Source: Show Patrol [follow link for complete interview]
SHOW PATROL: Brian J. Smith on the end of 'Stargate Universe'
By Curt Wagner
March 7, 2011
Brian J. Smith seems fairly pragmatic about the end of “Stargate Universe,” the Syfy series in which he has starred for two seasons.
“It definitely hurts to have shows you like get cancelled—and it really sucks when it’s a show you’re working on,” he said last week on the phone from New York City. “But there is nowhere else that you can get 40 episodes of 'SGU,' or [a show like] 'Caprica' on, other than a boutique-type, specialized, genre-based network.”
Syfy begins airing the final 10 episodes of the controversial series at 9 p.m. March 7 with “Deliverance,” an action-packed hour that picks up where the series left off in December. The Destiny crew stares down an army of drone ships programmed to destroy anything in its path. Smith’s character, Lt. Matthew Scott, faces a tough decision when he suspects his girlfriend, Chloe Armstrong (Elyse Levesque), may have sabotaged the ship. (WATCH a preview by clicking the "SGU videos" link at left.)
"I love the episode,” Smith said. “I think it has a lot of [stuff] in it that the fans will enjoy. More space battles—it starts with one and pretty much ends with one, too...”
Stargate Atlantis' Jason Momoa stars in the new movie, Conan The Barbaria, to be released August 19, 2011. Cast includes Ron Perlman, Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan and Stephen Lang.
Laura Innes stars as Sophia Maguire on The Event. Her character is the leader of a mysterious group of detainees being held at a top-secret facility. She becomes a critical liaison to President Elias Martinez (Blair Underwood) amidst a huge government cover up, in NBC’s new high-octane conspiracy thriller “The Event.” Recognized for her talented work in front of the camera as well as behind the lens, Laura Innes is a three-time Emmy Award nominated actress and director. The Event airs Mondays 9 - 10 pm (eastern)
THE BIG BANG THEORY - CBS VIDEO: "The Prestidigitation Approximation" Episode Trailer Airs Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 8/7C
Leonard has a tough choice to make when Priya asks him to stop spending time with Penny, forcing him to choose between the two women; and Howard keeps pestering Sheldon with a magic trick.
CSI - CBS VIDEO: "The List" Episode Trailer Airs Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 9/8C
An ex-cop convicted of murdering his wife is killed in prison. The CSIs discover in his cell a list containing the names of people the victim believed may have been his wife's real killer.
Guest stars include Louis Herthum, Melinda Page Hamilton, Rey Gallegos, Dina Meyer and Max Martini.
THE MENTALIST - CBS VIDEO: "Bloodstream" Episode Trailer Airs Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 10/9C
A doctor is found murdered on a golf course, and the team thinks the killer's in a hospital. Meanwhile, LaRoche takes over CBI and names Cho as the team leader.
Guest stars include Cameron Daddo, Holley Fain, Cheryl Fidelman, Ravil Isyanov, Zoi Kottas, Andy Manning, David Meunier, John Prosky, J. August Richards, Johnny Sneed, Alanna Ubach and Pruitt Taylor Vince.
BLUE BLOODS - CBS VIDEO: "Silver Star" Episode Trailer Airs Friday, March 11, 2011 at 10/9C
A former Marine war hero who was homeless is murdered and Danny, a former Marine, takes the case personally. Meanwhile, erroneous information about Frank running for mayor is leaked to the press.
Guest stars include Noelle Beck, Daniel Gerroll, Neal Bledsoe, Joseph Sikora, Michael Izquierdo, Aaron Dean Eisenberg and Francesca McLaughlin.
BLASTR: Go behind the scenes of SGU to learn about the final 10 episodes
When last we left the crew of the Destiny in Syfy's Stargate Universe three months ago, things looked positively bleak. In the midseason finale, "Resurgence," the crew had been duped by the Ursini (those seed ship aliens) and the Destiny was trapped in the middle of a battle with hostile drones that were bent on annihilating the ship.
Stargate Universe returns with an explosive midseason premiere called "Deliverance" tonight at 10 p.m., which will kick off the final 10 episodes of the series. "I'm pretty happy with the whole back 10," said co-creator and executive producer Brad Wright. "I think we come back from the break very, very strong, with some really, really moving episodes and actually some big action stuff. 'Deliverance,' which is the second part of the two-parter, has a ton of action in it..."
