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UK Firefly Episodes To Air In May

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Monday, March 24, 2003 9:09 AM

One of my sources has confirmed that Firefly will air in the UK.

According to a response Sci-Fi UK sent him, Sci-Fi UK currently holds the right to Firefly and the series is slated to appear in their May schedule.

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Monday, March 24, 2003 10:11 AM

MANIACNUMBERONE

I hope this is true. Can you please provide a link to any info you may have about this? I would surely appreciate it.

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Monday, March 24, 2003 10:12 AM

NOOCYTE

WAAA-HOOOO!!!

Thanks SO much for checking this, Haken, and confirming a lot of Browncoats' deep-held wishes!!

How very righteous! But, best speed up the schedule of those script postings; looks like the Brits are gonna scoop you...

Keep flyin'!

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Monday, March 24, 2003 10:22 AM

STORMTROOPERHOLT

You know, when we kept reading about Joss still looking at "other avenues" and telling us that our show "wasn't dead yet", it helped to keep hope alive. But now, with this info, I'm ecstatic! I'm not a UK resident, but I'm glad to see that Serenity will keep flying high, even if it isn't over my cable airwaves.

Is there any chance that a US cable/dish/satellite company will be able to pick up this station so we can watch?

Thanks!

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Monday, March 24, 2003 2:18 PM

SHINY

Quote:
Originally posted by NewsAdmin:
One of my sources has confirmed that Firefly will air in the UK.

According to a response Sci-Fi UK sent him, Sci-Fi UK currently holds the right to Firefly and the series is slated to appear in their May schedule.

Is Sci-Fi UK a seperate entity from Sci-Fi US, or is there a single parent company? If so, wouldn't that mean Sci-Fi US also has the rights to air episodes?

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Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:00 AM

MARKP

How will we in the US recieve the show. Also do they hold the rights only to the existing episoeds or will they be making more?

MARK

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Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:19 PM

RICKYJAMES

Check out http://www.scifiuk.com where the Firefly discussion folder is in the "General Discussions" area.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:36 PM

LJC

I think that they are wholly separate, at the very least in terms of programming--SCIFIUK has aired stuff in the past that SciFi Channel here in the US owned by USA Network has never aired (Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, for example, or Witchblade).

20th Century Fox would have to negotiate a separate deal, to sell the rights to air the current eps in the US. Usually, those deals happen over the summer at NATPE in Vegas, but with the initial order of 13 +2, rather than a full season, I have no idea if we'll ever see the show in syndication in the US, unless it shows up on Fox owner FX...

usually you need a *minimum* of 65-100 episodes to syndicate (strip) a show. However, SciFi and FX have in the past run niche programming, particularly genre stuff, with much much shorter runs.

Of course, in the UK, 6-12 episodes *is* a normal full season, so it's not so big a deal.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2003 1:24 AM

TABITHA

Here's a reply I got to an email to SciFi:

Quote:
Dear Tabitha,

I can now confirm that Sci-Fi will be showing "Firefly", and that the show will appear in our May schedule. I can also confirm that we shall be airing the 3 previously unaired episodes that did not air in the States. This will make the number of episodes in the series 15.

I can also tell you that we shall be airing John Doe in the very near future, though I do not have a start date as of yet.

I think you'll agree that this is certainly an exciting time for the channel.

Kind Regards

Duty Officer
Sci-Fi

(The John Doe thing is because I also gave them a list of other shows I'd like to see in my reply too

)

Now the only question is what order they will be running in!

www.ascifi.com

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Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:02 AM

SIMONF

I'm not sure but I think the first episode will be The Train Job and this will be shown on May 12th.

http://www.uk.scifi.com/htmlsite/listings.asp?month=2&date=2003-05-12&
ShowCountry=

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Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:41 AM

HJERMSTED

Quote:
I'm not sure but I think the first episode will be The Train Job and this will be shown on May 12th.

Now why on Earth would SciFi UK make the same mistake as Fox and willingly fail to show Firefly's pilot episode first?

Someone send SciFi UK the correct viewing order of Firefly, please!!

mattro

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Wednesday, March 26, 2003 1:43 PM

TABITHA

If you look at the Scifi message boards (in the "Interact" section) there already seems to be a lot of noise about getting the airing order right - in an email to them I suggested airing them in the intended order, I hope other people are doing the same.

www.ascifi.com

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Wednesday, March 26, 2003 7:49 PM

LJB064

You're right - that message has been given loud and clear. I just joined the SciFi UK forum for the purpose of posting a message about how great the show is, but ended up not posting when I saw the "tetchy" reaction that similar messages were eliciting from the UK fans. I guess American good will is meeting with suspicion everywhere these days.

Overall, it bodes well for the show. Firefly does best with the independent-minded. I thought the premise was a bit hokey myself, until Our Mrs. Reynolds dropped me like a ton of bricks - and the rest was history.

Keep Flyin'

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Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:47 PM

SLOWSMURF

Yay! At least we'll be able to download the eps soon if they don't release some freaking dvds!

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Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:32 AM

BRIT

Sorry you got a 'tetchy' response LJB064. Some of us still love you and I think that joining the forum to tell us about the show was a very nice thing to do.

I have downloaded bits and pieces of eps but I cannot wait to see them and hopefully get them on video. I wish that Sci Fi (UK) would commission more but at least we will have the 15 that do exist and I can drool over Mal as much as I like.

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Monday, March 31, 2003 10:15 PM

DEON

The full series of Firefly will air on South African TV (channel: SABC 3) starting 15 April.
(first episode: "The Train Job")

http://www.sabc3.co.za/sabc3.asp?pid=3&ch_id=3&p_id=7531&s_id=4604598

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Monday, March 31, 2003 11:52 PM

SLOWSMURF

Doh, double post.

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Monday, March 31, 2003 11:52 PM

SLOWSMURF

God, they're as bad as fox if not worse.

First, they air them out of order, AGAIN!

Second, anyone notice the catagory? Youth / Children

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Tuesday, April 1, 2003 5:23 AM

TABITHA

Weird categorising..... Didn't notice that myself.

I have sent a couple of emails regarding the correct airing order - no speedy reply like I got before.
Personally my fingers are crossed for the channel getting the message sometime soon.

One thing I was wondering, if they do go ahead and run The Train Job as the first episode and then air the remaining episodes in Fox's bizarre order, what will they do once they get to Objects in Space? Will they air it, then air Serenity, and THEN go on with the last last three episodes?

I hope not

www.ascifi.com

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Thursday, April 3, 2003 7:00 AM

MANZO

From the Sci-Fi forum:

Well I have some really good news regarding Firefly - Having talked to TPTB they have changed their running order & will air "Serenity" first, followed by "Train Job".

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Thursday, April 3, 2003 10:49 AM

SWITCHY

I had the same reaction to Our Mrs. Reynolds. I was willing to check out the show but hadn't been convinced 'til then. Had me laughing out loud like a small child. Ahhh good TV.

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Thursday, April 3, 2003 10:56 AM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Quote:
Originally posted by manzo:
From the Sci-Fi forum:

Well I have some really good news regarding Firefly - Having talked to TPTB they have changed their running order & will air "Serenity" first, followed by "Train Job".

Will all episodes be in the correct order? Or just Serenity first?

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Thursday, April 3, 2003 11:08 AM

MANZO

Hot off the press:

And yes we have been swamped by requests for "Serenity" to be aired out first - based upon your requests & my own recommendation (I've seen the whole series..) TPTB decided that it would be best to air the show in sequence

Which is nice :-D

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