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, language=en-US , access-date=June 22, 2022 , archive-date=March 27, 2019 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327122300/https://deadline.com/2013/03/comcast-completes-acquisition-nbcuniversal-457181/ , url-status=live Launched on September 24, 1992, the channel broadcasts programming relating to the

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genres. {{As of, 2023, 11, Syfy is available in approximately 69 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 99 million households.

History

In 1989 in

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, communications attorneys and cable television entrepreneurs, Mitchell Rubenstein and his business-partner wife Laurie Silvers, devised the concept for the Sci-Fi Channel and signed up eight of the top ten cable television operators. They additionally licensed exclusive rights to the British television series ''

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'' (which shifted over from

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), ''

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'', and the cult series ''

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''. In 1992, Rubenstein and Silvers sold the channel to

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, then a

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between

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and

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'', ''

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'', and the

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television series ''

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'', along with Paramount's ''

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and author

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were recruited by Rubenstein and Silvers to serve on the initial advisory board, but both Roddenberry and Asimov had died by the time the channel finally launched on September 24, 1992. Rubenstein recalled: "The first thing that was on the screen was 'Dedicated to the memories of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry'."{{cite web, url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/5414665/syfy-say-it-s-not-so?page=all, date=March 22, 2009, title=Syfy, Say It's Not So!, first=Mitchell, last=Rubenstein, publisher= Hollywood.com, access-date=May 29, 2013, archive-date=December 13, 2013, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213023646/http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/5414665/syfy-say-it-s-not-so?page=all, url-status=live

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was master of ceremonies at the channel's launch party, held at the

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. Asimov's widow

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and Roddenberry's widow

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were both in attendance. The first program aired on the network was the film ''

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''. In 1994, Paramount was sold to

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, followed by

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the next year into the new company

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. Three years later, Diller would sell Studios USA back to Universal, by then a subsidiary of

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SA (at the time known as Vivendi Universal). Vivendi's film and television production and cable television assets were then merged with

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to form

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in 2004. In 2009, the network was rebranded as ''Syfy'', and in 2010

purchased Syfy's parent company

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for what was described as questionable

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programming involving

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, access-date=April 1, 2013, archive-date=April 4, 2013, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404002919/http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/2074-jrefs-pigasus-awards-to-honor-dubious-peddlers-of-woo.html, url-status=live Comcast then announced plans in November 2024 to place Syfy and other cable properties into a spinoff company. The move comes amid declines in linear television accelerated by

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. On May 6, 2025, the spinoff company is later called "Versant".

Branding history

From 1992 to 1999, the network's first logo consisted of a planet with a ring, made to look like

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, with "SCI-FI CHANNEL" written on it. The network's second logo, which was used from 1999 to 2002, dropped the hyphen and the word "CHANNEL". The network's third and final "ringed planet" logo ran from 2002 to 2009, and was designed by

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. The logo made its debut on December 2, 2002, with the launch of the

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miniseries '' Taken''. The network also launched a new image campaign with the tagline "If", which expresses the limitless possibilities of the imagination. Identification bumps depicted surreal situations such as a baby breathing fire, as well as a woman in a stately sitting room kissing a bug-eyed, big-eared animal. Syfy

On March 16, 2009, NBCUniversal announced that Sci Fi was rebranding as "Syfy". Network officials also noted that, unlike the generic term "sci fi", which represents the entire

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, the term "Syfy" as a

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can be protected by

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and therefore would be easier to market on other goods or services without fear of confusion with other companies' products. The only significant previous use of the term "Syfy" in relation to science fiction was by the website SyFy Portal, which became

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after selling the brand to an unnamed company in February 2009. The name change was greeted with initial negativity, with people deliberately mispronouncing "Syfy" as {{IPAc-en, ˈ, s, ɪ, f, i {{respell, SIF, ee or {{IPAc-en, ˈ, s, iː, f, i {{respell, SEE, fee to make fun of the name change. The parody news anchor

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made fun of the name change on ''

