'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' coming to cable, plus Syfy's spring premiere dates

Entertainment Weekly ^ | February 22, 2011 | James Hibberd

[Immerito]

Another former Fox sci-fi fan favorite is heading to cable: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been picked up by Syfy.

EW can exclusively report that Syfy has gained the rights to all 31 episodes of the series, which ran for two seasons on Fox from 2007-09. This will mark the first time the show has aired off broadcast.

The news comes on the heels of Science Channel making waves by picking up Fox’s cult fave Firefly. Sarah Conner Chronicles will launch on Syfy on Thursday, April 7 at 9 p.m., with an airing of Terminator 3 for a lead-in. Its regular time slot will be Thursdays from 7 to 11 p.m. (So, yes, four episodes in a row!)

[SJSAMPLE]

They’ll just add giant snakes and hurricanes.

[Snickering Hound]

Mmmm, that's 2 Summer Glau shows...

[omega4179]

It sounds like they are just buying reruns

[agere_contra]

I for one welcome our new Robot overlords.

[wally_bert]

Regarding the Terminator franchise with a language warning.

http://www.cracked.com/article_17390_5-reasons-terminator-franchise-makes-no-goddamn-sense.html

[agere_contra]

Yes, they are buying reruns. But at least their taste is excellent.

[KarlInOhio]

Mmmm, that's 2 Summer Glau shows...

Add on The Cape and get a whole pile of Summer Glau. (Mmmm, pile of Summer Glau...)

[Immerito]

Yes, they are, but perhaps, with sufficient viewership, they will buy the rights to make a new season of TSCC.

[TexasFreeper2009]

me too! as long as they are “fully functional” :P

[ozark hilljilly]

[TexasFreeper2009]

the sci fi channel should by the rights to finish the Hero's series.

[BenLurkin]

PING

[Immerito]

If the government ever makes millions of terminators, all looking like Summer Glau, we are doomed. ;-)

[agere_contra]

I like the way you think!

But chances are high that a short-sighted Fox executive from the future will be sent back through time to destroy any third series. It’s what always seems to happen to Summer Glau vehicles.

[backwoods-engineer]

The news comes on the heels of Science Channel making waves by picking up Fox’s cult fave Firefly.

Please, please, PLEASE give us new episodes! Browncoats ho!

[KarlInOhio]

Browncoats ho!

No, Morena Baccarin already has a job as Anna on V. :-)

[Kartographer]

ORWELL IS WATCHING!

[Kartographer]

Summer Glau The hardest working woman in SciFi!

Summer Glau the High Goddess of SciFi

[backwoods-engineer]

No, Morena Baccarin already has a job as Anna on V. :-)

Okay, The Counselor has been recalled to Sihnon to be get her yearly checkup. Or something. Leave her out then until V is over.

[Free Vulcan]

Summer Glau is spectacular, but Lena Heady is all woman. She wouldn’t need that gun to order me around either.

[sten]

competition has been terminated

[sten]

Lena is a good looking woman, but gets an immediate -3 for all the tats

[Kartographer]

"Lena is a good looking woman, but gets an immediate -3 for all the tats."

Neal Boortz made a comment one day about women and tats, he said: "When was the last time you saw a really beautiful woman and said to yourself: If she only had a tat?"
Case Closed

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[omega4179]

I want to find out what happens to John when he travelled into the future with John Henry.

[KevinDavis]

There seems to be a different direction on the SyFy Channel..

[NonValueAdded]

If this is what that kid had in mind when he said “my girl robot,” I believe he was totally misjudged.

[mowowie]

This show is currently in the watch instantly section of Netflix if anybody is interested.

I’m very close to boycotting the CrapFy channel soon.
Wrestling, Face off, Ghost Hunters this and that 24/7 and when the rare occasion happens that there is something remotely interesting on you get deluged with face Off, Ghost Hunter commercials.
ARGH

[LibertarianLiz]

Me too! I remember when my hubby & I learned that Sarah Connor Chronicles had been cancelled and he said that he hoped they would wind it up and not leave it as a cliffhanger. Well, they left it as a cliffhanger and we were really disappointed.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I agree....I'm close. Ghosts? That's all fiction. No science.

But;

They have purchased another 10 new episodes of "Stargate: Universe" premiering this Monday at 10pm. It will wrap up and conclude the series rather than leaving it hanging like they did.

Not my favprite SG series by far...but it has potential. We shall see what comes. There may be hope for SyFy yet after the new owners get things cranking again.

[hattend]

“It’s hot in here...must be Summer.” - Howard Wolowitz

[Vaquero]

if they are not going to continue...or make a decent end to the Sarah chronicles, why bother.

[mad_as_he$$]

ditto.

[Seruzawa]

Yawn. The Sarah Chronicles were boring. I got the DVDs on Netflix but quit watching after 3 or 4 episodes. They didn’t even have the camp “value” of those horrid SyFy original movies.

[discostu]

I’m not sure going back to being rerun land is such a good idea. Back when it started maybe, but this is the day of Netflix and DVDs. I own TSC, and even if I didn’t they’re on Netflix stream, I see a pretty small audience that would watch it on SyFy with all the commercials. Basically people who’ve heard about it, and don’t have Netflix, or a friends with a copy, maybe the random channel surfer.

[jalisco555]

Meh, I made it partway through season 2 and gave up. It just seemed to go on and on with no real point to it all. And did they really have to make the submarine the Jimmy Carter?

Now a Firefly reboot would be a different matter altogether.

[jalisco555]

They have purchased another 10 new episodes of "Stargate: Universe" premiering this Monday at 10pm. It will wrap up and conclude the series rather than leaving it hanging like they did.

Hey, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

[Immerito]

The end of season 2 was much better than its beginning.

Riley and Jesse drove away more than a few fans, in my opinion. They should never have been incorporated into the show.

[mowowie]

I missed the last bunch of SG:U’s then i watched a couple of the newer ones a few days ago.
It seems i’ve missed out on a lot of stuff.
Seed Ship? Little alien dudes?

I’ll have to catch up this weekend for the premier on monday.
The good thing is they are not going to leave the show hanging.
Let’s hope for the best.

[mowowie]

I was half asleep on the couch but I noticed that it seemed like they turned the Chloe character into a Summer Glau “River” type character?

For a bit there i thought i was watching River in action.

[mad_as_he$$]

SGU will be left hanging. They did not finish and the shooting is over I hear at other sites.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

They did not finish and the shooting is over I hear at other sites.

So the upcoming 10 episodes were 'in the can' when they pulled the plug last time?

[Dstorm]

pfl

[mad_as_he$$]

That is the story going around.