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Battlestar Galactica Creator Glen A. Larson Dead At 77

Posted by timothy on from the free-to-roam-the-galaxy-etc. dept.

schwit1 writes Glen A. Larson, the wildly successful television writer-producer whose enviable track record includes 'Six Million Dollar Man', Quincy M.E., Magnum, P.I., Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider and The Fall Guy, has died. He was 77. From the article: Battlestar Galactica lasted just one season on ABC from 1978-79, yet the show had an astronomical impact. Starring Lorne Greene and Richard Hatch as leaders of a homeless fleet wandering through space, featuring special effects supervised by Star Wars’ John Dykstra and influenced by Larson’s Mormon beliefs, Battlestar premiered as a top 10 show and finished the year in the top 25. But it was axed after 24 episodes because, Larson said, each episode cost “well over” $1 million.

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  1. Creato? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nice spelling there, bub.

    1. Re:Creato? by Richy_T · · Score: 3, Funny

      I heard something about too much Rs breaking the internet.

  2. Editor incompetence... by x0ra · · Score: 1, Funny

    Seriously, a basic typo on the title of a news make it to the front page ? I'm all for giving /. a chance wrt. the poor quality of article and the associated criticizes, but this is pushing it a bit far...

    1. Re:Editor incompetence... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Seriously, a basic typo on the title of a news make it to the front page ? I'm all for giving /. a chance wrt. the poor quality of article and the associated criticizes, but this is pushing it a bit far...

      The best decade of timothy's life was second grade.

      And it's been all downhill from there.

      Don't be mean to him.

  3. Insightful or Sloppy Editing? by tysonedwards · · Score: 1, Funny

    Somehow, I doubt that the poster meant "Creato" in the italian sense, being the past tense of for Cresco, or to "produce, create, bring forth"...

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  4. Re:Sci Fi Really Ages Quickly by smooth+wombat · · Score: 3, Funny

    And hopefully, there will never be anything like it again.

    But Jane Seymour!

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