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Stargate Universe

Stargate Planner: Week of June 28-July 4

You might be interested in these news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week.

Calendar

Monday, June 28
Tuesday, June 29
Wednesday, June 30 Encore: Stargate Universe “Water” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 10:30 PM.
Thursday,   July 1 Canada Day

Stargate Universe “Earth” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 8:30 PM.
Friday,   July 2
Saturday, July 3 Lou Diamond Phillips will be hosting Stadium of Fire at America’s Freedom Festival in Provo, Utah.
Sunday, July 4 Independence Day (USA)

News Notes

Stargate Universe press:

  • Joseph Mallozzi – He bids farewell (until September) to executive producer Robert C. Cooper in his June 25th entry in his weblog.
  • Lou Diamond Phillips – Eat Sleep Celebrity has a picture of him and a spoiler about his character Col. David Telford in Season Two. Visit that site only if you wish to be spoiled!

Our News Blog posts since the last Stargate Planner (most recent listed first):

Last week, we posted a few background articles in our LJ Companion that you might be interested in. The articles listed in this section don’t have a companion piece in our News Blog here:

Reminders

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the Stargate Twitter Superfeed for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And don’t forget our new feature Beyond the Event Horizon, which consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1 and Atlantis.

Our LJ Companion has news bites, polls, and glimpses into the lives of the actors that we don’t necessarily cover here in our more formal news blog. Make sure to visit the LJ’s feed on our front page or visit the site directly to see its mostly fun little tidbits.

For the latest in convention appearances, which are subject to change, make sure to visit Stargate Actor Appearances.

Pick Your Favorite Episodes of Stargate

Now that we’ve been given all of the episodes for Season One of Stargate Universe, it’s time to select our favorites. Pick your Top 5 favorites from the poll below. You can visit this poll anytime by visiting our SGU Hiatus Page.

If you’re looking for polls for Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, visit our Polls Archive. These polls are from our 13-4-13 feature that we did at the start of this year, and the links to each article are included with the polls for the sake of completeness.

Stargate Planner: Week of June 21-27

You might be interested in these news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week.

Calendar

Monday, June 21
Tuesday, June 22
Wednesday, June 23
Thursday, June 24 Stargate Universe “Water” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 8:30 PM.
Friday, June 25
Saturday, June 26 Cyphan Con at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, Illinois, started yesterday, June 25, but Stargate’s Jewel Staite is available only today. She’ll be giving photo ops from 11:30am-1:00pm and will be conducting her Q&A from 2:30pm-3:30pm, followed directly with an autograph session until 6:30pm.
Sunday, June 27

News Notes

Stargate Universe press:

Last week, we posted a few background articles in our LJ Companion that you might be interested in. The articles listed in this section don’t have a companion piece in our News Blog here:

Reminders

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the Stargate Twitter Superfeed for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And don’t forget our new feature Beyond the Event Horizon, which consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1 and Atlantis.

Our LJ Companion has news bites, polls, and glimpses into the lives of the actors that we don’t necessarily cover here in our more formal news blog. Make sure to visit the LJ’s feed on our front page or visit the site directly to see its mostly fun little tidbits.

For the latest in convention appearances, which are subject to change, make sure to visit Stargate Actor Appearances.

Robert C. Cooper's Stargate Journey Ends in San Diego

The following notice just appeared in executive producer Joseph Mallozzi’s Weblog:

A short and early blog entry today as I’m heading off to the first stop in Robert C. Cooper’s farewell victory tour. ”What’s that?” you say. You didn’t know he was leaving? Well, yes. Sad but true. His appearance at this year’s Comic Con panel will mark his final Stargate-related contribution, so if you happen to be in the San Diego area in late July, make sure to say goodbye and thank him for fourteen years and countless hours of gate-tastic entertainment. But, please – no tears. If you start crying it’ll only be a matter of time before he starts crying as well (the ole softy) and that’ll just embarrass him.

This notice is the first we’ve heard about Cooper’s departure, so we’ll have to keep our eyes open for more details as they become available. The San Diego Comic Con will be held July 22-25. Visit their website for more information about the schedule and panel configurations.

Cooper started with Stargate SG-1 in its first season and eventually became one of its executive producers and showrunners. He co-created Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe with Brad Wright and executive produced both shows as well. Make sure to read about him in our 13-4-13 Feature, as well as in our Stargate Wiki. For a complete history of articles that include Cooper, click on this link.

Hang Out with Solutions During SGU's Hiatus

Now that the Season One finale of Stargate Universe has aired, we’re looking at a summer-long hiatus! What are you going to do? We’re inviting you to hang out with us here at Solutions at our new SGU Hiatus page!

The new page gives you dynamic SGU-related goodies, such as MGM’s official countdown and the feeds from three different sources close to Solutions’ heart: our News Blog, our LJ Companion, and the SGU Destiny LJ Community, which has strong ties to this editor.

We will continue to keep track of the actors and the production by monitoring the Internet, including executive producer Joseph Mallozzi’s weblog. Spoilers for Season Two episodes will be put in our Stargate Wiki, while we report news and other items of interest here in our News Blog or in our LJ Companion. There are some fun and games and other fannish things going on at the SGU Destiny LJ Community that you might like to join in on or keep track of, such as Caption This!, rewatches, fanfiction, and member artwork.

So, make sure to bookmark the new SGU Hiatus page and jump in!

NOTE: The page can be reached through the secondary menu above by clicking on “SGU”.

