Sci Fi Fidelity

It's Halloween, so it's appropriate that we talk about the scariest monsters in genre television. We take a fairly broad definition of the term "monster," but we think you'll agree our choices are pretty creepy.

Our show topics this month also include holiday appropriate discussions for two new witch-related shows: the Charmed reboot on the CW, which began its run on October 14, 2018, and Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which released its ten episodes on October 26, 2018.

The Halloween fun continues with our interview with Castlevania showrunner, Adi Shankar, whose animated adaptation dropped its second season on October 26, 2018 on Netflix.

Timecodes: Scariest Monsters - 3:41 Charmed - 18:42 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - 41:26 Castevania Interview - 63:49

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It was surprisingly difficult to select just the right shows for our discussion of "one season wonder," shows worth talking about that only lasted a single season. We got a lot of help from our listeners, and we think you'll enjoy our choices.

Show topics this month include a look at the one-hour premiere of The Good Place season 3 on NBC, which premiered on September 27, and a critique of the first two episodes of the new supernatural mystery series also on NBC, Manifest, which began on September 24.

For our interview, we talked to Dominic Lewis, the composer of the score for all three seasons of The Man in the High Castle. Season 3 of that show premieres on October 5.

Timecodes: One Season Wonders - 2:08 The Good Place season 3 - 21:31 Manifest season 1 - 36:52 The Man in the High Castle Interview - 55:52

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In the calm before the storm of new fall genre shows hits, we start the podcast this month with a discussion of some of the more peripheral new and returning series we're looking forward to in the next month or so as a sort of fall TV preview.

Our show topics this month include a look at the first few episodes of Netflix's new supernatural thriller, The Innocents, which premiered on August 24, 2018, and a spoiler-free preview of the Sean Penn vehicle on Hulu following humanity's first mission to Mars, The First, which begins on September 14, 2018.

The interview is a must-listen for fans of The Last Ship as Bridget Regan joins us to talk about the show's fifth and final season on TNT.

Timecodes: Anticipated Fall Shows - 2:53 The Innocents - 17:22 The First - 37:48 The Last Ship Interview - 57:26

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A fun discussion kicks off our August podcast as we share our list of the best anti-heroes in genre television, those protagonists we still love despite all of their moral gray area. It seems we love our good guys slightly bad!

Our show topics this month include a look at the first couple of episodes of Killjoys season 4, which just began on July 20th on Syfy, and a critique of the new Stephen King anthology series on Hulu, Castle Rock, which dropped its first three episodes on July 25th.

Stick around for our interview with Luke Macfarlane, who plays RAC Agent and baby-daddy D'avin Jaqobis in Killjoys.

Timecodes: Best Anti-Heroes - 1:55 Killjoys - 19:22 Castle Rock - 38:13 Killjoys Interview - 56:42

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Before diving into show topics, we detour into "shipping" territory as we discuss some of our favorite contemporary couples in genre television, some of which are quite popular and others of which should be.

Our show topics this month include the latest sci-fi procedural hybrid from NBC, Reverie, which began its run on May 30, 2018, and AMC's Preacher, the comic book adaptation that began its third season on June 24, 2018.

This month's interview is with Sherman Augustus, who plays Nathaniel Moon in Into the Badlands, which is in its mid-season three hiatus on AMC.

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This month's opening discussion kicks off with a continuation of our genre showrunner discussion. This time we're focusing on our favorite female executive producers/writers in the sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural field, a trend which will hopefully grow over time.

Our show topics this month include a look at the first season of The Rain, a Danish import on Netflix that joins the streaming giant's increasing focus on international fare, and the season 3 premiere of Humans, which aired on June 5, 2018 here in the states on AMC.

Join us for our extremely entertaining conversation with Joe Pokaski, the showrunner of Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, which premiered on Freeform on June 7, 2018.

Timecodes: Female Showrunners - 2:07 The Rain - 12:35 Humans - 37:57 Cloak & Dagger Interview - 59:50

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The summer is almost here, but we've honed in on some of our favorite recent shows! Our discussion kicks off with our picks for the most distinctive showrunners who have helmed more than one genre TV show. It was tough paring it down to six!

Our show topics this month include a look at the full first season of the Lost in Space remake on Netflix, which has been capturing viewers attention since it dropped on April 13, 2018, and the established post-apocalyptic show The 100, which just began its fifth season on the CW.

For our interview segment, we spoke to actor Malcolm Barrett, who plays Rufus Carlin in the NBC time travel hit, Timeless, which is currently in its second season.

Timecodes: Multiple Series Showrunners - 2:02 Lost in Space - 16:30 The 100 - 36:17 Timeless Interview - 58:44

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Spoiler warning! Creators Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie heard our discussion of The Crossing on the last podcast and wanted to talk once episode 4 of their show, which contained a pivotal twist at the end, aired on ABC. We went on to ask them about their unique time travel tale and some of the storytelling decisions they made.

For a discussion of the series premiere of The Crossing, check out our previous episode.

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