{"id":166,"date":"2004-11-15T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2004-11-15T17:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=166"},"modified":"2004-11-15T10:12:28","modified_gmt":"2004-11-15T17:12:28","slug":"sci-fi-renews-sg-1-and-atlantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/sci-fi-renews-sg-1-and-atlantis\/","title":{"rendered":"SCI FI RENEWS SG-1 AND ATLANTIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>SCI FI OPENS THE &#8216;GATES&#8217;TO MORE ADVENTURES<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Channel Renews both &#8216;Stargate SG-1&#8217; and &#8216;Stargate Atlantis&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;SG-1&#8217; Ties for Longest-Running Sci-Fi Drama<\/p>\n<p>In response to overwhelming viewer demand, SCI FI Channel has ordered new seasons of its highest-rated and most successful original series, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, from MGM Television Entertainment.  Production on both 20-episode seasons is set to begin in March 2005 for summer premieres on SCI FI.<\/p>\n<p>Stargate Atlantis exploded onto the scene in July 2004, delivering over 4.2 million viewers and shattering every previous ratings record for a SCI FI series. Reprising their roles for season two will be Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, David Hewlett, Rainbow Sun Francks, Rachel Luttrell and Paul McGillion.<\/p>\n<p>As Stargate SG-1 returns for an astounding ninth original season, it ties The X-Files as the longest-running sci-fi drama series on American television.  MGM is currently in negotiations with the original cast for their return.<\/p>\n<p>Robert C. Cooper and SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright will continue to serve as executive producers on both series, which are distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of SG-1 and Atlantis return in January 2005 along with the series premiere of Battlestar Galactica, making SCI FI Fridays the most powerful night of sci-fi on television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCI FI OPENS THE &#8216;GATES&#8217;TO MORE ADVENTURES Channel Renews both &#8216;Stargate SG-1&#8217; and &#8216;Stargate Atlantis&#8217; &#8216;SG-1&#8217; Ties for Longest-Running Sci-Fi Drama In response to overwhelming viewer demand, SCI FI Channel has ordered new seasons of its highest-rated and most successful original series, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, from MGM Television Entertainment. Production on both 20-episode &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/sci-fi-renews-sg-1-and-atlantis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SCI FI RENEWS SG-1 AND ATLANTIS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}