BLASTR: TV THIS WEEK: The Event and SGU return, Fringe flies and more!
Reruns continue to dominate the schedule, but there's a couple of bright spots, including the midseason returns of The Event and Stargate Universe. Meanwhile, on Fringe, thieves defy gravity as Walter digs into the damage he's done.
Also—it's Josh's time of the month on Syfy's Being Human, Anna readies her Blue Energy reactor on V, the TAPS team explores the U.S.S. Olympia on Ghost Hunters, Leonard must choose between Priya and Penny on The Big Bang Theory, Malory tries to get a role in a spy movie on Archer, the Jedi try to escape the Citadel on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Gauis falls for the wrong woman on Merlin, Mitchell and Annie explore their relationship on BBC America's Being Human, and aliens invade in the Syfy original movie Battle of Los Angeles. However, rerun madness on the networks means no new episodes of Chuck, No Ordinary Family, The Vampire Diaries, Nikita, Smallville or Supernatural.
Here's what we have to look forward to this week on sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and spy-fi TV...
Midseason premiere! With only 10 episodes to go before we say goodbye to Stargate, it's time to get back to the action with the Destiny, which is in the middle of a battle with attacking drones and on the verge of annihilation. As the series returns, Chloe tries to get help from a surprising source in an effort to buy the Destiny more time, and Brody and Volker attempt to repair the ship's shields.
MERLIN - SYFY VIDEO: "Love in the Time of Dragons" - Sneak Peek Airs Friday, March 11, 2011 at 10/9C
Gaius reunites with an old flame (Pauline Collins), but Merlin soon learns that she's under the spell of a Manticore and involved in a plot to kill Uther. His smitten mentor, however, will hear none of it, leaving it to the young wizard to figure out how to convince Gaius of the truth and avert disaster.
Guest stars include Pauline Collins, Calum MacPherson and Michael Cronin.
Source: Slice of SciFi [follow link for complete review]
SLICE OF SCIFI: Stargate: Universe: Season 2.5 — A Slice of SciFi Review
March 6, 2011
by Michael Hickerson
Stargate Universe: “Deliverance,” “Twin Destinies” & “Alliances”
Airdates: Monday, March 7, 14 & 21 at 10 p.m. EST on SyFy.
Slice of SciFi Rating: 5.0 out 5.0
SGU continues to impress as one of TV’s best genre shows
Fans upset that SyFy has given the boot to one of television’s most promising and entertaining series will find multiple reasons to get upset all over again when Stargate: Universe returns Monday, March 7th at 10 p.m. Based on the three episodes provided by SyFy for review, SGU returns in full stride, effectively resolving the immediate tensions of the mid-season season cliffhanger and continuing to explore the larger storylines that have been running through the second season.
When we last saw Destiny and her crew, the ship was in between a rock and a hard place, between two potentially overwhelming alien fleets. As the second half of season two opens, some interesting decisions are made to try and buy Destiny some time and to allow the crew to get out of their predicament. As has been the cast for a season and a half now, there are no easy answers and all the decisions have consequences not only for the episode at hand but the on-going story arc...
Source: TV Guide [follow link for complete column]
TV GUIDE: Matt's Picks March 10
Mar 6, 2011
by Matt Roush
... Bones
(Thursday, 9/8c, FOX)
... A much more intense showdown looms later that night on Fox's Bones (9/8c), as Bones chases after fugitive sniper Jacob Broadsky (who blew the Gravedigger's head off several weeks ago) and uses his own military training to try to outmaneuver his former colleague before he takes out his next victim.
Source: TV Guide [follow link for complete column]
TV GUIDE: Matt's Picks: March 10
Mar 6, 2011
by Matt Roush
... The Big Bang Theory
(Thursday, 8/7c, CBS)
Many of the world's science geeks would look at Leonard's dilemma this week — having to choose between his new romance with Raj's sister Priya, and his enduring friendship with ex-girlfriend-next-door Penny — and consider him the luckiest nerd on the planet. But it's a sticky situation when Priya asks her beau to stop hanging around the bombshell across the hall.
Source: CinemaSpy [follow link for complete article]
CINEMA SPY: 'Stargate Universe' Delivers Action and Humor in Season 2.5 Premiere
Deliverance' is old school space opera with an 'SGU' flavor
By Michael Simspon
Monday, March 7, 2011
Stargate Universe makes it's bittersweet return to Syfy in the US and SPACE Channel in Canada this week and it comes back with a bang. Several bangs in fact.
