Whois & Analysis for syfy.com

Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel and Sci Fi) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

The channel features science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural, paranormal, drama, and reality programming.

Science fiction (often shortened to SF, sci-fi or scifi) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas." It usually avoids the supernatural, and unlike the related genre of fantasy, historically science fiction stories were intended to have a grounding in science-based fact or theory at the time the story was created, but this connection is now limited to hard science fiction.

Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world.

Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting.

Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds.

Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap among the three, all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction.

Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle their readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

Literary historian J.

A- Cuddon has defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length...

which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing".

It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere.

Horror is frequently supernatural, though it can be non-supernatural.

Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society.

The Wire is an American crime drama television series set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland.

Created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States.

The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002, and ended on March 9, 2008, comprising 60 episodes over five seasons.