SCIFI AND TV TALK: Stargate Atlantis' & Eureka's Kavan Smith Wants To Hear From You!
Stargate Atlantis' Major Evan Lorne and Eureka's Deputy Andy a.k.a. Kavan Smith has very kindly agreed to answer some questions from the readers of SciFiAndTvTalk. Starting today and through Sunday, April 16th you can leave your question(s) for Kavan via the comments section of this post [at the link above]. [SciFi and TV Talk] will then pass all the questions on to Kavan, who will answer as many as his busy schedule permits. His answers will then be posted back [at SciFi and TV Talk] at a later date. So come on, don't delay! Get those questions in today!
Los Angeles Pierce College alumnus Mark Harmon, star of television's #1-rated drama 'NCIS,' pledges his support for Hands Across California...and he wants yours too!
Hands Across California is fast approaching!
Where will you be?
When: SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2:00 p.m.
Where: Up and down the state of California!
A Dramatic Event to Support California's Community Colleges
Hands Across California will bring Californians statewide together to benefit California's community colleges and their students.
Text HANDS to 27722 to donate $10!
California's community college system is the largest in the nation — 112 colleges spanning the state and providing education and job training to nearly 3 million students every year. Yet every day, students struggle to pay for the cost of an education and face the difficult decision of giving up their educational dreams for lack of funds.
The Foundation for California Community Colleges has partnered with Ken Kragen, architect of "We Are The World," "Hands Across America," and "NetAid," to create a once-in-a-generation event bringing California together in support of community colleges and their students.
Just a month before the 25th anniversary of the original "Hands Across America," which saw 6.5 million Americans join hands from California to New York in a continuous line through 17 states, Hands Across California will create a unified statewide spectacle illustrating the impact of community colleges in the state, raise funds to benefit the California Community Colleges Scholarship Endowment, create vast public awareness of the value of our colleges to their communities, and spawn unprecedented corporate partnerships, philanthropic investments, and community involvement supporting all of our colleges and students statewide.
The event will literally join nearly all of the 112 community colleges in California in a vast statewide human line stretching from San Diego to Sacramento, with connected legs to the line reaching into the Inland Empire, Central Valley, and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles regions.
Hands Across California will involve more than 1 million people—students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and supporters of California's community colleges—and will stretch more than 1,000 miles.
Twenty-five years ago, "Hands Across America" raised funds to combat hunger and homelessness. Access to education and job training is perhaps the single greatest deterrent to those conditions, and California's community colleges are the one system of higher education in the state open to all who seek it. Yet even with the lowest student fees in the nation, the added costs of attending a community college—textbooks, software, uniforms, equipment and other supplies needed for the wide variety of job training and transfer education programs—can be unreasonable to those in poverty.
To make this unparalleled and unique event a reality and bring new awareness of the needs of California Community College students, your support is needed. Join us for Hands Across California!
NOTE: Torchwood is not scheduled for April but it will be scheduled again in the future.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Cast includes Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden and Wil Wheaton.
Mon. Apr. 4 3:00 PM BBCA The Vengeance Factor
The crew tries to mediate between the Acamarians and the Gatherers, a renegade group that split from the Acamarians a century before.
Guest stars include Lisa Wilcox, Joey Aresco, Nancy Parsons, Stephen Lee, Marc Lawrence and Elkanah Burns.
(Preempted Tuesday)
Wed. Apr. 6 3:00 PM BBCA The Defector
A Romulan defector seeking refuge warns Picard that a major offensive to regain the Neutral Zone will be launched in 48 hours.
Guest stars include James Sloyan, Andreas Katsulas, John Hancock and Simon Templeman.
Thur. Apr. 7 3:00 PM BBCA The Hunted
On the planet Angosia, the crew aids in the capture of a prison escapee, whose reputation is belied when Troi interviews him.
Guest stars include
Fri. Apr. 8 3:00 PM BBCA The High Ground
Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by a group of terrorists and the leader of the Rutian police (Kerrie Keane) is determined not to negotiate for her release.
Guest stars include Jeff McCarthy, James Cromwell, Colm Meaney, J. Michael Flynn and Andrew Bicknell.
The X-Files
Season one cast includes David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
Mon. Apr. 4 4:00 PM BBCA Lazarus
An FBI agent begins to take on characteristics of the man he killed while trying to stop a bank robbery.
Guest cast includes Christopher Allport, Cec Verrell, Jackson Davies, Jason Schombing, Callum Keith Rennie, Jay Brazeau and Stargate Universe's Peter Kelamis.
(Preempted on Tuesday)
Wed. Apr. 6 4:00 PM BBCA Young at Heart
A nemesis of Mulder's---who's supposedly dead---returns to wreak havoc on Mulder's life.
Guest cast includes Dick Anthony Williams, Christine Estabrook, Jerry Hardin, Robin Mossley and William B. Davis.
