Eureka

PREMIERED July 18, 2006

THE SCOOP Sometimes summer audiences don't just want one quirky genius per show (Psych, Monk), they want a whole city full of them. Hence the premise of Sci Fi's pilot for Eureka: A U.S. marshal (Colin Ferguson) and his rebellious daughter stumble upon a secluded Pacific Northwest village populated only by the super smart (the children can do thermal chemistry) and kept secret by the government. The marshal takes up post as the town sheriff — and the town dummy since his intelligence is only slightly above average — and he's soon wrangling every mad scientist, crazed engineer, and math savant while keeping their wacky experiments from taking out the planet. —Aubry D'Arminio