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SCI FI Channel and its sister NBC Universal networks will air a one-hour recap special of the original series Battlestar Galactica in advance of the show's October third-season premiere. Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far will incorporate footage from the original SCI FI miniseries and the previous two seasons of the Peabody Award-winning series. The special will be narrated from the point of view of Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), the resistance leader on Cylon-occupied New Caprica. The special will also appear on SCIFI.COM's SCI FI Pulse broadband network. The special will be broadcast as follows: Aug. 13 at 10 p.m....

In 2004, television producer Bryce Zabel (The Crow: Stairway to Heaven) and fellow producer J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) had an idea to "reboot" Star Trek—an idea that ultimately never came to fruition, though it caught the attention of Trek fans. Since then, the news has emerged that Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams is developing his own take on Star Trek for a proposed 11th film. And Zabel has chosen to post the 14-page treatment he and Straczynski developed on his own blog so that fans can finally get a look at the Trek that might have been. The...

Earlier this month, NBC Universal announced that SCI FI Channel would broadcast original Battlestar Galactica webisodes on its new broadband Internet channel SCI FI Pulse. Pulse is also increasing the amount of series providing totally original additional material. Now the title of the Web-based, limited series has been revealed: Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance. The announcement was made at NBC Universal's official upfront press briefing. The network upfronts are aimed at advertisers but also let viewers in on the final decisions about what shows are returning, which have been cancelled, and what new series have been picked up for the fall....

Battlestar Galactica took home three Saturn Awards May 2 at the 32nd annual gala in Universal City, California. The series won for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series. Top actors, producers, and production companies attended to also see James Callis ("Dr. Gaius Baltar") and Katee Sackhoff ("Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace" take home awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress on television. The top television prize for broadcast networks went to Lost, this year's Best Network Television Series. SCI FI's The Triangle also tied with Masters of Horror for Best Television Presentation. The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror was founded...

By the Lords of Kobol ... The SCI FI Channel has stunned fans today with the announcement of Caprica, a spin-off series from its top-rated Battlestar Galatica. SCI FI calls the potential new show "television's first science fiction family saga," centering on the history of the Adama family and the birth of the Cylons. Set more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, Caprica takes place on the capital world of the Twelve Colonies. There humankind thrives, living in a peaceful society with the benefits of high technology. But the development of an advanced, robotic, artificial life form...

Sorry the late announcement: 11/10 - Battlestar Galactica Miniseries is showing..

Battlestar Galactica co-star Tricia Helfer ("Number Six") has been honored with two Leo Award nominations, just announced by the Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia. The prestigious awards recognize excellence in film and television produced in British Columbia. Helfer has picked up a nomination for Best Lead Performance By A Female in a Dramatic Series for the Galactica episode "Pegasus," the show's only nomination this year. The actress played the dual roles of Number Six and another copy of the Cylon, abused Pegasus prisoner Gina. The only other nominee in the category is Erin Karpluk, for Godiva's...

The latest issue of DreamWatch features an interview with actor Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica TV Series and now plays Tom Zarek in the Galactica remake. Hatch talked about how he continues to feel that a continuation of the original series would have been just as successful as the Ronald D. Moore's re-imagining. "I don't think a continuation would have been any less successful than a re-imagining," he stated firmly. "A continuation would have evolved the original show: it would have updated the Cylons, brought new characters in and gone into equally provocative areas....

SCI FI Channel's original series Battlestar Galactica has been honored with the prestigious Peabody Award, which recognizes distinguished achievement in electronic media. It is the first Peabody Award for the network. The Peabody Board is a 16-member group, comprised of television critics, broadcast and cable industry executives and experts in culture and the arts, that judges the entries. Selection is made by the board following review by special screening committees of UGA faculty, students and staff. "As is the case every year, submissions for consideration by the Peabody Board provide insight into the astonishing array of electronic media productions" said...

Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D. Moore updated his blog at Sci-Fi.Com, in which he gives feedback for the Season 2 finale, and gives hints towards what we can expect in Season 3. Here are a few excerpts from the update. "Adama, like everyone else in the fleet, had been constantly on the run, constantly under stress, and constantly in danger of losing his life for months on end, with virtually no break from the metal walls surrounding him day in and day out." Moore wrote "When, finally, the people decided to end the long sojourn and settle on New Caprica,...

Tonight's the season finale for BSG. So time to get the thread going. Will Starbuck and crew escape? Will Pres. Rosalind keep her day job. And just what happened to that nuke that Baltar gave to #6? Damn, what to watch on Fridays? Need my BSG fix.

