Firefly lands on The Science Channel

[TinkTanker]

FIREFLY Lands at Science Channel Premieres Sunday, March 6 @ 8pm

– New episodes air every Sunday @10pm ET only on Science Channel  —- Renowned Astrophysicist Dr. Michio Kaku also reveals the "Science behind Firefly" –

(Silver Spring, Md. ) From the creator of the hit TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" sci-fi savant Joss Whedon delves into the final frontier with "Firefly," which lands exclusively on the Science Channel on Sunday, March 6 @8pm ET with the airing of the original 2-hour pilot. Immediately following, episode one of the 15-part series will air at 10pm ET.

"Firefly" will dominate the airwaves every Sunday with an encore episode of the previous week airing 9pm ET to be followed by the network premiere of the next episode in the series airing at 10pm ET.

As a special treat for "Firefly" fans, star of Science Channel's "Sci-Fi Science," and the cofounder of string field theory, Dr. Michio Kaku, will be commentating on the science behind "Firefly" for each episode. From terraforming, to anti-matter, Kaku will be explaining why the science fiction featured in the show really isn't that far from science fact.

When "Firefly" first aired in 2002, Whedon's sci-fi western quickly became a cult favorite. Set 500 years in the future, in the aftermath of a universal civil war, the story centers on the renegade crew of a small transport spaceship led by "Castle's" Nathan Fillion, who directs the ragtag team through adventures into unknown parts of the galaxy, as they try to evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/17/firefly-lands-at-science-channel-premieres-sunday-march-6/

[Spooky]

Shiny! Sadly I don't get the science channel. 

Dr. Michio Kaku is an interesting guy. I've read a few of his books. He does a great job of explaining physics--as much as it can be--in cap'n dummy talk.

If you have an interest in physics I recommend these books.

http://www.amazon.com/Hyperspace-Scientific-Odyssey-Parallel-Universes/dp/0385477058
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Einstein-Superstrings-Quest-Theory/dp/0192861964
http://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Cosmos-Transformed-Understanding-Discoveries/dp/039305165X

[TinkTanker]

Dude is freakin' brilliant.

Dear God, how I miss that show. It's about time to give it another whirl.

[Spooky]

Dude is freakin' brilliant.

Indeed. In one of his books he talks about when he was in the Army and doing very long and hard math/physics calculations in his head while training.

[AdmiralDigby]

This is pretty cool .

[TinkTanker]

This is pretty cool .

Dr. Kaku does a show for Science Channel called Sci-Fi Science where he takes sci-fi concepts and talks about the science behind them. I'm sure his involvement with Sci-Fi Science program was the genesis for Firefly landing on TSC.

[AdmiralDigby]

This is pretty cool .

Dr. Kaku does a show for Science Channel called Sci-Fi Science where he takes sci-fi concepts and talks about the science behind them. I'm sure his involvement with Sci-Fi Science program was the genesis for Firefly landing on TSC.

Never heard of him until today .

[TinkTanker]

[spoiler]I'll see if I can hook you up with a couple.[/spoiler]

[AdmiralDigby]

Shiny

[Pearl@32]

'Firefly' returning to cable; Fillion says he'd play Mal again -- EXCLUSIVE
by James Hibberd

Browncoats rejoice: Firefly is returning to basic cable — and Nathan Fillion has something to say about it.

The Science Channel has acquired the rights to the cult-hit and will air the series in its short-lived entirety, plus some new extras. Science Channel will wrap each episode with interstitial segments starring renowned physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, who will discuss the theoretical science behind the show's sci-fi concepts.

According to Firefly studio 20th Century Fox, this will mark the first time Firefly has aired on a fully distributed basic cable channel since 2008, when it ran on USA Network. 

In honor of this occasion, star Nathan Fillion took a brief break from shooting ABC's Castle today to jump on the phone and answer five Firefly questions — including whether he'd ever reprise the role of Captain Mal again. That interview and more details about Science Channel's Firefly plans below:

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was the part about playing the character?
NATHAN FILLION: It was my favorite job ever. What wasn't great about it? I got to wear a low-slung holster. I got to ride horses. I got to have a spaceship. I got to act mean and curmudgeonly. [Creator Joss Whedon] is really good at kicking characters in the nuts so the other characters would have laughs at my expense and that was great too.

If Castle had its series finale tomorrow and Fox said to you and Joss: "We screwed up, let's try doing Firefly again." Would you do it?
Yes. Yes. I would examine very closely Fox's reasoning — I'm a little gun-shy. If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to Firefly, make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.

What's the most common thing Firefly fans say to you?
No. 1, "Is there going to be more?" No. 2, "Why was it canceled?" [No. 3, I want to have your children.]

Why do you think the show has had such an enduring appeal?
It's a great question. We're the most story-literate society the world has ever seen. What Joss tends to do is twist story conventions into reality. Whereas the story goes like this, real life goes like this, and that's what Joss has mastered.

Do you ever watch the show nowadays or is that just weird?
It's not weird. I haven't watched it in a long, long time and I would like to revisit it.

Firefly premieres on Science Channel on March 6 at 8 p.m., with the two hour pilot, followed by the first episode at 10 p.m. Following that, Firefly episodes will air every Sunday — and, yes, in their original intended order and upgraded to high definition.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/17/firefly-returns/

Does Dr. Kaku have long hair? OK, Googled his pic.

PS. Ovation ran back-to-back FF a month ago.

PPS. Can anybody verify it was ever on USA? Was it on a weekend? Were there space monkeys?