S.C.I.F.I. World was a daytime programming schedule for the Sci Fi Channel that started on July 17, 2000[1] and ended on December 21, 2001.[2] It was what replaced varied programming in favor for mini-marathons.
Divided into five different segments in accordance with the days of the week, each day centred on a particular science fiction theme, which the marathons followed, airing from 10 AM to 4 PM. These themes were named in such a way that, when assembled, they formed an acronym of the channel's name.
To reinforce this novelty, the programming schedule was advertised by way of animations depicting it as a theme-park which various science-fiction characters such as James T. Kirk, Duncan MacLeod, and RoboCop inhabited. Aside from this, graphic teasers, trivia, and on-air questions were aired to amuse and inform the viewer and promote the SciFi.com website.
Shows | First Airing | ||
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Superhero Land |
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Automan | August 7, 2000 | ||
Batman | January 29, 2001 | ||
The Bionic Woman | July 24, 2000 | ||
Black Scorpion[3] | October 1, 2001 | ||
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven[4] | March 12, 2001 | ||
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | October 30, 2000 | ||
Highlander: The Raven | October 15, 2001 | ||
The Incredible Hulk | August 28, 2000 | ||
RoboCop: The Series | August 14, 2000 | ||
The Sentinel | February 12, 2001 | ||
The Six Million Dollar Man[5] | July 17, 2000 | ||
Wonder Woman | July 31, 2000 | ||
Xena: Warrior Princess | September 18, 2000 | ||
Creature Land |
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Alien Nation | November 14, 2000 | ||
Brimstone[6] | May 22, 2001 | ||
Earth 2[7] | August 1, 2000 | ||
Friday the 13th: The Series | January 30, 2001 | ||
G vs E | October 9, 2001 | ||
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | August 15, 2000 | ||
The Incredible Hulk | July 18, 2000 | ||
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | September 26, 2000 | ||
Land of the Giants | August 8, 2000 | ||
Manimal | August 29, 2000 | ||
SeaQuest DSV | July 25, 2000 | ||
The Six Million Dollar Man | October 24, 2000 | ||
Sliders[8] | January 9, 2001 | ||
Star Trek | August 22, 2000 | ||
Swamp Thing[9] | December 12, 2000 | ||
Intergalactic Land |
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Battlestar Galactica | July 19, 2000 | ||
Dark Skies | October 3, 2001 | ||
Lost in Space | August 2, 2000 | ||
The Ray Bradbury Theater | August 16, 2000 | ||
Quantum Leap[10] | September 12, 2001 | ||
Space: Above and Beyond | August 9, 2000 | ||
Star Trek | July 26, 2000 | ||
The Twilight Zone | December 13, 2000 | ||
Wonder Woman | October 25, 2000 | ||
Fantastic Land |
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Beyond Reality[11] | November 2, 2000 | ||
Black Scorpion[12] | November 8, 2001 | ||
Darkroom | August 31, 2000 | ||
Fantasy Island | January 25, 2001 | ||
Friday the 13th: The Series[13] | August 30, 2001 | ||
Highlander: The Raven[14] | February 1, 2001 | ||
Highlander: The Series | August 3, 2000 | ||
Night Gallery | August 17, 2000 | ||
Otherworld | September 21, 2000 | ||
Probe | August 24, 2000 | ||
Quantum Leap | July 20, 2000 | ||
SeaQuest DSV | September 14, 2000 | ||
Sliders | September 28, 2000 | ||
The Twilight Zone | July 27, 2000 | ||
Viper | February 8, 2001 | ||
Inhuman Land |
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Alien Nation | July 28, 2000 | ||
Brimstone | January 19, 2001 | ||
Dark Skies | August 18, 2000 | ||
Friday the 13th: The Series[15] | April 13, 2001 | ||
Gemini Man | August 4, 2000 | ||
G vs E | November 30, 2001 | ||
The Invisible Man[16] | September 8, 2000 | ||
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | August 25, 2000 | ||
Manimal | July 21, 2000 | ||
Prey | February 9, 2001 | ||
SeaQuest DSV[17] | October 6, 2000 | ||
Swamp Thing | August 11, 2000 | ||
The Visitor | September 15, 2000 |
Despite criticisms made by viewers in favour of reverting back to a more varied programming schedule,[18] this format of airing marathons five times a week continues to this very day although, since then, S.C.I.F.I. World has ceased to be as is much of Sci Fi Channel's second-run programming.