THE T.V GEEK - GENRE TELLY, CINEMA AND RELATED ITEMS IN MELBOURNE THIS WEEK (UPDATED WEEKLY)
9th Mar 10
ZERO-G'S T.V GEEK GUIDE- GENRE TELLY, CINEMA, THEATRE, & EVENTS THIS WEEK IN MELBOURNE
PERSONALLY, I RECKON EVERYONE IS A GEEK ABOUT SOMETHING OR OTHER, WHETHER IT BE FOOTY, SURFING, GOLF, CARS, FASHION, OR BELLY-PUNK FOLK-GOTH WASHING MACHINE PSYCHO-CLOWN HEAVY METAL MUSIC. THOSE OTHER FAN GROUPS ARE ALREADY PRETTY WELL CATERED FOR ONLINE AND ON RADIO SO THIS GUIDE IS FOR THE SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HISTORICAL BUFFS, AS WELL AS FOR THAT FAST VANISHING MINORITY OF GOOD OLD FASHIONED GEEKS WHO BITE THE HEADS OFF LIVE CHICKENS FOR FUN AND PROFIT IN CARNIVAL SIDESHOWS. (SO, GO LOOK IT UP!)
NOTES:
INCLUSION DOES NOT NECESSARILY CONVEY ENDORSEMENT OF THE ITEM LISTED.
ALL BROADCAST TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE BY STATIONS DUE TO WHIMSY, ENNUI, DISTEMPER OR INDEED, THE FLAP OF A BUTTERFLY WING, SAY, A CONTINENT AWAY. SCHEDULED TIMES FOR SOME SHOWS, MOST NOTABLY ONES COMMENCING AT ODD TIMES LIKE '12.47', '2.56' AND SO ON TEND TO JINK AROUND FROM ONE WEEK TO THE NEXT. ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO CHECK A DAILY GUIDE BEFORE PROGRAMMING AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR RECORDING.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE’S A LARGE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN’S TELEVISION, ESPECIALLY ANIMATION, THAT FITS RIGHT INTO THE CATEGORY OF SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY OR HISTORICAL GENRES. I’LL LIST WHAT I CAN, WHEN I CAN, IF I CAN BE BOTHER-RED, FAIR NUFF?
I'M STILL PHASING IN LISTINGS FOR SOME SHOWS AND THEN THERE'S THAT HUGE BEASTY, FOXTEL....I'VE LISTED THE CURRENT CROP OF SCI-FI CHANNEL SHOWS AS A SEPERATE BLOCK SINCE THAT'S WALL-TO-WALL GENRE. THERE ARE 'TOO MANY' GENRE MOVIES SHOWN EACH MONTH ACROSS THE PAY CHANNELS TO PROCESS HERE WITHOUT MAKING A FULL TIME PAID JOB OF IT OR BLOATING OUT THIS GUIDE. THAT SAID, I MAY SELECTIVELY PICK OUT THE ODD SERIES, DOCUMENTARY OR MOVIE THAT AREN'T REPRESENTED ON FREE-TO-AIR OR ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL.
LISTINGS OFTEN HOLD TRUE FOR OTHER AUSTRALIAN CAP. CITIES, BUT NOT ALWAYS!
LATE, LATE MOVIES ARE IN THE BRACKET FOR THE NEXT DAY, SINCE THAT'S PRESUMABLY WHAT YOU'D BE SETTING YOUR RECORDER FOR....SO DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE FIRST COUPLE OF ENTRIES IN THE DAY AFTER WHEN LOOKING AT "WHAT'S ON TONIGHT".
WEDNESDAY- MARCH 10TH
FREE TO AIR TELEVISION
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT - U.K HISTORICAL DETECTIVE SERIES - ABC1 - WEDNESDAY 2.05 AM. David Suchet as the definitive Hercule Poirot...
DESTROY ALL PLANETS - 1968 JAPAN S.F MONSTER MOVIE - CHANNEL 31 - WEDNESDAY 10.00 AM. Also known as Gamera vs. Viras. Number Four in the Gamera, giant flying turtle series.
THE NEW INVENTORS - AUSTRALIAN TECHNOLOGY T.V SERIES - ABC 1 - WEDNESDAY 8.00 PM. Also screens Friday, 11.30 AM.