Like 'Space,' the corresponding episode at the start of Season 1.5, 'Deliverance' dispenses with much of the re-envisioning that has separated SGU from its predecessors in the franchise. Instead, it delivers in abundance that most populist expression of the space opera genre: the space battle. It's not Stargate Universe at its best, but it's an entertaining hour that marks a welcome return for one of the best sci-fi shows on television.
When we last saw Destiny and her de facto crew a few weeks before Christmas they were overwhelmed by hostile alien drones with failing shields and nowhere to run. At the end of that episode, 'Resurgence,' the fate of the ship and the show were unclear.
'Deliverance' picks up right where that cliffhanger left off...
Stargate Universe season 2.5 premieres on Syfy on Monday,March 7, at 10/9c and returns to SPACE on Tuesday, March 8, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Source: Reuters News [follow link for complete interview]
REUTERS NEWS: Nathan Fillion is king of "Castle"
By Jenelle Riley
Sun Mar 6, 2011
LOS ANGELES (Back Stage) - Nathan Fillion expertly walks the fine line between obnoxious and charming, on screen that is.
He has flawlessly embodied confident characters you love despite (or maybe because of) their brash confidence. Think "Firefly" leader Malcolm Reynolds, "Dr. Horrible" hero Captain Hammer, or his current incarnation as self-assured mystery writer Richard Castle on ABC's hit "Castle.
In real life, Fillion is decidedly more easygoing. Perhaps it's a Canadian thing; Fillion was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, the son of teachers who, as a child, he can remember adults approaching on the street to thank for changing their lives. Those parents, he says, helped instill in him a sense of gratitude and appreciation.
Of his prolific career, he says, "I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on."
Despite having won countless numbers of dedicated fans from his time on such cult series as "Firefly" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," not to mention starring on hit shows like "Desperate Housewives," he maintains, "I don't expect anybody to know who I am..."
... BACK STAGE: WAS THE JOB ON "CASTLE" AN OFFER?
Fillion: I had a holding deal and a stack of scripts to look at. I was going through them all and I remember reading it, I was 15 pages in, and I turned to my girlfriend and said, "I'm going to read this out loud to you. You tell me if you don't think this would be a ball to play." We laughed and laughed and read our way through the script. I was working on "Desperate Housewives" at the time but only for the year. And the "Castle" producers were kind enough to come to my trailer for a meeting. I told them, "Stop looking. I'm your guy. I can do this, I know just what to do." Which I've never done!
MANIA - TV WASTELAND: The beginning of the end for SGU
Syfy begins the burn-off this week.
By Rob Vaux
March 06, 2011
Stargate Universe kicks off the final 10 episodes of its run this week, another casualty of a brutal season for genre shows. This particular example illustrates some of the potential causes. One could argue that SGU simply had too much baggage from the franchise to carry: it couldn’t break away from the old formula like it promised, or conversely, it did so at the cost of alienating longtime Stargate fans. The dilemma faces every new show that comes on: provide a reliable formula or go for broke with something truly original? Frankly, speaking, we need a lot more of the latter. When it works, it works big; witness Lost or (on a far more modest scale) Warehouse 13. On the other hand, one of the best shows of the last decade – Battlestar Galactica – was a remake, which suggests that quality is where you find it.
More pertinent than originality, or even just putting out a decent hour’s worth of entertainment, is television’s inability to let shows find their audience. With the sheer number of channels out there, and the need to fill so much air time so often, one might expect a little more leeway. Some of TV’s biggest hits – including Seinfeld and Family Guy, to name just two –took their time getting rolling, and the latter case benefited immeasurably from DVDs and other new sources of access. But despite those tools, the network execs appear to have the patience of a sugar-addled four-year-old: if it ain’t a hit out the gate, it gets yanked before the actors’ checks clear.
Nor is this a new phenomenon. The number of truly great shows pulled before their time stretches back into antiquity: Max Headroom, Sports Night, Police Squad! Crime Story, Firefly (not a personal favorite, but the fans would hunt me down if I neglected to mention it), Arrested Development, The Ben Stiller Show… and a little thing called Star Trek which no one at NBC really believed in. What could any of these have done with a little more breathing room from the front office? Take a look at where their creators and stars went afterwards, and you’ll see the talent that television let go to waste. SGU is heading down the tubes just as it hits its stride, another casualty in a long list. At least it will be in some very good company.
