Star Trek: Voyager: Endgame

Star Trek: VoyagerUPN airs the 170th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This two-hour episode is the conclusion of the seventh season and the end of the series. Dwight Schultz (The A-Team) and Richard Herd (V) guest star, with Alice Krige reprising the role of the Borg Queen for the first time since 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact. Read more

Xena: Warrior Princess: A Friend In Need – Part 2

XenaThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 134th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. This is the final episode of the series. Read more

Doctor Who: Death Comes To Time

Doctor Who UnboundThe BBCi website releases the first episode of Doctor Who: Death Comes To Time, an audio drama with limited Flash animation starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, John Sessions, and Stephen Fry. (As this story features elements that diverge significantly from established Doctor Who lore, for the purposes of this site it is categorized as a “Doctor Who Unbound” story unconnected to the larger continuity of the Doctor Who universe.) Read more

Sci-Fi Channel rescues Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1It turns out that the “final season” of Stargate SG-1 isn’t quite so final. The Sci-Fi Channel picks the series up from Showtime for a new season of 22 episodes, set to begin filming in January 2002. Sci-Fi also announces plans to begin airing daily reruns of SG-1 starting in 2002, possibly to coincide with the broadcast of the new episodes. The deal to salvage the show is intended to give it one final season that it would have been denied by Showtime, though the eventual ratings will change the minds of Sci-Fi’s management.

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Enterprise: Broken Bow

EnterpriseUPN debuts the newest Star Trek spinoff, the prequel series Enterprise, with a two-hour pilot movie, Broken Bow. Created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, the series is set 100 years before the era of Kirk and Spock, with Scott Bakula starring as Captain Jonathan Archer, commander of the first warp-capable ship in the Earth’s Starfleet, predating the United Federation of Planets. James Cromwell guest stars. (This series begins its run without “Star Trek” as part of its title.) Read more