08.03.2007



"From the very beginning, we have wondered how life began, what our purpose is, and where we are headed. We have struggled to understand time, matter, the infinite universe, who we are, and if we are alone. Great minds have imagined the most wonderful and the most terrifying answers to these questions. We invite you to join us on this great expedition."
— Opening narration of Masters of Science Fiction by Prof. Stephen Hawking

This weekend the latest experiment in genre anthology TV will try to find its audience: Masters of Science Fiction has been given a primetime timeslot on a broadcast network, even though it's arguably the most obscure slot on the schedule, in the deepest doldrums of the summer season.

Four episodes, each featuring a different cast and different writers and directors, will air each Saturday night of August, at 10 p.m. ET/PT (9:00 Central) on ABC. The anthology draws on classic science fiction short stories that are 20 to 60 years old from some of the greatest minds of the genre, including "The City on the Edge of Forever" author Harlan Ellison.

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