You can watch the final episodes beginning this Monday at 10:00 PM EST on Syfy.
... Monday
Stargate Universe (Syfy, 10:00 PM EST)
SGU is back with Chloe (Elysa Levesque) still in the hands of the aliens, trying to help the Destiny from afar...
Source: Yahoo TV [follow link for complete column]
Yahoo TV: Monday's Picks: What to Watch Monday, March 7, 2011
A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites ...
... Event
Spring Premiere: Monday at 8pm ET on NBC
After an agonizing three-month absence, NBC's sci-fi conspiracy thriller finally returns this week with a pivotal two-hour episode. President Martinez instructs his intelligence experts to decode Thomas's satellite message -- but Thomas has something else up his sleeve. Meanwhile, an Alaskan senator (guest star Virginia Madsen) threatens to expose the alien detention facility on national TV, and Sean and Leila continue their search for Leila's kidnapped sister.
Source: Yahoo TV [follow link for complete column]
Yahoo TV: Monday's Picks: What to Watch Monday, March 7, 2011
A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites ...
... SGU: Stargate Universe
Spring Premiere: Monday at 10pm on Syfy
The sci-fi drama blasts off for one last spin around the cosmos as its final 10 episodes begin airing this week. Robert Carlyle stars as Dr. Nicholas Rush, a brilliant scientist at the helm of a ship adrift on the far reaches of the universe. This week's premiere sees the ship come under attack from drone ships -- and receive a surprise visit from the aliens that abducted Dr. Rush and Chloe.
... Chloe tries to get in touch with the aliens who abducted her on "Stargate Universe" (Syfy at 10), which begins its final batch of episodes Monday night.
CHANNEL FLIPPING: "Stargate Universe" returns to the Syfy network at 10 tonight for a run of 10 new episodes. The fate of Dr. Rush (Robert Carlyle) and the crew will be revealed.
Source: Yahoo TV [follow link for complete column]
Yahoo TV: Monday's Picks: What to Watch Monday, March 7, 2011
A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites ...
... SGU: Stargate Universe
Spring Premiere: Monday at 10pm on Syfy
The sci-fi drama blasts off for one last spin around the cosmos as its final 10 episodes begin airing this week. Robert Carlyle stars as Dr. Nicholas Rush, a brilliant scientist at the helm of a ship adrift on the far reaches of the universe. This week's premiere sees the ship come under attack from drone ships -- and receive a surprise visit from the aliens that abducted Dr. Rush and Chloe.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV - March 7, 2011
A Daily Guide To Notable Shows
... Stargate Universe
10-11PM SYFY, SEASON PREMIERE [season 2.5 premiere]
Terrorism, politics, shaky camera work — the current iteration of Stargate draws more from the recent Battlestar Galactica than from its own franchise history. Everything except for BSG's heart. In its final season, this is one space opera that deserves to be put out of its misery.
... "Stargate Universe" return, 10 p.m., Syfy. In a good episode, the Destiny leaders are desperate while being attacked by an overwhelming number of drones. They try everything from a computer trick to sending Chloe back to her alien abductors.
... Stargate Universe (8 and 10 p.m., Syfy): In the first new episode in more than three months, the crew frantically tries to repair the Destiny's shields.
Source: theTVaddict [follow link for complete column]
Your TV Addict Cheat Sheet: What’s Worth Watching on TV This Week!
... PREMIERES & SPECIAL EVENTS: STARGATE UNIVERSE kicks off its farewell season (Monday, 10PM Syfy)
(Please confirm the time slots with your local listings. Schedule does not reflect HD scheduling.)
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Cast includes Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden and Wil Wheaton.
BBC AMERICA (Episodes repeat at 11pm Weekdays)
Tue. Mar. 8 8:00 PM The First Duty
Prior to Starfleet Academy commencement ceremonies, an in-flight accident destroys five ships, including the one carrying Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) and his squadron.
Guest stars include Ray Walston, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ed Lauter, Richard Fancy, Jacqueline Brookes and Wil Wheaton.
