Posted on 02/13/2007 5:45:01 PM PST by KevinDavis
SCI FI Channel announced that it has renewed its Peabody-winning original series Battlestar Galactica, ordering 13 new episodes. Production will resume this summer in Vancouver, Canada, with an eye toward a January 2008 premiere.
The decision comes after the series' successful move to a new 10 p.m. timeslot on Sundays. Since moving, Battlestar Galactica's audience has grown over its third-season average by 8 percent in total viewers, by double digits in female viewers, by 19 percent in the show's target demographic of adults aged 18-49 and by 14 percent in adults 25-54. The Jan. 28 episode, "Taking a Break From All Your Worries," delivered 2.5 million total viewers and 1.6 million adults 18-49, the largest audience for any episode since the season-two premiere.
"We're thrilled to bring Battlestar back for another season," Mark Stern, SCI FI's executive vice president of programming, said in a statement. "This series has delivered on every level, from the writing to the acting to the production values. SCI FI is proud to be the home of the best show on television."
The series is from NBC Universal Television Studio and is executive-produced by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick. Its cast is led by Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Grace Park. Battlestar recently returned with the second half of its third original season, immediately following SCI FI's newest original series, The Dresden Files.
"While we never had any doubt that SCI FI would get behind a fourth season of Battlestar, it's thrilling to finally make it official, and for Ron and I to continue using this great genre to investigate the darker corners of society, politics and humanity," executive producer David Eick said in a statement.
Frakkin' awesome!
Works for me - man what a twist on the Baltar/6 line last sunday. - I didn't see that one coming...
Personally I think this would be the last season.. 4 seasons is good enough for this show...
FRakkin' A!
That was the only good thing about the episode...
That's alot of men living in their Mom's basements
I'm not.. LOL!!!!!
Other than "Black Market" last week was the only bad episode that I've seen. Two bad episodes in three seasons is pretty good work.
Hey, my mom doesn't have a basement!
I happen to agree with you on that.. I think 4 seasons is good enough for this show..
I'm not a man, sadly I don't have my Mom anymore (in this world, anyway), nor do I have a basement.
But I do like BSG. Glad it's going to continue!
Same here.. 4 seasons is good enough for me..
LOL !!!
;-)
Praise the "Dresden Files". BSG is turning into the "OC" in outer space.
Good new! I'm looking forward to season 4. :-)
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