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bye, bye, birdie?!....this TV show just got the axe.... - NewtonMP2100 - 01-17-2013
.....Alphas on SyFy [at least they are getting/airing Canadian shows now otherwise they would just have **** on their network].....
Syfy’s ‘Alphas’ Cancelled After Two Seasons
....Syfy’s drama Alphas is ending its run after two seasons. “Syfy has decided not to renew Alphas for a third season,” the network said in a statement. “We’ve been proud to present this entertaining, high-quality series for two seasons and to work with an incredible ensemble of talented actors, producers and creatives as well as our partners at BermanBraun Television. We’d like to thank the show’s dedicated regular viewers for their tremendous support.” Alphas, from BermanBraun, Universal Cable Prods. and creators Zak Penn and Michael Karnow, followed a team of ordinary citizens who possess extraordinary and unusual mental skills. The series starring David Strathairn was most recently run by Bruce Miller who executive produced Season 2 alongside Penn and BermanBraun’s Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein. Karnow served as co-executive producer. The second season of Alphas launched in July to 1.7 million viewers.
Alphas had a long journey to the screen. In its original incarnation as Section 8, the drama was taken to NBC almost 6 years ago through BermanBraun’s first-look deal there. After the network passed, the project sparked bidding among the other broadcast networks in summer 2007, landing at ABC with a six-episode production order for a possible midseason launch behind Lost. The show was in pre-production, with writing on the first episode underway, when the WGA strike brought work to a halt. After the strike, ABC had to alter its plans for the show. That and creative differences over the show’s sci-fi elements, which the network was uncomfortable with, led to ABC eventually dropping the project. It was then pitched to Syfy, which, after some redevelopment, ordered it to pilot in summer 2009....
airing only shows......to poop on.....??
Re: bye, bye, birdie?!....this TV show just got the axe.... - WHiiP - 01-17-2013
So, once again, no ending episodes to bring the plot (?) to a conclusive ending. C R A P ! ! ! ! !
Re: bye, bye, birdie?!....this TV show just got the axe.... - Robert M - 01-17-2013
NEwton,
No surprise here. I wasn't thrilled with the show. It was good fun at times but nothing spectacular. That it seemed _way_ too much of a rip off of X-Men and X-Factor from Marvel Comics didn't help either. Funny, I'm don't even care that the series didn't come to a conclusive ending. Hopefully, Continuum and whatever else SyFy comes up with will be an improvement.
Robert
Re: bye, bye, birdie?!....this TV show just got the axe.... - lazydays - 01-17-2013
That's a shame. I really enjoyed that show.
Re: bye, bye, birdie?!....this TV show just got the axe.... - bazookaman - 01-17-2013
I really liked Mr. Nigel-Murray.
Re: bye, bye, birdie?!....this TV show just got the axe.... - MysteryGuest - 01-17-2013
SyFy's relentless pursuit of mediocrity continues apace. Alphas was a very indifferent bit of entertainment, but I fear replacements will be worse.