I had to laugh when I saw the TEN's promo for this show tonight.
Marking it as a major new drawcard show for the network.

While the show was good, CBS canned it after airing only 8 episodes, just as it was starting to get really interesting. Hardly what you would want for a major drawcard show; unless they plan to air all 13 episodes that were made.

it doesn't look that good.

Don't concern yourself as to whether the promos don't look that good or that the stupid network supervisers pulled the show. IT IS a fabulous show. It had me hooked from the first 10 minutes. If you love Sci-Fi and anything to do with Alien invasions watch this show. It will not disappoint. I have gotten right into the characters and the story line. The entire premise of this show is brilliant. I have seen 9 episodes of the series which is how many have been shown in the US. There were 14 episodes slated.

This is a blurb:
For the uninitiated, THRESHOLD deals with a super-secret government group set-up after an alien device infects humans and alters their DNA. The infected humans are infiltrating society, contaminating others as they pursue a mysterious alien agenda. It stars Carla Gugino (Dr. Molly Anne Caffrey), Rob Benedict (Lucas Pegg), Brian Van Holt (Sean Cavennaugh), Brent Spiner (Dr. Nigel Fenway), Charles S. Dutton (J.T. Baylock) and Peter Dinklage (Dr. Arthur Ramsey).


and this comment off the net:

Sorry, Brannon Braga: You had me on your side, but your Threshold just couldnt lure viewers. So it went on hiatus, probably to be canceled soon.

I dont understand why: Threshold, far superior to the beast-in-the-water Surface (which NBC picked up), had perhaps the best dramatic cast on television, with Carla Gugino, Peter Dinklage, Charles S. Dutton and the always-dandy Brent Spiner.

The good news, I guess, is that they shouldnt have trouble finding work.

Threshold will keep you rivetted and thoroughly entertained this summer and far better to watch than anything else the TV programmers can throw up at you.

Another exerpt from another site says:
CBS canceled the science-fiction series Threshold, which plunged in the ratings when it was moved from Fridays to Tuesdays. The show it switched places with, Close to Home, surged in the ratings when it was moved from Tuesdays to Fridays and was given a full-season order.

Thrashold is a piece of junk & Braga is the biggest hack around, with back-to-back show failures and the valiant effort he put into destroying Star Trek he should be slapped senseless

If you liked the X-files but wanted to see it without the interetsing characters watch thrashold and for further evidence on what a moron braga is check out the 'final' episode of Enterprise "These are the voyages".

My advice.... watch the first episode of Threshold for yourself and make up your own minds. Everyone is different and something you may rave about someone else may hate... so watch it and get back to us here.

I'd like to give it a try considering i love anything to do with aliens/etc. But considering it's been cancelled already ill get hooked then bang its over.Pity cause it had brent spiner in it. A new series for next year called invasion looks good as well if you like that kind of stuff. And RE: braga he did some great stuff with trek,he took up NG when roddenberry died and DS9 is one of the finest sci-fi shows ever. Voyager and enterprise were also excellent though not as good as NG/DS9. And about the finale i haven't seen it as they haven't started S4 yet but from what ive read a lot of the cast members were unhappy with it. It was probably a poor idea to bring back NG cast members for the finale.

I watched the first 8 eps.. and while I agree, the first ep had me hooked totally.. by the eighth ep it was losing me. The plot was good, I liked it. I loved the actors... but it started dragging on. It moved tooooo slowly.

That said, I wish it hadnt been cancelled. Be nice to see an entire season before they cancel things. Actually give the show a chance to pick up viewers ;p

But then again, Im one of those people that thinks BB ruined trek. So it doesnt suprise me that it didnt last. :D

either way, it amuses me that 10 and other stations are pimping the heck out cancelled shows. be interesting to see how many eps we see.

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And RE: braga he did some great stuff with trek,he took up NG when roddenberry died and DS9 is one of the finest sci-fi shows ever. Voyager and enterprise were also excellent though not as good as NG/DS9. And about the finale i haven't seen it as they haven't started S4 yet but from what ive read a lot of the cast members were unhappy with it. It was probably a poor idea to bring back NG cast members for the finale.

