A big television event is heading our way this Memorial Day weekend in the form of A&E’s long-anticipated miniseries remake of the 1971 science-fiction film The Andromeda Strain. Based on the novel of the same name by author Michael Crichton, the Oscar-nominated movie was about a group of scientists investigating an unknown deadly virus from outer space.
A&E’s four-hour remake doesn’t depart much from that basic storyline, as viewers will see when the two-part production premieres on Monday, May 26, and concludes on Tuesday, May 27, from 9pm–11pm EST both nights.
Maybe it’s just a coincidence or maybe it’s just a …read more

As savvy fans of science-fiction TV already know, ten members from the cast of Sci Fi Channel’s stellar series Battlestar Galactica read the popular Top Ten list on the most recent Late Show with David Letterman.
The fourth and regrettably final season of the Peabody-winning space drama takes off on April 4, preceded on March 28 by two back-to-back half-hour specials. Fittingly, the theme of last night’s very entertaining segment was the Top Ten Reasons to Watch the New Season of Battlestar Galactica.
All of the cast members did a fine job delivering their lines, of course. The absolute best …read more