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Aug 29, 2012, 2:42:41 PM8/29/12
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SYFY'S 2012 FALL PROGRAMMING FEATURES FIRST EVER LIVE "FACE OFF" AS
CENTERPIECE OF "31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN"
PREMIERE OF "HOT SET" AND "VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN"
RETURN OF HIT SERIES "GHOST HUNTERS," "HAVEN," "SCARE TACTICS" AND
"TOTAL BLACKOUT"
ORIGINAL MOVIES INCLUDE "LAKE PLACID: THE FINAL CHAPTER" STARRING
ROBERT ENGLUND
NEW YORK - August 29, 2012 - Syfy's 2012 fall programming will feature
the first ever live Face Off episode (anchoring the annual month-long
31 Days of Halloween scare-a-thon); the premieres of unscripted shows
Hot Set and Viral Video Showdown; a special extended episode of
Paranormal Witness; returns of the hit series Ghost Hunters, Total
Blackout, Scare Tactics and Haven; and the premiere of the Syfy
Original Saturday Movie Lake Placid: The Final Chapter starring horror
icon Robert Englund.
Syfy will kick off the fall season with its traditional Labor Day
weekend movie marathon.
Highlights of Syfy's 2012 Fall Programming Schedule (All Times ET/PT)
SEPTEMBER
GHOST HUNTERS (SERIES RETURN)
Returns Wednesday, September 5 at 9PM - A new era begins when Ghost
Hunters, Syfy's longest-running unscripted series, returns with 14
all-new episodes. Having said goodbye to investigator Grant Wilson in
May, The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) - led by Jason Hawes - is
officially a team in transition, which means there are plenty of
surprises on the way this fall! Ghost Hunters kicks off the return of
Season 8 with a block of "Southern Spirits"-themed episodes. First up,
the TAPS team heads to Charleston, South Carolina, the winning
location of Ghost Hunters' America's Hometown Ghost Hunt contest, in
search of paranormal evidence of America's first female serial killer,
Lavinia Fisher. Other Southern locales getting the TAPS treatment are
Louisiana's Alexandria Zoo and the French Quarter in New Orleans. TAPS
also continues its mission of helping families in need with episodes
investigating individual claims of paranormal activity in private
homes.
HOT SET (NEW ORIGINAL SERIES)
Premieres Tuesday, September 18 at 10PM - From the producers of Face
Off, Hot Set is an extreme set design competition for Hollywood
production designers hosted by Ben Mankiewicz. Each week, two
designers and their teams will be challenged to build incredible
blockbuster sets inspired by sci-fi, fantasy, horror, adventure, and
more. The contestants will reveal their completed sets and edited film
scenes to a panel of judges who are leaders in feature film production
design.
HAVEN (SEASON 3 PREMIERE)
Premieres Friday, September 21 at 10PM - Season three picks up
immediately following the events of the gripping season two finale
with Audrey (Emily Rose) having been kidnapped; Nathan (Lucas Bryant)
warned against pursuing a romantic relationship with Audrey; and Duke
(Eric Balfour) seemingly engaged in a fight to the death with Nathan
after he discovers his family lineage is to kill "troubled" citizens
of Haven. Haven is based on the novella The Colorado Kid from renowned
author Stephen King. In the new season, WWE Superstar Edge(R) returns
as Dwight, Bree Williamson (Gossip Girl, One Life to Live) joins the
cast as psychiatrist Dr. Claire Callahan, a close friend and confidant
to Audrey, while guest stars include Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) along
with Nolan North and Claudia Black, who co-starred with Emily Rose in
the critically-acclaimed Uncharted video game franchise.
LAKE PLACID: THE FINAL CHAPTER (NEW ORIGINAL MOVIE)
Premieres Saturday, September 29 at 9PM - Following Betty White,
Cloris Leachman, and Colin Ferguson - who were all part of the
Bickerman clan in previous Lake Placid movies - horror icon Robert
Englund (Freddy Krueger/Nightmare on Elm Street) plays Jim Bickerman,
a poacher looking to score a big break on hides and eggs from these
rare crocs.
