Launched in July 2000, Edward's show on the Sci-Fi Channel regularly pulls in 600, 000 households, impressive by cable standards.

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You too have developed a Jedi-like ability to quickly skip over Lifetime, Oxygen, and The Hallmark Channel while spending a little more time on ESPN and the Sci-Fi Channel.

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By 1996 he was hosting morning segments on CNet's The New Edge (a tech-themed TV show that aired on what was then the Sci-Fi channel) in San Francisco and a radio show in Los Angeles.

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Acquired series include "Friday Night Lights, " the inspiring high school football drama, and "Farscape, " a cult classic previously aired on the Sci-Fi Channel about a diverse group of passengers of a space vessel forced to work together to survive.

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New York, NY - Monday, June 1, 2009 - BBC Worldwide launches BBC AMERICA HD on July 20 with the high-definition simulcast of BBC AMERICA. BBC AMERICA HD kicks off with an extraordinary week of sci-fi U.S. premieres - the return of the channel's highest rated series, Torchwood, the latest Doctor Who special, Planet of the Dead, the BBC AMERICA co-production, Being Human and the thrilling season finale of Primeval, Season 3.

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Of course, the results were driven largely by the unit's cable channels--USA Network, Bravo, Sci Fi, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen and The Weather Channel--and the Summer Olympics, which aired across its network stable.

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