Syfy Sets Season Two Premieres for ‘The Magicians,’ ‘The Expanse’

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The second season of Syfy fantasy series The Magicians premieres Wednesday, Jan. 25, while the sophomore run of space epic The Expanse arrives Feb. 8

The Magicians is based on the fiction franchise authored by Lev Grossman, about a group of 20-somethings discovering their magical powers at a secret grad school. Jason Ralph plays the lead.

From Universal Cable Productions, The Magicians is executive produced by John McNamara, Sera Gamble, Henry Alonso Myers and Groundswell Productions' Michael London and Janice Williams.

Syfy will run a season one marathon of The Magicians Nov. 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The Expanse is set in a colonized galaxy 200 years in the future, where two strangers, a detective and a rogue ship’s captain, are swept up in a conspiracy to cover up a horrific human experiment.  The series is based on the book series collectively known as The Expanse by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (under the pen name James S. A. Corey).

The Expanse is produced by Alcon Television Group.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.