Then there was "The Dream Team" with two people who used to do that silly "Dinner and a Movie" thing on some other channel (I forget which) and are suddenly experts on the interpretation of dreams. Fastest. Psychology Degrees. Ever.

And now we have "Scare Tactics" to which to look forward, with even less of a claim towards being even remotely related to science fiction than its predecessors. Pass.

There is, at least, a silly looking attempt at making the ultimate Bonehead Bacon (as in Kevin) movie into a TV series, but I decided to pass on it the second the promo quoted a woman as observing "we go through this every day." There's suspension of disbelief, and then there's being told that suddenly the notion that townsfolk under attack by leftover CGI from the admittedly laudable "Dune" fillms are dumb enough to stay put is supposed to replace honest speculation about what it might be like to live on a living spaceship or to deal with political crises among alien races.

I quibble, I know, but I really do think that, just as The Learning Channel long ago forfeited its claim to its name the day it shelved its collection of James "Connections" Burke's and Desmond Morris' and Philip Morrison's oeuvres in favor of hour-long Home Depot commercials featuring maniacs putting straw and sod on each other's living room walls.

So, as I said: the Sci Fi Channel needs a new name. Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?