Yet another "spooky" show?

No thanks.

When can we get more SCIENCE Fiction? Remember that? It's usually about space and/or the future. It's what you guys USED to do.

This sounds like a great storyline and I can't wait to see it play out on Syfy. I'm really impressed with the new direction for the channel and all of the original series that continue to air. Syfy has become my new home for entertainment.

Steven King- I'm in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea, so what's with all the 'spooky' stuff on Syfy? I'm more interested in getting Defying Gravity type of scifi stuff than horror/scary stuff please.

I have a quick question: How does a novella about two old newspaper men and a new young female intern talking about a John Doe case translate into a 13 episode series about Curses, FBI Agents, and a spooky town with secrets?

Is this another series where King's name is more of a brand rather than a actual adaptation?

From the people who brought me "Dead Zone"? I'm sold already. :-) I'll at least give it a whirl.

I have the same question as Night Swordsman. This doesn't sound like it has anything to do with "The Colorado Kid". As I was reading this article I kept wondering if I was confused about what story it was. I will of course check it out regardless but it seems to be a strange way to promote it.

I used to watch the SciFi Channel everynight. There was always something on I wanted to watch. Now I can barely make myself watch S*** U or Sanctomony. Bring on real SciFi - Defying Gravity, Firefly and Star Trek.

Why does every interesting concept show have to have a police officer or an FBI officer thrown in? It's so very cliché.

>>Why does every interesting concept show have to have a police officer or an FBI officer thrown in?

Because to do something different would mean to be original and we certainly wouldn't want that! I mean, look at Hollywood and the remake flu they are experiencing. Do we really need to have True Grit remade with Matt Damon???

I keep hoping for fiction with some actual science involved.

I love sci-fi, but I hate SyFy. Everything I used to love about this channel has been thrown out the window. I can't even watch SGU or Sanctuary, and they are the closest thing to new sci-fi they've got. The only reason I check out the Wire is occasional stories on movies I'm interested in.

And exactly were is the scifi in this new series? I have read it twice now and i still can't find any mention of anything remotley resembling scifi.oh ya i fordot ..it's siffy not sci fi .sorry.Now lets see if i can enter the text correctly.........

Cliche much? How many damned TV shows can we have with the basic premise? How is this that different from Sanctuary, Eureka, V, or Warehouse 13?

All of these shows deal with a protagonist in law enforcement dealing with something strange and new every week or some larger mystery.

Blah! Poor Chris Carter! His X-files has been repackaged so many times and the guy isn't making any royalties on it!

I'm just sick of seeing some law enforcement agent tossed into the unknown. It's been done to death.

This self-congratulatory press release exemplifies what's wrong with the entertainment business. Nothing creative going on here. Hacks at work!

I think it is Fringe mixed with Heroes (as oppose to the Pattern). Of course, everything is repackaged in some form but as long as you have good writing and acting, you can fall in love with the characters on similiar premise that we see time and time again. Can't we just get along?

This cracks me up. I remember reading recently that the executives at SyFy said they are looking for their next 'Farscape'. Right. Better keep looking because don't think this is it.

Possible "Dark Tower" Show could be good or very bad idea.

Look what SyFy did with the Dresdin Files this does not bode well for King.

The town of Haven was also the backdrop for Tommyknockers which if you actually read it (or watch the much inferior mini series) is much more of a science fiction type horror story. It could be that this "curse" is related to the buried space ship in the woods as well. Throughout the book it talks about the woods being cursed which in reality it was the effects of the dead aliens influence over the town and its citizens.

Sounds pretty derivative. I'd rather watch Caprica, Defying Gravity, TSSC or Flash Forward. For supernatural shows, I'll stick with X-Files reruns or Supernatural. Fringe and Warehouse 13 have already gotten old.

Let me guess, the "hot-shot FBI agent Audrey Parker" will be a size zero, 24 year old blonde running around kicking butt with her shirt unbuttoned.

And no doubt she will have either a plucky side kick who is, was, or knows all about being a freak in exile. Or a serious side kick with the same qualities. We have seen this same premise before and now its just...... BORING!

'It's what you guys USED to do.'

Not really, Clay. The first show to ever air on scifi was a rerun of Dark Shadows. Scifi now Syfy has always been a home to horror and fantasy.

Though there's already a book adaptation Scifi let go to waste after just twelve episodes. Dresden Files. I miss that one...

LISTEN UP! I am TIRED of people posting on articles like this to say 'That's not scifi.' Get over yourselves and your PATHTETIC elitism! Were you here when Scifi started? Clearly not! If you were you'd remember the very first show this channel aired was a rerun of Dark Shadows. They also had rerusn of Forever Knight, Highlander, Friday the 13th the series and She-Wolf of London. Before Stargate the longest running Scifi Channel show was Scifi Buzz which was the channel's news service, divided into Science fiction, Supernatural Horror, and fantasy. So don't pretend this is something new and alient to this channel.

