Syfy makes 'Alphas' pickup

August 04, 2009 Syfy has given the green light to the 90-minute action-adventure pilot "Alphas," bringing a happy ending to the project's two-year roller-coaster ride. After the network passed, the project sparked heated bidding among the other broadcast networks in summer 2007, landing at ABC with a six-episode production order for a possible midseason launch behind "Lost." [...] creative differences over the show's sci-fi elements, with which ABC is said to have been uncomfortable, led to the project's departure from the network.

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