is one thing, but the author gets particularly creative when it comes to torturing women. In stark contrast, the TV show portrays women also haunted by their demons, but strong enough to make their own choices and maybe even find happiness.

In fact, all of Goodkind's characters are broken, and his vilains have no hope of redemption. The show brings out a humane side even in the murderers. That's why they didn't go for the "Richard's mother was raped by Darken Rahl" story. Darken Rahl in the show is not the depraved monster with nothing but animalistic urges and lust for power that knows no boundaries the Rahl from the books is. Granted he is a deranged killer, the first baneling, but he seems to have moments of doubt and maybe even regret. His motive is always self-preservation, as opposed to the pure evil that "Father Rahl" from the books displays. That's what makes the show so much more interesting.

As for Richard - I HATE the character from the books. He is jealous, led by his impulses and rage, supposedly has all these unrivaled powers and yet everything he does is leave destruction in his path. I get that you don't like Craig Horner, but had any Terminator type alpha male played Richard Cypher, the result would have been disastrous. Craig Horner has outstanding boyish charm, imo, and looks athletic and strong enough to be a fighter, but also can handle the emotional scenes and be convincigingly compassionate. Many actors can handle the battle scenes and be believable as leaders, but Craig can also do the emotional scenes justice.

I am sorry that you didn't enjoy the show as much as I did, but I think you just liked the books too much to accept the changes they made to the story and characters. In all fairness, the show is entirely different from the books, but that's not a bad thing. You just have to judge it on its own as a separate genre and accept it as a new story told in a different way. I adore the entire cast, the characters, the chemistry between Bridget Regan and Craig Horner, the gorgeous scenery, the slow-motion scenes, the special effects, the wardrobe, the fighting choreography and stunts, just everything really. But maybe it's just not your cup of tea. :)
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Katie1227August 24, 2011 at 8:48 PM
If you want something TOTALLY...I mean T-O-T-A-L-L-Y different from something, and just keep the characters' names, how about making a whole new serie and say ''inspired by...'' instead of dsetroying a whole univers? You can make many changes and it's totally normal when you put a book into movies or tv, but you can do it without destroying the whole univers. it suppose to be a ADAPTION, not a destruction of everything.

Even Goodking wasn't kind of the serie, the only good thing to him was the money it was bringing. And seriously, how would you feel if you work so hard on such a big univers and someone just take it and put it in pieces? That thing call a tv serie deserved every hate it got from the fans of the real story and deserved his death

and for your information I watch the first couple of episodse before reading the books and it didn't stop me to realize why people hated the show so much and why everyone was saying that the show destroyed the univers instead of just being an adaption based on the same univers
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Katie1227August 24, 2011 at 9:03 PM
And since you,re the one telling me how weaks the woman in the books are and how strong and perfect and incredible in the great serie....wth with the Sister of the Dark? 0.o The ''big'' threath of a couple of evil witch of whatever.....they're suppose to be super powerful, they're strong womans in the book...and....hmm..... but they appared, screaming and charging without any kind of strategy, they get kill SOOOOO easily, 30 at the time or more. The next day is the same thing and again,..and again....and again...and again ...and again. They're like the weakest characters ever in the serie when they're suppose to be a threat or something.

I guess there's a clone's industry somewhere to create more just to have more fight scenes xD
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Ralissa VassilissaAugust 25, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Well, the show wasn't called "The Sword Of Truth", so technically it did go by a different name, and it was "based on...". They didn't follow the storylines from the books precisely, but it would
have been impossible to fit all the stories from the books. It would have been the same as trying to turn a 3-hour concert for piano into a 3-minute pop song.
Instead, the show fulfilled the main goals of the books, (Richard killed Darken Rahl after allowing himself to be confessed by Kahlan; Richard and Kahlan defeated the Keeper after finding the Stone of Tears) but also created a new universe with new stories, and personally I am glad it did. Some people may hate it, but many more love it, otherwise they wouldn't be writing letters to TV networks to get a 3rd season and posting fan art to blogs and journals etc. :)
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Ralissa VassilissaAugust 25, 2011 at 12:26 PM
The women in the books are always subordinate to men. Kahlan is strong and smart, but not as much as Richard; the Mord-Sith are strong and imposing but they are magically "bonded" to the will of the Rahls and their concern is only for the safety of their Master; the Prelates (Annalina, Verna) are not as powerful as their prophets (Nathan, Warren); and even the super powerful Sisters of the Dark are nothing but toys in the hands of Jagang or the Keeper. Goodkind even points out that women with magic can't have the same powers and abilities as men (the "female gift" is lesser than the "male gift").

The women in the show are not inferior to men, but more often their equals. Kahlan in the Con Dar is virtually unstoppable, and surely she is just as powerful as Richard (if not even more :D ). Denna, Cara and Nicci were all able to stand up to their masters and not blindly follow every order. Even the Creator is a woman and not a man, and I think that sums up the major idea of the show - that a powerful woman is a powerful man's equal and not just his slave or soldier.

As for the fight scenes - Sister Nicci and later Sister Mariana stood out as strong and cunning enemies, they were pretty powerful Sisters of the Dark. There were extras naturally, but even in an actual battle there are plain soldiers and generals, so I don't see a problem there.
There were plenty of fight scenes in the show, but there was a lot of fighting in the books as well. After all, what's the point in having a Sword of Truth if the Seeker just decided to polish it and slice fruit for his breakfast with it? :P
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Katie1227August 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM
It's pointless arguing since you don't give a d**** about what I'm saying, not sure you,re even reading it....cause I CLEARLY said and more than once that I TOTALLY understand you need to change some things to ADAPT. And you just keep on telling me the exact same thing I already said

Heartland is a totally new, fresh univers from the books, they took a whole new direction. But they started on the same bases, the same character with the same backgrond, in pretty much the same univers around them, and they created their world with that. And the author of the books is behind the project. In the stupid seeker, the author doesn't agree with the way they destroyed the story

Anyway the main thing is that no one will never pick up cause the ratings dropped...because they chose to destroy everything that make the story great. Don't bother answer since you won't read that anyway
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✿ Laura McM ✿August 27, 2011 at 9:34 PM
NOOOOO! haven has just started!!
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