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'' by giving the channel a "Tip of the Hat" for "spelling the name the way it's pronounced" and noting that "the tide is turning in my long fought battle against the insidious 'soft C{{'".{{cite web, url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/222070/march-18-2009/tip-wag---mississippi--talk-shows---syfy, title=Tip/Wag - Mississippi, Talk Shows, SyFy, date=March 18, 2009, access-date=October 2, 2010, archive-date=March 13, 2010, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313005600/http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/222070/march-18-2009/tip-wag---mississippi--talk-shows---syfy, url-status=live{{Primary source inline, date=January 2023 The new name took effect on July 7, 2009.{{cite web, url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/media/16adcol.html, title=Sci Fi Channel Has a New Name: Now, It's Syfy, first=Stuart, last=Elliot, work=The New York Times, date=March 15, 2009, access-date=July 7, 2009, archive-date=February 15, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215044843/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/media/16adcol.html, url-status=live Syfy has since added reality shows and edged further from strictly science fiction, fantasy and horror programming. The rebranding efforts at NBC Universal's Sci Fi Channels worldwide resulted in most rebranding as "Syfy" or "Syfy Universal"; however, over one-third of the channels did not take on "Syfy" as any part of their names: channels in Japan and the Philippines rebranded to or were replaced by

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, while each of the channels in Poland, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia would become Sci Fi Universal. In

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, "Syfy" does not suggest imagination or science fiction, but rather something gross, without value or even

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. In Australia, NBCUniversal was a partner in SF alongside

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and

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; after the channel shut down in 2013, NBCUniversal launched a local version of Syfy in 2014.{{cite web , date=August 16, 2013 , title=Mediaweek Australia – News – TV1 to disappear from Foxtel platform , url=http://mediaweek.com.au/news/tv1-to-disappear-from-foxtel-platform.html , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823054023/http://mediaweek.com.au/news/tv1-to-disappear-from-foxtel-platform.html , archive-date=August 23, 2013 , access-date=August 17, 2013 , publisher=Media Week {{cite web , last=Knox , first=David , date=September 30, 2013 , title=Syfy to launch on Foxtel , url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/syfy-to-launch-on-foxtel.html , access-date=September 30, 2013 , publisher=TV Tonight , archive-date=October 1, 2013 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001221556/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/syfy-to-launch-on-foxtel.html , url-status=live On May 11, 2017, in honor of the network's upcoming 25th anniversary, Syfy unveiled a major rebranding that took effect on-air June 19. The new branding was intended to re-position the channel back towards targeting fans of the fantasy and sci-fi genres. Network head Chris McCumber explained that the network's goal was to "put fans at the center of everything we do", and explained a stacked, square-shaped form of the logo as being akin to a "badge". Syfy also planned to place a larger focus on its genre news division Syfy Wire, disclosing the possibility of extending the website to television as well.{{cite web, title=The Syfy channel is rebooting with a new focus on science fiction fandom, url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/11/15615942/syfy-channel-reboot-science-fiction-krypton-happy-purge-expanse, last=Liptak, first=Andrew, work=The Verge, date=May 11, 2017, access-date=May 12, 2017, archive-date=May 11, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511221825/https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/11/15615942/syfy-channel-reboot-science-fiction-krypton-happy-purge-expanse, url-status=live

Programming

{{Main, List of programs broadcast by Syfy Syfy's original programming includes made-for-cable movies,

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, and

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. Under NBCUniversal ownership, the channel has expanded into general-interest programming outside of the sci-fi genre to target a more mainstream audience. Such programming has included crime dramas, '' WCG Ultimate Gamer'', and

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from

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(including '' ECW'', '' NXT'', and ''

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''). Syfy has been used for overflow sports and sports entertainment programming from its sister networks. It has participated in

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' "

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" effort to broadcast all matches on the final matchday of the

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soccer season across NBCUniversal cable networks. In February 2022, ''

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'' and ''NXT'' aired on Syfy for two weeks due to USA Network's

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of the

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; this was repeated during the

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Animation

During its early years, Syfy aired

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films and

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s on early Saturday morning under the title of ''Saturday Anime''. On June 11, 2007, the channel launched a weekly two-hour programming block called "Ani-Monday",{{cite web, url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-05/sci-fi-channel-launches-anime-block, title=Sci Fi Channel Launches Monday Night Anime Block, date=May 5, 2007, publisher=

Anime News Network Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and ot ...

