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Sci-Fi Channel Merging TV Show with MMO

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday June 2, 2008 @05:23AM from the lord-british-unavailable-for-comment dept.

Erik J writes "In a fairly bold (and quite possibly stupid) move, the Sci-Fi Channel has announced plans to use missions and campaigns of players in their own developed MMO to shape and guide a new 'ongoing' television show. They hope to have the project up and ready to air by 2010, as they work with game developer Trion World Network to create 'the ultimate merging of the TV and gaming mediums.'"

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Re:Say what you will.... by residieu · 2008-06-02 05:59 · Score: 2, Informative

Sci-Fi didn't have the courage to "Bring back" Doctor Who to the US until the new series had already proven to be successful in the UK. Despite large demand from fans, they initally passed on the series.