Thur. Apr. 7 4:00 PM BBCA E.B.E.
A truck driver's encounter with a UFO leads the agents to discover that they're under surveillance themselves. NOTE: This episode introduces The Lone Gunmen - Byers, Langly and Frohike.
Guest cast includes Jerry Hardin, Allan Lysell, Peter LaCroix, and as The Lone Gunmen: Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers, Dean Haglund as Richard 'Ringo' Langly and Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike.
Fri. Apr. 8 4:00 PM BBCA Miracle Man
The agents investigate a murder that has as its prime suspect a faith healer (Scott Bairstow),
Guest cast includes R.D. Call, Scott Bairstow, George Gerdes, Dennis Lipscomb and Walter Marsh.
Doctor Who
Season three cast includes David Tennant and Freema Agyeman.
Mon. Apr. 4 5:00 PM BBCA Gridlock
The Doctor takes Martha to the planet New Earth, in the far future. But when Martha is kidnapped, the mysterious Motorway must be traveled in order to discover the terrible secrets of the city.
Guest cast includes Ardal O'Hanlon, Anna Hope, Travis Oliver, Being Humnan's Lenora Crichlow and Jennifer Hennessy.
(Preempted on Tuesday)
Wed. Apr. 6 5:00 PM BBCA Daleks in Manhattan
The TARDIS lands in 1930s New York. In the midst of the Depression, people are disappearing off the streets. Meanwhile, at the very top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor's oldest enemies are at work, plotting their largest scheme yet.
Guest cast includes Miranda Raison, Ryan Carnes, Hugh Quarshie, Andrew Garfield and Eric Loren.
Thur. Apr. 7 5:00 PM BBCA Evolution of the Daleks
Dalek Sec is reborn in human form and plans to build a Dalek empire in 1930s New York. While Martha fights for her life at the top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor must enter into an unholy alliance in order to change Dalek history forever.
Guest cast includes Miranda Raison, Ryan Carnes, Hugh Quarshie, Andrew Garfield and Eric Loren.
Fri. Apr. 8 5:00 PM BBCA The Lazarus Experiment
Martha returns home and discovers her family is caught up in the scheming of Professor Lazarus and his Genetic Manipulation Device. It becomes a fight for survival, as human DNA twists into monstrous form.
Guest cast includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reggie Yates, Adjoa Andoh and Mark Gatiss.
Stargate TV schedule for the week of April 4, 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.
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. Apr. 6 1:00 AM SYFY Full Circle
The spirit of Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) warns O'Neill that a powerful amulet will fall into Anubis's grasp unless the SG-1 team can grab it first.
Guest stars include Michael Shanks, Alexis Cruz, David Palffy, Sean Amsing, Vince Crestejo, Michael Adamthwaite and Veena Sood.
Thur. Apr. 7 1:00 AM SYFY Fallen - Part 1
Aliens find an amnesiac Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks); and a cryptic tablet inspires SG-1 to a plan a trap for Anubis (David Palffy).
Guest stars include Corin Nemec, George Touliatos, Kevan Ohtsji, David Palffy, Michael Adamthwaite, Vince Crestejo and Eric Breker.
Fri. Apr. 8 1:01 AM SYFY Homecoming - Part 2
Jonas is captured by Anubis (David Palffy), who aims to conquer Jonas's Naquadria-rich homeworld, and an imprisoned Teal'c questions Yu's sanity. But SG-1 still has a card to play as Daniel remains undetected aboard Anubis's ship.
Guest stars include Corin Nemec, Cliff Simon, Kevan Ohtsji, David Palffy, Michael Adamthwaite, Doug Abrahams, Gillian Barber and Glynis Davies.
SHOWTIME BEYOND
Sat. Apr. 9 8:00 PM SHOWB A Hundred Days
A freak accident leaves Jack (Richard Dean Anderson) stranded on a planet with no way to return.
Guest stars include Michele Greene, Julie Patzwald, Shane Meier and Marcel Maillard.
Sat. Apr. 9 8:45 PM SHOWB Shades of Grey
O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) makes a diplomatic faux pas that threatens Earth's peaceful relations with her allies.
Guest stars include Tom McBeath, Steve Makaj, Marie Stillin, Christian Bocher and Linnea Sharples.
Sun. Apr. 10 10:00 AM SHOWB A Hundred Days
Sun. Apr. 10 10:45 AM SHOWB Shades of Grey
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. Apr. 5 2:00 AM SYFY Enemy at the Gate
Todd warns Atlantis about a sophisticated hive ship and encourages the team to attack the vessel before it can pose a threat to Earth in the series finale
Guest stars include Christopher Heyerdahl, Mitch Pileggi, David Nykl, Kavan Smith, Michael Beach, Martin Christopher, Gary Jones, Amanda Tapping, Paul McGillion, Colin Cunningham, Sharon Taylor, Ben Cotton, Tyler McClendon and Chuck Campbell.
