Space: 1999 on the Sci-Fi Channel
Summary
The Sci-Fi Channel (a.k.a. SFC; now named SyFy since 2009),
a United States cable channel, began re-running
Space: 1999,
starting at or near SFC's launch in Fall of
1992.
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Details
- In Fourth Quarter 1992 had hour-long time slots at
5:30PM CT weekdays and 5:00PM CT Saturdays.
- Unverified/approximate:
Edited down from ~50 minutes to ~44 minutes?
(for more commercial time)
- Sometimes pre-empted -- but (unverified:)
seemingly no more or less than other shows in SFC's history).
- Unverified: Ran through several cycles, into 1993 at least,
but ended its run probably in 1993 (or 1994).
Did not return to SFC's schedule after that point?
- SFC had at least one ad promoting S19 on SFC in other timeframes
and/or just before S19 was going to start its timeslot (a
transitional "stay tuned" sort of ad?).
TODO: The Editor will find them for quotes,
but recalls three bits of it: John's line of
"We do not commit mindless violence" (from
"Devil's Planet"); Maya turning her head away
from an airlock after helping trap Brian there); and maybe an
Eagle approaching the
Kaldorian ship (or gliding over the Moon on the way there),
at least.
- (Unverified:) Sci-Fi Buzz,
one of SFC's original productions (?),
had a brief segment on S19 in one of its episodes?
- A couple very brief clips from S19 (both seasons) were included
in some early general SFC general self-promotion clip montages.
- What appears to be a SFC info release
("Sci-Fi Channel Blasts Off... 2"),
from Fall (for November?) 1992,
listed the following under its list of "Acquired Series"
(including the actress name misspelling):
SPACE 1999 - 48 Episodes
1973/76: Barabara Bain, Martin Landau
Sci-Fi adventures