, first1=Mikhail , last1=Koulikov , access-date=July 7, 2009, archive-date=September 29, 2009, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929032245/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-05/sci-fi-channel-launches-anime-block, url-status=live featuring English dubs of various anime series licensed by

Manga Entertainment Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1991, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyr ...

. During February 2008, the channel also aired anime on Tuesday nights in a second programming block. In July 2009, Syfy announced that they had renewed and expanded their licensing agreement with Manga Entertainment to add a two-hour block of horror anime (also called "Ani-Monday") to sister channel

Chiller A chiller is a machine that removes heat from a liquid coolant via a vapor-compression refrigeration, vapor-compression, adsorption refrigeration, or absorption refrigerator, absorption refrigeration cycles. This liquid can then be circulated th ...

. Syfy's anime block was later moved to Thursday nights, starting March 14, 2011, where it remained until all anime programming was dropped on June 9, 2011. On April 20, 2019, Syfy launched a new late night

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block called ''TZGZ'' which aired until March 13, 2021.{{citation needed, date=December 2021

Syfy original films

{{Main, List of Sci Fi Pictures original films {{Category see also, Syfy original films Sci Fi Pictures original films are independently-made

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s with production budgets of $1 million to $2 million each. The initiative was spearheaded by

Thomas Vitale Thomas P. Vitale is a film and television writer/producer and network executive. As a cable television network executive, he was Executive Vice President of Programming & Original Movies for Syfy Channel and Chiller Network, where he was responsi ...

in 2001, and was managed by Vitale, Chris Regina, and Ray Cannella, with the later additions of Karen O'Hara and Macy Lao.{{cite magazine, last=Wolf, first=Gary, url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/scifi.html, volume=12, issue=10, title=We've Created a Monster!, magazine=

Wired Wired may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Wired'' (Jeff Beck album), 1976 * ''Wired'' (Hugh Cornwell album), 1993 * ''Wired'' (Mallory Knox album), 2017 * "Wired", a song by Prism from their album '' Beat Street'' * "Wired ...

, date=October 2004, access-date=July 7, 2009, archive-date= March 5, 2016, archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051425/http://www.wired.com/2004/10/scifi-2/, url-status=live Syfy is also one of the sponsors for the Coalition for Freedom of Information.

Media

Websites and divisions

Syfy.com

Syfy's website launched in 1995, under the name The Dominion (though using scifi.com in its URL); it changed to SciFi.com in 2000.{{Citation needed, date=July 2009 The site has won a

Webby Award The Webby Awards (colloquially referred to as the Webbys) are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over three thousand industry experts a ...

and a Flash Forward Award. From 2000 to 2005, SciFi.com published original science fiction

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in a section called "

Sci Fiction ''Sci Fiction'' was an online magazine which ran from 2000 to 2005. At one time, it was the leading online science fiction magazine. Published by Syfy and edited by Ellen Datlow, the work won multiple awards before it was discontinued. His ...

", edited by

Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award ( Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her car ...

, who won a 2005

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...

for her work there. The stories themselves won a

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, the first

Theodore Sturgeon Award The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best short science fiction story ...

for online fiction (for

Lucius Shepard Lucius Shepard (August 21, 1943 – March 18, 2014) was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. Career Shepard was a native of Lynchburg, Virginia, wher ...

's novella "Over Yonder"), and four of the

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Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), a nonprofit association of pr ...

s, including the first for original online fiction (for

Linda Nagata Linda Nagata (born November 7, 1960, in San Diego, California) is a Hawaii-based American author of speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy novels, novellas, and short stories. Her novella ''Goddesses'' was the first online publication ...

's novella "Goddesses"). On April 22, 2006, the site launched Sci Fi Pedia, a commercial

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on topics including

comic a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicat ...

fandom A fandom is a subculture composed of Fan (person), fans characterized by a feeling of camaraderie with others who share a common interest. Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the objects of their fandom and spend a significan ...

game A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or video games) or art ...

toy A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and p ...

