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23 JUL 03:
SCI FI CHANNEL RENEWS "STARGATE SG-1" FOR 8TH SEASON
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SCI FI Channel Renews
‘Stargate SG-1’ for 8th Season
New Season To Set Up Spin-off Series, ‘Stargate: Atlantis’
SCI FI Channel has ordered an eighth season of its ratings powerhouse
Stargate
SG-1 from MGM. Greenlit for another full season, SG-1 becomes the
second
longest-running science fiction drama on American television –
exceeding
every Star Trek series and second only to The X-Files. Currently in
production
on its seventh season, season eight of SG-1 is slated to premiere
Summer
’04.
“Stargate SG-1 is one of SCI FI’s sure-fire hits. It’s got one of the
best
ensemble casts on television and one of the best production teams as
well,”
stated SCI FI Channel President Bonnie Hammer. “It’s no wonder that the
show
is still going strong in its seventh season. We look forward to even
bigger
and better things with season 8.”
Since June ’02, when the series joined the SCI FI line-up with its
sixth
original season, Stargate SG-1 has become the Channel’s highest-rated
original
series, averaging a 1.7/1,353,000 HHs/2,032,000 P2+ for new episodes (F
9P-10P)
to date. Acquired episodes from the show’s earlier seasons have also
packed
a ratings punch. SCI FI’s Monday night stack of four SG-1 episodes
back-to-back
(M 7P-11P) has averaged a 1.2/985,000 HHs/1,307,000 P2+.*
Season 8 of Stargate SG-1 will feature the return of the entire
ensemble
cast – Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and
Christopher
Judge – and serve as a launchpad for a spin-off series entitled
Stargate:
Atlantis. Atlantis, currently in development for SCI FI, will
feature
an entirely new cast of explorers and scientists who will search for
clues
to the origins of the Stargate.
Produced by Kawoosh Productions and distributed by MGM Worldwide
Television
Distribution, Stargate SG-1 centers on the Stargate, an ancient portal
that
allows instantaneous travel across the galaxy. The series is executive
produced
by Robert Cooper, Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson.
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