Sci-Fi Friday Programs Re-newed

[Epicurus8a]

According to the trade magazine: Television Week, SG-1, Atlantis, and BSG have all* been renewed for another season. SG-1 and Atlantis both have orders for 20 episodes each. The article doesn't state how many episodes of BSG may be ordered. SG-1 will now become the longest running science fiction program in televison history (ten years), outlasting Twilight Zone, X-Files, and every incarnation of Star Trek. The TV ratings for BSG dropped a bit, but Sci-Fi still had the best Friday night ratings of any basic cable channel.


(*BSG renewal pending negotiations.)

[Grimey]

Great to hear about SG1 and Atlantis!

I have yet to see BSG.

[Noahtuck]

SG-1 & Atlantis!!!!

[Faustus]

Yay BSG. The rest.... don't really care.

[Noahtuck]

Yay BSG. The rest.... don't really care.

[Faustus]

Yay BSG. The rest.... don't really care.

SG-1 is well played out IMO and Atlantis is kinda weak.

Don't get me wrong, I realize alot of these shows have plently of fans... but I just don't get 'em.

[Shadowmistress]

SG-1 has been on for 10 years? In all that time I've never seen a single full episode. But this season they have Ben Browder and Claudia Black from Farscape joining the cast and I plan to become a fan once it airs. I'm so glad those two are back on screen together again. Any sci-fi show will do the job, really.

[Grimey]

I haven't seen a whole lot of Atlantis, but what I've seen has been good.

SG1 is great and just keeps getting better. season 9 is pretty much a new beginning. whole new story lines, new characters, plus a bunch of the old characters that made the show great (Michael Shanks )

Claudia Black is great. she did 6 shows in season 9, but if the producers have any sense, they'll bring her back for season 10.

[Epicurus8a]

I like SG-1, but I love BSG. IMO, BSG is one of the best programs on television. During it's hiatus I've been watching Threshold & Invasion. Invasion is a bit better, but neither compare to BSG.

[Faustus]

BSG and Lost are the two best programs on TV if you ask me. More of both is more gooder.

[yoda313]

Wow good to hear. Though I've only seen a few on syndication (no cable).

[Garibaldi]

Great news, I'm a fan of all three shows!

[otpw1]

Sorry, I missed the meeting. You're literally gonna have to spell it out for me.
BSG?
edit Figured it out
Battlestar Galactica
Google is my friend.

[Garibaldi]

Yep, BSG is a nice shorthand

[Ironballs]

Epicurus8a,

Sorry to correct you old bean, but Dr Who has the title to the longest running sci-fi ever.

SG1, pretty good though mate!

[Epicurus8a]

That's right! Sorry, I was only quoting the article.

[yoda313]

Epicurus8a,

Sorry to correct you old bean, but Dr Who has the title to the longest running sci-fi ever.

SG1, pretty good though mate!

But sequencially????? I know there have been like twenty versions of it but have they acutally stuck with one cast for more than two years???

[Ironballs]

Not really versions as such, like Star trek, but more it evolved over 25 years. The new series is basically more of the same, but much better scripting and production values

Tom Baker did have a marathon stint of I think 7 years though

[Garibaldi]

Not really versions as such, like Star trek, but more it evolved over 25 years. The new series is basically more of the same, but much better scripting and production values

Tom Baker did have a marathon stint of I think 7 years though

So basically its just like the continuation of Star Trek, SG-1 would still have the longest (mostly) the same cast base the, or not?

[lordsmurf]

SG-1 really committed to a long run by starting up a new storyline. The first storyline basically ended at the end of season 8.

Everything from season 9 and on is new show for all intents and purposes. I just hope that it is allowed to have a long enough run to tell a good story and get a decent ending. Not end with a cancellation or cast walk-off like so many other shows have happen. Or worse, a Sliders-like butcher.

[offline]

BSG back! Great news. The others I don't much care for but the more SF we get, the better. Hopefully one day SF will dominate production resources which is as it should be! Amen.

[ranchhand]

Well, I do like SG, but I freakin' wish that they would start new Babylon 5 series. I got so deep into that series it was awsome.

[lordsmurf]

I thought B5 was gone forever?

[Faustus]

I thought B5 was gone forever?

I figure as long as JMS is arround there is always a chance.

But then he's writting some kick ass comic books now and I wouldn't want him to stop that either.

[Garibaldi]

I thought B5 was gone forever?

I figure as long as JMS is arround there is always a chance.

But then he's writting some kick ass comic books now and I wouldn't want him to stop that either.

JMS has also proposed a treatment that would "revive the star trek franchise". Another interesting possibility for JMS and his unbelieveable creativity!

[stiltman]

Why didn't Sci-Fi channel pickup LEXX?

That would of made a Friday never to miss

[lordsmurf]

JMS has also proposed a treatment that would "revive the star trek franchise".

That would be good. Lord knows that retarded "Remus" movie, and the crappy theme song to Enterprise ...plus all the technically incorrect things in that series, is what killed Star Trek.

Roddenbury would be pissed if he saw things as they are now. At least DS9 and Voyager had his blessing in the earliest stages, and turned out to be reasonably good shows.

[Garibaldi]

JMS has also proposed a treatment that would "revive the star trek franchise".

That would be good. Lord knows that retarded "Remus" movie, and the crappy theme song to Enterprise ...plus all the technically incorrect things in that series, is what killed Star Trek.

Roddenbury would be pissed if he saw things as they are now. At least DS9 and Voyager had his blessing in the earliest stages, and turned out to be reasonably good shows.

The other thing that really pissed me off about Enterprise too is that some of the stories had already been done in star trek!!!. I mean they were just repeating stories from other series! Talk about lack of creativity

[lordsmurf]

Well, maybe. I do know that a number of the stories were used to tie up loose ends. Like the reason why Klingons had no big foreheads in TOS, while they did in all subsequent ones.

They did do quite a bit of "convenient" overlap however, like Soong being in a number of stories, him being the granddaddy to Data's creator.

Some things involving Orions and the other "major", yet never seen, aliens was really needed, if for no other reason than to explain why we never see these peoples in any series.

It's a shame UPN was left in charge of the ST:Enterprise series, rather than SciFi channel. Shows like Stargate were on their death bed when SciFi breathed new life into them and continued them, not to mention repaired them, after Showtime and Fox lost interest.

[Faustus]

Well, maybe. I do know that a number of the stories were used to tie up loose ends. Like the reason why Klingons had no big foreheads in TOS, while they did in all subsequent ones.

I seem to remember an early Next Generation where someone commented on it to some and the reaction was not to nice. Could be wrong though.