A young womans murder causes the subjects of a centurylong mission to populate a new world to question the true nature of the project as they approach the point of no return. Syfy has three of the top ten cable scripted series launched this year for that age group in helix, dominion, and now ascension. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, a mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ships population to question the true. Canadas cbc played the series as six episodes, airing once weekly, and online streaming services display the series in the six episode format, each named after parts one and two of three distinct chapters in the show. Director warren tries to bring her out, but things go awry. So, what kind of science fiction show are you hoping to. The 60s style art direction adds a lot to the final product in that it makes these interstellar. Syfy s a network thats in the middle of a struggle.
Ascension episode guide, show summaries and tv show. Syfy has confirmed it will not be taking ascension to series, cancelling the drama after one six episode event designed to serve as a potential backdoor pilot to an ongoing series ala bsg, deadline reports ascension will now stand as a oneoff miniseries unless another network picks it up said syfy. The ascension passengers are in for many surprises when the selection of families eligible for birthing righ. Ascension was originally broadcast as three consecutive double episodes, december 1517, 2014, on syfy. Ascension is a sixhour event series slated to premiere on syfy on december 15th at 9pm and will air through december 17th. When last year syfy ordered ascension as its first event seriesminiseries in six years, it was with an eye towards continuing the mini as a regular series. Battlestar galactica, a reboot of the 1970s tv series, debuted on syfy as a miniseries in 2003, then went on to a popular fourseason run that helped to support something of a sciencefiction renaissance on tv and in film. The show was created by philip levens and adrian a. Fangrrls is about kicking down doors, breaking boundaries and celebrating female fans with fun, witty and entertaining content. Syfy s ascension is a return to form for the network in a big way.
It helps that ascension has a degree of craftsmanship that has been missing from many syfy productions of late having jason blum as a producer probably helpedthe head of blumhouse knows how to take small budgets and make them look big. Buy, rent ascension is available to watch and stream on syfy. Watch ascension online full episodes of season 1 yidio. With tricia helfer, gil bellows, brian van holt, andrea roth.
The pilot was written and executive produced by philip levens, who served as the showrunner. Reviewed in the united states on september 23, 2017 verified purchase. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, the mysterious hug of a young woman causes the ships population to question the true nature of. Ascension is a 2014 canadianamerican science fiction mystery drama television miniseries which aired on cbc in canada and syfy in the united states in 1963, the u. Part of why the first episode of the series is so excellent is. There wont be any more ascension, at least on syfy.
Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point. Nothing on the ship is post1963 so the library is full of classic books and films like dial m. Like 24 and the shield, syfy s ascension relied on a great surprise to keep people tuned in. Are ascensions ratings good enough to move it forward to. While syfy s audiences have never been huge, several of the channels original series have achieved substantial success. Ascension cancelled after one season by syfy renewcanceltv. Ascension, a sixpart miniseries, follows the inhabitants of starship ascension, launched in 1963 as part of a secret u. Ascension is the name of the humongous multilevel vessel, which looks like a retro cruise ship with stuckinthe60s fashions to match, complete with a faux beach providing recreation for the. Airing in december 2014, ascension follows an alternate reality in which, in 1963, president kennedy and the government sent 600 volunteers men, women, and children into space on a centurylong voyage aboard a selfsustaining generation ship. Syfy, returning to its longform programming roots, has ordered sixhour event series ascension from smallville scribe and producer philip levens the space opera, according to syfy, will focus. Watch magicians anonymous season 5, episode 4 of the magicians or get episode details on. Ascension tv miniseries 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Ascension was a 2014 science fiction mystery drama television miniseries which aired on cbc in canada and syfy in the united states. Ascension full episodes season all, ascension full episodes download, ascension watch full episodes. In the vein of past syfy miniseries such as taken, alice, tin man and battlestar galactica, ascension is a sixhour event set to debut on december 15. It consisted of six 43 minute episodes, grouped into three chapters of two episodes each. We were very happy with ascension as an event series, but with so much high. In the 1960s, a spaceship with 600 people was secretly launched to colonize a planet. Syfy s ambitious new miniseries event, entitled ascension, will either leave you with a sense of bewilderment and frustration by the end of its twohour premiere, or have you salivating at the mouth for a taste of whats to come. Syfys ascension breaks from jason blums microbudget. Syfy s miniseries ascension continues jason blums development of intriguing tv projects, and unlike the low budget horror thriller films hes made his mark with, i.
Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, a mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ships population to question the true nature of their mission. Of course, the full story of ascension s run has yet to be told. Syfy is known for spinning off popular movies, or beating viewers into submission with dadaist pulp like sharknado, but its new miniseries ascension starts with a. Ascension syfy tv show minute 5, episode 1 intro by sebastian furnigel. Ascension season 1 full episodes all episodes watch online. Its been some time since i openly praised something on the struggling syfy network, and so im as happy as anyone to report that their miniseries ascension, airing over six hours on three nights starting monday, december 15, is pretty damn fun. Syfy is about imaginationbased entertainment, including sciencefiction but also fantasy, the paranormal, adventure and others, the cable network says in a faq on its website. Syfy s space opera ascension has its first teaser in 1963, president kennedy and the u. Fortunately, the second and third chapters had better pacing and some.
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