UFO An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying saucers found too broad a range of shapes ...

s, genre-related

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

and

audio Audio most commonly refers to sound, as it is transmitted in signal form. It may also refer to: Sound *Audio signal, an electrical representation of sound *Audio frequency, a frequency in the audio spectrum *Digital audio, representation of sound ...

, and the

. In 2009, Sci Fi Pedia was shut down without explanation. As part of the channel's rebranding in 2009, the URL{{sndand the site's name{{sndwas changed to Syfy.com. As of 2010, Syfy.com began to contain

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series including '' Riese: Kingdom Falling'' (as of October 26, 2010),{{citation needed, date=January 2013 ''The Mercury Men'' (as of July 25, 2011),{{citation needed, date=January 2013 and ''Nuclear Family'' (as of October 15, 2012).

SyfyGames

SyfyGames.com is an online games portal which offers free-to-play MMO and casual games. The site features predominantly sci-fi and fantasy games from third-party developers. In April 2015, the News section of SyfyGames.com was rebranded to feature "news from G4".{{citation needed, date=May 2021 In 2010, Syfy Games signed a deal with the now defunct publisher

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to co-produce ''

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''. Syfy Games would also co-produce '' Red Faction: Armageddon''.

Syfy Wire

Syfy Wire (formerly Sci-Fi Wire and Blastr) is a website operated by Syfy featuring coverage of news in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. The site was rebranded in 2010 as Blastr, with the addition of feature articles, guest columnists (such as

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news and coverage, and video content. In December 2016, Blastr rebranded as Syfy Wire; editor-in-chief Adam Swiderski stated that this change was to closer associate the website with the Syfy television channel. As of March 2018, Syfy Wire releases five regular podcasts,{{cite web , url=https://www.syfy.com/tags/podcast , title=Syfy Wire Podcasts , website=SyfyWire , publisher=Syfy , access-date=March 29, 2018 , archive-date=March 26, 2018 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326004534/http://www.syfy.com/tags/podcast , url-status=live including two recap series following ''

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'' and the final season of ''

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'', as well as ''The Fandom Files'', which features interviews with public figures about their pop culture obsessions. Guests have included

Leland Chee ''Star Wars'' has been expanded to media other than the original films. This spin-off material is licensed and moderated by Lucasfilm, though during his involvement with the franchise ''Star Wars'' creator George Lucas reserved the right to bot ...

{{cite web , title=Leland Chee interviewed on the Fandom Files podcast , url=https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/film-music-tv/leland-chee-interviewed-fandom-files-podcast/ , last=Newbold , first=Mark , work=Fantha Tracks , date=January 16, 2018 , access-date=March 30, 2018 , archive-date=March 31, 2018 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040239/https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/film-music-tv/leland-chee-interviewed-fandom-files-podcast/ , url-status=live and Mike Daniels of the

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.{{cite web , url=https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2018/03/20/morning-sports-update-lawrence-guy-runs-an-anime-club-in-the-patriots-locker-room , title=Morning sports update: Lawrence Guy runs an anime club in the Patriots locker room , date=March 20, 2018 , website=Boston.com , access-date=March 30, 2018 , archive-date=March 31, 2018 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104128/https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2018/03/20/morning-sports-update-lawrence-guy-runs-an-anime-club-in-the-patriots-locker-room , url-status=live

Periodicals

''Sci Fi'' magazine

''Sci Fi'' magazine was first published in June 1994, as ''Sci-Fi Entertainment'', with the additional description "The Official Magazine of the Sci-Fi Channel" on the cover.{{cite magazine , title=Front cover , editor-first=Ted , editor-last=Klein , magazine=Sci-Fi Entertainment , publisher=Sovereign Media Co, Inc. , location=

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, volume=1 , issue=1 , date=June 1994 , issn=1075-8860 , oclc=30600354 , page=Cover , url=https://archive.org/details/Sci-Fi_Entertainment_Vol._1_1_Jun_1994/page/n9/mode/2up , access-date=2023-10-09 , via= Internet Archive text collection , url-access=limited The publisher from Volume 1, Issue 1, was Mark Hintz, with Carl A. Gnam Jr. as editorial director and Ted Klein as editor.{{cite magazine , title=Masthead box , editor-first=Ted , editor-last=Klein , magazine=Sci-Fi Entertainment , publisher=Sovereign Media Co, Inc. , location=