I think you're getting confused with the late Michael Piller who became Exec producer of TNG as of season 3 and greatly changed it away from a "alien of the week" show much like TOS, into a real drama in space that dealt more with the people on the ship. Braga did very little on that series not in partnership with Ron D Moore & he was not part of DS9.

Season 4 of Enterprise also showed how good the series could be without his (and berman's) "input"!

I guess im one of those who think highly of all the trek series and don't buy into the whole bagging of braga/berman thing. Enterprise was a little hit and miss in the first two seasons i admit but NG was pretty bad early on. S3 of Ent was excellent however. And braga was a producer/writer on NG and actually wrote the brilliant finale all good things as well as first contact. So he did some great stuff for trek as well as the bad.
Also saw an ad for another sci-fi show called supernatural which looks good,apparently done by the xfiles director,im hoping they mean cc.

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S3 of Ent was excellent however. And braga was a producer/writer on NG and actually wrote the brilliant finale all good things as well as first contact. So he did some great stuff for trek as well as the bad.

Thank co-executive producer many coto for much of season 3, and all of season 4 appart from the shocking ending (hi Rick & Brannon). Again his early writting was a collaboration with RDM, who's series has been picked up for season three despite only 1/2 of season 2 being screened so far.

You can really spot Braga's solo work in Voyager, "lets just bring the Borg in again and have 1 ship whip em again even though in other shows a whole fleet has trouble with them. And can we get something tighter for my girlfriend to wear on camera as well!!"

I know opinion is strangely divided but braga is so close to talentless we might as well just say he is  >:(

Well if your talking battlestar i watched a little and didn't think that much of it.

And really it's all a big colloboration,BB was a part of it and did win a hugo award for all good things ;)

Quoted from fajo

S3 of Ent was excellent however. And braga was a producer/writer on NG and actually wrote the brilliant finale all good things as well as first contact. So he did some great stuff for trek as well as the bad.

Thank co-executive producer many coto for much of season 3, and all of season 4 appart from the shocking ending (hi Rick & Brannon). Again his early writting was a collaboration with RDM, who's series has been picked up for season three despite only 1/2 of season 2 being screened so far.

You can really spot Braga's solo work in Voyager, "lets just bring the Borg in again and have 1 ship whip em again even though in other shows a whole fleet has trouble with them. And can we get something tighter for my girlfriend to wear on camera as well!!"

I know opinion is strangely divided but braga is so close to talentless we might as well just say he is  >:(

Ill leave the last word on this subject to the late michael piller who said of brannon braga...
"When it was time for me to leave Trek, I knew that we had strong, creative people in place like Brannon to maintain the quality that Roddenberry demanded of us all. I think Gene would have been proud of Brannon and of Enterprise."
Now if we can just rename this thread...

I watched this show last night and thought it was excellent. It's almost like a step up from Surface. Can't wait for Thursday's episode.

Great blog going on here. I thought Threshold was excellent. I was really excited when I sae Brent Spiner. (I'm a Trekkie also) I do love anything sci fi and I have started watching Surface, and also the shorts for Supernatural look good. I'll be watching that.  Invasion also looks good. Smallville, Charmed, lets have non-ratings all the time!

Not to forget Futurama :D

Threshold was far more entertaining than Surface ... well judging by the one episode of each that I have seen...they actually put some thought into the characters which sadly is not always the case with sci-fi ...it seems sometimes they get so caught up in the complex plots they forget to write decent characters...eg Stargate SG1 had great characters and great plot while with Stargate Atlantis they forgot about writing good characters.

I truly love Threshold. It has such a great storyline and the entire premise is so interesting. I really like some of the characters but think a couple of the main characters are as exciting as a fence post. I am quite partial to Peter Dinklage. His voice is very deep and sexy. Also Brent Spiner who of course was Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the latter Star Trek movies. I think it is still worth watching even if it was cancelled after 10 episodes.

