SPACE is the place for epic movies and fresh genre series, keeping things cool during August’s heat.
• ALPHAS MINI MARATHON, Monday, August 1 beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. Catch up on one of the hottest new procedural thrillers – ALPHAS.
• SPACE fans rejoice! The Canadian broadcast premiere of BATTLESTAR GALATICA: THE PLAN airs Saturday, August 6 at 10:20 p.m. ET.
• SPACE delivers some of the finest genre flicks including the premiere ofFANBOYS (August 7) and more! Check listings below for full details.
• Don’t miss the finale of the British sci-fi series OUTCASTS, Sunday, August 13at 8 p.m. ET.
Below is a chronological list of highlights for August on SPACE. All programming is subject to change. Screeners are available upon request.
Monday, August 1 – ALPHAS MINI MARATHON (HD)
Five ordinary people become one extraordinary team of Alphas — people with the power to stretch the capabilities of the human mind due to brain anomalies that have imbued them with hyper-normal mental and physical abilities. The series premiere made SPACE the #1 non-sports specialty network in its timeslot on Monday night among A18-49 and A25-54. Well over half a million (591,000) total viewers tuned in at some point during the episode.
6:30 p.m. ET – Episode 1 – “Pilot”
8 p.m. ET – Episode 2 – “Cause & Effect”
9 p.m. ET – Episode 3 – “Anger Management”
10 p.m. ET – Episode 4 – “Rosetta”
Saturday, August 6
8 p.m. ET – OUTCASTS (HD) – Episode 7
Cass receives a note threatening to expose his true identity and becomes implicated in a missing person investigation. Tate is convinced that there is a host force on Carpathia and is determined to discover how to communicate with it.
9:10 p.m. ET – TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY (HD) – “The Categories of Life”
Torchwood goes undercover and discovers the terrible truth behind the Miracle. But the enemy is closing in and death is about to make a shocking return.
10:20 p.m. ET – BATTLESTAR GALATICA: THE PLAN (2009) (HD)
When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors. Stars Edward James Olmos, Dean Stockwell and Grace Park.
Sunday, August 7
8 p.m. ET – FANBOYS (2008) (HD)
Star Wars fans travel to Skywalker Ranch to steal an early copy of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Stars Jay Baruchel and Kristen Bell.
Monday, August 8
9:10 ET/PT – THE LISTENER (HD) – “Desperate Hours”
Toby and Oz are taken hostage by two men posing as security guards who are carrying out a victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
10:05 ET/PT – ALPHAS (HD) – “Never Let Me Go”
Episodic information is currently not available. Please visit www.bellmediapr.ca/space for updates.
Saturday, August 13
8 p.m. ET – OUTCASTS (HD) – Episode 8 *Season Finale*
A new virus, C24, hits Forthaven. Berger blames the virus on the ACs and exposes Fleur’s true origins in an attempt to undermine confidence in President Tate.
9:10 p.m. ET – TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY (HD) – “The Middle Men”
With Gwen, Rex and Esther trapped on both sides of the Atlantic, it’s a race against time as Jack goes straight to the heart of the conspiracy.
Monday, August 15
10:05 p.m. ET/PT – ALPHAS (HD) – “Bill and Gary’s Excellent Adventure”
Episodic information is currently not available.
Saturday, August 20
9:10 p.m. ET – TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY (HD) – “Immortal Sins”
Gwen must fight to protect her family and takes a terrifying journey as the long history of the Miracle is revealed.
10:20 p.m. ET – RESIDENT EVIL (2002) (HD)
A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
Sunday, August 21
4:45 p.m. ET – *BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED (1987) (HD)
Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition. Stars Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy and Frank McRae
11:15 p.m. ET – THE MACHINIST (2004) (HD)
An industrial worker who hasn’t slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity. Stars Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Monday, August 22
9 p.m. ET/PT – THE LISTENER (HD) – “To Die For”
Toby is brought in to authenticate the testimony of a star witness – a celebrated restaurant chef – in the trial of a mob boss charged with shooting his business partner.
10 p.m. ET/PT – ALPHAS (HD) – “Catch and Release”
Episodic information is currently not available.
Thursday, August 25
9 p.m. ET/PT – DEAD IN THREE DAYS (2009)
A clique of teenagers begins to receive life threatening cell-phone messages that warn “In three days you’re dead.” Soon, they begin to die at the hands of a shrouded killer.
Saturday, August 27
9 p.m. ET – TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY (HD) – “End of the Road”
Captain Jack faces a showdown with a man he thought long since dead. Although Rex takes extreme action, it may be too late to prevent the collapse of society.
Sunday, August 28
4:30 p.m. ET/PT – HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS (1987) (HD)
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family’s car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the body they find it’s a “bigfoot”. Stars John Lithgow.
Monday, August 29
9 p.m. ET/PT – THE LISTENER (HD) – “Eye of the Storm”
Toby and the IIB investigate a national security breach when a sex tape featuring the Minister of Foreign Affairs goes viral.
10 p.m. ET/PT – ALPHAS (HD) – “A Short Time in Paradise”
Episodic information is currently not available.