FRINGE -
U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - GO! - WEDNESDAY 8.30 PM. Well, it's not Lost, but J.J Abrams is one of the producers of this X-Files style series.
LOST- U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - 7TWO - WEDNESDAY 8.30 PM. The final season six! Single episode this week. "The Island is Hurley's dream", sez J.J Abrahms....at least, according to Jenna in 30 Rock, who claims she met him in an elevator! The Smoke Monster is John Locke...eep!
THE I.T CROWD - U.K COMEDY T.V SERIES - ABC 1 - WEDNESDAY 9.30 PM. A surreal look at an I.T department with many of the team behind The Mighty Boosh and Garth Merengi's Dark Place involved.
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES-
U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - GO! - WEDNESDAY 9.30 PM. Season Two
of the sadly cancelled series spun off from the movie series. Repeated Thursday 2.00 AM and 1.00 PM. Is it not wicked cool that 'Cameron' can forge security pass barcodes just by drawing them by hand with mechanical precision!?
PICTURE: SUMMER GLAU AS CAMERON THE TERMINATOR. SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES. COURTESY FOX 2009
"ACCESSING
HUMAN DICTIONARY FILES. REFERENCING: 'YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL
SCRATCH YOURS.' 99.99 PERECENT PROBABILITY THIS UNIT HAS INTERPRETED
THIS PHRASE INCORRECTLY...."
THE LISTENER - 2009 CANADA FANTASY T.V SERIES - GO! - WEDNESDAY 10.30 PM. Paramedic can hear people's thoughts. (Gosh.)
KINGS
- 2000s FANTASY T.V SERIES - 7TWO - WEDNESDAY 10.30 PM. The story of
King David reset in a modern fictional country. Another "Don't get too
fond of it 'cos it was cancelled after a handful of episodes' series.
LIFE ON MARS- 2000s U.K DRAMA/'TIME TRAVEL' SERIES - ABC1 & HD -WEDNESDAY 11.25 PM. Did DCI Sam Tyler (John "The Master" Simm) travel back to the 1970s or not? We know the answer to that but in case you don't I won't spoil it here! An excellent series set in an era that now seems like another planet.
THURSDAY- MARCH 11TH
FREE TO AIR TELEVISION
JEEVES AND WOOSTER - U.K HISTORICAL COMEDY T.V SERIES- ABC 1 -THURSDAY 12.30 PM. An excellent adaptation from the 1990s of the beloved P.G Wodehouse stories, with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in the title roles.
CATALYST - AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE NEWS SERIES - ABC 1 -THURSDAY 8.00 PM.
TO BUILD A FIRE - 2003 FRANCE ADVENTURE MOVIE - CHANNEL 31 - THURSDAY 10.00 AM. There have been several versions of Jack London's edge-of-the-seat 1908 short story of wilderness survival. This 20 minute adaptation stars rough hewn Olivier Pages as 'The Man'. After you've watched the movie you can find the full text of the 'original' (Actually London's second version of the story) here:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/To_Build_a_Fire
STARGATE ATLANTIS
- U.S.A/CANADA SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - 7TWO - THURSDAY 8.30 PM.
Second of the three live action series spawned by the original motion
picture. Set not just off-world, but in another galaxy!
HEROES - U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - 7TWO - THURSDAY 9.30 PM. The little superhero show that can....
MEDIUM
- U.S.A SUPERNATURAL FANTASY T.V SERIES - TEN - THURSDAY 9.30 PM.
Another paranormal series; in this case the medium of the title gets to
help police with their work. (As if!)
FAMILY GUY - U.S.A ANIMATED COMEDY T.V SERIES - SEVEN -THURSDAY 10.30 PM. New episode followed by repeats.
FRIDAY - MARCH 12TH
FREE TO AIR TELEVISION
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - U.S.A FANTASY HORROR SUPERNATURAL T.V SERIES - TEN - FRIDAY 12.30 AM. Repeats of the iconic Joss Whedon series.
