CSI - CBS VIDEO: "Hitting for the Cycle" Episode Trailer Airs Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 9/8C
A recently divorced man is discovered at the bottom of a swimming pool and a video-game addict is found dead on his couch. During the investigations, two other deaths are reported and the CSIs bet on whether they have "hit for the cycle" during one shift---a homicide, a suicide,...
Guest stars include Jon Wellner, Sal Landi, Ali Hillis, Nicholas Braun, Kaitlin Doubleday and Victor Browne.
SCIFI AND TV TALK: Sci-Fi Blast From The Past - Paul McGillion (Stargate Atlantis)
by Steve Eramo
03/27/2011
In today's Sci-Fi Blast From The Past, Paul McGillion chats on the Stargate Atlantis set about his first year playing Dr. Carson Beckett.
Paul McGillion smiles when talking about the first time he worked in front of a camera. “It was a music video for David Wilcox, a Canadian singer, and the song was called Layin’ Pipe. I was working with this model who was supposed to be my love interest in the video, and she had to chase me around a car. She was probably 6’4” and I’m 5’10”, and that’s on a good day, so that whole scenario was pretty funny. At one point, the director tried to match us up height-wise and asked me to stand on top of an apple box on the other side of the car. Happily, things have gotten better over the years, and I haven’t been asked to stand on top of a box ever since,” chuckles the actor...
CAMELOT - STARZ VIDEO FEATURETTE: Sorcery - Series Premiere April 1, 2011 at 10/9C
Merlin and Morgan possess gifts that allow them to do the impossible. Learn more about their special powers.
The 2-hour premiere of Camelot is April 1st 10pm e/p on Starz.
A historical drama chronicling the Arthurian legend. In the series opener, King Uther dies, leaving young commoner Arthur as heir to the throne of England, where he is championed by the wizard Merlin but destined to tangle with his evil half sister, the sorceress Morgan.
Cast includes Jamie Campbell Bower, Tamsin Egerton, Joseph Fiennes, Claire Forlani, Eva Green, Peter Mooney, Diarmaid Murtagh, Clive Standen and Philip Winchester.
SYFY: Earth In Danger! Movie Marathon Saturday, April 2, 2011
09:00 AM Meteor Apocalypse
An enormous meteor explodes in the Earth's atmosphere, raining down deadly debris across the globe. In three days Los Angeles will be destroyed. Now one desperate father embarks on a frantic race to find his wife and daughter before it's too late.
Cast includes Joe Lando, Claudia Christian, Cooper Harris, Madison McLaughlin, T.J. Lepage, Micho Rutare and Jon Gale.
11:00 AM Post Impact
After a meteor strike starts a new ice age on Earth, one man leads a group of survivors on a cross-country journey to find a device that could give humankind new hope for survival.
Cast includes Dean Cain, Bettina Zimmermann, Joanna Taylor, Nigel Bennett, John Keogh and Cheyenne Rushing.
01:00 PM Impact - Part One
The end is nigh in this two-part sci-fi-drama about the moon on a collision course with Earth. In Part 1, a dead star strikes the moon during a meteor shower. At first, there seems to be no lasting damage, but soon puzzling things begin to happen (cell-phone disruptions, tidal anomalies), and scientists (David James Elliott, Natasha Henstridge and Benjamin Sandler) grow increasingly concerned.
Cast includes David James Elliott, Natasha Henstridge, Benjamin Sadler, Florentine Lahme, James Cromwell, Steven Culp. Yee Jee Tso, Stargate SG-1's Colin Cunningham, Ty Olsson and Sanctuary's Agam Darshi.
Benjamin Sadler, Natasha Henstridge and David James Elliott
03:00 PM Impact - Part Two
Conclusion. With only 39 days until the moon is to collide with Earth, the U.S. military and scientists Alex Kittner, Maddie Reese and Roland Emerson (David James Elliott, Natasha Henstridge, Benjamin Sadler) propose competing plans to thwart it, and President Taylor (Steven Culp) must choose one. Meanwhile, Alex can't get in touch with his kids, and Roland can't get in touch with Martina (Florentine Lahme) as gravitational gyrations wreak havoc around the world.
05:00 PM Meteor Storm
Repeated meteor strikes imperil San Francisco, causing a city official (Michael Trucco) to evacuate the populace while a scientist (Kari Matchett) tries to determine the cause of the strikes and head off an extinction event.
