All “Firefly” fans who thought the show ended too early can rejoice in knowing that their show will air in its entirety on the Science Channel starting in March.
The Science Channel has acquired the rights to the show, which only aired for 14 episodes in 2002 before getting cancelled. The cable channel plans to show every episode, including many extras, reports CNN. The show will also be followed by interstitial segments featuring renowned physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku who will talk about the theoretical science behind the show’s notions of science fiction.
According to 20th Century Fox, this will be the first time that the popular show is set to appear on cable television since 2008 when it ran on the USA Network. Star of the show Nathan Fillon took some time off from shooting ABC’s “Castle” and told Entertainment Weekly that working on the short-lived series was his best job ever.
“I got to wear a low-slung holster. I got to ride horses. I got to have a spaceship. I got to act mean and curmudgeonly. [Creator Joss Whedon] is really good at kicking characters in the nuts so the other characters would have laughs at my expense and that was great too,” he said.
He added that if he were asked to play again on the series, he would do it with no hesitation. In fact, he said that he loved the show so much that, “If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to ‘Firefly,’ make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet,” he told Entertainment Weekly.
“Firefly” will premiere on the Science Channel on March 6 at 8 p.m., with the two hour pilot. It will be followed the first episode later on at 10 p.m. After that it will air every Sunday in their original order but also in HD, according to the Flick Cast.
Why wait until March? Watch “Firefly” episodes on Video on Demand for only 99 cents an episode.
Comments are closed