Has Sanctuary Been Canceled By Syfy? To be honest, fans have no hard evidence via press reports or Twitter slips by any of the cast or crew of Sanctuary. But fans are wondering and circumstantial evidence seems to be adding up.
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There is speculation out on the web that the Syfy series Sanctuary may not be coming back for a fifth season on the Comcast owned, NBC subsidiary network. And in the wake of how the much beloved Eureka TV series was canceled, making the upcoming fifth season in 2012 of Eureka its last, the speculations have me wondering.
This article was sparked around by a readers’ email I received today and I thought that they brought up some good points that I’d share with you, my readers. In addition, I slap out a few more tidbits that I dug up out on the web.
The reader points will be labeled ‘RP.’
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RP: The Syfy network has had nothing to say about another season for Sanctuary.
Yep… no news is usually good news and with the Syfy network, they tend to stall their announcements to as late as possible with any of their programming.
I’ve touched no this previously, surmising that when other other networks already know their lineups, Syfy usually waits to make their announcements. I think it’s a marketing game because I can’t imagine any business like a TV cable network not knowing their schedule so few months ahead of time.
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RP: The title of the season (series?) finale “Sanctuary for None” is the exact opposite of the series beginning “Sanctuary for All.” There was no cliffhanger ending.
Can’t disagree with the observation! I like it.
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What’s Emilie Ullerup been up to these days? I came across a few things over the last week and thought I’d share… check it out:
In case you’ve been watching the slowly fading Syfy channel TV show, Sanctuary, I’m wondering if you were as confused as I was?
First up, was the “special episode” they aired last Tuesday. For some silly reason, I thought it was going to a new episode in addition to what was coming out in their usual Friday time slot. It wasn’t. The Sanctuary episode aired on Tuesday and then again on Friday.
So if you’re worried that you missed one of them, but caught the other, don’t fret. You missed nothing.
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But more importantly, if you did see the episode, then you caught that flashback scene where fans got a quick glimpse of Emilie Ullerup, where Adam is mind-fraking* with Helen, showing her visuals while she was trapped in a virtual world.
My eyebrows went up, wondering what was up there. Well, it’s a flashback and was not a new scene.
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-New DVD and Blu-ray releases coming out this week on September 13th include adventures in a galaxy far, far away (Star Wars) on Blu-ray; Asgardian gods with Chris Hemsworth as Thor; and a few TV shows hitting the new DVD release list like the most excellent Starz TV series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Glee, Supernatural, Grey’s Anatomy and a bunch more of TV shows!
(R.I.P. Andy Whitfield; 1974-2011)
Plus I had just received some news a the entire Farscape series coming to Blu-ray. No, Farscape is not coming out this week, but at a later date. But I thought it’s cool news for fans of the series I thought I’d share!
Other Blu-ray news includes the entire Star Wars saga… well, at least what movies have been released to date, has come out in a whopping big Blu-ray release, due out September 16th. I have press release details for that down at the bottom of this article, if you need to weigh out your options and are considering picking up this new packaging product, you can check out those details below.
There are a lot of first time to Blu-ray [Blu-ray] movie titles vs. new movies just hitting the market.
With that said, let’s see what’s coming out this week and you can set and plot what you might be interested in either ordering online or heading out to pick up from your local retail store:
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Here’s some interesting TV news regarding Breaking In, True Blood and some Syfy channel premiere dates.
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Breaking In
For fans of Breaking In, you may be very happy to hear that Fox is looking to order up 13 more episodes of the comedic break-in series.
These new episodes will be making their debut in the mid-season time frame, so keep your eyes peeled here for any new news when it does come up.
Oh yea, and the entire cast is coming back!
This is a great victory for the fans of the series. It was odd how, despite the fanfare and ratings, it found itself dumped
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True Blood‘s New Guy
If you find yourself a fan of the vampiric series, True Blood, where no vampire sparkles AND you happen to like Scott Foley, boy, are you in luck! Check out this first look of Foley…
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Syfy Channel News
If you’re curious about what’s coming up in the September, October & December time-frame from the Syfy channel, check it out, I snagged info from their press release about their TV lineups for those months.
First up, in September, is Paranormal Witness which premieres on September 7th at 10PM. It’s a bit of a ‘Let me tell you what I’ve seen’ kind of show.
“This tense, filmic and high-octane drama-documentary series brings to life the stories of people who have lived through paranormal experiences that defy explanation. Using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony, actual home video and gritty realistic drama, Paranormal Witness transports the audience into a world turned upside down by extraordinary and terrifying events.”
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October
Syfy channel is unleashing a month-long effort to scare the crap out of you… or at least keep you entertained to some degree or another.
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On Saturday of the multi-day extravaganza called Comic Con, the Indigo room in the Hilton Bayfront held the Sanctuary and Being Human panels.
