Sci Fi Channel (United States)
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- The name "Sci Fi" also is used by a German satellite television channel; see Sci Fi channel (Germany); and a British satellite television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United Kingdom).
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| Launched: | 1992 |
| Owned By: | NBC Universal |
| Web Address: | www.scifi.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite: | DirecTV Channel 244
DISH Network Channel 122 |
| Cable: | Check Local Listings |
Sci Fi is an American cable television channel, launched in 1992 and currently owned by corporate conglomerate NBC Universal, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror and paranormal programming. Some of its past and present programming includes:
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Sci Fi original programming
- Andromeda (fifth season)
- Battlestar Galactica (miniseries, December 2003; series, January 2005)
- Black Scorpion
- Farscape
- Ghost Hunters
- Lexx
- Mad Mad House
- Mission Genesis (aka Deepwater Black in other countries)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 (seasons 8-10)
- Proof Positive
- The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
- Sliders (A FOX original series for the first three seasons, but the fourth and fifth seasons were produced for The Sci Fi channel)
- Stargate SG-1 (formerly a Showtime original series)
- Stargate Atlantis (spinoff series of Stargate SG-1)
- Tremors, the series (based on three previous movies)
- Tripping the Rift
- Scare Tactics
Sci Fi second-run programming
The Sci Fi channel has a long history of buying the rights to air second-run, or repeat progamming of series no longer in production. Some of these include:
- Alien Nation
- Babylon 5
- Dark Shadows (no longer run)
- Firefly (beginning late July 2005)
- Knight Rider
- Otherworld
- The Prisoner
- Quantum Leap
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- The Twilight Zone (original version)
- The X-Files
Sci Fi Miniseries
- 5ive Days to Midnight
- Battlestar Galactica
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
- Firestarter: Rekindled
- Frank Herbert's Dune
- Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
- Legend of Earthsea
- Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken
- The Triangle
Sci Fi original movies
- Absolon
- Alien Apocalypse
- Alien Hunter
- Alien Lockdown
- Alien Siege
- Anonymous Rex
- Antibody
- Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
- Beyond Re-Animator
- Boa vs Python
- The Bone Snatcher
- Bugs
- Chupacabra: Dark Seas
- Clive Barker Presents: Saint Sinner
- Control Factor
- Crimson Force
- Cube 2: Hypercube
- Darklight
- Dark Waters
- Deadly Swarm
- Deathlands: Homeward Bound
- Decoys
- Deep Shock
- Descent
- Do or Die
- Dog Soldiers
- Dragon Fighter
- Dragon Storm
- Encrypt
- Epoch
- Epoch: Evolution
- The Fallen Ones
- Frankenfish
- Gargoyles: Wings of Darkness
- IF2: Interceptor Force 2
- Jackie Chan presents: Metal Mayhem
- Larva
- Lost Voyage
- Man Thing
- Mansquito
- Mindstorm
- Momentum
- Out for Blood
- Phantom Force
- Post Impact
- Project Viper
- Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys
- Pythons 2
- Raptor Island
- Riverworld
- Sabretooth
- Silent Warnings
- Slipstream
- The Snake King
- Snakehead Terror
- Soulkeeper
- Species 3
- They Are Among Us
- Threshold
- Webs
They are also one of the sponsors for the Coalition for Freedom of Information.
See also
External link
- Official site (http://www.scifi.com)fr:Sci-Fi Channel