Masters of Science Fiction

Steven Hawking's Sci-Fi Masters
Steven Hawking's Sci-Fi Masters intertitle
Genre	Science fiction anthology
Presented by	Stephen Hawking
Country of origin	United States
Original 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
Production company(s)	Reunion Pictures Industry Productions MOSF Productions IDT Entertainment
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	August 4 – August 25, 2007
Chronology
Related shows	Masters of Horror

Steven Hawking's Sci-Fi Masters 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 was followed by the North American premiere of the missing two episodes. A Region 1 DVD of all six episodes was released on August 5, 2008. On February 12, 2012, the Science Channel began airing the episodes, under the title Stephen Hawking's Sci-Fi Masters, beginning with the first domestic airing of the episode "Watchbirds".^[3]

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" "The General Zapped an Angel"	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 2 Richmond, Ray (August 3, 2007). ""Masters of Science Fiction" too artistic for ABC". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
1 2 "ABC SLATES 'LAUGHS' FOR TUESDAYS, CONFIRMS 'MASTERS' INSTALLMENTS". Futon Critic. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
↑ "Stephen Hawking's Sci Fi Masters". Science Channel.

External links

Masters of Horror

Season 1	"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" "H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House" "Dance of the Dead" "Jenifer" "Chocolate" "Homecoming" "Deer Woman" "John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns" "Fair-Haired Child" "Sick Girl" "Pick Me Up" "Haeckel's Tale" "Imprint"

Season 2	"The Damned Thing "Family" "The V Word" "Sounds Like" "Pro-Life" "Pelts" "The Screwfly Solution" "Valerie on the Stairs" "Right to Die" "We All Scream for Ice Cream" "The Black Cat" "The Washingtonians" "Dream Cruise"

Related	Fear Itself Masters of Science Fiction Soundtrack

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