I’m pressed for timely updates so I’m getting more terse than usual as my Comic Con updates come out! With that said, “Let’s roll” gang!
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Sanctuary
In the Sanctuary panel that was moderated by Josh Gates, we had Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne. The news bits were minimal, but here they be:
First up, there will be a musical episode coming up in season 4.
Helen will be having herself some romance this season.
There will be some exploration into Helen and John’s relationship when Helen ends up hitting up Victorian England.
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-Comic Con released their schedule for Saturday, July 23rd for their 2011 Comic-Con event in San Diego.
Saturday seems lite on movies and heavy on TV with a few focused panels on some fan-focused personalities like Robert Kirkman, J. Michael Straczynski, Kevin Smith and Joss Whedon.
Movies making appearances in panels include TWIXT, Immortals, Knights of Badassdom & Snow White and the Huntsmen. TV shows include Chuck, Terra Nova, The Vampire Diaries, Fringe, Alcatraz, Being Human, Sanctuary and more.
Check out first, Ballroom 20‘s schedule, followed by Hall H‘s schedule and after that, a selective list of events from other rooms and locations. This is NOT a comprehensive listing of everything… so be sure to check out the Comic Con website for more and updated details.
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Ballroom 20
- 10:00-10:45 Chuck Screening and Q&A
- 11:00-12:00 Terra Nova
- 12:15-1:00 Futurama
- 1:00-1:45 The Simpsons
- 2:00-2:35 Family Guy
- 2:35-3:15 American Dad
- 3:30-4:15 The Vampire Diaries Screening and Q&A
- 4:30-5:15 Fringe Screening and Q&A
- 5:15-6:00 Alcatraz Pilot Screening and Q&A
- 8:30-11:30 HBO’s True Blood Presents the Comic-Con International Masquerade
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Hall H
- 11:45-12:45 TWIXT: Francis Ford Coppola and Dan Deacon
- 1:00-2:00 Relativity Media: Immortals
- 2:15-3:15 Knights of Badassdom
- 3:30-4:15 Universal Pictures: Snow White and the Huntsmen
- 4:30-5:30 Further over the Rainbow: A First Look at Dorothy of Oz
- 5:45-7:30 An Early Evening with Kevin Smith
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Cinema Static disclaimer: This observational piece does not mean I am on their side. This is a neutral observation, motivated first by frustration as a viewer, but tempered with the business minded eye of the writer.
Albeit, everywhere I look, the Syfy channel is taking a beating in the social network circles everywhere I go. It ranges from polite observations to the more visceral reactions. But through it all the shift we’re seeing at Syfy is signifying that when NBC/Syfy hired Dave Howe way back in what, 2001, is doing his job, as expected and promised.
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With the cancellation of Stargate Universe and the moving of Sanctuary to the doomed slot of Monday nights, Syfy channel can’t seem to make a move on a social network without taking a beating about it.
Over on Facebook, Syfy cranked out a note trying to pump up the theme of sci-fi Mondays. It looks like a tactical move to support SGU and the newly appointed Monday night show, Sanctuary. That didn’t go too well. The Syfy account took a trashing with 208 funderful comments. Still, there were 384 folks who ‘liked’ the reminder.
In another post, to remind folks about Stargate Universe‘s upcoming episode, they pretty much took 214 trasher comments about bringing the show back or not cancelling it. Meanwhile 456 folks ‘liked’ the reminder.
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Sarah Connor Chronicles Programming Block Pulled
A while back, the Syfy channel snagged the airing rights to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and started airing the show in 4 hour chunks of time on Thursdays. When I first reported this TSCC development [Syfy to air TSCC] in February, I questioned the validity of burning through an entire series in such short order.
I also started wondering how little help that would be for the network to blast us for four hours at a time and if viewers actually had the time to take away from other shows to watch Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles?
I mean seriously?
Now TV By the Numbers has reported that Syfy is pulling the TSCC mini-marathons and replacing it with ST:TNG mini-thons. (Star Trek: The Next Generation) This replacement takes place next week.
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The Syfy Channel has announced the return dates for several series and some of their upcoming Saturday Night “Original” movies. (Sigh. You’ll see in a moment.)
First up, the returning TV series coming back to the Syfy Channel:
Stargate Universe– Monday, March 7
Sanctuary – Friday, April 15
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files – Season 2 Premiere March 23
Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen – Series Premiere March 22
Destination Truth: Live St. Patrick’s Day Investigation — March 17
The return of Stargate Universe (SGU) marks the return of the final ten episodes of the series as it signs off for the final time since the show was not renewed. SGU stars the most excellent Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Ming-Na, Alaina Huffman and more. I know it is not possible, but wouldn’t it be funny if a huge amount of people tuned it, giving it huge numbers? Eh, don’t worry, March 7th is a Monday, taking it off of the Tuesday death slot the first half of the second season aired in.
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