THE AVENGERS
- 1960s U.K SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY T.V SERIES - NINE- FRIDAY 1.00
AM. "We're needed, Mrs Peel!" Always and forever. Surreal, iconic,
frequently psychadelic British spy adventure series. Check out the
eye-catching sets, the kinky swinging-sixties kinky boots and cat-suits
and John Steed's classic bowler hat....
POIROT- U.K HISTORICAL DETECTIVE T.V SERIES - ABC 1 - FRIDAY 12.30 PM. David Suchet in this masterful adaptation of the Agatha Christie stories. Also screens late night Tuesdays after midnight.
DANIEL BOONE - 1965 U.S.A ADVENTURE T.V SERIES - CHANNEL 31 - FRIDAY 1.30 PM. I rather liked this series when I was knee-high to a racoon skin cap. It stood out amongst the other westerns for the unusual cross-racial friendship between pioneer Daniel Boone (Fess Parker - Who made a living playing Boone and Davy Crockett on telly) and Mingo, a native American (Played by Ed Ames, who wasn't). Veronica Cartwright played one of Boone's kids (Veronica is Lost In Space Angela Cartwright's older sister) and was later Lambert in Alien, appeared in The Birds as well as the remake of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.
JAMES MAY'S TOY STORIES- U.K TOY DOCUMENTARY T.V SERIES - SBS ONE - FRIDAY 7.30 PM. James
May plays with the most awesome toys! Including a 1:1 scale model Spitfire!!! And a whole garden made from plasticene!
BLACKADDER - U.K HISTORICAL COMEDY
T.V SERIES - GO! - FRIDAY 8.30 PM. Currently repeating series one in a block of 3 episodes.
I'M A CYBORG BUT THAT'S OKAY - 2006 SOUTH KOREA COMEDY FANTASY - SBS TWO - FRIDAY 10.00 PM.
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION - 2006 U.S.A VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF FANTASY SUPERNATURAL MOVIE - GO! - FRIDAY 11.00 PM
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
- U.K INTERVIEW T.V
SERIES - ABC 1 -FRIDAY 11.20 PM. Apart from the wicked humour Norton
lands quite a few entertaining genre guests. This week: Catherine Tate. Next week Robert Downey Junior talks Sherlock Holmes after a hiliarious silent sketch riffing off one of his other movies.
SATURDAY - MARCH 13TH
FREE TO AIR TELEVISION
SUBTERANO - 2003 AUSTRALIA S.F HORROR MOVIE - GO! - SATURDAY 1.15 AM. Eleven poor bastards are knocked off one by one in a Sydney car park....
ANGEL - U.S.A SUPERNATURAL
HORROR T.V SERIES - TEN - SATURDAY 1.00 AM. Hey, it's Joss Whedon, even
as a deadslot repeat it ain't right to just ignore it. Vampire tales for grown ups.
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN - U.S.A ANIMATED SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - TEN - SATURDAY 6.05 AM
SKYLAND - FRENCH ANIMATED SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - ABC3 - SATURDAY 6.43 AM
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN - U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION ANIMATED T.V SERIES - ABC 3 -SATURDAY 7.07 AM (REPEATED ABC 3 4.55 PM SUNDAY)
THE SUPERHERO SQUAD SHOW - U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION ANIMATED T.V SERIES - ABC3 -SATURDAY 5.34 PM. REPEATED WEEKDAYS ABC 3 - 4.40 PM, WEEKDAYS ABC 3 - 11.00 AM. Why is there no super-distorted SHIELD heli-carrier toy line? Ahh, those squaddies!
OVER THE HEDGE - 2006 U.S.A FANTASY ANIMATED MOVIE - SEVEN - SATURDAY 6.30 PM.
STORM HAWKS - CANADA ANIMATED SCIENCE FICTION SERIES - ABC 3 - SATURDAY 7.41 PM (FOUR EPISODES). Repeated in a block on ABC 3 Sunday morning.
JUST LIKE HEAVEN - 2005 U.S.A SUPERNATURAL FANTASY ROMANCE MOVIE - SEVEN - SATURDAY 8.15 PM
MEN IN BLACK - 1997 U.S.A S.F MOVIE - GO! - SATURDAY 8.30 PM.