Cast includes Fairly Legal's Michael Trucco, Covert Affair's Kari Matchett, Kirsten Prout, Brett Dier, Eric Johnson and Kevin McNulty.
Meteor Storm
Watch a scene from the Syfy Original Movie "Meteor Storm." Starring Michael Trucco and Kari Matchett.
07:00 PM Meteor - Part One
Dr. Lehman (Christopher Lloyd) discovers that a massive meteor dubbed "Kassandra" is on a collision course with Earth, and smaller meteor showers ahead of Kassandra create calamity in the cities.
Cast includes Bill Campbell, Marla Sokoloff, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Rooker, Stacy Keach, Jason Alexander, Ernie Hudson and Stargate SG-1's Carmen Argenziano.
Alex Paez as Lieutenant Finn, Camille Chen as Lieutenant Quigley, Jason Alexander as Dr. Chetwyn, Ernie Hudson as General Brasser
09:00 PM Meteor - Part Two
A large meteor barrels toward Earth, and smaller meteor showers cripple the cities ahead of the larger meteor's arrival.
11:00 PM Ice Twisters
Scientists seek the assistance of a science fiction novelist when a top-secret government program devoted to researching experimental weather manipulation techniques results in the creation of deadly tornadoes made of ice.
Cast includes Mark Moses, Camille Sullivan, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Alex Zahara, Ryan Kennedy, Robert Moloney, Dion Johnstone and Ingrid Torrance.
01:00 AM 2012: Supernova
An astrophysicist assembles a team to find a way to shield Earth from a devastating burst of radiation released by an unstable star in a nearby galaxy.
Cast includes Brian Krause, Heather McComb, Najarra Townsend, Allura Lee, Alan Poe and Stephen Schneider.
03:00 AM Annihilation Earth
The world is in jeopardy when supercolliders that provide power for the West are threatened by terrorism and political paranoia.
Cast includes Luke Goss, Star Trek: The Next Generation's Marina Sirtis, Colin Salmon, Louise Cliffe and Theo Cross.
Syfy - April Fool's Day Movie Marathon Friday, April 1, 2011
08:30 AM Jack Brooks Monster Slayer
Trevor Matthews stars in this horror comedy as Jack Brooks, an angry plumber who must battle the forces of darkness. While repairing some pipes for Professor Crowley, the hotheaded handyman awakens a powerful evil. Soon thereafter, Professor Crowley consumes a black heart that possesses his soul and transforms his body, forcing the short-fused plumber to harness his all-consuming anger in order to fight back.
Cast includes Robert Englund, Trevor Matthews, Daniel Kash, David Fox, Dean Hawes, Rachel Skarsten, James A. Woods, Ashley Bryant, Stefanie Drummond, Chad Harber and Patrick Henry.
10:30 AM Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath Of The Dragon God
Five heroic individuals attempt to halt the rise to power of a dragon god and an evil sorcerer.
Cast includes Bruce Payne, Mark Dymond, Clemency Burton-Hill, Ellie Chidzey, Tim Stern, Steven Elder and Lucy Gaskell.
01:00 PM Highlander: The Source
Adrian Paul and Peter Wingfield star in this sequel that puts Duncan MacLeod and a group of immortals on a quest to locate the source of their immortality.
Cast includes Adrian Paul, Thekla Reuten, Cristian Solimeno, Peter Wingfield, Jim Byrnes, Stephen Rahman Hughes, Stephen Wight and Thom Fell.Giovanni
03:00 PM The Rocketeer
In 1938 Los Angeles, a pilot (Bill Campbell) finds a rocket-pack that enables him to fly.
Cast includes Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Jon Polito, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino, William Sanderson, Margo Martindale, Melora Hardin, Terry O'Quinn, Ed Lauter and James Handy.
05:30 PM In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Inconsistent accents, anachronistic performances and low-rent special effects abound in this medieval fantasy, which pits action star Jason Statham against armor-clad monster warriors, a wicked wizard and scantily-clad, man-hating wood sprites. Directed by Uwe Boll, who found his niche turning video games into movies.
Cast includes Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Kristanna Loken, Matthew Lillard, Brian J. White, Mike Dopud, Ray Liotta and Burt Reynolds.
