I don’t plan to cover TV ratings very often, but it’s interesting to see how well (or not so well) some shows did in their premiere. Take SyFy Channel’s debut of Warehouse 13 earlier this week, for instance, which according to THR scored a solid 3.5 million viewers, making it the third best premiere for the cable network after Stargate: Atlantis and Eureka. THR stresses that this is good numbers for the show, which is good news for fans of Warehouse 13. I am one of those people, and will be watching it weekly. In case you missed it, you can read our review of the pilot episode here.

I must admit, I’ve been anxiously awaiting Warehouse 13 from the SyFy Channel. (Yes, the name change is now official. Let’s just get used to it, shall we?) Not because I think the show is going to break the mold, but because, well, it seems like ages since we’ve had a sci-fi show on TV, and Summer is looking bleak as all heck for the genre. So, thankfully Warehouse 13 has arrived last night with a 2-hour pilot episode, and I must admit – better than I expected, but also worst than I expected. What do I mean by that? I liked the characters and the set-up, but the Monster of the Week they chose for the pilot was, shall we say, stunk up the joint.

Well it’s about time. Mind you, not that I’m crazy excited about the Sci Fi Channel’s new show Warehouse 13, but that Summer has sucked so far, and there hasn’t been anything decent or watchable on TV for the last month and change. My DVR hasn’t been busy at all, except for the occasional episodes of High Stakes Poker. Now, at least, I’ll have something for it to actually record — the two-hour premiere episode of Warehouse 13, which will be the first new show on the first official day for The Sci Fi Channel, now officially changed to the SyFy Channel as of today, Tuesday, July 7th, 2009. Hooray?

Yeah, yeah, I know the Sci Fi Channel’s latest show Warehouse 13 isn’t going to break the bank of creativity, and it’s certainly not going to be as deep or gritty or “real” as Battlestar Galactica. But you know what? I don’t want it to be. There’s plenty of room for BSG-ish shows, and then there are plenty of rooms for Warehouse 13. The show is debuting in July on the Sci Fi Channel, and will star Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly as FBI agents assigned to a super secret warehouse in the middle of nowhere in charge of guarding a warehouse full of strange, paranormal artifacts. Basically, “The X-Files” meets, well, a goofier version of “The X-Files”.

He’s the most loosey goosey G-man in the history of G-men, and she’s the serious but so totally hot by-the-book G-lady. Together they’re glorified security guards for America’s “attic” — aka Warehouse 13. Obviously I know what you’re thinking: “What, another X-Files clone?” I wouldn’t blame you. After seeing the promo video, it actually looks even MORE like an X-Files clone — minus the mutated monsters, I mean. And yet …

A promotional video for the  SyFy networks upcoming programming is here now for your consideration and enjoyment. Featured are “StarGate: Universe”, “Warehouse 13″, “Caprica” and “Eureka” plus a bunch of other cool stuff. See it after the jump.

Thanks Collider.

“Warehouse 13″ is a new SyFy Network show about a couple of agents transferred to a big warehouse in the lovely, but city sparse, South Dakota. There in the badlands they find that this warehouse is the resting place of every creepy, alien or supernatural artifact ever collected by the United States Government.

Here’s your first and very brief look at the Sci Fi Channel’s new TV show, Warehouse 13. It’s a paranormal show in the vein of The X-Files. Oh, who are we kidding. It’s basically an X-Files copycat for the new millennium. Which is kind of odd when you think about it: the X-Files just tried to be the X-Files for the new millennium with a movie, and no one was buying. So are they going to buy an X-Files clone when they aren’t even going for the original? We shall see, I guess.

Okay, so I’ve been hearing about this new show Warehouse 13 for a while now, and I’ve been writing about it, but I have yet to actually see an episode of this thing. From what I’m hearing (they’re calling it a “dramedy” now), it sounds very much like a new, 2008 version of the short-lived UPN X-Files clone Special Unit 2. If that is indeed true, then yeah, I’m going to like this, as I was a fan (maybe the only one?) of SU2′s unique brand of wacky humor, barely credible storylines, and just general hijinx that requires, first and foremost, a major suspension in disbelief to enjoy. Warehouse 13 seems to be something like that. Maybe.

The Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica keeps on rolling, with more casting news. The latest addition to the show is Polly Walker, who has joined the show’s two-hour premiere as Sister Clarice Willow, whose character is described as “the gracious, eloquent and duplicitous high priestess and headmistress of the Athena Academy, a private religious school.” Yup, sounds like Ron Moore, alright.