Riverworld (2010–2010)

TV ShowEndedSyfyDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure1 season, 2 episodes
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Riverworld is a television film released on the Syfy channel on April 18, 2010. Based on the Riverworld books by Philip José Farmer, the made-for-TV film is a reboot of the aborted Sci-Fi Channel Riverworld television series, of which only the pilot episode was produced. Riverworld stars Tahmoh Penikett, Laura Vandervoort, Jeananne Goossen, Alan Cumming, Mark Deklin, and Peter Wingfield. It is produced by Reunion Pictures, an award-winning Canadian-based production company. It is written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe and directed by Stuart Gillard.

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Episodes by season

Season012Episodes2010Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Riverworld S01E01Part OneApril 18, 2010—Matt, an American journalist, and his fiancée, Jessie, are killed in an explosion, but reawaken in a very unusual afterlife — a mysterious p
  2. S01E02Riverworld S01E02Part TwoApril 18, 2010—Matt, an American journalist, and his fiancée, Jessie, are killed in an explosion, but reawaken in a very unusual afterlife — a mysterious p

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Tahmoh PenikettTahmoh PenikettLaura VandervoortLaura VandervoortKwesi AmeyawKwesi AmeyawMark DeklinMark DeklinMatty FinochioMatty FinochioPeter WingfieldPeter WingfieldRomina D'UgoRomina D'UgoCameron DaddoCameron Daddo

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