SCI FI Channel launched their re-imaged version of Flash Gordon on August 10, 2007 to the highest ratings of the year for a series premiere on their network. Bringing in 2.1 million viewers in the initial showing, the pilot episode gave SCI FI the number #3 cable program in prime, making SCI FI the #2 basic cable entertainment network on Friday night.
Eric Johnson stars in the remake as Flash Gordon, but this is a different sort of Flash than we’ve seen before. He stills lives at home with his mother, is motivated to travel to Mongo to look for his father who he previously thought was dead, and can travel back and forth between Earth and Mongo thru dimensional rifts. Also, in this version of the story, Ming is much more like a business executive who controls access to the planets water, than a mustache twirling evil dictator.

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