# ABC - Masters of Science Fiction

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-masters-of-science-fiction/412594>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 20, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-masters-of-science-fiction/412594 "2007-07-20T22:18:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-masters-of-science-fiction/412594/1 "2007-07-20T22:18:13Z")

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Anyone planning to watch [this](http://abc.go.com/specials/mastersofscifi.html)? Starts Saturday 8/4 at 8pm.

Looks like a decent pedigree. Stories based on Heinlein and Ellison, among others, and the acting ain’t too shabby:

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> Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® nominee Sam Waterston, two-time Academy Award nominee and Emmy winner Judy Davis, Anne Heche (ABC’s “MEN IN TREES”), internationally renowned star Malcolm McDowell, Terry O’Quinn (ABC’s “Lost”), Elizabeth Rohm (“Law & Order”), two-time Tony Award winner and Emmy winner Brian Dennehy, two-time Academy Award nominee John Hurt and James Denton (ABC’s “Desperate Housewives”) star the four installments of the series.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-masters-of-science-fiction/412594/2 "2007-07-20T22:22:01Z")

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I am now! Thanks for the heads-up.