Last night, luminaries from the world of sci fi and horror were honored at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. The awards are given out by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for work in film, TV and on DVD. This years winners will join an illustrious list of former honorees including Vincent Price, Rod Serling, Dan Curtis, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Robert Wise and Lon Chaney Jr. just to name a few.

The Dark Knight was the evening’s biggest winner, taking home five awards including Best Action Film, Best Writing, Music, Special Effects and Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger.

On the television side, it was Battlestar Galactica that took home the most awards winning Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series, Best Actor on Television: Edward James Olmos, and Best Actress on Television: Mary McDonnell. Lost received the Saturn Award for Best Network Series, beating out Supernatural, Fringe, Heroes, Life on Mars, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Battlestar was up against an odd mix of shows for Best Syndicated / Cable including The Closer, Dexter, Leverage and more predictable, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and True Blood.

Moonlight took the award for the best modern DVD with Invaders winning for retro DVD.

Several special awards were presented throughout the evening, Lance Henriksen took the Life Career Award, Jeffrey Katzenberg received the Visionary Award and Leonard Nimoy was handed the Lifetime Achievement Award.

You’ll find a full list of winners after the jump. You can find the list of nominees here at the Saturn Awards Website.

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Zap2it is reporting that Brian Austin Green has joined the cast of the CW pilot, Body Politic playing a character named Lucky.

The series is Gossip Girl in Washington DC with young government staffers taking the place of bored, rich high-schoolers.

The cast also includes former Moonlight star Jason Dohring, Minka Kelly of Friday Night Lights, Tim Matheson and Gabrielle Union.

Nice cast but it begs the question — does this mean there are no more Terminators in Green’s future?

Word is Body Politic is simply a fallback should Sarah Connor be given the old heave ho. If Connor is picked up for a new season, Politic will likely have to look for a new Lucky.

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Wow, that was fast. Fans of vampire drama Moonlight are firing up the “I Told You So’s” after CBS announced the cancellation of The Ex List. Buddy TV says CBS may air some of the unused episodes but this Friday in the 9 p.m.CT timeslot, it will air an NCIS rerun.

Its last episode drew a measly 5.65 million viewers. In the interest of keeping stats for genre fans, it’s worth keeping count of the number of failed shows in this slot.  We will even do so in the style of a famous TV vampire. That’s one! Ah ha ha!

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One of the most interesting things about a new fall season is trying to figure out which shows will hit and which shows will miss. Starpulse’s Kate Kostal appears unimpressed with much-anticipated Fox genre show Fringe’s chances.

She’s worried the “similar to the X-Files” vibe will be too much to live up to, listing Fringe among what she calls “DOA” shows like Kath and Kim or The Ex-List. Since The Ex-List inherits Moonlight’s old timeslot, I’m guessing a few thousand of our readers would not be sad to see that one die a quick and painless death.

She also lists Christian Slater’s My Own Worst Enemy, for some of the same reasons. Kostal thinks its premise is too similar to Chuck, a show already on NBC. I can see her point there, but I don’t agree that Fringe fans have any reason to be worried.

There has been so much pre-publicity for Fringe that Fox looks worse than anybody if it tanks. Take into account J.J. Abrams’ track record with shows like Lost and Alias, from there you have to figure Fringe will get every chance to succeed.

Simply put: It’s a lot easier to pull the plug on a New Amsterdam than it is an Abrams show.

Our discussions about Jericho and Moonlight have led to some of the most real, heartfelt debate we’ve ever had on this site. We’re all about keeping it going.

Cynthia brought up an interesting point. A guy that paints his chest multiple colors to support his favorite football team gets treated completely differently than a guy who wears Spock ears in public. Both are making a unique fashion statement, but only one of them will likely be accused of living in his parents’ basement.

For what it’s worth, I’m just as likely to be caught wearing a giant football helmet as I am a Green Lantern shirt in public. Some of my earliest memories are watching the original Star Trek and Twilight Zone with my mom. As I’ve said before, my gig here was a natural evolution for me. But since the question’s been talked about a bit, I figured I’d pose it to our readers. Where is the line between someone who’s really passionate about their favorite show and someone who needs mental help? Is there a line? By all means, keep up the passion as this has been the best debate on the channel in my opinion.

At least that’s the deal according to an extremely scientific sampling of our dedicated fanbase. It would explain visions, questionable decision making at times (like agreeing to an alliance with the rebel Cylons really quickly) and how a blood transfusion from a hybrid baby temporarily stopped her cancer.

Her opposition to Starbuck would make some sense too. The cast knows apparently, but they’re of course not talking under penalty of death. Maybe not death, but it would be a minute before Battlestar Galactica brass called them for another role. Of course, if Bionic Woman is any indication would that be a bad thing?

Seriously though, check out our next poll about this season’s dearly departed shows. We want to know which one you think deserves another shot the most. Vote in the poll, but please remember we’re not with any network. Don’t send us peanuts, vampire fangs or butter cookies. Wait, we take that last one back. Drown us in butter cookies.

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Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily says there is “a chance, only a chance,” that freshly canceled vampire drama Moonlight could reappear on the CW. Apparently this eleventh-hour reprieve was so sudden the staff has stopped tearing down the sets.

With Smallville listing badly, the CW could use the instant boost Moonlight would provide. It would almost certainly be the new number one show on the network. Of course I should caution that the first speculation after a show is canceled is usually that “CW might pick it up.” I’m waiting for the scuttlebutt that they might recover Back to You or Quarterlife.

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I would not want to be an exec at the Tiffany Network right now. If Jericho fans send peanuts, I don’t even want to know what Moonlight fans are going to send. Sci-fi, horror and fantasy fans are always on pins and needles this time of year but 2008 has been harsher than normal.

Canning Jericho and Moonlight in the same season is going to move CBS to the top of fans’ hit lists, past perennial culprit Fox. Congrats guys, you dodged the New Amsterdam bullet thanks to CBS who has volunteered to take some heat for you.

I can’t wait to see what other exciting, innovative shows CBS has in store for us. I loved Jericho’s replacement show, Secret Talents of the Stars. If you missed it, well, you were just like everyone else with a television in America.

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According to Variety, Warner Bros. has sold airing rights to to Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 for three of their newest series, Moonlight, Chuck, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

This is great news for all three of the shows but is especially significant in the case of Sarah Connor.  Currently, the show only has nine episodes completed and is sitting on the renewal fence for next year.  There’s be no official wrod in regard to the show’s future, but it’s hard to imagine Warner Bros selling the rights to a show with so few episodes if they didn’t expect to have more in the coming year.

The anticipated debut dates are June 2008 for Moonlight, Fall 2008 for Chuck, and 2009 for The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

There’s another big shakeup on the set of the CBS vampire drama Moonlight. The Hollywood Reporter is well, reporting, that showrunner/executive producer Chip Johannessen is no longer with the show.

Executive producer Joel Silver and his writing team will take over for the four remaining episodes in this strike-shortened season. This isn’t the first high-level departure for the show, as Johannessen’s predecessor David Greenwalt left the show over the summer.