{"id":10596,"date":"2014-05-26T23:34:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T03:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=10596"},"modified":"2014-05-26T23:34:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T03:34:22","slug":"transmissions-syfy-to-start-airing-spartacus-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=10596","title":{"rendered":"Transmissions: Syfy to Start Airing Spartacus Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Continuing to expand its roster of diverse domestic and internation<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Spartacus_300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10597\" alt=\"Spartacus_300x300\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Spartacus_300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Spartacus_300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Spartacus_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span>al programming, Syfy today announced it is acquiring U.S. basic cable rights to all 39 episodes (three seasons and the six-part prequel) of the popular swords and sandal series Spartacus from Starz Worldwide Distribution, the global television licensing and content syndication arm of Starz.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spartacus will make its basic cable premiere on Thursday, June 26 at 10PM (ET\/PT), rounding out the channel\u2019s potent primetime lineup of original series Defiance at 8PM and Dominion at 9PM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spartacus joins Syfy\u2019s stable of acquisitions including Lost Girl, Bitten, Continuum and the upcoming The Almighty Johnsons (July), Z-Nation (Fall) and Olympus (2015).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Said Chris Regina, Senior Vice President, Programming, Syfy: \u201cOur strategy of acquiring hit shows to complement our premium original scripted series has really resonated with our audience. With its action-soaked storylines and powerful characters, Spartacus will be a dynamic addition to our schedule.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSpartacus made an indelible impact on STARZ premium viewers in the United States and with audiences around the globe,\u201d said Gene George, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Distribution for Starz. \u201cWe are very pleased to strike this accord and bring the incredible tale of Spartacus to Syfy for its viewers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing to expand its roster of diverse domestic and international programming, Syfy today announced it is acquiring U.S. basic cable rights to all 39 episodes (three seasons and the six-part prequel) of the popular swords and sandal series Spartacus from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=10596\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[343,3544,2162,344,721,3422,1554,33,63,39],"class_list":["post-10596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transmissions","tag-gladiator","tag-john-hannah","tag-katrina-law","tag-liam-mcintyre","tag-lucy-lawless","tag-manu-bennett","tag-roman","tag-starz","tag-starz-channel","tag-syfy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10598,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10596\/revisions\/10598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}