{"id":1254,"date":"2007-08-02T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2007-08-02T16:30:09","modified_gmt":"2007-08-02T20:30:09","slug":"on-torchwood-outlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1254","title":{"rendered":"On Torchwood Outlets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Torchwood<\/i>, the <i>Doctor Who<\/i> spin-off debuting in the United States on BBC America in September, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hd.net\/pressrelease.html?2007-07-31-01.html\">will also be showing this fall on HDNet, a high-definition satellite channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From HDNet&#8217;s press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>HDNet announced today that it has acquired the high definition rights to the first twenty-six episodes of TORCHWOOD, the hit sci-fi drama that the BBC describes as &#8220;inventive, intelligent and unpredictable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Set in Cardiff, Wales, TORCHWOOD is the name given to a renegade group of investigators who scavenge alien technology to solve crime, both alien and human. Led by Captain Jack Harkness, the Torchwood Institute is a group onto themselves, &#8220;separate from the government, outside the police and beyond the United Nations.&#8221; The series delves into the unknown, with the characters battling against the impossible and highly volatile world of savage aliens and monsters while still trying to maintain their own lives.<\/p>\n<p>In what the BBC called an &#8220;incredible achievement,&#8221; the first two installments of TORCHWOOD set a ratings record in the U.K., scoring higher than &#8220;LOST&#8221; when the two programs went head-to-head.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to be airing TORCHWOOD in HD,&#8221; said Mark Cuban, president and co-founder of HDNet. &#8220;This is certainly a Russell T. Davies signature show. TORCHWOOD explores adult themes and doesn&#8217;t shy away from anything. Whether it&#8217;s the diverse storylines or the hero&#8217;s ambivalence to sexual boundaries, this is not your typical show, and I love it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TORCHWOOD is a spin-off of the long running science fiction hit DR. WHO. HDNet will premiere TORCHWOOD on Monday, September 17, at 7:00 p.m. ET with encore airings scheduled for 10:00 p.m. ET, and 1:00 a.m. ET to accommodate west coast prime time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From this, HDNet has picked up the first two seasons.  The second season debuts in the UK in early 2008, so I&#8217;m curious if HDNet would be broadcasting the second season of <i>Torchwood<\/i> at roughly the same time as the UK premiere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torchwood, the Doctor Who spin-off debuting in the United States on BBC America in September, will also be showing this fall on HDNet, a high-definition satellite channel. From HDNet&#8217;s press release: HDNet announced today that it has acquired the high definition rights to the first twenty-six episodes of TORCHWOOD, the hit sci-fi drama that the<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1254\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On Torchwood Outlets&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[224,9],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor-who","tag-bbc-america","tag-torchwood","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}