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:

Four people just found a gateway to another dimension, but they forgot one problem... how to get back!

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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 Michael Mallory: You are really starting to piss me off!

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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

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 TV Shows That Jumped the Shark (2014)

User Reviews

many earths, many adventures

Sliders had the intriguing premise of a group of people being able to open up a vortex & journeying to parallel earths in alternate dimensions.The fact that a college kid in the present was able to create such a device in his basement to make this happen never seemed realistic to me.We are talking about technology such as this as being thousands of years in our future.But aside from that it was a nifty premise,& not one overdone on TV.The cast was wonderful & enjoyed a terrific chemistry.The story lines were endless,since each earth was different from their homeworld.Sliding into a new & unknown world was exciting,we walked with our sliders as they tried to discover what kind of earth they had come to,what were the differences,the dangers,& how best could they survive until the vortex would open again & propel them to their next earth? The scripts could range from satire to horror to science fiction.The early seasons with the original cast intact were always the best.Sadly, as the seasons went on the scripts declined in quality.John Rhys-Davies was the first to quit due to the poor writing of the show & not being allowed mush input.The creators of the series unfortunately had problems with network "suits" as to the direction of the show.That is a problem that happens all too often with TV sf series. By the end of the show's run,only the engaging Cleavant Derricks was left from the original cast.Able actors replaced the originals but were never could recapture the magic of their relationships.It was a disappointing end to what began as a fascinating show.