Yes, it's the return of the Media Alert!

For those of you who have kept your accounts active, I thank you.
Some of you have been with me since 1996, and you know there have
been dry spells. I don't want to mislead you into thinking that this
will be coming out weekly again, or even monthly. I just thought I'd
jump in with some information about the new season. Of course,
nowadays, the "season" on tv is a blurred continuum. Shows premiere
in the summer, the winter, whenever. September is still
the "official" start of the television year, so it seemed like a good
time to point out what's out there.

UNEXPLAINED MYSTERIES (one hour, syndicated) Call this one SIGHTINGS
REBORN. For weird tv, two series from the past have stood out: the
original IN SEARCH OF... and SIGHTINGS. A recent attempt to remake IN
SEARCH OF... was unsuccessful, although the episodes still show on
THE SCI-FI CHANNEL. This one could be different. Henry Winkler and
Ann Daniel from SIGHTINGS are on board, and Paramount is again
involved. I've seen one episode, and the feel is similar to
SIGHTINGS. It's not skeptical or scientific, but gives you the
feeling that "you are there" and talking to ordinary people.
Information about the series (including an episode guide, although
there are only a couple of synopses available at this point) can be
found at http://www.unexplainedmysteriestv.com.

TUESDAYS DECLASSIFIED (THE SCI-FI CHANNEL) This is really an
anthology of specials, but does present things that haven't been seen
on tv. There is an emphasis on UFOs, but that's not the only topic.
There are a pair of specials on alleged UFO landings: THE NEW
ROSWELL: KECKSBURG EXPOSED on October 17 (not a Tuesday), and
RENDLESHAM: THE UK'S ROSWELL on December 9th. Roswell has been good
to the SCI-FI CHANNEL, so it's not surprising they've titled these
two specials in that way. They have also run THE BELZER CONNECTION
recently, featuring Richard Belzer. For more information, see
http://www.scifi.com/onair/declassified/.

If you want to see "studio phenomena" (reportedly real phenomena
occuring before the cameras), you can watch CROSSING OVER (THE SCI-FI
CHANNEL and syndicated, http://www.johnedward.net/) or THE PET
PSYCHIC (ANIMAL PLANET,
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/petpsychic/petpsychic.html).

Well, that's a quick listing. This is Bufo saying, "If =everything=
seemed normal, that =would= be weird!"

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