FROM WEEPIES TO CHICK FLICKS - 2009 CINEMA DOCUMENTARY - ABC 2 - SATURDAY 8.37 PM. Documentary about the role of women in Hollywood movies.
BLISS: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT - 1985 AUSTRALIA FANTASY MOVIE - ABC2 - SATURDAY 9.30 PM.
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND - 2006 U.S.A S.F MOVIE - TEN - SATURDAY 10.00 PM
SUNDAY - MARCH 14TH
FREE TO AIR TELEVISION
SCARS OF DRACULA - 1970 U.K SUPERNATURAL VAMPIRE HORROR - GO! SUNDAY 12.00 AM. One of Hammer's Christopher Lee Drac films that stands out for casting reasons. Patrick Doctor Who 2 Troughton and Dennis Minder Waterman appear. Dracula gets a bit more to do in this entry than was usual for most of the Hammer films.
THUNDERBIRDS - U.K SCIENCE FICTION PUPPET T.V SERIES - GO! -SUNDAY 7.05 AM
IRON MAN ARMOURED ADVENTURES -
U.S.A/FRANCE SCIENCE FICTION ANIMATED T.V SERIES - ABC 1- SUNDAY 8.35
AM, ABC 3 - WEEKDAYS 11.00 AM or 10.55 AM 5.35 PM, 5.30 PM. Teenage
Tony Stark.....okay, he doesn't have the moustache...and he's more boy
than playboy, but this is actually much better than it could have been!
And I can sing the theme! And Tony carries his armour in his school
backpack! And WHY isn't there a SHIELD helicarrier toy line?
THE BATMAN - U.S.A ANIMATED SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - GO ! - SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10.00AM
LEGION OF SUPERHEROES - U.S.A ANIMATED SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - GO ! - SUNDAY 10.30 AM
KELLY'S HEROES - 1970 U.S.A W.W.2 COMEDY MOVIE - GO! - SUNDAY 1.00 PM. A completely anachronistic, fun 'caper' movie that will remind you of Three Kings and Inglorious Bastards...Donald Sutherland's stoned hippy tank commander is a piece of work!
COLLECTORS - AUSTRALIAN COLLECTIBLES T.V SERIES - ABC 1 -SUNDAY 6.30 PM. Also Thursday 1.30 PM and Monday, 6.00 PM.
BONES - U.S.A CRIME T.V SERIES - SEVEN - SUNDAY 8.30 PM. New episodes. Stars David Angel Boreanz.
V: THE FINAL BATTLE - U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - NINE - SUNDAY 8.30 PM. "Reimagining" of the 1980s series.
DESPERATE ROMANTICS - 2009 U.K HISTORY DRAMA T.V SERIES - ABC 1 - SUNDAY 8.30 PM. Naughty boho artists in Victorian London. Yes, that IS the actor who plays Mitchell the vampire in Being Human.
CASTLE - U.S.A CRIME T.V SERIES - SEVEN - SUNDAY 9.30 PM. New episodes. Stars Nathan Firefly/Buffy/Captain Hammer Fillion.
THE FORSYTE SAGA - U.K HISTORICAL T.V SERIES - ABC2 - SUNDAY 11.20 PM.
SCRUBS - U.S.A COMEDY MEDICAL T.V SERIES - SEVEN - SUNDAY 10.30 PM. New episodes.
MONDAY - MARCH 15TH
FREE TO AIR TELEVISION
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS
- U.K 1970s HISTORICAL SOAP - 7TWO - 10.00 AM WEEKDAYS. Period soap set
in the Edwardian, World War One and Interwar years. So much great
British talent popped up in this show....Pauline Collins, John
Alderton, Gordon Jackson, Lesley-Anne Down, Ian Ogilvy, Gareth Hunt,
Jean Marsh....
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES-
U.K 1980s VICTORIAN PERIOD DETECTIVE T.V SERIES - ABC1 & HD -
MONDAY 12.30 PM. How very singular!! The acclaimed Grenda series that
is the benchmark for Sherlock Holmes adapatations. These early episodes
star the stalwart David Burke as Doctor Watson and the great Jeremy
Brett as a definitive Sherlock Holmes. One of the finest period dramas
to ever come out of Great Britain and one of my all time favourite
television series. Today's episode, "The Dancing Men".
