New schedule will start in January 2007
The SciFi Channel will be remaking their schedule in January and moving Battlestar Galactica to Sunday nights at 10pm Eastern starting January 21, 2007.
This move has been rumored for quite some time, but the exact night of the move wasn’t known. According to Michael Ausiello on TVGuide.com, this move was in response to the show’s low ratings. SciFi’s VP of programming, Mark Stern, talked with Variety (“New ‘Battlestar’ orbit: Sci Fi Channel drama moving to Sundays at 10”) concerning the move, but didn’t state ratings as a factor per se, but that Fridays are more competitive than they once were.
The new Sunday line-up will also include The Dresden Files as the lead-in at 9pm Eastern.
It’s still unknown how this change in SciFi Friday will affect the Stargates which, by last accounts, are not returning until March 2007.
To find out more about the schedule, visit The Chicago Tribune: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ moves to Sundays (possible spoilers).