TV GUIDE: Weekend TV Playlist: Falling Skies, Thrones Finale, Tonys
Jun 7, 2013
by Matt Roush
... SATURDAY NIGHT SYFY: Don't get too attached to the new fantasy imports debuting on Syfy this weekend. Neither was renewed in their respective countries past the first season. (As with Merlin, which at least got a five-season run before the producers decided to end the story, don't blame Syfy when the shows disappear. Not the network's call. It's just the buyer.)
The not-half-bad British Sinbad (Saturday, 9/8c) is good family fun, a visually appealing romp filmed in Malta, starring Elliot Knight as the roguish Middle Eastern scamp who hits the high seas for adventure to escape the wrath of a vengeful royal (Lost's Naveen Andrews). A watery sea creature that wreaks havoc during a perilous storm is a step up from the monsters we tend to associate with Syfy's Saturday night cheesefest movies...
CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO FEATURETTE ON THE MAKING OF 'SINBAD'
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