From: GGPERRY@NUACVM.ACNS.NWU.EDU (ggreg)
Subject: Re: The Dream Science Fiction Channel
Organization: Northwestern University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:45:30 GMT

amen.  i'd have to replace incredible hulk with space:1999, but i like
your taste!  especially the inclusion of the outer limits and all the british
stuff!
        ggreg
 
 
 
 
 
In article <1993Jan6.234105.193@midway.uchicago.edu>
ror1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard O. Rouse III) writes:
 
>
>
>Many people have been griping about how much the Sci-Fi channel sucks.  I have
>not been so lucky/unlucky as to watch it, but it seems to me from there
>listings that it does indeed suck big rocks.  And then people defend it,
>saying "But, there isn't enough out there!"  Bullshit.
>
>Below is my own monday through friday DREAM schedule.  This will never
>happen due to the current rights to the various shows, but just think what
>if it could!  Now, some people might dislike some of the shows, but I think
>many people will agree, from the list below, that there is enough Good SF out
>there to make a good station.
>
>Also this station would be called the SCIENCE FICTION channel, NOT the stupid
>Sci-Fi channel.
>
>6:00  Super Marionation Hour
>
>7:00  Thundar the Barbarian
>      Space Ghost
>8:00  Robotech
>      Robotech
>9:00  Johnny Quest
>      (unless I'm completely stupid, JQ is an HOUR show, right?)
>10:00 Planet of the Apes (animated)
>      Star Trek (animated)
>11:00 Dr. Who  (approx 4 episodes, as shown on PBS currently, @2 hours)
>        |
>12:00   |
>        |
>1:00  The Prisoner  (who cares if there are only 10/11 episodes, just show em
>                     again and again)
>2:00  Incredible Hulk ( a personal favorite for no good reason insert
>                        your favorite show I ommited here)
>3:00  Wild, Wild West
>
>4:00  Dark Shadows
>
>5:00  The Invaders (maybe Quantum Leap)
>
>6:00  SF News Show, hosted by Harlan Ellison
>      Way Out (hey, Ronald Dahl, don't ask questions)/ One Step Beyond
>7:00  Star Trek, The Next Generation
>
>8:00  Star Trek, The Original Series
>
>9:00  The Outer Limits
>
>10:00 The Twilight Zone
>      The Twilight Zone (could show the one hour episodes in this slot)
>11:00 Ray Bradbury Theatre
>      Red Dwarf
>12:00 Blake's 7
>
>1:00  British SF hour
>      (alternate runs of HHGTTG, UFO, Avengers, Saphire and Steel)
>2:00  Night Gallery/ New Twilight Zone
>      (NTZ to be shown in hour format, not butchered half hour format)
>3:00  Batman
>
>4:00  Man From Uncle
>
>5:00  Short Run Theatre  (like what the sci-fi channel already has, only with
>                          good shows like Quark and Science Fiction Theatre)
>
>
>
>Of course, this is assuming they don't butcher the shows.  I kill the first
>person who cuts the Prisoner or a TZ episode.
>
>Weekends would retain the morning line up, having 3 movies shown each
>afternoon, and then some semblance of the evening lineup, possibly with
>Doctor Who switched to a late night slot.
>
>Now, not everyone may like all of this line up, but I think most people
>can respect it.  Sci-Fi could be doing a damn better job.
>
>--
>===========================================================================
>Richard O. Rouse III                             Reviewer:  MacGames Digest
>ror1@ellis.uchicago.edu             Publisher/Creator: ATOMIC SEWAGE COMICS
>       "Next thing you know they'll take my thoughts away" - Megadeth
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