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Threshold was far more entertaining than Surface ... well judging by the one episode of each that I have seen...they actually put some thought into the characters which sadly is not always the case with sci-fi ...it seems sometimes they get so caught up in the complex plots they forget to write decent characters...eg Stargate SG1 had great characters and great plot while with Stargate Atlantis they forgot about writing good characters.

You know that Richard Dean Anderson is leaving I hope, so you aren't completely dissapointed when it comes back to our screens.  I've heard that it's still good and the humour gets picked up in other ways but I can't imagine the show without him.  I'll still watch.

Edit:  Oops, that was way off topic wasn't it.  I haven't yet caught threshold.  I'll keep an eye out for it though.

Go here Dean and discuss Stargate

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/b-tv/m-1127714745/

I started the relavent thread on Sept.26th

I watched this show last night for the first time and really enjoyed it!

Yeah, it's got a really good storyline, too bad they only made 10 or so episodes :(

They have so far made 14 episodes, but have only aired 9 of them.
As far as I know the show hasn't been officially cancelled as of yet; according to CBS, it is on "indefinate hiatus".

I guess there ARE too many of these shows around at the moment, like Lost, Surface, Supernatural, etc. I think it'll be like the Crime bubble, which has just about burst now (CSIs, L&Os, etc.)

Does anyone know what has happened to this show, did I miss the ending or something, I haven't seen it for a least a couple of weeks now :-/

Good question that. There have been so many new shows and they have been getting moved around so much, I didn't notice it had disappeared. Will have to see if I can find out.

Didn't Channel 10 just run out of episodes? it was axed in the US because of low ratings mid season.

Yes, that is the case. However I don't think the ratings were good enough for Ten to air the remainder of the series either.

I can't believe that, fancy just stopping a series part way through. Mind you I shouldn't be surprised as its not the first time its happened >:(

Thanks for the info guys!

It got sent to the trash in a hurry, it's "executive producer" should arrive in the same place soon. Maybe you can employ him to write the rest of the series for you

It was getting a bit weird with mutant flies and veges etc, and I think they forgot where the show was supposed to be heading. Unfortunately we won't see some of the great cast like Brent Spiner again. Maybe it will pop up again late at night or in the off-peak. Have to keep an eye out. Would still like to know how it ends up - whether we are taken over by the aliens or find a cure or whatever.

i thought it was a pretty crap show, but i do think that they should of told ppl

I thought it was a great show with a very limited story line though. The powers that be, stopped the show to figure out if it was worth showing the rest of the series and whether they would make a second series. I think it is safe to say they have cancelled it. I have seen all eps shown in the US and it was getting very hairy. It was going to be a show where the 'goodies' didn't win, in the end!

I thought that too. The way the stuff was expanding and taking over the ocean and how the affected people couldn't be detected, I didn't know how the earthlings were ever going to win this battle.

"Threshold" returns Wednesday, March 29, at 11:05 pm.

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"Threshold" returns Wednesday, March 29, at 11:05 pm.

Merely screening the existing episodes, the series itself remain CANCELLED  :)

Excellent, thanks for the info :)

Along with Threshold, where did Veronica Mars go?!

Probably taken by aliens.

I'm still waiting for One Tree Hill to Return, What's Network 10 doing with it?

Nothing!

Don't know. You are better off checking the info on the One Tree Hill thread.

I remembered to tape Threshhold last night! Joy! 8)

I was checking something on CBS.com, and I notice Threshold is still listed as one of their programs, so maybe we will still continue to get it, albeit late at night. I taped it last night, but beforehand finally got around to watching the previous week on tape. Good episode and love Brent Spiner. Waiting for alien baby to appear....

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I was checking something on CBS.com, and I notice Threshold is still listed as one of their programs, so maybe we will still continue to get it, albeit late at night. I taped it last night, but beforehand finally got around to watching the previous week on tape. Good episode and love Brent Spiner. Waiting for alien baby to appear....

Official word was it's on a permanent holliday, if another new show in their lineup smells worse (and that's bloody likely given the "CBS-crap-arama") it may take up it's place