Masters of Science Fiction

Masters of Science Fiction
Masters of Science Fiction intertitle
Genre	Science fiction anthology
Presented by	Stephen Hawking
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	John W. Hyde Brad Mendelsohn Andrew Deane Keith Addis
Running time	approx. 41 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original airing	August 4, 2007 – August 25, 2007
Chronology
Related shows	Masters of Horror
External links
Website

Masters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series by the same creators as Masters of Horror. The show debuted on ABC on August 4, 2007 at 10PM for a run of four episodes.^[1] It was originally scheduled to run in six parts, but two episodes were removed from the schedule for undisclosed reasons.^[2]

The show follows a similar format as Masters of Horror, with each hour long episode taking the form of a separate short film adaptation of a story by a respected member of the science fiction community, hence the Masters in the title.^[2]

In December 2007, the show was picked up by Space in Canada. This then allowed the North American premiere of the missing two episodes. A Region 1 DVD of all six episodes was released on August 5, 2008.

The show is hosted off-screen by physicist Stephen Hawking.^[1]

Episodes

Title	Original story author	Director	Original U.S. air-date	Original Canadian air-date
A Clean Escape	John Kessel	Mark Rydell	August 4, 2007	November 11, 2007
The Awakening	Howard Fast	Michael Petroni	August 11, 2007	November 25, 2007
Jerry Was a Man	Robert A. Heinlein	Michael Tolkin	August 18, 2007	November 18, 2007
The Discarded	Harlan Ellison	Jonathan Frakes	August 25, 2007	December 16, 2007
Little Brother	Walter Mosley	Darnell Martin	Not scheduled	December 2, 2007
Watchbird	Robert Sheckley	Harold Becker	Not scheduled	December 9, 2007

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Richmond, Ray (August 3, 2007). ""Masters of Science Fiction" too artistic for ABC". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/reviewsNews/idUSN0242298520070803?rpc=92. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "ABC SLATES 'LAUGHS' FOR TUESDAYS, CONFIRMS 'MASTERS' INSTALLMENTS". Futon Critic. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7412. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 

External links

• Official Website
• Masters of Science Fiction press release
• The Futon's Summer Preview: ABC's "Masters of Science Fiction"
• "Cast Set for 'Masters of Sci Fi'", Zap2it, August 4, 2006.
• Masters of Science Fiction at the Internet Movie Database
• Masters of Science Fiction at TV.com