, volume=1 , issue=1 , date=June 1994 , issn=1075-8860 , oclc=30600354 , page=6 , quote=VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 {{! MARK HINTZ Publisher {{! CARL A. GNAM, JR. Editorial Director {{! TED KLEIN Editor , url=https://archive.org/details/Sci-Fi_Entertainment_Vol._1_1_Jun_1994/page/n65/mode/2up , access-date=2023-10-09 , via= Internet Archive text collection , url-access=limited{{cite magazine , title=Table of Contents , editor-first=Ted , editor-last=Klein , magazine=Sci-Fi Entertainment , publisher=Sovereign Media Co, Inc. , location=

, volume=1 , issue=1 , date=June 1994 , issn=1075-8860 , oclc=30600354 , page=4 (bottom) , quote=SCI-FI ENTERTAINMENT is published bimonthly by Sovereign Media Co, Inc.. 457 Carlisle Drive. Herndon, VA 22070 (703) 471-1556 Second Class postage pending at Herndon, VA, and additional mailing offices SCIFI ENTERTAINMENT, Volume 1, Number 1 ©1994 by Sovereign Media, all rights reserved. , url=https://archive.org/details/Sci-Fi_Entertainment_Vol._1_1_Jun_1994/page/n43/mode/2up , access-date=2023-10-09 , via= Internet Archive text collection , url-access=limited

Scott Edelman Scott Edelman (; born 1955) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer and editor. Career Writer In the 1970s, he worked in American comic books, in particular writing horror comics for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics. For Marv ...

took over as editor with the December 1996 issue, holding that position until leaving after the June 2000 issue, by which point the magazine's name had already been shortened to ''Sci Fi'', in keeping with the channel's name change to Sci Fi in 1999;

returned to be editor of the channel's online magazine, '' Science Fiction Weekly'', moving back to editor of ''Sci Fi'' in February 2002.{{cite web , title=Sci-Fi Entertainment , first=Scott , last=Edelman , author-link=Scott Edelman , url=https://www.scottedelman.com/editing/sci-fi-entertainment/ , access-date=2023-10-09 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228091431/https://www.scottedelman.com/editing/sci-fi-entertainment/ , archive-date=2017-12-28 The magazine was published by Sovereign Media Co, based in

.{{cite web , title=Sovereign Homestead {{! Home , publisher=Sovereign Media, Homestead Communications , url=http://sovmedia.sovhomestead.com/index.html , access-date=2023-10-09 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725161708/http://sovmedia.sovhomestead.com/index.html , archive-date=2021-07-25 As of October 2023, the magazine is still described at the Sovereign Media website, but the link to the publication is no longer active there, and no link is available at the Syfy.com site; the last functioning archived link from the Syfy.com page is for the issue available in October 2014.

''Science Fiction Weekly''

''Science Fiction Weekly'' was an online magazine started on August 15, 1995, and edited by Craig Engler and Brooks Peck.{{citation needed, date=January 2013 In April 1996, it began appearing exclusively on "The Dominion" as part of a partnership with the site, before being sold to the Sci Fi Channel completely in 1999.{{cite web, url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=news&id=26766, title=Sci Fi's Craig Engler Promoted To SVP & GM, Sci Fi Digital, publisher=VFXWorld, date=March 13, 2009, access-date=July 7, 2009, archive-date=July 25, 2020, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725021524/https://www.awn.com/vfxworld?atype=news&id=26766, url-status=dead The publication covered various aspects of science fiction, including news, reviews, original art, and interviews, until it merged with Sci-Fi Wire in January 2009.{{citation needed, date=January 2013

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* {{cite news, url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-dec-07-ca-network7-story.html, title=Sci Fi charts its course for the future , last=Boucher, first=Geoff, work=

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, agency=Tales of the Industry (column) , access-date=June 4, 2015 The story of a failed Sci Fi Channel venture. {{Syfy Shows {{NBC Universal {{Authority control 1992 establishments in New York City English-language television stations in the United States Former joint ventures NBCUniversal networks Television channels and stations established in 1992 Television networks in the United States