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 28, 2011:
Torchwood
Cast includes John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Kai Owen, Gareth David-Lloyd, Burn Gorman and Naoko Mori.
Mon. Mar. 28 3:00 PM From Out of the Rain
When an old cinema re-opens, past horrors emerge to stalk the streets of Cardiff. And as bodies are found, somewhere between life and death, Torchwood must act fast. Who are the Night Travellers? And how can Torchwood capture these mysterious killers?
Guest cast includes Julian Bleach, Camilla Power, Craig Gallivan and Stephen Marzella.
Tue. Mar. 29 3:00 PM Adrift
When a local teenager disappears Gwen is drawn into an investigation that reveals a darker side of Torchwood. Hundreds of people have disappeared without trace, but why is Jack obstructing attempts to find them? The answer seems to lie in the rift.
Guest cast includes Kai Owen, Tom Price, Ruth Jones and Robert Pugh.
Wed. Mar. 30 3:00 PM Fragments
A booby-trapped building explodes and knocks the team unconscious. As their lives flash before their eyes, we learn how each of them was recruited to Torchwood.
Guest stars include Amy Manson, Heather Craney, Paul Kasey and Skye Bennett.
Thur. Mar. 31 3:00 PM Exit Wounds
Captain John returns to have his revenge on Torchwood. But who is he really working for? And how great a price must Torchwood pay to save the city?
Guest stars include Kai Owen, James Marsters, Tom Price, Lachlan Nieboer and Paul Kasey.
Fri. Apr. 1 3:00 PM Everything Changes
When Gwen Cooper witnesses the resurrection of a murder victim, it begins her journey into a dangerous underworld of savage monsters and alien hunters. Her chance encounter with Captain Jack Harkness and the Torchwood team will change her life forever.
Guest stars include Kai Owen, Indira Varma, Guy Lewis and Tom Price.
The X-Files
Season two cast includes David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and Mitch Pileggi.
Mon. Mar. 28 4:00 PM Fallen Angel
Mulder's probe of a UFO crash site could lead to his expulsion from the FBI and the closing of the X-Files Division.
Guest cast includes Frederick Coffin, Marshall Bell, Scott Bellis, Jerry Hardin and Brent Stait.
Tue. Mar. 29 4:00 PM Eve
The probe of two deaths leads Mulder and Scully to their source: a genetic experiment gone wrong.
Guest stars include Harriet Sansom Harris, Jerry Hardin and George Touliatos.
Wed. Mar. 30 4:00 PM Fire
Mulder's old flame enlists his aid in tracking an arsonist who's able to set fire to things by touching them.
Guest stars include Amanda Pays, Mark Sheppard, Dan Lett and Laurie Paton.
Thur. Mar. 31 4:00 PM Beyond the Sea
A death-row inmate claims his psychic powers can help Scully and Mulder rescue two kidnapped teens.
Guest cast includes Brad Dourif, Sheila Larken, Lawrence King-Phillips, Fred Henderson and Stargate SG-1's Don S. Davis.
Fri. Apr. 1 3:00 PM Genderbender
A person who can switch genders is committing murders that have ties to a religious community known as the Kindred.
Guest cast includes Brent Hinkley, Michele Goodger, Peter Stebbings, Kate Twa and Nicholas Lea.
Doctor Who
Season two cast includes David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri and Noel Clarke.
Mon. Mar. 28 5:00 PM Army of Ghosts
The human race rejoices as the ghosts of loved ones return home in the latest adventure from the nation’s favorite time traveller. But as the Doctor, Rose and Jackie investigate the Torchwood Tower, the whole of modern-day Earth threatens to fall.
Guest cast includes Tracy-Ann Oberman, Raji James, Freema Agyeman, Hadley Fraser, Oliver Mellor and Barbara Windsor.
Tue. Mar. 29 5:00 PM Doomsday
It’s the end of an epic journey as two mighty armies wage war across the Earth, with the human race caught in the middle. But as an unstoppable terror emerges from beneath Torchwood, the Doctor faces an even greater dilemm.
Guest cast includes Andrew Hayden Smith, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Raji James.
Wed. Mar. 30 5:00 PM Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
No sooner has the Doctor said a tear-stained farewell to Rose Tyler than he finds himself face-to-face with a woman dressed in a fluffy white wedding frock. Who is she? Who is she supposed to be marrying? And how did she get on board the TARDIS?