Wed. Apr. 6 2:00 AM SYFY Rising - Part 1
In the series premiere, Dr. Weir (Torri Higginson) lobbies Brig. Gen. O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) to allow her team to seek the underwater city on a faraway planet despite O'Neill's misgivings about their chances of returning to Earth.
Guest stars include Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Garwin Sanford, Andee Frizzell, Craig Veroni, Christopher Heyerdahl, Robert Patrick, Dean Marshall, Boyan Vukelic, Reece Thompson, Casey Dubois and Ona Grauer.
Thur. Apr. 7 2:00 AM SYFY Rising - Part 2
Cut off from Earth and menaced by the mysterious Wraith, Weir and Sheppard turn to McKay to harness the technology of Atlantis to safeguard the city and protect their team's new allies, the Athosians.
Guest stars include Craig Veroni, Christopher Heyerdahl, Reece Thompson, Casey Dubois and Boyan Vukelic.
Fri. Apr. 8 2:01 AM SYFY Hide and Seek
McKay is trapped in a force field after altering his genes to access the Ancients' technology, and the city is rocked by systems malfunctions after a child unwittingly releases an eerie black cloud.
Guest stars include Craig Veroni, Christopher Heyerdahl, Ben Cotton, Joseph May, Boyan Vukelic and David Nykl.
SYNDICATED
Weekend April 9/10 - Syndicated (check local listings for channel and time) - Before I Sleep
The team discovers that a woman who has been kept in suspended animation for 10,000 years is none other than Dr. Weir, who recalls her journey into the city's past.
Guest stars include Gildart Jackson, Matthew Walker, Craig Veroni, Melia McClure and David Nykl.
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.
Homeworld Command tries to convince an ally they suspect might be infiltrated by the Lucian Alliance to let them use their planet to dial Destiny. Meanwhile, Rush (Robert Carlyle) is trapped in a simulation created by Amanda Perry (Kathleen Munroe).
Written by Remi Aubuchon and directed by Helen Shaver.
Guest stars include Stargate Atlantis' David Hewlett and Robert Picardo; Kathleen Munroe, Victor Garber, Cameron K. Smith, John Shaw, Daren A. Herbert and Jackie Blackmore.
Weekend April 9/10 - Syndicated (check local listings for channel and time) - Human
Dr. Rush defies orders to interface with the Destiny's computer in a bid to control the ship's flight path, which puts Col. Young in a difficult position. Meanwhile, Lt. Scott, Eli, Chloe and Greer explore a planet's underground ruins.
Guest stars include Stargate SG-1's Michael Shanks, Suleka Mathew, Louise Lombard, Haig Sutherland and Ron Halder.
NCIS - CBS VIDEO: "Two-Faced" Episode Trailer Airs Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 8/7C
A seaman's murder leads to a serial killer operating in international ports, and Gibbs reluctantly must allow agent E.J. Barrett (Sarah Jane Morris) lead the investigation; and the team finally meets Ziva's boyfriend (Enrique Murciano).
Guest stars include Ryan Carnes, Nicholas James, Ron Morehouse, Sarah Jane Morris, Enrique Murciano, Marque Richardson II and Erin Ross.
Syfy (US): Sharks, Crocs and Octopi (Oh, My!) Movie Marathon Tuesday, April 5, 2011
08:00 AM Shark Swarm: Part One
A corrupt developer (Armand Assante) tries to drive out residents of a small fishing village by dumping toxic waste in the water to stall the economy. But when the local sharks find their food source depleted, they begin attacking humans. John Schneider and Darryl Hannah star as a husband and wife who try to save the town from the sharks and the developer.
Cast includes Daryl Hannah, John Schneider, Armand Assante, F. Murray Abraham, Roark Critchlow and Heather McComb.
10:00 AM Shark Swarm: Part Two
12:00 PM Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus
Two colossal prehistoric monsters terrorize the California coast while battling for supremacy of the sea in this salt-water creature feature starring Lorenzo Lamas and Deborah Gibson.
Cast includes Deborah Gibson, Lorenzo Lamas, Vic Chao, Jonathan Nation, Mark Hengst, Michael Teh and Chris Haley.
02:00 PM Dinocroc
Scientists become victims of their own work when the cross ancient crocodile DNA with that of a dinosaur.
Cast includes Costas Mandylor, Charles Napier, Bruce Weitz, Matthew Borlenghi, Jane Longenecker and Max Perlich.
04:00 PM Dinoshark
A dinosaur-shark hybrid terrorizes a resort in Mexico, and it's up to a young fishing boat captain to stop it.
Cast include Eric Balfour, Iva Hasperger, Aarón DÃaz, Humberto Busto and Richard Miller.
