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.)
... So are the CGI dinosaurs invading Canada in Primeval: New World (Saturday, 10/9c), an otherwise drab reboot of the British series that earned acclaim during its intermittent run on BBC America. Niall Matter, an enjoyable scene-stealer as bad boy Zane on the much-missed Eureka, seems neutered as dull Evan Cross, a scientist with his own company who spends his time and resources seeking out temporal anomalies from which prehistoric creatures regularly emerge. Andrew-Lee Potts, the gung-ho Connor from the original Primeval, appears in the pilot to warn Cross to leave well enough alone. But does he listen? Wouldn't be a show if he did...
Primeval: New World cast includes Eureka's Niall Matter, Sara Canning, Danny Rahim, Crystal Lowe, Miranda Frigon and Geoff Gustafson.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO FEATURETTE OF THE MAKING OF 'PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD'
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