Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Premiere

fanblade writes "As if slashdotters needed another reason to stay home on a Friday night, the 20-episode second season of Battlestar Galactica premieres tonight at 10/9C on the Sci Fi Channel. The series, a 're-imagining' of the original 1978 TV series by the same name, made history as the highest-rated original Sci Fi Channel program ever. The first episode of the second season, 'Scattered', won't be televised in the UK until October, but I seriously doubt that will be a problem for the show that 'killed broadcast TV'. There's also excellent coverage on Wikipedia for those eager to brush up or catch up on the first season."

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Also Stargate SG1 & Atlantis!

[AKAImBatman]

Don't forget to tune in at 8/7C for the start of Stargate SG1 and Atlantis as well! SciFi is running THREE FULL HOURS of rockin' new shows today! From their site:

08:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 (SEASON 9) AVALON - PT 1
09:00 PM STARGATE ATLANTIS (SEASON 2) THE SIEGE - PT 3
10:00 PM BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (SEASON 2) SCATTERED

And if you miss it the first time, you can tune in immediately afterwards to catch the same linup again!

11:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 (SEASON 9) AVALON - PT 1
12:00 AM STARGATE ATLANTIS (SEASON 2) THE SIEGE - PT 3
01:00 AM BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (SEASON 2) SCATTERED

My only question is, what's up with the Friday slots? Aren't those slots where shows usually die?

Podcast commentary

[tycage]

Also, don't forget the Podcast of commentary that is available for the episode.

Re:Friday's are throw away slots

[maxpublic]

Don't make me pick between galactica and CSI, that would kill me to have to chose only one or the other.

Good geeks know of this mystical device called "the VCR", which can record one show while you watch another. In fact, just about everyone knows about the mighty VCR, and owns one to boot!

But even better geeks know of "BitTorrent", for those times when you forget to set the VCR. Or for catching up on shows that you didn't clue in on until the second or third season. This is how my wife and I got up to speed on West Wing, Alias, and yes - even CSI! Without BitTorrent to provide the seasons we'd missed (not big TV fans) we'd never have watched the shows on regular TV. We hate jumping into shows mid-stream.

Of course, we didn't bother with BitTorrent until BSG aired in Britain. That was the straw that broke the camel's back for us. But once we took the leap...well, there's really no going back. We watch more TV now than we have in decades. If we happen to miss an episode, so what? We can always catch it with a download and be on track again before the next week's episode airs.

No doubt the network goons will soon be kicking in my door for these public admissions. It won't matter that we watch MORE TV now, only that we've used BitTorrent in acts of "piracy"....

Max