Television; 'Masters of Science Fiction' Isn't Saturday-Night Bad

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Los Angeles - "Masters of Science Fiction," an ABC anthology of hourlong dramas with big names and modest production values, left the network's own executives so cold that they've programmed it for Saturday nights in August.

In fact, when I asked ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson why the four-part miniseries was airing on the worst night of the week in the worst month of the year, he said the project was "a low-cost initiative" with "very uneven" results - the executive equivalent of saying, "My kid is ugly."

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Television; 'Masters of Science Fiction' Isn't Saturday-Night Bad

Well, I'm happy to say a few words on behalf of ABC's abandoned child. You might just find it a refreshing change from crime shows and reality drivel, assuming you can find it at all.

There's the cast, for one thing. What's not to like about...

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