Katie Williams \/ IGN<\/p>\n
Syfy has announced that it has delayed its forthcoming miniseries Ascension <\/em>slightly, and it will now premiere on December 15 at 9pm.<\/p>\n Ascension<\/em> consists of six one-hour episodes; they will be screened in pairs over the course of three nights, from December 15 to December 17.<\/p>\n The spacefaring miniseries was originally expected to air on November 24; it was thought that its six individual episodes would air over the course of six weeks.<\/p>\n Ascension was created by Philip Levens (Smallville) and stars Brandon P. Bell,\u00a0Brian Van Holt, and Tricia Helfer.<\/p>\n It follows a covert 1960s US space mission that sends hundreds of people on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Halfway into their journey, the murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"