Robert Carlyle’s Once Upon A Time premieres tonight!

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• Hey Darren, glad you wrote about this but you left out two other Stargate alums who are in this: Tony Amendola (Bra'Tac) and James "BamBam" Bamford are both in this (Amendola plays Japetto and BamBam plays a black knight). You can watch the pilot online legally via IMDB.com and I gotta say that its the best new pilot this fall IMO - liked it better than Terra Nova and it hooked me much better than ABC's genre show last year, No Ordinary Family did and has me more excited for the first regular episode than that series did. Its from the same producers behind Lost (Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis) and is obviously from the pilot going to be a very character-driven and serialized show.

  Anyone who is a fan of the sci-fi/fantasy genre should check it out and hopefully it'll go more than 1 season like last year's No Ordinary Family.

• Poor Robert Carlyle, now he's on another show that seems destined for cancelation. He just can't get a break in the American TV industry, its too bad because Robert is a good actor. The 2011-2012 TV season is just not a good one for scifi shows.

• I thought that the show was interesting, but not interesting-enough. It felt "small" somehow, and not memorable (definitely not a great pilot as LOST, or even SGU had). The only interesting character in it was Carlyle's funny enough, but yeah, I don't see this show sticking in. Like pretty much any other new show.

• Then we'd better get Mr Carlyl's true calling, Dr Rush, back for eight more seasons, Yes?

• im really not gonna bother with this, give us stargate or give us death! on a side note anyone playing resistance 3 online "holla when u see me" clan tag [SG1]

• Actually, I thought that the pilot had a lot of potential. Zap2it has it at 12.8 million viewers vs. Game 4 of the World Series 13.99 on FOX; Sunday night football 11.3 on NBC and the Amazing Race with 9.9 million on CBS. However, ABC advertised the show tonight saying OUAT had been watched by 16 million. I don't know if that included DVRs or whatever. Even so, it did very well and may actually have won the night. Only tomorrow's ratings swill tell the tale.

  I also thought that the casting was well done. Especially fun was Tony Amandola as a delightful Gepetto; and Robert Carlyle was exactly as I suspected. I am still smiling at his wonderfully creepy laugh in the prison scene.

  As for the show, I think that the production values were high and although some (including my youngest who works in post production) wanted it to be darker. But she and her "industry" friends thought that for a family friendly (Not HBO like) show it presented itself pretty well. Well enough for her friends and co-workers are going to gather for a viewing party again next Sunday. I too will be watching.

• I don't know if I would go as far as to say that it's the best pilot this fall,but it definitely intrigued me enough to continue watching it,which says alot since it isn't exactly my cup of tea.But the show has it's charm and could in fact become a must see tv on a Sunday night for me,besides "Homeland" and of course amazing "The Walking Dead".
  And according to numbers it most definitely has the potential to stick and last.
  Anyhow,Sunday this fall season has a very strong set of shows.I could even say,from my perspective and taking my taste in tv into account,Sunday with it's three gems and Friday with Fringe,Supernatural and Sanctuary are two strongest days in my book.

• I watched the pilot and its not one of the best story lines but has a good start.The show could bloom and be really good but that tbd.

• Think it will last for 3 episodes or 4 before it's canceled?

• I hope OUT is better than Terra Nova... that one is sucking,,