Four thought-provoking tales of present and future Earth are brought to life in the all-new anthology series, featuring a stellar lineup of actors and directors and narrated by acclaimed physicist Professor Stephen Hawking. "Masters of Science Fiction" is based on some of the genre's most popular and highly regarded short stories.

NEW YORK (AP) - Submitted for your approval: A 52-year-old man - an overworked man, a man of words - receives an advance copy of an upcoming science fiction series from ABC. Warily, he fires up the DVD player, expecting to see into the future. But instead, he is transported into the past, into the 1950s and '60s, into a time when television talked and talked and talked.

Directors including Martin Scorsese and Dennis Hopper are to feature in an upcoming documentary about legendary cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond.