Post by Helo on Feb 10, 2005 3:40:14 GMT -5
Coming in a week before the cast is called back to the set to start working, Sci-Fi Channel officially greenlighted "Battlestar Galactica" to a second season, adding another 13-episodes to its highest-rated series.
The move was expected for some time, especially since ratings have been on an upturn over the last few weeks. The show generated 3.2 million viewers last week, giving it a decent lead over its Friday night lead-in shows "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate: Atlantis."
According to Sci-Fi Wire, Executive Producer Ronald. D. Moore already has begun work on the six scripts that were ordered just before the American premiere of the series. He said that he wanted to tie up some of the cliffhangers that will be forthcoming at the end of the current season, as well as explore the religious aspects of the show.
It is unclear who will return for a second season, but SyFy Portal sources state that all the principle actors -- including stars Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell -- have contract options to return. It also seems that both Moore and fellow executive producer David Eick will return as well.
One thing that was not released as of yet is when the next season will premiere, and if it will get aired on British satellite television first. The opening season was aired on the United Kingdom's Sky One months before it aired in the United States and Canada. Sky One paid a portion of the production costs for the series, but NBC Universal executives worked to shut down online peer-to-peer sites that offered the episodes to American audiences before the episodes aired there.
The reimagination of the 1978 series first aired with a four-hour miniseries in December 2003, bringing in the third-highest ratings for Sci-Fi Channel of all time. It currently airs Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on Sci-Fi, just after "SG-1" and "Atlantis."
The move was expected for some time, especially since ratings have been on an upturn over the last few weeks. The show generated 3.2 million viewers last week, giving it a decent lead over its Friday night lead-in shows "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate: Atlantis."
According to Sci-Fi Wire, Executive Producer Ronald. D. Moore already has begun work on the six scripts that were ordered just before the American premiere of the series. He said that he wanted to tie up some of the cliffhangers that will be forthcoming at the end of the current season, as well as explore the religious aspects of the show.
It is unclear who will return for a second season, but SyFy Portal sources state that all the principle actors -- including stars Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell -- have contract options to return. It also seems that both Moore and fellow executive producer David Eick will return as well.
One thing that was not released as of yet is when the next season will premiere, and if it will get aired on British satellite television first. The opening season was aired on the United Kingdom's Sky One months before it aired in the United States and Canada. Sky One paid a portion of the production costs for the series, but NBC Universal executives worked to shut down online peer-to-peer sites that offered the episodes to American audiences before the episodes aired there.
The reimagination of the 1978 series first aired with a four-hour miniseries in December 2003, bringing in the third-highest ratings for Sci-Fi Channel of all time. It currently airs Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on Sci-Fi, just after "SG-1" and "Atlantis."
