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'Stargate: SG-1' Cancelled

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gate-closed dept.

Ant writes "The Sci-Fi channel has announced that it will not be renewing its (very popular) original series Stargate SG-1 for another season.The spinoff series Stargate: Atlantis will get the nod, though, airing for a fourth year. SG-1 aired its 200th episode on August 18th, and the SF series is the longest-running SF show on American television." Gateworld has further details: "New episodes of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis continue Fridays this summer starting at 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, leading up to the mid-season finale on September 22. The second half of the season will begin in March, leading to SG-1's final bow on SCI FI in June."

5 of 605 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It's just like... by Ahkorishaan · · Score: 1, Troll

    Farscape.

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    Please, try not to sound so stupid...
  2. Re:Sci-Fi Does Dumb Again by imsabbel · · Score: 1, Troll

    Sorry, but stargate should have been canceled YEARS ago, while there was still something left besides stupid rehashes and lack of ideas.

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    HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
  3. And this is bad because? by supabeast! · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Ten seasons and 215 episodes is an astounding, Guinness World Record-setting accomplishment."

    At least the Star Trek producers had the decency to stop running the same old plots into the ground after seven seasons of their shows. SG-1 has been running the same story into the ground, over and over, for far too long. Here's hoping that they're clearing the way for something better - or at least another Galatica, which had the decency to reuse old ideas that had been on the shelf for a couple decades.

  4. Gender-balancing the viewership by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let's face it: if you're a SciFi male, your Friday nights already contain a viewing of Battlestar Galactica. That kind of makes SG1 superfluous; you're already watching. However, SG-Atlantis is as close to "Dr. Quinn, Starship Woman" as SciFi gets, so they keep that one around so SciFi females have something to watch too.

  5. Re:Atlantis by rogerborn · · Score: 0, Troll

    The third, and by far the most excellent device is the TIVO.

    Get a life on Friday night, and watch yer shows on Saturday morning
    instead of cartoons.

    TIVO is great for instant replays, rewinding to see what you missed,
    pausing while getting more pizza and beer, and FF through commershes.

    All on a fast Hard Drive with live Cable TV.

    Regards,
    Roger
    "You already have zero privacy. Get over it."