OCTOBER
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN (SPECIAL PROGRAMMING STUNT)
Premieres Monday, October 1 running through Wednesday, October 31 -
Kicking off with the horror movie-themed "Countdown to 31 Days of
Halloween" September 23-30, Syfy's annual month-long spook-a-thon
showcases ghoulish programming from original series, original movies
and theatrical films, concluding with a live Halloween episode of Face
Off.
PARANORMAL WITNESS (SPECIAL EXTENDED EPISODE)
Premieres Wednesday, October 3 at 10PM - For the first time, all the
key people involved in the most famous alien abduction case in history
reveal what they saw and experienced during a special 90-minute
episode of Paranormal Witness. In "The Abduction," unparalleled
eyewitness accounts, alongside original film and audio recordings,
tell the story of the legendary 1975 abduction (and reappearance) of
Arizona logger Travis Walton, whose five day UFO experience inspired
the cult film, Fire in the Sky. Thirty-seven years later, Walton and
the six loggers who lived through the events and ensuing investigation
still stand by every word of their story. Other witnesses backing up
their claims include the investigating sheriff, their polygraph
analyst and the doctor who initially examined Walton after his
reappearance.
AMERICAN HORROR HOUSE (NEW ORIGINAL MOVIE)
Premieres Saturday, October 13 at 9PM - On Halloween night, a sorority
house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a
killing spree. American Horror stars Morgan Fairchild and Alessandra
Torresani (Caprica).
RISE OF THE ZOMBIES (NEW ORIGINAL MOVIE)
Premieres Saturday, October 27 at 9PM - Survivors of a zombie plague
escape their island refuge (Alcatraz) when it's overrun and risk the
outside world to find a scientist who is rumored to have found a cure
for the disease. Rise of the Zombies stars Mariel Hemingway, LeVar
Burton, Danny Trejo and French Stewart.
SCARE TACTICS (SEASON 5 MARATHON)
Premieres Monday, October 29 from 7:00-10:30PM - Host Tracy Morgan
returns for this special marathon of all-new episodes of Scare
Tactics, the hidden camera show with a sci-fi twist that pulls
outrageous pranks on unsuspecting friends and family. In the season
premiere, singer/actress Brooke Hogan makes her Scare Tactics debut as
a ravenous zombie. Elsewhere, sexy witches convince a handyman to help
them in an off-kilter ritual and a repo man tries to avoid being
turned into a human doll by a deranged shut-in.
TOTAL BLACKOUT (SPECIAL PREVIEW EPISODE)
Premieres Tuesday, October 29 at 10:30PM - Following the Scare Tactics
marathon, tune in for a special preview episode of the hit Syfy
extreme game show hosted by Jaleel White (Family Matters).
VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN (NEW ORIGINAL SERIES)
Premieres Tuesday, October 30 at 10PM - From 495 Productions, the
producers of Jersey Shore, and hosted by Kevin Pereira (Attack of the
Show) Viral Video Showdown features the greatest viral video creators
on the planet going head-to-head in an epic battle for bragging rights
and a cash prize. Each week two teams will have to dig deep into their
bag of viral tricks to create a video that best captures that week's
theme and impresses the expert panel of viral video judges.
FACE OFF LIVE FINALE (SPECIAL LIVE SEASON 3 FINALE)
Premieres Wednesday, October 31 at 10PM - Face Off unveils a crowning
event for its third season with plans for its first live broadcast
from Los Angeles on Halloween night. For the first time, America's
voice will be heard as viewers will make the final choice for the
Season 3 champion via a live voting feature that will be available
immediately following the October 30 episode. McKenzie Westmore will
host the special event and reunite the contestants, including the
three finalists who will find out live if they garnered enough viewer
votes to win the season.
NOVEMBER
TOTAL BLACKOUT (SEASON 2 PREMIERE)
Premieres Tuesday, November 13 at 9PM - Hosted by Jaleel White (Family
Matters), Syfy's highest-rated new program of 2012 returns with new
episodes. Total Blackout is a half-hour, extreme game show in which
contestants battle each other and their fears in a series of
challenges played in complete darkness. There are no lights, no
blindfolds and no-holds barred as the players must face their
anxieties and overcome unexpected surprises in a series of new and
never-before-seen challenges that raise the stakes to new heights.
