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New Bionic Woman performs well

by Sci-Fi Man on September 29, 2007

in Bionic Woman, Uncategorized

The new version of the Bionic Woman is doing very well for itself in the States. The show, which began on 26th September has become NBC’s highest Wednesday ratings among adults aged 18-49 since 1999’s The West Wing. The show drew 13.6 million viewers.

The show stars Michelle Ryan (of Eastenders fame) as Jaime Sommers a bartender and surrogate mother who after nearly getting killed in a car accident receives a butting edge operation that leaves her with advanced bionic prosthetics and implants with extraordinary new strength, among other artificially enhanced gifts.
13.6 million viewers.

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Bionic Woman Preview

by Sci-Fi Man on May 24, 2007

in Bionic Woman, Uncategorized

After months of hype, we finally get to see Michelle Ryan in NBC’s new remake of the Bionic Woman. In this clip from Vmix.com, we get to see Jamie Sommers (Michelle Ryan) find out she has bionic parts and freak out. Those are some sexy bionic toes by the way.

It’s tough to tell from just a few scenes, but Bionic Woman looks like it’s going to be a fun show. With the success of sci-fi shows like Heroes and Lost, Bionic Woman might just be the next big hit. Plus David Eick from Battlestar Galactica is the Executive Producer. Here’s another clip of Eick talking about the strong women characters in his shows.

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Bionic Woman Pulls Double Duty

May 21, 2007

There was a bit of a surprise when Katee Sackhoff told reporters that her time on the new NBC series “Bionic Woman” went from “one episode” to “recurring.” But all of that can be explained in one simple sentence: Sackhoff simply wowed network executives.
“She absolutely steals the screen in ‘Bionic,’” Angela Bromstad, president of NBC [...]

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