M*A*S*H - U.S.A WAR COMEDY DRAMA T.V SERIES - SEVEN - WEEKDAYS 5.00 PM. The swords of time will Hawkeye Pierce our skin....
THE BIG BANG THEORY- 2000s U.S.A
GEEK COMEDY T.V SERIES- GO! - MONDAY 1.00 PM & 1.30 PM ALSO 8.00 PM
ON NINE AND 9.OO PM ON NINE HD. If you get all the references in this
show then congratulations Sheldonite, you’re one of us! C'mon, sitcoms about physicists are rare as Gloop and Gleep teeth!
MYTHBUSTERS
- 2000s U.S.A POPULAR SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY T.V SERIES - SBS & SBS ONE
- MONDAY 7.30 PM. Who ya gonna call when Buster’s busted?!!
GOOD GAME - AUSTRALIA GAMING NEWS T.V SHOW - ABC2 - MONDAY 8.30 PM
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
- 2000s U.S.A COMEDY DRAMA T.V SERIES - SEVEN & HD - MONDAY 8.30
PM. Well, the narrator’s dead, so that makes it fantasy, okay? (Can I
go now?) Seriously, there are enough murders and other crimes in this
one to rival CSI, not to mention the vast number of actors and
actresses familiar to genre buffs who have cycled through it in regular
and guest roles. Repeated Friday 9.30 PM on 7TWO.
THE MATRIX RELOADED - 2003 U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE - GO! - MONDAY 8.30 PM.
SANCTUARY
- 2000s U.S.A SCIENCE FICTION T.V SERIES - ABC2 -MONDAY 9.30 PM. The
series that started out as webisodes, starring Amanda 'Sam Carter' (Stargate) Tapping. Think Torchwood, only with a bigger monster petting zoo....and fewer big coats.
PICTURE
- SANCTUARY TELEVISION SERIES. ROBIN DUNNE AS WILL ZIMMERMAN, AMANDA
TAPPING AS DR HELEN MAGNUS, CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL AS 'BIG GUY', EMILIE
ULLERUP AS ASHLEY. COURTESY SYFY CHANNEL. 2009.
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
- 2000s U.K SURREAL COMEDY T.V SERIES - ABC2- MONDAY - 10.30 PM. If the
very name Royston Vasey makes you weep tears of hysterical, hiccuping
laughter you’ll appreciate this..
WILFRED
- 2000s AUSTRALIAN COMEDY FANTASY SERIES - SBS ONE - MONDAY 10.00 PM.
Man's Best Friend? Yeah, right! New season started March 8.
30 ROCK - 2000s U.S.A COMEDY T.V SERIES - SEVEN - MONDAY- 11.30 PM
Still one of the great comedy shows, now in its fourth season.
DEATH NOTE
- 2000s JAPAN SUPERNATURAL ANIME - ABC2 - MONDAY 11.30 PM. Death
dealing, uh, notes! Well, we've had lethal video tapes and cell phone
calls....
ONG-BAK - THAILAND MARTIAL ARTS FANTASY - SBS ONE - MONDAY 11.30 PM.
TUESDAY- MARCH 16TH
FREE TO AIR TELEVISION
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON - 1956 U.S.A POST WW.2 COMEDY - GO! - TUESDAY 1.00 AM. An odd but entertaining comedy set in occupied Japan after W.W 2, based on the novel by Vern Sneider and the play by John Patrick, who also adapted this movie version. Glen Ford, Eddie Albert and Marlon Brando star, with Brando made up as a dodgy Japanese interpreter. Eddie Green Acres Albert ironically waxes lyrical about organic farming, while Ford and Brando get on with selling local grog to the U.S Army. Rashomon dancer-actress Machiko Kyo makes an appearance as Lotus Blossom.
THE EINSTEIN FACTOR
- AUSTRALIA QUIZ SHOW T.V SERIES - ABC 1 - WEEKDAYS (MONDAY, TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY) 5.30 AM AND TUESDAY 1.30 PM
THE SUN - SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY - SBS TWO - TUESDAY 7.30 PM.
