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Episode Recap: "The Discarded" | Masters of Science Fiction | 8/26/2007
Tonight's episode is the fourth and last of the six that were produced that ABC intends to run. (All six will be seen in Canada, at least, on the cable channel Space, starting in November). And it was the episode a number of viewers were most eager to see, I suspect, since it was based on a short story by Harlan Ellison, who has established himself as a major figure in both fantastic fiction (among other sorts of prose) and in screenwriting, as well as being responsible for some notable comics scripting and work in other media. Apparently Ellison gave executive producer Keith Addis strong support when they resisted the attempts by ABC to call the series "Masters of Sci-Fi," which would be comparable to calling its Showtime sibling series Masters of Horror something like "Masters of Spookiness" (ABC chose to slip "scifi" into the URL for the series' pages on abc.go.com, anyway... perhaps the smallest of many hostilities the network has shown toward this project). And the story was... read more
ABC's Science Fiction Series Finally Materializes | Today's News: Our Take | 7/2/2007
ABC's Masters of Science Fiction anthology series, announced what seems like light-years ago, will finally hit the airwaves during the dog days of August. The lineup — slashed from six installments to four — is as follows:August 4: "A Clean Escape," based on Nebula Award-winning author John Kessel's short story about a postapocalyptic psychiatrist (Judy Davis) determined to solve a man's (Sam Waterston) apparent memory lapse.August 11: "The Awakening," based on a short story by Howard Fast, starring Terry O'Quinn, Elisabeth Rohm and William B. Davis, and concerning Baghdad-based soldiers' discovery of a "mysterious casualty."August 18: "Jerry Was a Man," based on the Robert Heinlein story about an affluent couple (Anne Heche and Malcolm McDowell) who acquire an anthropoid.August 25: "The Discarded," based on the short story by seven-time Hugo Award winner, three-time Nebula Award winner, and Science Fiction Grand Master Laureate Harlan Ellison, directed by Jonathan... read more
Ask Matt | 5/23/2005
Question: What are the reactions to the end of Star Trek: Enterprise? Both my husband and I thought it was the worst end read more
Ask Ausiello | 2/16/2005
Question: No, the refusal to renew Enterprise isn't the Tribbles' fault (Entertainment News, 2/3). It's exec producer Ri read more
Televisionary | 1/25/2005
Question: I need to know when the nighttime soap Paper Dolls aired and what the premise of the series was. Wasn't that N read more

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Commander William Riker, <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>

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Jonathan Frakes: Credits

Title	Year	Type
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Director)	2006	TV Show Series
Thunderbirds (Director)	2004	Movie
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? (Host)	2002	TV Show Series
Clockstoppers (Director)	2002	Movie
Star Trek: Nemesis (Actor - William Riker)	2002	Movie