Guest cast includes Catherine Tate, Sarah Parish, Don Gilet, Howard Attfield and Jacqueline King.
Thur. March 31 5:00 PM Smith and Jones
The Doctor meets Martha Jones, a medical student in London, under unusual circumstances when her entire hospital is transported to the Moon. Can she learn to trust this mysterious stranger to save them all?
Guest cast includes Freema Agyeman, Anne Reid, Roy Marsden, Adjoa Andoh, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reggie Yates and Trevor Laird.
Fri. Apr. 1 5:00 PM The Shakespeare Code
For Martha's first trip in the Tardis, the Doctor takes her back in time, to Elizabethan England. When they find William Shakespeare with a lost play, suspicions of evil are confirmed when deadly witch-like creatures are discovered. Can history be saved?
Guest cast includes Dean Lennox Kelly, Christina Cole, Sam Marks, Amanda Lawrence, Linda Clark, Jalaal Hartley and David Westhead.
SANCTUARY - SYFY: Season 3.0 Marathon Saturday, APRIL 9, 2011
01:00 AM Animus
A werewolf sighting brings Will and Henry to England, where they learn of suspicious happenings at a psychiatric facility. Meanwhile, Magnus and Tesla work together to probe the mysteries of the holographic city.
Guest cast includes Jonathon Young, Robert Lawrenson, Pauline Egan and Allison Hossack.
02:00 AM Breach
An anonymous call for help brings Magnus, Will and Kate to an eerie, abandoned building, where Magnus encounters a violent assailant.
Guest cast includes Ian Tracey.
03:00 AM For King & Country
Magnus tells Will about her past with Adam Worth (Ian Tracey) and his link to "The Five"; Tesla divulges that Druitt may have additional information about Adam; Will makes a shocking find while analyzing blood tests.
Guest cast includes Jonathon Young, Ian Tracey, Peter Wingfield, Vincent Gale and Duncan Fraser.
04:00 AM Vigilante
Adam is released from his restraints so that he can help Will find an access point for the hidden city; Magnus and Druitt go to London to find a critical artifact, leaving Will to manage the Sanctuary.
Guest cast includes Jonathon Young, Ian Tracey, Martin Christopher, Pascale Hutton and John Emmet Tracy.
05:00 AM Hollow Men
The team goes to Tibet in search of the hidden city, which is rigged with deadly security measures; back at the Sanctuary, Adam admonishes Tesla and Druitt for letting Magnus go to the city without him.
Guest cast includes Polly Walker, Jonathon Young, Ian Tracey, Scott McNeil, Luvia Petersen, Alexander Kambolis, Nels Lennarson and Valin Shinyei.
Stargate TV schedule for the week of March 28, 2011:
[NOTE: High Definition channels not listed on this schedule. Please confirm with your local listings for correct times.]
STARGATE The Original Movie (1994)
Cast includes Kurt Russell, James Spader, Alexis Cruz, Viveca Lindfors, Mili Avital, John Diehl, Leon Rippy, Djimon Hounsou, Erick Avari and French Stewart.
Sat. Apr. 2 12:00 PM OMAX
Sun. Apr. 3 4:00 AM MAX
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.
SYFY
Wed. Mar. 30 1:00 AM SYFY Disclosure
A Gou'ald mothership crash-lands in the Pacific Ocean, forcing the U.S. and Russia to reveal the existence of the Stargate program to the British, French and Chinese.
Guest stars include François Chau, Colin Cunningham, Garry Chalk, Martin Evans, Paul Batten and Ronny Cox.
Thur. Mar. 31 1:00 AM SYFY Forsaken
An encounter with the alien survivors of a spaceship crash turns into a deadly scrimmage for the SG-1 crew.
Guest stars include Martin Cummins, Dion Johnstone, Sarah Deakins, David Paetkau and Rob Lee.
Sat. Apr. 2 1:00 AM SYFY The Changeling
Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) encounters his former SG-1 comrades in a dream scenerio while Teal'C (Christopher Judge, who cowrote the episode) confronts Apophis (Peter Williams).
Guest stars include Michael Shanks, Tony Amendola, Carmen Argenziano, Musetta Vander, Peter Williams, Gianna Patton and Gary Jones.
