1:00 AM Stargate SG-1 (Showtime) - Rules of Engagement
New episode! However, no official synopsis is available at this time.
1:45 AM Total Recall 2070 (Showtime) - Allure
Hume becomes embroiled in a network of imperfect clones after failing to prevent a beautiful woman from jumping off a building.
2:00 AM First Wave (SciFi) - The Undesirables
New episode! A "forbidden love" finds a "safe shore" as an alien falls in love with a human. Meanwhile, Cade learns about wormholes.
2:40 AM The Cat from Outer Space (Disney)
An extraterrestrial tomcat crash-lands on Earth and befriends an offbeat physicist.
7:00 AM Babylon 5 (TNT) - Sic Transit Vir
Londo tries to show his gratitude to Vir by marrying him off, only to be disappointed when he decides to help Narns instead. Elsewhere, Sheridan and Delenn go on a date.
8:00 AM Babylon 5 (TNT) - A Late Delivery From Avalon
Michael York arrives on Babylon 5 as another demented Arthurian enthusiast, while Sheridan tries to get diplomatic recognition of the station's political independence.
8:00 AM Powers of Matthew Star (TVLand) - The Racer's Edge
Matthew enjoys the pleasures of Earth's motorbike-racing industry, but terrorists loom.
8:00 AM The X-Files: Fight the Future (Cinemax)
In their big screen debut, Scully and Mulder travel to the ends of the earth, from the deserts of Texas to the icy plains of Antarctica, out to stop the alien menace.
11:00 AM Mystery Science Theater 3000 (SciFi) - Parts: The Clonus Horror
Peter Graves leads an army of clones in a sinister bid for the Presidency. Meanwhile, on the Satellite of Love, Mike grows facial hair, Crow gets a nose job and the bad guys play Candyland.
1:00 PM Dark Skies (SciFi) - Hostile Convergence
The government try to rebuild an alien spacecraft at Area 51, while Bach talks with Jack Ruby and Kimberly finds out her sister's fiance is an enemy agent.
2:00 PM Farscape (SciFi) - - A Human Reaction
3:00 PM To the Edge of Space: Project Manhigh (History)
In the late 1950s, the Air Force sent three balloon missions to the upper limits of the atmosphere in order to determine the effects of cosmic rays on human passengers. This documentary takes another look at this early forerunner to the space program, as well as the controversy that still surrounds it almost a half century later.
4:00 PM First Wave - The Undesirables
6:30 PM Making of 'Sphere' (HBO)
A documentary look behind the scenes of the undersea thriller starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson.
10:00 PM Mars Attacks! (TNT)
Although this star-studded comedy proved a shade too dark for the public to swallow, it still dished up more or less what Tim Burton's fans expected. Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close and others fight off the Martian menace (including Lisa Marie Presley) in a 'War of the Worlds' update inspired by 1950s trading cards.
Sunday, August 22
12:40 AM Forbidden Planet (TNT)
Indispensable 1956 film crosses Freud with Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to haunting effect. A starship crew led by a young Leslie Nielsen lands on an almost deserted planet, only to discover Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his lovely daughter (Anne Francis) menaced by monsters from the id. With Robby the Robot.
3:00 AM Galaxy Express 999 (TNT)
A young boy takes the Galaxy Express to Andromeda in order to avenge his mother's death at the hands of cyborgs. Classic example of mid-period Japanese animation.
8:00 AM Powers of Matthew Star (TVLand) - Road Rebels
Matthew and Walt (Louis Gossett Jr.) go undercover to stop drag racers from smuggling.
12:00 PM Alien Nation (SciFi) - Fifteen With Wanda
Sikes gets bored staking out a hotel room with George; meanwhile, his daughter gets a rebellious boyfriend and Buck gets in a fight.
1:00 PM Mars Attacks! (TNT)
1:00 PM Earth 2 (SciFi) - Better Living Through Morganite
Morgan gets into a lot of trouble when his geo-lock messes things up for the Terrians. Yale realizes he wasn't a criminal after all. (final part of two)
2:30 PM Making of 'Men in Black' (HBO)
Behind-the-scenes look at the Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones intergalactic immigration police comedy.
3:45 PM Gattaca (Cinemax)
In a future where genetic engineering is destiny, non-engineered "natural child" Vincent (Ethan Hawke) must impersonate a man of better chromosomes in order to join the space program. This beautifully photographed film was shot in and around several Frank Lloyd Wright buildings for a retro-futuristic feel, and also stars Uma Thurman, Jude Law and Ernest Borgnine.
7:00 PM Star Trek: Voyager (UPN) - In the Flesh
The evil, rabbitlike Alien Species 8472 builds a fake San Francisco in order to prepare their spies to invade the Earth. Featuring Ray Walston, star of the original 'My Favorite Martian'.
7:00 PM Alien Nation (SciFi) - Series Pilot
A third of a million alien "Newcomers" try to assimilate into Earth culture, with at least one deciding to join the Los Angeles police force.
8:30 PM Futurama (Fox) - Love's Labour Lost in Space
While on a mission to save all the animals on a doomed planet, Leela meets the lusty Zapp Branigan.
9:00 PM Alien Nation (SciFi) - Real Men
George feels awkward about his pregnancy, but still manages to investigate the growing abuse of Newcomer hormones by human bodybuilders.
9:00 PM The X-Files (Fox) - One Son
Mulder learns more about his family connection to the Black Oil and the conspiracy, while Krycek and Spender have a chat and we discover that Cassandra is a half-alien hybrid. Also featuring Diana Fowler, The Smoking Man and, lest we forget, Dana Scully. (final part of two)
10:00 PM Alien Nation (SciFi) - Green Eyes
Human supremacists decide to use a deadly poison on the local Newcomer population.
11:00 PM Alien Nation (SciFi) - Three to Tango
Those human supremacists strike again, this time targeting "binnaums," Newcomers vital to the species' reproduction. Albert serves as binnaum to enable George and Susan to have another child.
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