harlan ellison-related stories
Posted Oct 24th 2009 10:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series

You have to admire the tenacity of writer
Harlan Ellison. He filed a
lawsuit against CBS Paramount accusing the company of not paying him for all the ancillary income the company earned from the episode of
Star Trek he wrote in 1967, "City on the Edge of Forever." Yesterday,
Ellison announced on his web site that he had settled with CBS Paramount and he was very, very pleased. He didn't reveal how much money he made, but he probably did quite well.
After all, CBS Paramount has done very, very well with that original
Star Trek episode. It's regarded as -- and is -- the all-time best show in the entire original
ST canon. Ironically, Ellison never liked what Roddenberry and company had done with his script.
Continue reading Harlan Ellison bests CBS Paramount over 42 year-old Star Trek episode
Posted Mar 16th 2009 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series

Harlan Ellison is a great writer and also one guy you don't want to piss off.
He wrote the classic
Star Trek episode "City on the Edge of Forever" (often called by best episode of the original series by fans and non-fans alike), and
now he's suing CBS-Paramount over what they have done with the story since he got paid for writing it in 1967. He got paid for the script and got residuals, but in the years after the episode aired the studio has not only published a sequel trilogy with Pocket Books based on the episode, they even had a "Guardian of Forever" talking Hallmark Christmas ornament that said Ellison's lines from his script, so he wants his money.
Continue reading Harlan Ellison suing Paramount over Star Trek stuff
Posted Aug 4th 2007 8:02AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Video, Web, Celebrities
Like any normal person living in the 21st century, the first thing I did upon hearing about Tom Snyder's death was to try and find some of his old interviews on YouTube. I'm too young to have watched The Tomorrow Show, but I did watch Snyder on The Late Late Show during my college years.
As I assumed, my YouTube search resulted in a lot of great clips, but the most interesting, to me anyway, is the interview Snyder conducted with James Doohan, Deforest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Harlan Ellison and Al Shuster. The men are talking about the still-in-development Star Trek motion picture. I've placed the interview, in five parts, below.
Continue reading Snyder chats with some Star Trek cast members - VIDEOS
Posted Jul 28th 2007 11:01AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming
Rich told you a year ago about ABC's new anthology series Masters of Science Fiction. It starts on Saturday, August 4 at 8pm. This is great news. We need an anthology series like this, even if it's just a series of specials and not a permanent weekly show.
There will be four episodes altogether, at least for this first go around. I'm sure ABC will make more if there's an audience for it. There are some great names involved, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. Keith will be reviewing the show starting August 4. Full schedule and details after the jump.
Continue reading Here's the lineup for Masters of Science Fiction
Posted Jan 3rd 2007 8:18AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on DVD, Web
That's a direct-to-DVD movie, not a TV movie or one for the theaters.
The movie was announced in 2005, and now Babylon 5 creator/writer J. Michael Straczynski confirms that not only is there a movie coming this year but it's just about done. The film has been shot and now they're just working on post-production stuff (title sequence, music, special effects, etc). He tells the Babylon 5 newsgroup that the DVD will be released around July 27.
I never watched Babylon 5, and I always thought I missed out on something good. Straczynski is a good writer, and I know that Harlan Ellison was involved in the show too, so I should really get the DVDs. The movie will star Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins, and Peter Woodward.
Posted Aug 5th 2006 2:57PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, ABC, Programming
ABC certainly doesn't seem to be making the same mistakes as it did early this century when it relied on only one show (Who Wants to be a Millionaire) to carry its entire programming schedule. In other words, it's not counting on the successes of Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy to carry the the whole network. So, only does it have a full slate of new series to try out on the public, but it is also experimenting with a few concepts that haven't been seen in awhile.
One of these is a new anthology series named Masters of Science Fiction. Created by IDT Entertainment, the same people who gave us Showtime's Masters of Horror, the six episode series will feature adaptations of stories from acclaimed science fiction writers such as Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein and Robert Sheckley. Each episode will be introduced by physicist, author, and recurring actor on The Simpsons Stephen Hawking.
A number of actors from current and new ABC series will be cast in this anthology. This includes Anne Heche from the upcoming series Men in Trees, Terry O'Quinn from Lost, and Desperate Housewives' James Denton. Also appearing will be Sam Waterson (Law & Order), Elisabeth Rohm (Angel), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), and Macolm McDowell.