| Masters of Science Fiction | |
|---|---|
 Intertitle | |
| Genre | Science fiction Anthology |
| Presented by | Stephen Hawking |
| Country of origin | United States Canada[a] |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John W. Hyde Brad Mendelsohn Andrew Deane Keith Addis |
| Production locations | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Running time | approx. 41 minutes |
| Production companies | Reunion Pictures Industry Productions MOSF Productions IDT Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | August 4 – August 25, 2007 |
| Related | |
| Masters of Horror | |
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Masters of Science Fiction is a television anthology series by some of the producers of Masters of Horror. The show debuted on ABC on August 4, 2007, at 10PM for a run of four episodes.[1] It was originally scheduled to run in six parts, but two episodes were removed from the schedule for undisclosed reasons.[2] All six episodes can be streamed for free on Tubi and The Roku Channel, and purchased for viewing at Amazon Prime Video and Vudu.
The show follows a similar format as Masters of Horror, with each hour long episode taking the form of a separate short film adaptation of a story by a respected member of the science fiction community, hence the Masters in the title.[2]
In December 2007, the show was picked up by Space in Canada. This was followed by the North American premiere of the missing two episodes. A Region 1 DVD of all six episodes was released on August 5, 2008. On February 12, 2012, the Science Channel began airing the episodes, under the title Stephen Hawking's Sci-Fi Masters, beginning with the first domestic airing of the episode "Watchbird".[3]
The show is hosted off-screen by physicist Stephen Hawking.[1]
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- ^ a b Richmond, Ray (August 3, 2007). ""Masters of Science Fiction" too artistic for ABC". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ a b "ABC SLATES 'LAUGHS' FOR TUESDAYS, CONFIRMS 'MASTERS' INSTALLMENTS". Futon Critic. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Stephen Hawking's Sci Fi Masters". Science Channel.