Wed. Mar. 9 8:00 PM Cost of Living
Lwaxana (Majel Barrett) upsets Troi and Worf by taking Alexander under her wing. Meanwhile, the Enterprise experiences mechanical problems when parasites attach themselves to the ship.
Guest stars include Majel Barrett, Brian Bonsall, Tony Jay, Carel Struycken and David Oliver.
Thur. Mar. 10 8:00 PM The Perfect Mate
The signing of a treaty between two warring races is complicated when Picard falls in love with the woman (Famke Janssen) who's serving as the peace offering.
The imaginary friend of a girl (Noley Thornton) comes to life when the Enterprise enters a section of space inhabited by a strange form of energy.
Guest stars include Whoopi Goldberg, Noley Thornton, Shay Astar, Jeff Allin, Brian Bonsall and Patti Yasutake.
Sat. Mar. 12 6:00 PM Sarek
Sarek, the Vulcan ambassador, is uncharacteristically moody when aboard the Enterprise for a mission to establish ties with the Legaran.
Guest stars include Mark Lenard, Joanna Miles, William Denis, Rocco Sisto and Colm Meaney.
Sat. Mar. 12 7:00 PM Menage a Troi
The Ferengi abduct Counselor Troi (Marina Sirtis) and her mother Lwaxana (Majel Barrett) to study Lwaxana's telepathic powers.
Guest stars include Majel Barrett, Frank Corsentino, Ethan Phillips, Peter Marx, Rudolph Willrich and Carel Struycken.
Sun. Mar. 13 3:00 PM Sarek
Sun. Mar. 13 4:00 PM Menage a Troi
SYFY
SEASON FOUR MARATHON - TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011 For more information on the episodes, please click here
8:00 AM The Best of Both Worlds - Part 1
9:00 AM The Best of Both Worlds - Part 2
10:00 AM Family
11:00 AM Brothers
12:00 PM Suddenly Human
1:00 PM Remember Me
2:00 PM Legacy
3:00 PM Reunion
4:00 PM Future Imperfect
5:00 PM Final Mission
SEASON THREE MARATHON - THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011 For more information on the episodes, please click here
8:30 AM Identity Crisis
9:30 AM The Nth Degree
10:30 AM Qpid
11:30 AM The Drumhead
12:30 PM Half a Life
1:30 PM The Host
2:30 PM The Mind's Eye
3:30 PM In Theory
4:30 PM Redemption - Part 1
5:30 PM Redemption - Part 2
WGN AMERICA
Wed. Mar. 9 1:00 AM We'll Always Have Paris
Picard is reunited with his first love (Michelle Phillips) when the Enterprise rescues her husband, a scientist who breaks into another dimension while conducting time experiments.
Guest stars include Michelle Phillips, Rod Loomis, Isabel GarcÃa Lorca and Dan Kern.
Thur. Mar. 10 1:00 AM Conspiracy
Picard investigates a plot to infiltrate Starfleet command and returns to Earth to confront the conspirators.
Guest stars include Henry Darrow, Ward Costello, Robert Schenkkan, Ray Reinhardt, Jonathan Farwell and Michael Berryman.
Fri. Mar. 11 1:00 AM The Neutral Zone
The crew discovers three cryogenically preserved bodies on a 20th-century satellite just as the Enterprise is ordered to the Neutral Zone to confront hostile Romulans.
Guest stars include Marc Alaimo, Anthony James, Leon Rippy, Gracie Harrison and Peter Mark Richman.
Sat. Mar. 12 1:00 AM The Child
As the crew rushes samples of a disease organism to a research station, Troi announces that she's pregnant. Whoopi Goldberg joins the cast as Guinan.
Guest stars include Diana Muldaur, Seymour Cassel, Whoopi Goldberg, R.J. Williams and Colm Meaney.
STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE
Cast includes Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park and Connor Trinneer.
SYFY
SEASON THREE MARATHON - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011 For more information on the episodes, please click here
8:00 AM The Xindi
9:00 AM Anomaly
10:00 AM Extinction
11:00 AM Rajiin
12:00 PM Impulse
1:00 PM Exile
2:00 PM The Shipment
3:00 PM Twilight
4:00 PM North Star
5:00 PM Similitude
6:00 PM Carpenter Street
Fri. Mar. 11 8:30 AM Unexpected
After discovering the presence of a damaged alien vessel, Archer dispatches Trip to its aid, but the engineer's encounter with a Xyrillian female has an unexpected side effect.