CENTERPIECE OF "31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN"
PREMIERE OF "HOT SET" AND "VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN"
RETURN OF HIT SERIES "GHOST HUNTERS," "HAVEN," "SCARE TACTICS" AND
"TOTAL BLACKOUT"
ORIGINAL MOVIES INCLUDE "LAKE PLACID: THE FINAL CHAPTER" STARRING
ROBERT ENGLUND
NEW YORK - August 29, 2012 - Syfy's 2012 fall programming will feature
the first ever live Face Off episode (anchoring the annual month-long
31 Days of Halloween scare-a-thon); the premieres of unscripted shows
Hot Set and Viral Video Showdown; a special extended episode of
Paranormal Witness; returns of the hit series Ghost Hunters, Total
Blackout, Scare Tactics and Haven; and the premiere of the Syfy
Original Saturday Movie Lake Placid: The Final Chapter starring horror
icon Robert Englund.
Syfy will kick off the fall season with its traditional Labor Day
weekend movie marathon.
Highlights of Syfy's 2012 Fall Programming Schedule (All Times ET/PT)
SEPTEMBER
GHOST HUNTERS (SERIES RETURN)
Returns Wednesday, September 5 at 9PM - A new era begins when Ghost
Hunters, Syfy's longest-running unscripted series, returns with 14
all-new episodes. Having said goodbye to investigator Grant Wilson in
May, The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) - led by Jason Hawes - is
officially a team in transition, which means there are plenty of
surprises on the way this fall! Ghost Hunters kicks off the return of
Season 8 with a block of "Southern Spirits"-themed episodes. First up,
the TAPS team heads to Charleston, South Carolina, the winning
location of Ghost Hunters' America's Hometown Ghost Hunt contest, in
search of paranormal evidence of America's first female serial killer,
Lavinia Fisher. Other Southern locales getting the TAPS treatment are
Louisiana's Alexandria Zoo and the French Quarter in New Orleans. TAPS
also continues its mission of helping families in need with episodes
investigating individual claims of paranormal activity in private
homes.
HOT SET (NEW ORIGINAL SERIES)
Premieres Tuesday, September 18 at 10PM - From the producers of Face
Off, Hot Set is an extreme set design competition for Hollywood
production designers hosted by Ben Mankiewicz. Each week, two
designers and their teams will be challenged to build incredible
blockbuster sets inspired by sci-fi, fantasy, horror, adventure, and
more. The contestants will reveal their completed sets and edited film
scenes to a panel of judges who are leaders in feature film production
design.
HAVEN (SEASON 3 PREMIERE)
Premieres Friday, September 21 at 10PM - Season three picks up
immediately following the events of the gripping season two finale
with Audrey (Emily Rose) having been kidnapped; Nathan (Lucas Bryant)
warned against pursuing a romantic relationship with Audrey; and Duke
(Eric Balfour) seemingly engaged in a fight to the death with Nathan
after he discovers his family lineage is to kill "troubled" citizens
of Haven. Haven is based on the novella The Colorado Kid from renowned
author Stephen King. In the new season, WWE Superstar Edge(R) returns
as Dwight, Bree Williamson (Gossip Girl, One Life to Live) joins the
cast as psychiatrist Dr. Claire Callahan, a close friend and confidant
to Audrey, while guest stars include Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) along
with Nolan North and Claudia Black, who co-starred with Emily Rose in
the critically-acclaimed Uncharted video game franchise.
LAKE PLACID: THE FINAL CHAPTER (NEW ORIGINAL MOVIE)
Premieres Saturday, September 29 at 9PM - Following Betty White,
Cloris Leachman, and Colin Ferguson - who were all part of the
Bickerman clan in previous Lake Placid movies - horror icon Robert
Englund (Freddy Krueger/Nightmare on Elm Street) plays Jim Bickerman,
a poacher looking to score a big break on hides and eggs from these
rare crocs.
OCTOBER
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN (SPECIAL PROGRAMMING STUNT)
Premieres Monday, October 1 running through Wednesday, October 31 -
Kicking off with the horror movie-themed "Countdown to 31 Days of
Halloween" September 23-30, Syfy's annual month-long spook-a-thon
showcases ghoulish programming from original series, original movies
and theatrical films, concluding with a live Halloween episode of Face
Off.