Warehouse 13, Dresden Files, The secret adventures of Jules Verne are all FANTASY shows that the SCIFI channel produced. The Scifi genre doesn't just cover science fiction. It hasn't in a long time. It's a merger. There's a fine line between fantasy and science fiction especially if you try scientifically exploring an analyzing the supernatural attributes of the characters. So knock it off with the annoying and repetitive piousness and obsession with a 'purity' that was NEVER originally there!

Nick/Nicktoons, Disney/Disney XD... when will there be a Sci-Fi 2?

"All were producers of USA's much-loved and much-missed The Dead Zone, which ran for six seasons and went off the air in 2008."

Actually, the series ended in 2007, the same year that "The 4400" ended.

I'm personally looking forward to this show. Sci Fi was not a science fiction network. It was a sci-fi/fantasty/horror/sometimes anime network. Many of my favorite genre shows are more horror-based and I hope SyFy will continue to develop supernatural/fantasy/horror shows, especially if they will be more high profile and well-produced like this will be.

Sounds interesting...if almost too much like Eureka but with curses instead of scifi....

@ Mandy - If you don't like what people say, then don't read their comments. This is a place for opinion, and that's what these people are offering. Last I checked, this is still a free country and having an opinion is just fine.

Otherwise, I'll agree with the few other folks who noticed that the premise for this show has almost nothing to do with The Colorado Kid.

why do you think it all has to be space shows all the time? stargate and battlestar aren't enough let the other syfy stuff shine too. King is great at storytelling can't wait for the premier.

The premise reminds me of Twin Peaks

Aberzombie: Yes, this is a free country. People are allowed to voice their opinions. That does NOT protect them from other people using their right to be irritated at foolish comments.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but they aren't entitled to their own facts." (don't remember who said that first)

Why are so many of these shows involving law enforcement? Because that gives them an excuse to be investigating them as their primary job in the first place, it gives them access to resources not available to others, and it gives them authority to do things that for others would be illegal and would wind them up in jail. Law enforcement types are the logical choice for the role.

Although I would note that Sanctuary does not have a law enforcement person doing the investigating. Having an agreement with a government doe not make them law enforcement.

Sanctuary, Warehouse 13, Eureka and V are vastly different shows. To call them anything alike at all is really reaching and seems to be only an attempt to find something to complain about and shows a failure to see the shows for what they are, rather than a false overly deconstructed theme.

MANDY The channel is know as the" scifi" ...well...WAS known as the scifi network, not the scifihorrorfantasywrestlingwetastelikechicken network! scifi is a particular type of story and fantasy ,vampires and dragons are not scifi! Btw,how big are the checks the idiots that run siffy send you to defend their stupid decisions?

Im still holding out for GHOST HUNTERS ACADEMY: PET ACADEMY!!

Because pets see dead people TOO!

MUADIB, step into the TARDIS and go back to 1995. Look at Scifi's listings. What's on at ten AM? Why it's two episodes of Dark Shadows followed by Forever Knight, followed by Highlander... And what's that on at nine PM? It's She-Wolf of London followed by Friday the 13th the series.

Now back to 2009.

You keep talking about what the Scifi Channel used to be but it seems you don't actually remember and I have the old VHS tapes to prove what I say.

mandy,NOBODY CARES WHAT THE CHANNEL WAS ,IN YOU OPINION ,WHEN IT STARTED,IT BECAME SCIENCE FICTION ! GET IT ! WE DON'T CARE ABOUT DARKSHADOWS OR VAMPIRES OR GIANT SLOTHS EATING ALL THE PETUNIAS IN THE VILLAGE OF STUPID!!!!!! IF YOU DON'T LIKE people pointing out that scifi is not about your dungeons and dragon view of the world then don't read what they post!!!!!!!!! It's about commenting on the channel changeing into a non scifi waste of time !!

Btw ...MANDY... Did the channel show wrestling in the early days ?I notice you don't seem to mention that little departure from the SCIENCE FICTION,(or what USED TO BE the science fiction aspect of the channel.)Why not ? Your bosses at siffy tell you to avoid mentionig that?

muadib, your argument has become incoharent and childlike. I never disagreed that Wrestling doesn't belong on Scifi. But the nature of the channel itself was always science fiction, fantasy and supernatural horror. That was my point. You talk of what the channel used to be when in fact it never was. Take away the cheesy and cheap reality shows and wrestling and it's roughly the same as it always was, just with more low budget made for TV movies.

Similarities between the novella and the series:

1. It takes place in Maine
2. There's a murder

The inclusion of King's name seems like a marketing ploy more than a relevant relationship. From the press release, you should already be able to tell that Stephen King has nothing to do with this series. If you doubt that statement, reread the press release.

It's "incoherent" brainiac,And you still aren't able to understand the point a large majority of posters here are making about the non scifi on siffy!Lets try one more time ..the SCIFI channel ,has not been playing SCIENCE FICTION ,with the exceptions of a paltry few shows,for some time now .THATS THE POINT YOU CAN'T SEEM TO GET THROUGH YOUR LITTLE MIND! Don't call your CHANNEL THE SCIFI NETWORK ,and hardly ever show scifi.DO YOU GET IT NOW?