Sliders 

A boy genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home.

Creators:

Tracy Tormé, Robert K. Weiss

Stars:

Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, John Rhys-Davies

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Cleavant Derricks	...	Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown / ... 87 episodes, 1995-2000
Jerry O'Connell	...	Quinn Mallory / ... 70 episodes, 1995-2000
Kari Wuhrer	...	Capt. Maggie Beckett 49 episodes, 1997-2000
Sabrina Lloyd	...	Wade Welles 48 episodes, 1995-1999
John Rhys-Davies	...	Prof. Maximilian Arturo / ... 40 episodes, 1995-1997

Storyline

Quinn Mallory, while working on an anti-gravity machine, accidentally creates a portal to a parallel universe. Eventually, his friends and an unwilling participant accidentally get stuck traveling among parallel worlds, trying to survive, and learning that sliding can lead to fatal results. Meanwhile, among many changes in their group, they try to rescue the multiverse from the Kromagg Dynasty.

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Plot Keywords:

portal | parallel worlds | lost | time portal | young man | 

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Taglines:

If you saw a doorway leading into another dimension... Would you step through it?

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Avaruusluikkarit

Filming Locations:

Denver Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

St. Clare Entertainment,Studios USA Television,Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (87 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Even though the production of the show went on continuously between seasons three and four, it had a year hiatus from airing when it was dropped by FOX, and picked up by Syfy, making the airing years (1995-1997, 1998-2000). The visual effects in the fourth season take a very noticeable dive in quality, as the series had just been cancelled by FOX before being resurrected by the Syfy Channel, which left the show with an overall lower production budget.

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Goofs

When the vortex is created (to enter) it is often shown sucking things into it (usually for plot purposes) yet it is also often shown blowing their hair, debris, etc. away before they jump/slide.

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Quotes

Quinn Mallory: [season one monologue/opening] What if you could find brand new worlds right here on Earth? Where anything is possible. Same planet, different dimension. I've found the gateway.

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Crazy Credits

The pilot episode end credits run over a TV screen showing The Spinning Tops singing 'Cry Like A Man'.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Pumaman (1998)

User Reviews

One of the best sci-fi shows of all time

For the first three years of Sliders, this show was an intelligent, original and fascinating example of perfect scifi TV. The acting was mostly above average, but the character dynamics of this odd group (a whiz kid, his wannabe girlfriend, his college professor and a washed-up singer who got into sliding by accident) and the writing were what really made the show. Unfortunately, the show began to go downhill when the original cast was shaken up with the departure of the formidable John Rhys-Davies as the Professor, and jumped the shark completely when it lost Sabrina Lloyd as Wade. I'm sure many salivating teen males would disagree with me on the pointlessness of Kari Wuhrer, but it's clear to me that she added nothing but cleavage to the show.

A show with great potential that should have continued for years.