PARANORMAL WITNESS (SPECIAL EXTENDED EPISODE)
Premieres Wednesday, October 3 at 10PM - For the first time, all the
key people involved in the most famous alien abduction case in history
reveal what they saw and experienced during a special 90-minute
episode of Paranormal Witness. In "The Abduction," unparalleled
eyewitness accounts, alongside original film and audio recordings,
tell the story of the legendary 1975 abduction (and reappearance) of
Arizona logger Travis Walton, whose five day UFO experience inspired
the cult film, Fire in the Sky. Thirty-seven years later, Walton and
the six loggers who lived through the events and ensuing investigation
still stand by every word of their story. Other witnesses backing up
their claims include the investigating sheriff, their polygraph
analyst and the doctor who initially examined Walton after his
reappearance.
AMERICAN HORROR HOUSE (NEW ORIGINAL MOVIE)
Premieres Saturday, October 13 at 9PM - On Halloween night, a sorority
house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a
killing spree. American Horror stars Morgan Fairchild and Alessandra
Torresani (Caprica).
RISE OF THE ZOMBIES (NEW ORIGINAL MOVIE)
Premieres Saturday, October 27 at 9PM - Survivors of a zombie plague
escape their island refuge (Alcatraz) when it's overrun and risk the
outside world to find a scientist who is rumored to have found a cure
for the disease. Rise of the Zombies stars Mariel Hemingway, LeVar
Burton, Danny Trejo and French Stewart.
SCARE TACTICS (SEASON 5 MARATHON)
Premieres Monday, October 29 from 7:00-10:30PM - Host Tracy Morgan
returns for this special marathon of all-new episodes of Scare
Tactics, the hidden camera show with a sci-fi twist that pulls
outrageous pranks on unsuspecting friends and family. In the season
premiere, singer/actress Brooke Hogan makes her Scare Tactics debut as
a ravenous zombie. Elsewhere, sexy witches convince a handyman to help
them in an off-kilter ritual and a repo man tries to avoid being
turned into a human doll by a deranged shut-in.
TOTAL BLACKOUT (SPECIAL PREVIEW EPISODE)
Premieres Tuesday, October 29 at 10:30PM - Following the Scare Tactics
marathon, tune in for a special preview episode of the hit Syfy
extreme game show hosted by Jaleel White (Family Matters).
VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN (NEW ORIGINAL SERIES)
Premieres Tuesday, October 30 at 10PM - From 495 Productions, the
producers of Jersey Shore, and hosted by Kevin Pereira (Attack of the
Show) Viral Video Showdown features the greatest viral video creators
on the planet going head-to-head in an epic battle for bragging rights
and a cash prize. Each week two teams will have to dig deep into their
bag of viral tricks to create a video that best captures that week's
theme and impresses the expert panel of viral video judges.
FACE OFF LIVE FINALE (SPECIAL LIVE SEASON 3 FINALE)
Premieres Wednesday, October 31 at 10PM - Face Off unveils a crowning
event for its third season with plans for its first live broadcast
from Los Angeles on Halloween night. For the first time, America's
voice will be heard as viewers will make the final choice for the
Season 3 champion via a live voting feature that will be available
immediately following the October 30 episode. McKenzie Westmore will
host the special event and reunite the contestants, including the
three finalists who will find out live if they garnered enough viewer
votes to win the season.
NOVEMBER
TOTAL BLACKOUT (SEASON 2 PREMIERE)
Premieres Tuesday, November 13 at 9PM - Hosted by Jaleel White (Family
Matters), Syfy's highest-rated new program of 2012 returns with new
episodes. Total Blackout is a half-hour, extreme game show in which
contestants battle each other and their fears in a series of
challenges played in complete darkness. There are no lights, no
blindfolds and no-holds barred as the players must face their
anxieties and overcome unexpected surprises in a series of new and
never-before-seen challenges that raise the stakes to new heights.
robertva
Aug 29, 2012, 3:55:19 PM8/29/12
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On 8/29/2012 2:42 PM, David wrote:
> (SNIP) Haven is based on the novella The Colorado Kid from renowned
> author Stephen King. (SNIP)
Haven has VERY little in common with The Colorado Kid, in which a small
town Maine newspaper staff discuss the mystery surrounding a dead man
two high school students found on a beach. For many years the only clue
to the "kid's" identity was a Colorado tax seal on the cigarette package
in his pocket. There was no indication of "troubles" or any paranormal
activity at all. Apparently the Haven producers just wanted to use
Stephen King's name in the title to gain initial audience.
