"The Andromeda Strain" miniseries has been rated toxic waste by most TV reviewers. Tough crowd. Expecting a worthy successor to Robert Wise's 1971 feature film to emerge from regular cable TV seems ... wildly optimistic. As far as a sci-fi telefilm goes, "Andromeda" proves a decent enough diversion, with all-star TV actors, good production values, some rousing visual effects and an ...

A big television event is heading our way this Memorial Day weekend in the form of A&E’s long-anticipated miniseries remake of the 1971 science-fiction film The Andromeda Strain . Based on the novel of the same name by author Michael Crichton , the Oscar-nominated movie was about a group of scientists investigating an unknown deadly virus from outer space. A&E’s ...