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Syfy Renews Warehouse 13 For Second Season

[caption id="attachment_2805" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Saul Rubinek (Artie Nielsen), Joanne Kelly (Myka Bering) and Eddie McClintock (Pete Lattimer) in Syfy's Warehouse 13. Photo copyright of The Syfy Channel"][/caption] THE Syfy Channel has ordered 13 episodes of its smash hit original series Warehouse 13 for a second season, it was announced today by Mark Stern, Syfy's Executive Vice President, Original Content and Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. On track to be the biggest hit in Syfy history, Warehouse 13 is slated for a summer 2010 return. Back for a second season are series leads Eddie McClintock (Pete Lattimer), Joanne Kelly (Myka Bering), Saul Rubinek (Artie Nielsen) and Allison Scagliotti (Claudia Donovan). The first season finale airs on September 22nd @ 9 p.m. EST/PST and features guest-stars CCH Pounder (The Shield) and Roger Rees (The West Wing). After saving the life of the President, two Secret Service agents find themselves abruptly transferred to Warehouse 13 - a massive, top secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota which houses every strange artifact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and supernatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government. The Warehouse's caretaker Artie, charges Pete and Myka with chasing down reports of supernatural and paranormal activity in search of new objects to cache at the Warehouse as well as helping him control the Warehouse itself. The series is produced for Syfy by Universal Cable Productions. Season one is executive produced by Jack Kenny (The Book of Daniel), who also serves as showrunner. David Simkins (Dresden Files) is executive producer, and Stephen Surjik (Monk, Burn Notice) is producer/director of the series. As noted above, photo is copyright of The Syfy Channel, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

Caprica Premieres In 2010 On The Syfy Channel

SYFY has announced the air date for its highly-anticipated upcoming series Caprica. On Friday, January 22nd @ 9 p.m., the show will kick off with a two-hour premiere and will air regularly on subsequent Fridays @ 10 p.m. Humanity's storyline takes completely new twists with Caprica, which follows two rival families and their patriarchs -Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) and Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) - as they compete and thrive in the vibrant realm of the Twelve Colonies, a society recognizably close to our own. This original, standalone series will feature the passion, intrigue, political backbiting, and family conflict in an omnipotent society that is at the height of its blind power and glory...and, unknowingly, on the brink of its fall. [caption id="attachment_2240" align="aligncenter" width="202" caption="Caprica's Eric Stoltz (Daniel Graystone) and Alessandra Torresani (Zoe Graystone). Photo by Evans Ward and copyright of The Syfy Channel"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2241" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Esai Morales (Joseph Adama) with Caprica writer/executive producer Jane Espenson. Photo by Evans Ward and copyright of The Syfy Channel"][/caption] Caprica also stars Paula Malcomson (Amanda Graystone), Polly Walker (Sister Clarice Willow), Magda Apanowicz (Lacy) and Alessandra Torresani (Zoe Graystone). The series is from Universal Cable Productions and executive produced by Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson. Jeffrey Reiner (Friday Night Lights) directed the pilot. As noted above, photos by Evans Ward and copyright of The Syfy Channel, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any form. Thanks!