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Originally Posted by transmitthis
First of, fjtorres WTF, how did I miss that entire show? cool, something to look forward to.
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Not hard at all.
It ran in syndication rather through a specific network so each market ran it on an indepedent station at a different day and time. Depending on where you were living at the time the thing might run saturdays at 5PM (my neighborhood), sundays at 2PM, or fridays at 1AM. And not always at the same day and time. You had to know about it and be on the lookout for it.
This was during the heyday of the adhoc syndication "network" model for SF/Fantasy shows that started with STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION and petered out shortly after ANDROMEDA... Mostly because the launch of the now-gone UPN and WB tied up the bulk of the big independent TV stations that could afford those shows and because the networks, broadcast and cable, are no longer allergic to SF and adventure shows. (Fantasy still lags, but ONCE UPON A TIME seems to be holding on...)
Don't feel too bad, whille E:FC was always watchable, it was hardly compelling viewing--the show always felt like they were winging it and making things up on the fly week-to-week with no specific long-term plan. They did have good acting and *very* good prop and gadget designers and decent SFX, though.
And they did give the world a template for the ultimate personal communicator. As soon as somebody perfects film-based flexible display we will get something a *lot* like the Global. That alone makes the show memorable.