THE YOUNG ONES - 1980s U.K COMEDY T.V SHOW - ABC2 - TUESDAY 8.00 PM.
24 -
U.S.A DRAMA T.V SERIES - SEVEN2 - TUESDAY 8.30-9.30 PM. Season 8 of
this seemingly unkillable action show. Jack Bauer- the energizer bunny of action heroes! On the other hand, he's being given a run
for his money by his partner, Renee Walker, who is turning out to be
(Godamnit!) a sonavabitch in her own right. Oh, and Chloe O'Brien
smiled in this season! See Jack run....
QI - U.K QUIZ T.V SHOW - ABC 1 - TUESDAY 9.35 PM. Stephen Fry hosts this frequently geeky quiz shows.
BAND OF BROTHERS - U.S.A WW2 T.V SERIES - 7TWO- TUESDAY 10.30 PM. Possibly the best dramatised series about that conflict ever made, perhaps only rivaled by the upcoming "The Pacific" series.
ASHES TO ASHES - U.K DRAMA/TIME TRAVEL SERIES - ABC 2 - TUESDAY 10.33 PM. Sequel to Life On Mars, this time set in the 1980s. Keeley Hawes and Philip Glenister star.
PICTURE: PHILIP GLENISTER AS GENE HUNT AND KEELEY HAWES AS ALEX DRAKE COURTESY OF THE BBC AND KUDOS FILM AND TELEVISION 2008
"FIRE UP THE QUATRO, BOLLY!"
GHOSTS OF THE 7TH CAVALRY - U.K VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTARY- SBS ONE - TUESDAY 10.00 PM. Not another doco about The Battle Of The Little Big Horn, but rather one about a Vietnam War veteran examining the U.S 7th Cavalry Regiment's massacre of Hmong villagers in Laos.
GHOST WHISPERER - U.S.A SUPERNATURAL FANTASY T.V SERIES - SEVEN - TUESDAY 10.30 PM. The show that made "Walk Towards The Light!" a T-Shirt slogan. Has anyone ever seen Melinda do any actual work in that Antique Store? Myself, I think she robs the dead to make money, as well as to supplement that incredible wardrobe she wears. Didja know Jennifer Love Hewitt once covered the Scooby Doo theme song? Truth! I want to know if she can see dead telly shows and talk to them...maybe she could save those miserable bastards aboard the Jupiter 2? Or Gilligan and his mates. (Those poor people!)
GO!
GO! (DIGITAL) SPECIALISES IN REPEATS WHICH HAVE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING GENRE CONTENT:
THE BATMAN - SCIENCE FICTION (ANIMATED)
BEN 10 - SCIENCE FICTION (ANIMATED)
BEWITCHED - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
THE BIG BANG THEORY - SCIENCE FICTION COMEDY
DANTE'S COVE- FANTASY SUPERNATURAL SOAP
F-TROOP - HISTORY COMEDY
THE FLINTSTONES - SCIENCE FICTION (ANIMATED)
FRASIER - COMEDY (NOT GENERALLY GENRE BUT STILL ONE OF MY FAVOURITE TOP TWENTY COMEDY SERIES, AND HELL, FRASIER ONCE SPOKE KLINGON AND WAS CAPTAIN OF A FEDERATION STARSHIP, WHILE NILES IS HELLBOY'S SIDEKICK AND STINGRAY SAM'S NARRATOR!)
