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Bringing you the Latest News in the Sliders Universe

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12/17/07

Season 4 DVD Announced

Universal has announced March 25, 2008 as the date Season 4 will be released!

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5/11/05

Bonus Features announced for the Third Season DVD

Universal has announced July 19 as the date that Season 3 will hit stores. Bonus features include a Gag reel and "Bonus Episodes of Cleopatra 2525 and Earth 2"

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4/28/05

More News On the Third Season DVD

Universal has announced July 19 as the date that Season 3 will hit stores. Bonus features are not yet known. Universal is lowering the list price to 59.99 on this set and the first set, and thankfully ditching the foam. Here's A shot of the cover.

-more information on TV Shows on DVD.com

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3/11/05

News On the Third Season DVD

Sci-Fi.com has listed July 19 as the release date for Season 3. Universal Studios has not yet confirmed this date, however given the fact Sci-Fi is owned by Universal it looks very likely that we will see Season 3 in July. I will post more information including extras when I learn something new.

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6/7/04

More Details on the DVD set

As listed in prees releases, Sliders will have Mono Audio. That appears to have been a mistake. Quantum Leap, which was also stated to have Mono audio, actually has a Stereo Track. Also Sliders not only was aired in Stereo in broadcast airings, but was listed on Dolby's site to include a Dolby Pro Logic Surround track as well. So it looks like Sliders will include a Stereo audio track. Also I can confirm that the Making of Featurette will be a newly recorded feature, not the one aired on the Sci-Fi Channel, and in a surprising note both Jerry O' Connell and Cleavant Derricks have participated in the feature (no word on other cast members). I always expected Cleavant Derricks to be involved but Jerry's involvement comes as a shock seeing why Jerry left Sliders in the end.

Unversal is billing this set as the collectible package of the year, and now I agree! Can't wait until August 3rd

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6/1/2004

Full Details and cover art for the DVD set.

tvshowsondvd.com posted information on the DVD set today. Here is all the details. The set will include Audio Commentary on the Pilot episode with Tracy Torme and Robert K. Weiss. Also a Making of Featurette will be included (not sure if this is the same one aired on the Sci-Fi Channel). Rounding out the special features is a photo gallery.

Here is some images of the Set:

Cover Art

Main Menu Special Features

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4/12/2004

Season 1 and 2 DVD comes out August 3!

After nearly 2 years of waiting, Sliders Finally hits DVD in August. Universal Studios will combine seasons 1 and 2 into 1 release. Full details are not yet availble. The set will carry a msrp of $89.99.

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8/22/2002

Sliders Comes to DVD!

The following information is taken from The Digital Bits

Slated for DVD release in the near future (late 2002 and early 2003) are Battlestar Galactica, Quantum Leap, Earth: Final Conflict, Sliders, Emergency, the original Dragnet, Magnum P.I. and The Rockford Files.

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8/1/2002

Sliders reruns return to Sci-Fi Channel!

Starting September 23 Sliders returns to daily airings at 1:00pm Eastern. This is the first time since January 2001 that Sliders has aired in a daily time slot

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4/14/2001

Download the FULL "Cry Like A Man" Video

On Cleavant Derricks official site you can download the full "Cry Like A Man" video.

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12/2/2000

Sci-Fi Stops airing Re-runs of Sliders

The Sci-Fi Channel will no longer air re-runs of Sliders begining January 2001. The network will air the season 5 episode, Easy Slider on December 28 which seems to mark the end of regular airing of the series. Sci-Fi is expected to occasionly air Sliders as part of its Fantasticland block Thursdays from 11-3pm, however Sci-Fi is removing its regular weekday airing. It is unknown at this time if and when Sci-Fi will bring Sliders back to weekday airings.

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Jerry O'Connell, who starred in The SCI FI Channel series Sliders, told SCI FI Wire that he is scheduled to meet the week of Mar. 6 with series co-creator Robert K. Weiss to discuss the possibility of making a feature film based on the show. It would be O'Connell's first association with the series since he left it after the fourth season.

Speaking at a press event to promote his upcoming movie Mission to Mars, O'Connell said, "I'm meeting with [Weiss] next week for a possible Sliders movie. A feature film. ... [It] should be pretty fun." Weiss co-created the popular SF series in 1995 with Tracy Torme.

O'Connell, who played the lead character Quinn Mallory, said he lost touch with the show since he left, owing in part to what he called a contractual dispute between him and Studios USA, which owns the show. It's part of the reason he would decline to take part in another television series based on Sliders, O'Connell said. Studios USA had no comment on the dispute. Studios USA is owned by USA Networks, which also owns The SCI FI Channel.

In Mission to Mars, O'Connell plays astronaut Phil Ohlmyer, who takes part in a rescue mission to the red planet. "It's so much more fun to be an astronaut," he said of his role. "You put on that spacesuit every day. You have the American flag over one arm. You've got a NASA patch on another. That's like every red-blooded American's dream come true. It was a real pleasure. I was like a four-year-old again getting into that suit. I loved it."

• Wade's fade will be learned however its still unknown whether Sabrina Lloyd will appear in Season 5.
• Bennish and Logan won't be back for the 5th season.
• Only a few scripts have been written.

When production begins on the fifth season of Sliders next week, co-stars and real-life brothers Jerry and Charlie O'Connell--who played the on-screen brothers Quinn and Colin Mallory--won't be returning. The sibling actors have left Sliders for other projects, and they will be replaced by Robert Floyd and Tembi Locke in two newly created roles.

The Sci-Fi Channel is extremely supportive of Jerry and Charlie and we respect their decision to pursue other projects," said Stephen Chao, the president of programming and marketing for USA Networks. Sliders' most appealing element is its unique premise of traveling to parallel Earth dimensions, and we are excited to continue the adventures for another season--with more innovative plot twists in store for the audience."

Sliders, which also stars Cleavant Derricks and Kari Wuhrer, ran on Fox from March 1995 to May 1997 before coming to the Sci-Fi Channel on June 8. Since then it has been the channel's highest-rated prime-time program, averaging a 1.5 household rating in the Monday, 9 p.m. ET, time slot.

Moderator: <HenryTheDog> to <Moderator>: Any thoughts on how to explain the
disappearance of Quinn & Colin in S5?

 

MarcZicree: Nothing solid yet on that yet, but there definitely will be an explanation... and it
won't be that somebody had a dream for the last four years.

Jerry O'Connell: Not Resigned

Cleavant Derricks: Signed

Kari Wuher: Signed

Charlie O' Connell: Not Resigned

Sabrina Lloyd: Possible Guest appearance.

John Rhys-Davies: Most likely won't return.

The Sci-Fi Channel has renewed Sliders for a fifth season, ordering 18 new episodes of the series that will air in 1999. Sliders has been the highest-rated show on the Sci-Fi Channel since it debuted on the network on June 8, earning an average 1.8 household rating in the Nielsens.

"Sliders' outstanding performance on the channel has brought record-breaking ratings," said Stephen Chao, the president of programming and marketing for USA Networks. "Its renewal reflects the commitment we have to expanding our roster of exciting original programming."

Sliders stars Jerry O'Connell, his real-life brother Charlie O'Connell, Cleavant Derricks and Kari Wuhrer. The series previously ran on Fox, from March 1995 through May 1997.

-Sci Fi Wire