Value SubtractedI'm pleased and mildly surprised to see that CTV Sci-Fi will still be airing Strange New Worlds in Canada - I was concerned they'd somehow lost the rights.
Dwight Williams (š x9)+š·šØš¦@virtualbri I'm bracing myself for the disappointment of not being able to watch the series on #CTVSciFi any more. If I could afford any or all the streaming services, I probably would take up most except for Amazon. And if Bezos started behaving better on certain issues, I could reconsider that one too.
AlsoPaisleyCat šØš¦Thanks for the heads up!!
For almost all of us who missed it, SurrealEstate S3 premieres today at 10 pm EDT in North America.
Itās a great little spooky sci-fi horror show with a great, diverse cast. Just the quirky Canadian thing to wryly lighten our viewing.
Who starts promoting a season premiere the week it takes place?!!
(No, an āAOL exclusiveā and a Syfy blog page a month ahead isnāt getting the word out.)
Iāve been waiting for this for a year with no updates from either CTV or Syfy. One would think they wished the show would failā¦
But it shouldnāt. It deserves all its viewership and fans in North America, Latin America and Europe.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/syfy-series-surrealestate-season-3-trailer-watch-now
Non geoblocked trailer
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Thatās a lot of Trek! I have watched it all as it came out with the exception of a few episodes in 1966 before the neighbour kid pushed me to try it in TOS season one. So, I am always impressed by younger newcomers who systematically binge to catch up.
Understand your love of āThe Magiciansā. 
Iād like to recommend however that you give āThe Arkā a try if you havenāt been already. Its second season finale just ran on Syfy US last week, and will be on Peacock as of this week. āThe Arkā is a Dean Devlin creation that appeals to a lot of Star Trek, Stargate and classic sci-fi television fans. Like 90s Star Trek, itās getting better as it goes on. Hopefully, it will be renewed for more seasons.
Outside the US, itās available in many countries but across a diversity of services. Check out the hashtags below to see if you might have it.
I am in the process of setting up a new group chat bot account for āThe Arkā that interested people in the fediverse will be able to follow.ā©
Thereās also interest in a group rewatch/watch and discussion here. Iāll be setting up a schedule in a few weeks. Input will be welcome!ā©
@StarTrekChat #AllStarTrek #HopePunk #ScienceFiction #Space1999 #TheStarlost #StarShips āØ#TheArk #StarTrek #Stargate #StargateSG1 #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SciFiTV #TV #SyFy #CTVScifiChannel #Sky #NowTV #USANetwork #Peacock #fubo #Spectrum #Wow #MagentaTV #CanalPlus #Universal #Entertainment #CTVSciFi
āWhy do we like it so much? The Ark Podcastā ?!!
This sounds like it might have a future š
āWhy and how is it surviving when other low budget sci-fi shows are not?ā might be the best question ā and other than my personal effort here to amplify and get some momentum with Star Trek and Stargate fandom, whatās getting traction?
Perhaps itās the unrepentant cheesiness of Dr Who, as some have claimed. (Not enough of a a Whovian to catch the homages that others are seeing.)
So far, all I see for podcasting about the show is coverage on the general SyFy podcast. So, any live watch posts here are likely novel content.
But other than a few countries, the distribution outside the US is spread across a plethora of smaller linear and streaming services. In addition to ones Iāve noted already, itās on Binge in Australia, Sky in Ireland and Switzerland, Universal-Prime in France, M+ in Spain, Canal+ in Austria, and BluTV in Turkey.
Clearly, the younger but dedicated fandom for āThe Arkā is talking about it elsewhere and who knows where theyāre watching and talking about it. (Not checking for Discord channels, the subreddit has about 2.5K users.). But somehow across all of it, there was enough viewership and fan support to get the show renewed once.
There is a wiki on Fandom but theyāre not keeping up with the season 2 releases. https://the-ark.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ark
#TheArk #Fandom #SciFi #Syfy #Spectrum #Peacock #fubo #USANetwork #CTVSciFi #NowTV #Sky #Wow #MagentaTV #Binge #Universal #MPlus #CanalPlus, #BluTV #DrWho #Stargate #StarTrek
The Ark
The Ark is a science fiction mystery drama television series created by Dean Devlin who along with Jonathan Glassner are co-showrunners for the series. Season One, consisting of twelve episodes, premiered on Syfy on February 1, 2023. A second season premiered on July 17, 2024. The Earth, mankind's homeworld, is dying. Huge fires burn its surface, resources are scarce, there is no future on the ground, so the survivors search another home into the stars. The Ark Program is the last hope for manki
Can I possibly persuade you to drop āThe Arkā somewhere into that watch queue if you havenāt already given it a try?
Iād genuinely be interested in your take on it.
https://tenforward.social/@AlsoPaisleyCat/113132502711492131
#TheArk #SyFy #Peacock #fubo #USANetwork #CTVSciFi #Sky #NowTV #WOW #MagentaTV
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Why arenāt more Star Trek fans talking about āThe Ark?ā A genuine question allā¦ Itās an optimistic, forward-looking diverse ensemble-cast SciFi show that flies impudently in the face of all the trauma-burdened, dystopian big-budget peak-streaming tropes. Are there really only two of us on Mastodon who watch it? If so, that likely says more about the older age slant of the demographic here than about the show itself. āThe Arkā has a dedicated following of Gen Z and younger Millennial fans. BUT āThe Arkā seems to check off all the boxes on the wish lists of older Sci-Fi TV fans here ā Low budget and cheesy vfx included, āThe Arkā hits many of the points older SciFi television fans say they are looking for. https://www.syfy.com/the-ark #TheArk #SyFy #CTVSciFi #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Entertainment #Television @StarTrekChat #StarTrek
I do think youāll enjoy it. I look forward to your take on it!
Season two is arguably even better than season one. I really hope they get renewed again.
#TheArk #SyFy #CTVSciFi #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Entertainment #Television @StarTrekChat #StarTrek #AllStarTrek
Joe Watching ā½šļøš“šŗDang, just guilt us into watching why don't ya?
I promise to watch it and talk about it. As an older Sci-fi fan.
#TheArk #SyFy #CTVSciFi #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Entertainment #Television @StarTrekChat #StarTrek #AllStarTrek
Why arenāt more Star Trek fans talking about āThe Ark?ā A genuine question allā¦
Itās an optimistic, forward-looking diverse ensemble-cast SciFi show that flies impudently in the face of all the trauma-burdened, dystopian big-budget peak-streaming tropes.
Are there really only two of us on Mastodon who watch it?
If so, that likely says more about the older age slant of the demographic here than about the show itself. āThe Arkā has a dedicated following of Gen Z and younger Millennial fans.
BUT āThe Arkā seems to check off all the boxes on the wish lists of older Sci-Fi TV fans here ā Low budget and cheesy vfx included, āThe Arkā hits many of the points older SciFi television fans say they are looking for.
#TheArk #SyFy #CTVSciFi #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Entertainment #Television @StarTrekChat #StarTrek
The Ark - Official Site | SYFY
The Ark takes place 100 years in the future when planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. In Season 2, after the brave crew of Ark One reaches their destination and finds it uninhabitable, they must survive long enough to locate a new home for themselves and all the ships that follow. The series stars Christie Burke, Richard Fleeshman, Reece Ritchie, Stacey Read and Ryan Adams.
Perhaps by the time you get there, CTV Sci-fi Channel will actually have let us see Prodigy S2 in Canada!
(At this point, I have more hope of seeing it on BluRay than on the premium cable channel that I have basically maintained our household subscription for in order to get this and a few other exclusives).