There's something distinctly satisfying when something/someone returns to their roots. This is how I've felt this year when the news broke that SyFy would be doing just that and Ascension is a mini series that is one of many shows that exemplifies that. History of SyFy For those of you who aren't fans of sci-fi or never realised that the channel had rebranded a couple of years ago here's a brief history of the channel: It began life as a concept backed by USA Networks in 1992. Over the years and many deals the channel ended up in control of NBC Universal. Since it's launch until 2009 it was always known as the "Sci-Fi Channel" but had had numerous rebranding efforts. In 2009 they made the move to rebrand completely to "SyFy" as they looked ...