After only nine episodes, CAPRICA has won over critics and viewers, dispelling the myth that most prequels disappoint. On April 17, SPACE re-boots the series for fans wanting to catch-up on the ground-breaking sci-fi drama with a CAPRICA marathon. Starting at 10 a.m. ET, all nine episodes air back-to-back until 8 p.m. ET. The nine remaining Season 1 episodes of this pre-apocalyptic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA prequel are scheduled to air Fall 2010/Winter 2011.
Since its premiere in January, CAPRICA has been the #1 series on SPACE, with an average of more than 200,000 total viewers. Throughout its run, CAPRICA’s total audience grew by 13%, with a mid-season finale drawing in nearly 250,000 viewers on Friday, March 26, making it the #1 non-sports specialty program in its time slot.
Here’s what the critics had to say about CAPRICA:
“…the filmed-in-Vancouver sci-fi parable is working on a whole other intellectual level than most prime-time TV dramas. Dangerous, too. CAPRICA is playing with some seriously disturbing ideas, and it’s fascinating to see.”
Alex Strachan, Canwest
“…so crammed full of intriguing, provocative concepts it makes BATTLESTAR (GALACTICA) look like LOST IN SPACE.”
Rob Salem, Toronto Star
“It’s been said that good science fiction isn’t so much a forecast of the future as a reflection of the present. If indeed that’s the case, then CAPRICA gives us cause to worry.”
CBC.ca
“You HAVE to watch CAPRICA.”
Malene Arpe, Toronto Star
Set 58 years before BSG’s galactic war, CAPRICA follows two rival families, the Graystones and the Adamas. Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) is a computer genius and a prominent businessman in the Twelve Colonies. His wife, Amanda Graystone (Paula Malcolmson) is an elite neurosurgeon. Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) is an immigrant, a lawyer with ties to the mob, and a father desperate to reconnect with his estranged son, William (Sina Najafi). Bound, and then divided by tragedy, their bitter rivalry brings the end of life as they know it.
Following the April 17 all-day marathon, SPACE premieres yet another exclusive and revered prime-time series. The much-anticipated new DOCTOR WHO series starring Matt Smith as the new dapper Doctor, blasts off at 9 p.m. ET.
*Source: BBM Canada; 1/22/10-3/26/10; Finale based on preliminary overnight data (Week 30)