> (SNIP) Haven is based on the novella The Colorado Kid from renowned
> author Stephen King. (SNIP)
Haven has VERY little in common with The Colorado Kid, in which a small
town Maine newspaper staff discuss the mystery surrounding a dead man
two high school students found on a beach. For many years the only clue
to the "kid's" identity was a Colorado tax seal on the cigarette package
in his pocket. There was no indication of "troubles" or any paranormal
activity at all. Apparently the Haven producers just wanted to use
Stephen King's name in the title to gain initial audience.
Professor Bubba
Aug 29, 2012, 4:26:22 PM8/29/12
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Bill Steele
Aug 30, 2012, 1:41:14 PM8/30/12
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In article <290820121626221523%bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid>,
Crediting (and paying) a particular author also insulates them from
anyone who comes along and says they stole the idea of a series about a
lot of people with special powers.
Meanwhile, for a channel that is supposed to be about fantasy, SyFy is
overloaded with "reality." Anybody have a time machine so we can go back
and kill that trend?
anyone who comes along and says they stole the idea of a series about a
lot of people with special powers.
Meanwhile, for a channel that is supposed to be about fantasy, SyFy is
overloaded with "reality." Anybody have a time machine so we can go back
and kill that trend?
Lord Vader III
Aug 30, 2012, 1:43:39 PM8/30/12
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On 8/30/2012 12:41 PM, Bill Steele wrote:
>
> Meanwhile, for a channel that is supposed to be about fantasy, SyFy is
> overloaded with "reality." Anybody have a time machine so we can go back
> and kill that trend?
Face Off is really good but all of their other reality crap is pretty
>
> Meanwhile, for a channel that is supposed to be about fantasy, SyFy is
> overloaded with "reality." Anybody have a time machine so we can go back
> and kill that trend?
bad IMHO. Hot Set is pretty much a rip off of Face Off so it will be
interesting to see how that plays out.
LVIII
Arthur Lipscomb
Aug 31, 2012, 11:22:05 AM8/31/12
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watched an episode. I did watch Total Black Out. It is bad but it
occasionally falls into the so bad it's good category. I *might* sample
Hot Set if it looks interesting.
Arthur Lipscomb
Aug 31, 2012, 11:29:51 AM8/31/12
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On 8/29/2012 11:42 AM, David wrote:
> SYFY'S 2012 FALL PROGRAMMING FEATURES FIRST EVER LIVE "FACE OFF" AS
> CENTERPIECE OF "31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN"
>
>
> SYFY'S 2012 FALL PROGRAMMING FEATURES FIRST EVER LIVE "FACE OFF" AS
> CENTERPIECE OF "31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN"
>
>
> AMERICAN HORROR HOUSE (NEW ORIGINAL MOVIE)
>
> Premieres Saturday, October 13 at 9PM - On Halloween night, a sorority
> house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a
> killing spree. American Horror stars Morgan Fairchild and Alessandra
> Torresani (Caprica).
I'm sure there's a way to execute this so it's a good story but I doubt
>
> Premieres Saturday, October 13 at 9PM - On Halloween night, a sorority
> house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a
> killing spree. American Horror stars Morgan Fairchild and Alessandra
> Torresani (Caprica).
that's the case here.
>
> RISE OF THE ZOMBIES (NEW ORIGINAL MOVIE)
>
> Premieres Saturday, October 27 at 9PM - Survivors of a zombie plague
> escape their island refuge (Alcatraz) when it's overrun and risk the
> outside world to find a scientist who is rumored to have found a cure
> for the disease. Rise of the Zombies stars Mariel Hemingway, LeVar
> Burton, Danny Trejo and French Stewart.
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