Battle of the Worlds is really a Canadian/American science-fiction tv set that ran for just two seasons, to May 14, 1990 from October 10, 1988. The series is an extension of the original 1953 film The War of the Worlds, utilizing exactly the same War Machine, often incorporating aspects out of the film, radio adaptation, and also original novel into its own mythology. Though the initial film's producer, George Pal, conceived from exactly the same picture it wasn't until the 1980s there was a succession finally realized. The show was part of first run tv series' flourish . This was later displayed in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel. The series has been filmed in Toronto, Ontario, California and Los Angeles.