Yeah! BSG renewed

[GermanSinclair]

SCI FI Channel has ordered a second season of its hit series Battlestar Galactica, which has aired five episodes of its first season of 13 episodes. Details of the renewal—including which cast members will return, how many episodes will be produced and when the second season will commence—were still being worked out at press time.

Battlestar Galactica has been a ratings winner for SCI FI since its Jan. 14 premiere. The latest episode, Feb. 4's "You Can't Go Home Again," scored the show's best ratings yet, with 3.2 million viewers.

For the show's second season, creator and executive producer Ronald D. Moore previously told SCI FI Wire that he has already been working on as many as six new scripts to resolve the multiple cliffhangers that will end season one. Moore added that he wants to delve deeper into the show's religious themes and open up the Cylon world a bit more in the coming season. Moore continues to post his thoughts on a personal blog on SCIFI.COM. Battlestar Galactica airs Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT, part of the channel's SCI FI Fridays lineup.

From: SciFi Wire

 

[Recoil]

Sweet

 

[AntonyF]

Long live good TV.

 

[hypatia]

Just curious here: was there ever any doubt? I thought BSG was one of the Sci-Fi channel's big winners this season.

I'm glad to hear it isn't as horrible a show as some BSG fans feared before the first episode ever showed. I remember the wailing and knashing of teeth. Particularly in regards to a certain key character being recast as a female instead of a male. Boy, did that make some people mad!

It's not my kind of show, but I'm glad to hear it is well written.

 

[KoshFan]

Y'know, the more I hear about this show, the more I think I may have to start watching it.

But it will be in keeping with my age-old habit of never watching a show while it's actually on the air. B5 I started late. Same with Buffy. Firefly I know exclusively through the DVDs. The only show I've really followed live was Alias, due to my obsessed friends.... I imagine the same might hold true for Lost, which I keep meaning to get into.

House -- the new medical show with the extremely arrogant doctor -- might be an exception.

 

[Recoil]

People like you are why shows get cancelled.

 

[darth_librarian]

Hell yeah!!!!

 

[Jendia]

WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!

 

[KoshFan]

People like you are why shows get cancelled.

But people like me are also why DVD sales for TV shows are high and climbing.

 

[Demon]

Fantastic news!

 

[Recoil]

But people like me are also why DVD sales for TV shows are high and climbing.

The flaw in your logic, of course, is that if shows get cancelled early, then there are no DVDs for you to buy and watch.

 

[Chris Springob]

Hollywood North Report, the same source that leaked the TMoS plot info (which we're still waiting for verification on), has reported that skiffy is considering increasing its order for Season 2 to 20 episodes. That would make some sense, as it's the same length as the seasons for the two Stargate shows, so skiffy could continue to package the three shows together without putting BSG in reruns while the other two are showing new eps.

 

[darth_librarian]

!3 is a bit short for a US series, but I like the tightness of it. I hope they can keep the same intensity throughout.