Tonight's Sci-Fi Listing.. A night of season finales! 8/7 - Stargate SG1 Camelot: SG-1 discovers the village of Camelot on an alien world, and must face Merlin's security system when they go in search of an Ancient weapon. Last week's episode was good.. It was good to see Vala. On quick thing the Ori weapon, did it have a certain symbol on top or was it just me??? 9/8 - Stargate Atlantis Allies: Atlantis joins forces with a Wraith faction led by Michael, the Wraith they tried to turn into a human, who seeks their help in destroying their common...

The Museum of Television and Radio’s 23rd Annual William S. Paley Television Festival in Los Angeles (which continues through March 15) got off to an impressive start last week. The festival selects a different TV series or personality each night and has screenings of episodes followed by Q & A sessions with the cast and creative teams. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA was the subject of such a panel on March 3rd, and iF MAGAZINE was there to get the scoop. Featured in the panel were the shows producers and creators: Ronald D. Moore and David Eick. Also on hand were series headliners:...

Tonight's Sci-Fi Listing for 03/03/06: 8/7 - Stargate SG1 Crusade: Vala Mal Doran makes contact with Stargate Command from the Ori home galaxy, and tells the story of her life undercover in a village of followers building the Ori's invasion fleet. Last weeks episode was good. 9/8 - Stargate Atlantis Inferno: Sheppard's team meets a civilization about to be destroyed by a super-volcano, and is trapped there when the Stargate is destroyed during the evacuation. Last weeks episode was good.. One more thing, I'm with Ronon, when you see a Wraith, you kill the wraith for cyring out loud! 10/9...

Tonight's Sci-Fi Listing: 8/7 - Stargate SG1 Arthur's Mantle: Teal'c and SG-9 discover that the Sodan have been brutally attacked. Meanwhile, Mitchell and Carter are shifted to another dimension, making them invisible to everyone at the S.G.C. Last week's episode was good... I liked it how they made the French guy looked like a coward.. 9/8 - Stargate Atlantis Michael: An amnesiac young Lieutenant in Atlantis suffers from disturbing nightmares that he is a Wraith, only to make a shocking discovery about himself. Last week's episode was good.. I do like the Genii use of nuke weapons freely.. 10/9 Battlestar...

Yet another great episode. I particularly liked the scene where Adama and Roslyn were discussing abortion while just behind Roslyn was a number counting the remaining people in the fleet. I think it underscored the reality that abortion really does kill people. The fact that this subtle point was mentioned explicitly by Adama (in his usual classy way) was great. This take on abortion was really great and in my opinion very unusual for a TV show. It is clear that Roslyn wasn't pro life and it was interesting to see her forced to move to a different public position...

Tonight's Sci-Fi Listing: 8/7 - Stargate SG1 The Scourge: A tour of an off-world research base for a group of foreign diplomats turns dangerous when an insidious insect species gets loose. Last week's episode was good. I'm glad to see there is a gouald that is still roaming around.. Too bad that Nerus was killed.. 9/8 - Stargate Atlantis Coup D'etat: After a team from Atlantis goes missing, the expedition finds itself in the middle of a Genii coup. Last week's episode was ok.. Will someone shoot McKay or feed him to the Wraith... 10/9 - Battlestar Galactica The Captain's...

Anyone else find this to be another episode with parallels to today. There were some lines in it that sounded very familiar. Particularly the bit about not negotiating with terrorists. "Just give them what they want!" , "What if the terrorists are right?" sound like things we hear a lot these days. When i heard "Just give them what they want!" it really reminded me of the way people react to hostage takings in Iraq today. In fact I think Jill Carroll said the same thing in a video the same day this was aired. That is something that immediately...

Tonight's Sci - Fi Listing: 8/7 - Stargate Sg1 Off the Grid: SG-1 is captured on an alien world after a deal with the Lucian Alliance goes bad ... and the planet's Stargate goes missing. Last weeks episode was good. 9/8 - Stargate Atlantis The Long Goodbye: Two pods are discovered that contain the minds of alien beings, who take control of Weir and Sheppard's bodies to continue their personal war. Last weeks episode was ok.. Sheppard is the Captain Kirk of the Stargate Franchise. 10/9 - Battlestar Galactica Sacrifice: A woman who lost her husband to the Cylons takes...

Tonight's Sci-Fi Listing: 8/7 - Stargate SG1 Ethon: Daniel is imprisoned on a world under the influence of the Ori, and the Prometheus is caught in a firefight when SG-1 tries to rescue him. Last Weeks Episode was good. It seems that the Jaffa doesn't deserve freedom, cause they can't handle it. 9/8 - Stargate Atlantis The Tower: The team finds a world that possesses Ancient defense technology, where Colonel Sheppard finds himself a pawn in the rivalry between the heirs to the throne. Last Weeks Episode was good. I liked seeing Samatha Carter and I did like the sea...