"Sliders" (1995) TV series 1995-2000

Creators:

Tracy Tormé
Robert K. Weiss

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

22 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

Four people just found a gateway to another dimension, but they forgot one problem... how to get back!

Plot:

A boy-genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home.

Plot Keywords:

Portal | Parallel Worlds | Alternative Reality | Lost | Voyage Of Discovery

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Cleavant Derricks	...	Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown (87 episodes, 1995-2000)
Jerry O'Connell	...	Quinn Mallory (69 episodes, 1995-1999)
Kari Wuhrer	...	Capt. Maggie Beckett (49 episodes, 1997-2000)
Sabrina Lloyd	...	Wade Welles (48 episodes, 1995-1999)
John Rhys-Davies	...	Prof. Maximilian Arturo (40 episodes, 1995-1997)

Runtime:

60 min (87 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:12 (Season 1 & 2) | UK:15 (Season 3) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 3) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG (season 1) (season 2) (season 4)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

St. Clare Entertainment

Trivia:

The Mallory brothers are named Colin and Quinn; Kari Wuhrer co-starred with Colin Quinn on "Remote Control" (1987). It is unclear whether this is an in-joke or purely coincidental.

Goofs:

Continuity: In season one "The King is back" Rembrandt is on stage when the other Rembrandt joins him there, telling the audience that "our" Rembrandt is only an impersonator. Therefore Rembrandt leaves the stage and is welcomed by his friends backstage. The next shot is showing the stage from the front again and there you can still see "our" Rembrandt in the background, still on stage.

Quotes:

Prof. Maximillian P. Arturo: That scoundrel! That intellectually impoverished knave wanted me to win his Nobel for him. As you can see, I told him nothing!
[points to sour looking face chalked on blackboard]

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Private Movies 1: Sex Slider, Shag-A-Rama! (1999) (V)

A good show destroyed by the network

When Slider's debuted I was in heaven, OK the F/X weren't Hollywood grand but they did what they could with what they had, the cast was great and the story was engaging. Season 1 was wonderful, season 2 (actually season 2 was the second half of season 1) was almost as good. The season 3 came and brought the deadly David Peckinpah, who's Indian name is probably "He-who-has-no-talent" . Mr. P promptly decided that the show was too cerebral (i.e. his low I.Q. couldn't figure it out) and got rid of the creator, the good writers, and the finest actor on the show. He replaced the actor with a bimbo nicknamed Captain D-cups and got a movie rental card to replace the writers (go ahead, count how many plots in seasons 3-5 are direct rip off of a popular movie). And thus a great show died, only to have it's corpse hung on strings and forced to dance for Peckinpah as he moved it to the Sci-Fi channel where he had even more control and less creativity. Alas poor Sliders....