Sat. Apr. 2 2:00 AM SYFY Memento
The only hope the SG-1 team has of returing to Earth is finding a mythical Stargate on a hostile planet where the Prometheus crashlanded after a power failure.
Guest stars include Robert Foxworth, John Novak, Miguel Fernandes, Ingrid Kavelaars, Alex Diakun and Ray Galletti. Directed by Peter DeLuise.
SHOWTIME BEYOND
Sat. Apr. 2 8:00 PM SHOWB Pretense
A trial is held to determine who lives or dies---Skaara or Klorel.
Guest stars include Alexis Cruz, Frida Betrani, Marie Stillin, Garwin Sanford, Kevin Durand and Bill Nikolai.
Sat. Apr. 2 8:45 PM SHOWB Urgo
A strange creature invades the minds of the Stargate crew.
Guest stars include Dom DeLuise, Nickolas Baric, Bill Nikolai and Peter DeLuise.
Sun. Apr. 3 10:00 AM SHOWB Pretense
Sun. Apr. 3 10:45 AM SHOWB Urgo
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.
SYFY
Tue. Mar. 29 2:00 AM SYFY Brain Storm
Doctors Keller and McKay go to Earth to witness a scientific demonstration conducted by McKay's rival, Malcolm Tunney (Dave Foley). Unfortunately, Tunney's device creates a life-threatening situation.
Guest stars include Dave Foley, Marshall Bell, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Gary Jones.
Wed. Mar. 30 2:00 AM SYFY Infection
A distress call from a hive ship over Atlantis leads the team to discover a Wraith crew in stasis, with all hands stricken with a disease caused in part by Dr. Keller's gene therapy.
Guest stars include Christopher Heyerdahl, Kavan Smith, Sharon Taylor and Christopher Pearce.
Thur. Mar. 31 2:00 AM SYFY Identity
Dr. Keller suffers the ultimate form of identity theft when her strange behavior leads the team to discover that her consciousness has been switched with that of a criminal who is facing capital punishment.
Guest stars include Dawn Olivieri, David Nykl, Paul McGillion, Ron Selmour, Todd Thomson, Jonathan Holmes, Linda Ko and Rick Wong.
Fri. Apr. 1 2:00 AM SYFY Vegas
Detective John Sheppard investigates murders in Las Vegas linked to an unusual man with superhuman abilities. Steve Schirripa and Frank Vincent of "The Sopranos" fame guest star.
Guest stars include Neil Jackson, David Nykl, Christopher Heyerdahl, Gary Jones, Frank Vincent, Steve Schirripa, Jody Thompson, Mark Burgess, Paul Jarrett, Charles Cohen, Joel Goldsmith, Roy Winston and Todd Brunson.
Thur. Mar. 31 5:00 PM UHD Phantoms
Thur. Mar. 31 8:00 PM UHD Phantoms
A mission to recover a lost team leads to the discovery of a discontinued Wraith experiment: a mind-altering device that adversely affects Ronon and Sheppard.
Guest stars include Dexter Bell, Nels Lennarson, Colby Johannson, Gideon Karmel, Patrick Sabongui, James Bamford and Dan Payne.
SYNDICATED
Weekend April 2/3 - Syndicated (check local listings for channel and time) - Michael
Besieged by amnesia and nightmares in which he is a Wraith, Lt. Michael Kenmore (Connor Trinneer) learns there is more afoot on Atlantis than his recovery from a Wraith attack.
Guest stars include Star Trek Voyager's Connor Trinneer, Claire Rankin, Douglas Chapman and James Lafazanos.
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.
SYFY
Mon. Mar. 28 10:00 PM SYFY Hope
Tue. Mar. 29 12:00 AM SYFY Hope
Ginn resurfaces in Chloe via the communication stones, creating a dilemma for Eli and Rush to solve; Greer becomes a kidney donor after Tamara diagnoses Volker with end-stage renal disease.
Guest stars include Julie McNiven and Leanne Adachi.
Weekend April 2/3 - Syndicated (check local listings for channel and time) - Faith
Destiny stops near an uncharted star orbited by one planet, this time without activating the countdown clock. Lt. Scott leads a small team to the planet's surface, where the explorers are amazed to find an abundance of food, water and sunshine.
Guest stars include Tygh Runyan, Vincent Gale and Darcy Laurie.