Guest stars include Julianne Christie, Christopher Darga, Randy Oglesby, Regi Davis and T.L. Kolman.
Fri. Mar. 11 9:30 AM Terra Nova
Archer's determination to solve the mystery of Terra Nova, a legendary lost deep-space colony, leads to a tense encounter with a tribe of human-hating cave-dwellers.
Guest stars include Erick Avari, Mary Carver, Brian Jacobs and Greville Henwood.
Fri. Mar. 11 10:30 AM The Andorian Incident
Archer's curiosity about an ancient monastery unwittingly places his crew in the midst of a long-standing interstellar conflict between the Vulcans and their arch rivals, the Andorians.
Guest stars include Jeffrey Combs, Bruce French, Steven Dennis, Jeff Ricketts and Richard Tanner.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV - Monday, March 7, 2011
A Daily Guide To Notable Shows
... The Event
9-11PM NBC
There are many things wrong with this sci-fi allegory about a war between humans and aliens. For one, there's too much allegory and not enough sci-fi. It's also lacking characters as fascinating as, say, Locke, Ben, or even the polar bear. But it does boast a clutch of terrific actors: Hal Holbrook, Clifton Collins Jr., Željko Ivanek, and now, Virginia Madsen. The Sideways star plays an Alaskan senator who threatens to spill the beans on MSNBC about a secret prison. Nice cross-promotion! B-
On BBC America, SciFi Daily beams in Torchwood at 3/2C, The X-Files at 4/3C and Doctor Who at 5/4C.
Schedule for week of March 7, 2011:
Torchwood
Cast includes John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Kai Owen, Gareth David-Lloyd, Burn Gorman and Naoko Mori.
Mon. Mar. 7 3:00 PM They Keep Killing Suzie
Torchwood is linked to a series of brutal murders around the city. As Jack and the team investigate further, it becomes clear somebody wants their attention. What is Pilgrim? And how is it connected to a figure from Torchwood’s past?
Guest stars include Indira Varma, Yasmin Bannerman, Daniel Llewelyn-Williams and Gary Pillai.
Tue. Mar. 8 3:00 PM Random Shoes
When Eugene wakes to find himself (a) dead and (b) invisible to the rest of the world, he knows something has gone wrong. Eugene knows there is one person he can rely on to discover the truth behind his death: Gwen Cooper.
Guest stars include Paul Chequer, Luke Bromley, Nicola Duffett and Roger Ashton-Griffiths.
Wed. Mar. 9 3:00 PM Out Of Time
When a plane from 1953 makes an unexpected landing in present-day Cardiff, its three passengers are shocked to learn they can never go back to their own time. Torchwood helps them to settle into contemporary society, but this task has painful consequences.
Guest stars include Louise Delamere, Mark Lewis Jones, Olivia Hallinan and Sam Beezely.
Thur. Mar. 10 3:00 PM Combat
Savage aliens are being kidnapped from Cardiff and Torchwood wants to know why. Owen is sent undercover to find out who is behind it and soon befriends the charismatic Mark Lynch. Beneath normal city life, Owen discovers a shocking subculture.
Guest stars include Alex Hassell, Paul Kasey, Alexandra Dunn, Matthew Raymond and David Gyasi.
Fri. Mar. 11 3:00 PM Captain Jack Harkness
While investigating reports of ghostly music, Jack and Toshiko find themselves stranded in a packed dance hall in 1941. As Gwen, Owen and Ianto work to rescue their colleagues, Jack and Toshiko meet a young American leader by the named Captain Jack.
Guest stars include John Barrowman, Matt Rippy, Murray Melvin, Elen Rhys and Nadine Beaton.
The X-Files
Season two cast includes David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and Mitch Pileggi.
Mon. Mar. 7 4:00 PM Humbug
There's a circus of suspects in the murder of a retired escape artist.
Guest stars include Jim Rose, Wayne Grace, Michael J. Anderson, The Enigma, Vincent Schiavelli and Alex Diakun.
Tue. Mar. 8 4:00 PM The Calusari
Mulder suspects poltergeist activity in the death of a child, whose grandmother (Lilyan Chauvin) is practicing Old World mysticism to protect her other grandson.
