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more about #syfychannel HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: You know, the more I think about it, the more I think a cooking show on Siffy might not be a bad fit. Deep Fried Live, for example, would go hand-in-... more » Klebert L. Hall: It's not any less science-fictional than most of their current lineup, who cares? It's probably exactly as "syence-fyctional", which is probably more... more » atrus123: I think they should just remake Hell's Kitchen with William Shatner in place of Gordon Ramsay. more » Sunshineyness: Though... to be fair to SyFy if the talk show was a kind of Sci-Fi/Fantasy based news show (kind of like MTV News used to be) that focused on genre en... more » Sunshineyness: Ya know... every time a new story like this about SyFy pops up it becomes clearer and clearer to me that working for that channel is pretty much viewe... more » twophrasebark: Well, as predicted, SyFy president David Howe is full of crap: In io9's interview with Howe on March 24, 2009, he stated the following regarding SyFy... more » KernelG: I'd watch cooking before I'd watch fake wrestling, but I'd watch SCIENCE FICTION before either. more » Ghede: Well, as long as they go for recipes on the cutting edge of culinary research, like that one place in france that does nothing but cook eggs in high-p... more » SiftinJeff: Tony Stark: Iron Chef? more » Daumier: The idea is so bad, that I honestly hope it turns out to be the geekiest, most badass cooking show ever. By the end of the first episode we will have ... more » astrogirl: Well I don't know about anyone else, but when I hear the name Sci-Fi (sorry, my brain refuses to spell it the other way) I immediately think "oh, cook... more » gorehound: Syfy channel is dead meat.couple of goodies and the rest krap. more » FrankN.Stein: ...and home shopping. I can see SyFy making big progress to nothingness.... more » Franklin Harris: All of these channels that used to aim their programming at niche audiences are moving away from that. Narrowcasting is out, and broadcasting is back ... more » blisskitty: Ya know, if SyFy filled in the void that TechTV left when they became G4 and abandoned actual TECH, the talk show could be a good thing. Or even a tal... more » SnehalMarten: After the Battlestar Galactica Debacle series finale, there really was absolute NO REASON to watch the Sci-Fi Channel. And now, there is yet even les... more » Bill-Lee: Why can't cooking celebrate the imagination? Cooking is a very creative endeavor. Why shouldn't the people who watch science fiction also enjoy cooking? more » Nathan Uschmann: Imagine me... tuning away. And I love cooking shows and all, but unless this show includes only recipes for Gak and Romulan Ale, I want nothing of it. more » cylon_conspiracy: Do you guys remember when Bravo showed artsy type programming for intelligent people? Do you remember when Discovery was mostly science and nature sh... more » Jeremy Linden: "Homogenize Greater" more » -
#syfy
Syfy Channel Getting A Cooking Show?
The newly renamed Syfy Channel uses "Imagine Greater" as its slogan, but one source claims it'll be launching a cooking show and a talk show, in an attempt to imagine a broader audience.
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#exclusive
The Stars of Eureka Talk Nerdy To io9
Is Eureka's Deputy Lupo even human? We talked to Erica Cerra at Comic Con, and she hinted Lupo may be a robot, like Sheriff Andy. We also asked Neil Grayston (Fargo) about being naked and covered with green goop. More » -
#warehouse13review
Warehouse 13's Mystical Quest Finds Pedestrian Magic
Warehouse 13, launching tonight, is the kind of show Syfy does well: light, goofy fun with characters who are recognizeable archetypes and situations that are a little bit spooky without being loss-of-bodily-functions terrifying. A fun go-kart ride, in other words. More » -
#exclusive
Syfy Seeks The Next Big Space Opera, To Replace BSG And Farscape
Now that the Syfy Channel has a new name, does that mean it's abandoning science-fiction fans? Syfy president David Howe assures us that's not the case, and promises a new space-opera, along the lines of Firefly or Farscape, by 2011.
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#impactrecap
ABC's Blast Of Brown Matter Is Hard To Clean Up
Impact, the ABC miniseries that premiered last night, made a couple of convincing cases: that a "brown dwarf" hitting the Moon could doom humanity. And that these self-centered, vapid, sniveling humans completely deserve obliteration. Spoilers ahead. More » -
#district9
Learn The Truth About Alien Oppression And Secret Artifacts At District 9 And Warehouse 13 Sites
Two budding franchises, the Peter Jackson-produced District 9 movie and the Syfy Channel's new series Warehouse 13, have launched new websites. And they both want you to help consign aliens to internment camps, or weird objects to an Iowa warehouse. More » -
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#foundfootage
Udo Kier's Sexy Apocalyptic Sexy Webcam Show Of Sexiness
That Udo Kier is such a webcam slut. For $5.99 a minute, he'll get on cam and tell you about any apocalypse you want: solar flares, global warming... and then he'll take his glasses off. More » -
#unfinishedbusiness
Syfy Takes First Steps Towards Its New Look, With Will Smith
What better way to let everyone know you're going more mainstream than teaming up with Will Smith? Syfy and Big Willie are going to make supernatural crime-procedural magic together. More » -
#riverworld
Riverworld... The TV Series?
The Syfy Channel announced more of its post-Battlestar Galactica lineup, and it includes a possible ongoing series based on Philip José Farmer's Riverworld novels. This could be amazing, if done even half right. More » -
#syfychannel
Sci Fi Channel Changes Its Name To A Typo
The Sci Fi Channel wants to change its image, by misspelling its own name as "Syfy" — apparently the "y" stands for "Yurgh, terrible idea." More »