Ask Louis Ferreira Your Questions

Col. Everett Young in front of the Destiny Stargate (MGM)
Louis Ferreira as Col. Everett Young (MGM)
Once again, executive producer Joseph Mallozzi is opening his weblog up to fan questions directed to someone attached to the production of Stargate Universe. This time, you’re invited to ask Louis Ferreira (Col. Everett Young) your questions:

Okay, looks like the guest bloggers are coming up fast and furious. I’ve collected your questions for Jennifer Spence and will be sending them her way this weekend. Next up…

The lovely Louis Ferreira, SGU’s Colonel Everett Young, is looking forward to hearing from you. If you’ve got questions and comments for Destiny’s commander, start posting!

To submit your questions, do the following:

  1. Go to this entry in Mallozzi’s weblog: Yet Another Guest Blogger Announcement!
  2. Scroll all the way down until you get to the comments section.
  3. Fill in the form. Make sure to proofread your entry because you won’t have a chance to edit it after you submit it.
  4. Click on “Submit Comment”.

Mallozzi reviews all comments before they get posted, so it might take a little while for your entry to make it through.

Stargate Universe "Incursion Part 2" Ratings

The numbers for last Friday’s Stargate Universe episode “Incursion Part 2” have been added to our summary table below. Thanks go to Travis Yanan at pifeedback.com for the data this week:

Season One Viewer and Ratings Summary
Episode Rating/Share Viewers in Millions
HH 18-49 Live+Same Day Live+7 Days
Air (Parts 1 and 2) 1.5/3 0.9/3 2.346 2.8
Air (Part 3) 1.5/3 1.0/3 2.447 3.0
Darkness 1.3/2 0.9/3 2.099 2.6
Light 1.3/2 0.8/3 2.015 2.7
Water 1.3/2 0.8/2 1.974 2.6
Earth 1.1/2 0.7/2 1.626 2.3
Time 1.1/2 0.7/2 1.802 2.5
Life 1.2/2 0.8/3 1.891 2.4
Justice 0.9/2 0.5/2 1.340 2.0
Space 1.0/2 0.6/2 1.486 2.1
Divided 1.0/2 0.6/2 1.600
Faith 0.9/2 0.5/2 1.422
Human 0.8/2 0.4/1 1.313
Lost 1.0/2 0.6/2 1.578
Sabotage 0.9/2 0.6/2 1.391
Pain 1.0/2 0.6/2 1.554
Subversion 1.0/2 0.5/2 1.454
Incursion (Part 1) 0.8/1 0.4/2 1.178
Incursion (Part 2) 1.0/2 0.5/2 1.469 <<<< NEW DATA

Stargate Planner: Week of June 14-20

You might be interested in these news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week.

Calendar

Monday, June 14
Tuesday, June 15 Stargate Universe Season One Finale “Incursion Part 2” on the UK’s Sky One at 8:00 PM.

The second season of Amanda Tapping‘s Sanctuary comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today! The show’s official website indicates that this release is available for ordering in Region 1 (North America) and Region 4 (Australia) and will be available in Region 2 (UK) in October 2010. For more information on the release, visit TV Shows on DVD. Additionally, Tapping and show creator Damian Kindler were interviewed in Ottawa Citizen: Sci-fi show finds Sanctuary in Vancouver.
Wednesday, June 16
Thursday, June 17 Stargate Universe “Light” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 8:30 PM.
Friday, June 18 Stargate Universe Season One Finale “Incursion Part 2” on Australia’s Sci Fi Channel at 8:30 PM.
Saturday, June 19
Sunday, June 20

News Notes

Stargate Universe press:

Last week, we posted a few background articles in our LJ Companion that you might be interested in. The articles listed in this section don’t have a companion piece in our News Blog here:

Reminders

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the Stargate Twitter Superfeed for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And don’t forget our new feature Beyond the Event Horizon, which consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1 and Atlantis.

Our LJ Companion has news bites, polls, and glimpses into the lives of the actors that we don’t necessarily cover here in our more formal news blog. Make sure to visit the LJ’s feed on our front page or visit the site directly to see its mostly fun little tidbits.

For the latest in convention appearances, which are subject to change, make sure to visit Stargate Actor Appearances.

Mallozzi's Weblog: Julia Benson Fan Q&A

Vanessa James in PAIN
Julia Benson won a Leo Award for her performance in PAIN (MGM/Movie Web)
Julia Benson, Stargate Universe co-star and Leo Award winner for her performance in “Pain”, has answered lots of fan questions that were submitted to executive producer Joseph Mallozzi’s weblog. The Q&A is quite extensive, so you’ll need to visit the website for the complete treat, but here are a few highlights:

I have always wanted to act or perform in some capacity. I grew up in competitive dance and always loved being on stage. As soon as I did a play, there was nothing else that I wanted to do!

To get the role of James I had to go through several rounds of auditions! First I read for the character, Andrea Palmer, then I was in consideration for the role of Riley, and then they asked me to come back and read for James. I knew instantly that this was the role I wanted. It just felt right!

The hallucination scene in Pain was emotionally exhausting. You have to throw yourself in and go to a very dark place and that is incredibly challenging but also draining. It’s interesting though…you don’t realize how tired you are until the end of the night when you get home and all the adrenalin has left you!

Given the amount of screen time James has had, I think that we have seen many sides of her character. In general I think the writers do a great job of exploring the complexity of humanity in both their male and female characters.

Yes James is around in Season 2!

Make sure to visit Mallozzi’s Weblog: Actress Julia Benson Answers Your Questions!

Stargate Universe Returns This October on Syfy

There’s a little discrepancy as to when Stargate Universe will return with Season Two, but whether it be September 28 or October 5 or some other date, it’s pretty much a given that we’ll be waiting around 100 days for new episodes (at the time of this posting).

Whatever the case, we’ve provided the MGM Countdown and the Syfy Season Two Promo from YouTube (thanks to user Thebattlecruiserll) for your enjoyment.

Who Will Survive?