Guest stars include Helene Clarkson, Joel Palmer, Lilyan Chauvin, Ric Reid, Christine Willes and Bill Dow.
Wed. Mar. 9 4:00 PM F. Emasculata
Scully and Mulder assist in a manhunt for two escaped murderers, who may be infected with a deadly virus.
Guest stars include Charles Martin Smith, Dean Norris, John Pyper-Ferguson, William B. Davis, Angelo Vacco and Lynda Boyd.
Thur. Mar. 10 4:00 PM Soft Light
Three missing-persons cases have a common link: scorch marks left behind where the people were last seen.
Guest stars include Tony Shalhoub, Kate Twa, Kevin McNulty, Steven Williams and Steve Bacic.
Fri. Mar. 11 4:00 PM Our Town
The disappearance of a poultry inspector is linked to the bizarre behavior exhibited by two workers, symptomatic of a rare neurological disorder.
Guest stars include Caroline Kava, John Milford, Gary Grubbs, Timothy Webber, John Maclaren, Robin Mossley, Gabrielle Miller, Hrothgar Mathews and Robert Moloney.
Doctor Who
Season one cast includes Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri and Noel Clarke.
Season two cast includes David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri and Noel Clarke.
Mon. Mar. 7 5pm Boom Town
At a refueling stop in modern-day Wales, Rose, The Doctor, and Captain Jack run into an old foe up to her old tricks.
Guest stars include William Thomas, Annette Badland, John Barrowman, Mali Harries, Aled Pedrick and Alan Ruscoe.
Tue. Mar. 8 5:00 PM Bad Wolf
Rose, The Doctor, and Captain Jack are plucked from their lives and become contestants on futuristic reality shows where losers pay the ultimate price. But who's producing these shows?
Guest stars include John Barrowman, Jo Joyner, Jamie Bradley and Abi Eniola.
Wed. Mar. 9 5:00 PM The Parting Of the Ways
Rose, The Doctor, and Captain Jack are all that stand between a half million Daleks and Earth. How far will The Doctor go to save the universe? Part 2 of 2.
Guest stars include John Barrowman, Jo Stone-Fewings, Jo Joyner, Paterson Joseph and David Tennant.
Thur. Mar. 10 5:00 PM Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (2005)
Can Rose trust a man with a new face? As the newly regenerated Doctor drifts in and out of consciousness, Christmas becomes a time of terror on planet Earth when the whole of mankind falls under the shadow of the sinister alien Sycorax.
Guest stars include Penelope Wilton, Daniel Evans, Adam Garcia and Sean Gilder.
Fri. Mar. 11 5:00 PM New Earth
The Doctor and Rose board the Tardis for new adventures in time and space. But when they visit mankind’s new home, far in the future, they find gruesome secrets hidden inside a luxury hospital.
Guest stars include Zoë Wanamaker, Sean Gallagher, Doña Croll, Michael Fitzgerald and Lucy Robinson.
Stargate TV schedule for the week of March 7, 2011:
[NOTE: High Definition channels not listed on this schedule. Please confirm with your local listings for correct times.]
STARGATE SG-1 (please check local listings to confirm Showtime time slot)
Cast includes Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Don S. Davis, Teryl Rothery, Corin Nemec, Ben Browder, Claudia Black and Beau Bridges.
NOTE: Syfy has moved SG1 from its 6pm weekday rotation slot to 1am.
Tue. Mar. 8 1:00 AM SYFY Nightwalkers
The SG-1 team investigates a sleepy seaside town whose residents harbor an insidious secret.
Guest stars include Blu Mankuma, Vincent Gale, Peter Anderson and Adrian Holmes.
Thur. Mar. 10 1:00 AM SYFY Redemption - Part 2
O'Neill and his team concoct a desperate plan to thwart an alien scheme to turn the Stargate into a doomsday weapon.
Guest stars include Tony Amendola, Christopher Kennedy, David Hewlett, Garry Chalk, Neil Denis, Aleks Paunovic and Aaron Douglas.
Sat. Mar. 12 1:00 AM SYFY The Other Guys
A scientist (Patrick McKenna) enlists a reluctant colleague (John Billingsley) to help him rescue SG-1 after the team is taken prisoner by the Gou'ald.
Guest stars include Patrick McKenna, John Billingsley, Adam Harrington and Michael Adamthwaite.