FRINGE -SCIENCE FICTION
GET SMART - SPY COMEDY
I DREAM OF JEANNIE - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
THE JETSONS - SCIENCE FICTION (ANIMATED)
JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS - COMEDY MUSIC (ANIMATED)
LOONATICS UNLEASHED - FANTASY COMEDY (ANIMATED)
MARINE BOY - SCIENCE FICTION (ANIMATED)
NEW AMSTERDAM - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
NIGHTMARES & DREAMSCAPES - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
PINKY & THE BRAIN - SCIENCE FICTION (ANIMATED)
SCOOBY-DOO GETS A CLUE - COMEDY DETECTIVE (ANIMATED)
THUNDERBIRDS - SCIENCE FICTION
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
THE SCI-FI CHANNEL
ALTHOUGH IT'S NOW POSSIBLE TO GEEK OUT ON GENRE TELLY BY SELECTIVE CHANNEL HOPPING DURING THE WEEK TOTAL IMMERSION CAN ALSO BE ACHIEVED ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL WITH ITS WALL-TO-WALL PROGRAMMING OF GENRE CONTENT. AS WITH MOST OF THE CABLE CHANNELS THE SHOWS ARE SHOWN ON SOMETHING LIKE MONTHLY ROTATION. THIS WEEK'S SHOWS INCLUDE:
AMAZING STORIES - SCIENCE FICTION
ANGEL - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (REBOOT) - SCIENCE FICTION
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
CHARMED - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
EARLY EDITION - FANTASY
EUREKA - SCIENCE FICTION
FARSCAPE - SCIENCE FICTION
GEMINI DIVISION - SCIENCE FICTION
GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
IN.THE.QUBE - S.F NEWS
KINGDOM HOSPITAL - FANTASY HORROR
JACOB'S LADDER - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
JERICHO - SCIENCE FICTION
KNIGHT RIDER - SCIENCE FICTION
MEDIUM - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
MISSING - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
THE OUTER LIMITS - SCIENCE FICTION
SANCTUARY - SCIENCE FICTION
THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN - SCIENCE FICTION
STARGATE SG-1 -SCIENCE FICTION
STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE - SCIENCE FICTION
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SCIENCE FICTION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - SCIENCE FICTION
STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SCIENCE FICTION
THRESHOLD - SCIENCE FICTION
QUANTUM LEAP - SCIENCE FICTION
V: THE FINAL BATTLE - SCIENCE FICTION
WAREHOUSE 13 - SCIENCE FICTION
WOLF LAKE - FANTASY HORROR
XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS - FANTASY
THE X-FILES -SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
MOVIES ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL THIS WEEK INCLUDE
ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR
TWISTER
ALIEN HUNTER
THE HISTORY CHANNEL, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, BBC KNOWLEDGE CHANNEL, ETC.
There are a stack of pay t.v channels available in Oz that are essentially wall-to-wall science, technology, and historical documentaries. Way too much content for me to list and I reckon if you've got access to 'em you'll know what's what anyway.
LOCAL CINEMA
THE ACMI AT FEDERATION SQUARE
LA DOLCE VITA - WEDNESDAY 10TH
THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN - FRIDAY 12TH
BRENDAN & THE SECRET OF KELLS - SUNDAY 14TH
MOONLIGHT CINEMA AT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS
CHECK WEBSITE - RAIN MAY CANCEL SESSIONS!
BRIGHT STAR - SATURDAY 13TH
AVATAR - SUNDAY 14TH
THE ASTOR
HAMLET - THURSDAY 11TH
THE LOVELY BONES - FRIDAY 12TH
SERGIO LEONE FESTIVAL AT THE ASTOR
A Tribute to Sergio Leone — on four successive Sunday nights from February 14.
PAUL MCGANN (9th Doctor Who) LIVE
Paul McGann, the “I” in Withnail and I at The Astor to introduce the film and hold an audience Q&A.
The screening starts at 8 PM on Friday, March 19
ROOFTOP CINEMA
SUSPIRA - HORROR (CHECK WEBSITE, WEATHER MAY CANCEL SESSIONS)
GENERAL RELEASE
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - FANTASY (ANIMATED)
AVATAR- SCIENCE FICTION. Yeah!
BRIGHT STAR - HISTORY ROMANCE (SCREENING AT THE NOVA
THE HURT LOCKER - HISTORY, WAR. Yeah, maybe.
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS - FANTASY
PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTNING THIEF - FANTASY
SHUTTER ISLAND - HORROR
THE TOOTH FAIRY - FANTASY SUPERNATURAL
THE WOLFMAN - FANTASY HORROR. Nah-Maybe!
IT'S ALIVE !! - THEATRE, CONCERTS, EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, & CONVENTION
QUEEN: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY - CELEBRATING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROCK GROUP., PHOTOGRPAHS AND MEMORABILLIA - ART GALLERY OF BALLARAT - 40 LYDIARD STREET NORTH, BALLARAT - FEBRUARY 20TH TO APRIL 11TH.