ABC's Science Fiction Series Finally Materializes
Anne Heche and Russell Porter by Bob Akester/ABC
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 Frakes, and starring
James Denton,
John Hurt and
Brian Dennehy.