Sat. Mar. 12 8:00 PM SHOWB Rules of Engagement
The Stargate team visits a planet where soldiers are engaged in a civil war.
Guest stars include Peter Williams, Aaron Craven, Dion Johnstone, Jesse Moss and Teryl Rothery.
Sat. Mar. 12 8:45 PM SHOWB Forever in a Day
Daniel Jackson reunites with Sha're, but the bond has unfortunate consequences.
Guest stars include Erick Avari, Vaitiare Bandera, Teryl Rothery and Jason Schombing.
Sun. Mar. 13 10:00 AM SHOWB Rules of Engagement
Sun. Mar. 13 10:45 AM SHOWB Forever in a Day
STARGATE ATLANTIS
Cast includes Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rainbow Sun Francks, Rachell Luttrell, Torri Higginson, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, David Nykl, Robert Picardo, Amanda Tapping, Kavan Smith, Christopher Heyerdahl and Ryan Robbins.
Tue. Mar. 8 2:00 AM SYFY The Daedalus Variations
The team becomes trapped on a runaway duplicate of the Daedalus, which takes them to numerous alternate realities.
Guest stars include Kavan Smith, David Nykl, Chuck Campbell, Tracy Waterhouse and Annalise MacCulloch.
Thur. Mar. 10 2:00 AM SYFY The Seed
Dr. Carson Beckett (Paul McGillion) is revived from the stasis chamber after an alien organism incapacitates Dr. Keller and triggers a quarantine of the Atlantis team.
Guest stars include David Nykl, Paul McGillion, Linda Ko, Sharon Taylor and Annalise MacCulloch.
Fri. Mar. 11 2:00 AM SYFY Whispers
After discovering one of Michael's secret labs, the team investigates the abandoned village near the facility.
Guest stars include Nicole de Boer, Janina Gavankar, Christina Cox, Paul McGillion, Darren Dolynski and Leela Savasta.
Fri. Mar. 11 3:00 AM SYFY The Queen
After Dr. Keller comes to believe she can cure the Wraith of their need to feed on humans, Teyla embarks on a undercover mission with the help of Todd, the team's Wraith ally.
Guest stars include Christopher Heyerdahl, Apollonia Vanova, Tyler McClendon and Sharon Taylor.
Thur. Mar. 10 5:00 PM UHD Common Ground
Thur. Mar. 10 8:00 PM UHD Common Ground
Sheppard is captured by a Genii commander and imprisoned beside a Wraith, who becomes a tool in negotiations to release Sheppard, as well as an unlikely ally, for his escape.
Guest stars include Robert Davi, Christopher Heyerdahl, Ryan Robbins, Chuck Campbell and Paul Lazenby.
Weekend March 12/13 - Syndicated (check local listings for channel and time) - Echoes
Teyla sees a strange “woman in white” aboard Atlantis as the sea creature that saved Rodney from the puddle jumper crash resurfaces, signaling a new threat to the outpost.
Guest stars include Claire Rankin, David Nykl and Mitch Pileggi.
Cast includes Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque, David Blue, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Peter Kelamis, Patrick Gilmore, Julia Benson, Jennifer Spence, Ming-Na and Lou Diamond Phillips.
NEW episodes of Stargate Universe return to Syfy on a new night, Monday, March 7, with "Deliverance."
Mon. Mar. 7 10:00 PM SYFY Deliverance
Chloe contacts her alien abductors to buy the Destiny time to circumvent attacking drones; Volker and Brody tend to Destiny's damaged shields.
Weekend March 12/13 - Syndicated (check local listings for channel and time) - Sabotage
An expert in hyper drives, who has a past with Dr. Rush, arrives on the Destiny via the communication stones when it seems the ship will run out of power before it reaches its next destination, which would leave the crew adrift.
Guest stars include Kathleen Munroe, Julia Benson, Jennifer Spence, Mark Burgess, Reiko Aylesworth, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Haig Sutherland, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Michael Karl Richards.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV - March 7, 2011
A Daily Guide To Notable Shows
... Stargate Universe
10-11PM SYFY, SEASON PREMIERE [season 2.5 premiere]
Terrorism, politics, shaky camera work — the current iteration of Stargate draws more from the recent Battlestar Galactica than from its own franchise history. Everything except for BSG's heart. In its final season, this is one space opera that deserves to be put out of its misery.
