This is a partial listing, including some links, of the media attention MST3k has received since the announcement of its unsure fate. Best Brains has been on a nationwide tour promoting their new movie, Mystery Sceince Theater 3000: The Movie. Since very little if any news about the fate of the television show has been mentioned during this tour, many of the appearances will not be listed here. Go to Lisa Jenkins' MST news page for more information.
An Associated Press story from Oct 16, 1996, Mystery Science Theater Reborn has a bit of news about the Sci-Fi version of the show.
TV Guide gave an update in "Weird Science" in their July 20 issue.
BBI's hometown Minneapolis Star-Tribune weighed in with a nice article on the show's second (third? fourth? fifth? who knows?) life.
The May 1996 issue of Internet Underground has an article about online efforts to save television programs, focusing on Forever Knight and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Some particularly insightful quotes from this site's webmaster are featured.
The May 11 issue of TV Guide has an article about the taping of the final (for now) episode, and efforts to save the show.
Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy did a live Internet chat on www.boston.com on April 11. They told me their first date with the Sci-Fi Channel went okay, and they're hoping to see each other again.
Mike and the 'bots were on Good Morning America and ABC World News Now April 9-10 talking up their movie. Crow suggested maybe they couls move to ABC.
The April issues of Starlog and Cinefantastique each have nice spreads on the movie. Neither mentions the cancellation. In a "Short Note" elsewhere, Cinefantastique does report producer Jim Mallon prefers the word "hiatus." He insists MST will return somehwere.
The January/February issue of Film Comment includes this in critic Richard Corliss' list of the top ten films of 1995:
4. MST3K: Racket Girls (but really the whole season, and
damn Comedy Central to hell for canceling the show).
People magazine has a nice little article, including some insightful analysis by yours truly.
A Newsday article has been all over the wire for almost two months now.
The Michigan Daily, a student newspaper at the University of Michigan covered the cancellation.
The February 3 issue of TV Guide has a nice article on a possible repreive.
The January 23 edition of suck (the online feature from the guys at WIRED with a daily readership of 150K) proclaimed the cancellation of MST sucked.
An upcoming issue of Monsterscene (March or April) has an interview with Jim Mallon.
The February 1996 issue of Cinescape has an article about MST: The Movie, and briefly mentions the cancellation.
The new "Filmfax OUTRE" has an article with an OLD Joel interview. The cancellation is not mentioned.
The January 1996 issue of the Viewers for Quality Television newsletter supports our quest- the first time they have done anything in support of a non-broadcast network show.
January 14. The Raleigh News and Observer had an article praising MST and a great sidebar about our efforts.
"Crow" was interviewed on the Sci-Fi Channel's "Sci-Fi Buzz" in early January. Host Mike Jerrick suggested MST should move to SFC.
Some of the brains were on "Netchat with Elliot Stein", a live Internet talk show broadcast using the RealAudio system.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran an aritcle on their hometown heroes on December 28.
WXLA-FM in Greensboro, NC, berated a clueless Comedy Central employee on a live broadcast in December.
The Des Moines Register ran a story on Christmas Day.