Posted on 05/17/2005 6:58:54 PM PDT by KevinDavis
New episodes of SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1 and Battlestar Galactica premiere on July 15 as SCI FI Fridays return.
Stargate SG-1 returns for a ninth season with new cast members Ben Browder (Farscape), Emmy winner Beau Bridges, Oscar winner Lou Gossett Jr. and former The X-Files star Mitch Pileggi. Bridges will also appear in several episodes of Stargate Atlantis. Gossett and Browder's Farscape co-star Claudia Black join the cast of SG-1 in recurring roles, and former Baywatch star Jason Momoa joins the cast of Stargate Atlantis.
Battlestar Galactica comes back for a second season, with the entire ensemble cast returning: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Grace Park. Also resuming their roles are executive producer and writer Ronald D. Moore and executive producer David Eick.
On July 27, SCI FI unveils a new SCI FI Wednesday block, starting at 8 p.m. ET with the new reality series Master Blasters. Does your hobby require an FAA launch window? The new show pits crews of amateur rocket scientists against SCI FI's Master Blasters, a team headed by father-and-son rocket men Dan and Terry Stroud. The Master Blasters team and their opposition are challenged to a space race of a different kind: design, build and launch some very bizarre things into the stratosphere.
At 9 p.m. Ghost Hunters is back for a second season. At 10 p.m., the computer-animated Tripping the Rift returns for year two, with the addition of Carmen Electra in the role of the sexy, brilliant love slave Six. Reprising their roles in the second season are Stephen Root, Maurice LaMarche, Gayle Garfinkle, Rick Jones and John Melendez.
Ah, looks like they're trying to placate farscape fans with the ben browder-claudia black combo.
Guess what scifi- I ain't buying it!!!
No real science fiction.
I love BSG! The second season starts July? Strange time to start?
They usually start it to avoid the competition from the other networks....
I wish they would pickup 'Doctor Who' rereuns. I guess the BBC charges a fortune for them.
Never seen Dr Who..
wasn't Olmos killed off in the last episode?
I wonder when Space here in Canada will carry it? Last season was short. Jan to April.
He was just shot...
I use to watch him all the time on PBS.
uggghh...How do other SG-1 fans feel about Farscape taking over that series? Is Ben Browder a one note actor like Matthew Lillard? He's not playing the same character is he? I never liked Farscape.
I actually called my local PBS station when they took it off the air to ask why. They flat out said that it had become way too expensive. The BBC knows a cash cow when they see one. They recently brought the show back into producion.
No actually he died a long time ago in Miami vice, notice he plays the same role over and over.
Mixed feelings.. However, I'm going to give it a shot...
I thought it was a very good show. The British ones on PBS are awful! At least the little bit that I have seen have been.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.