For there never was a tale of more woe...
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"Stargate" Shown the Door
 | Jack O'Neill's galactic team outlasted Mulder, Scully, Picard and Sisko. But it won't fight on forever. At least not on Sci Fi Channel. |
The cable network announced Monday it was decommissioning Stargate SG-1 after the conclusion of its 10th season sometime next year.
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SG-1, long headed by Richard Dean Anderson as the Earth-protecting Major General Jack O'Neill (and the series-defending executive producer), aired its 200th episode last Friday. Some 2.5 million viewers observed the occasion, per Nielsen Media Research, making it the second-most-watched Sci Fi show of the week after the E.T.-free Extreme Championship Wrestling (2.6 million).
Unless another network steps in to salvage SG-1, the series will end its 10-year run with 215 episodes, more than The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine--or any U.S.-produced sci-fi show. Ever.
In a statement long on plaudits (i.e., "worldwide phenomenon") and short on specifics, Sci Fi said it was canceling SG-1 because, well, it just was.
"Having achieved so much over the course of the past 10 years, Sci Fi believes that the time is right to make this season [its] last on the channel," the network said.
A call seeking comment from MGM, the studio behind SG-1, was not immediately returned Tuesday. In the Hollywood Reporter, an MGM rep said the company was "vigorously working to continue the franchise."
The Sci Fi pink slip came on the same day MGM closed a long-awaited iTunes deal that makes episodes from the current seasons of SG-1 and Atlantis available for download purchase.
SG-1 is nothing if not well-traveled. The franchise was launched in 1994 as the theatrical movie Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader. In 1997, the TV version debuted on Showtime with Anderson and Michael Shanks filling the Russell and Spader roles as soldier and scientist, respectively. Sci Fi picked up the series in 2002.
As with most long-running shows, not all cast members lasted the marathon. Anderson, the former MacGyver innovator, first cut back on his hours, then left the series for good last year. (He still returns, however, for occasional appearances--as evidenced by the 200th episode). Farscape alum Ben Browder took the com as Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell as of season nine.
SG-1 is scheduled to conclude the first half of its 10th season in September, before returning to finish off its slate in 2007.
The Ori, meanwhile, were said to biding their evil time.
Note: I will not be able to start working on Revenge of the Geek until I have a Jack & Daniel!
posted by Goa'uld @ 10:34 AM
6 Comments:
You poor baby! I am so sorry about this.
First of all *sobsobsobsobsobsob*
Next: That was so well-written, Goa'uld! Just perfect. I hope you write for your school paper. I think an activity will help keep you out of trouble.
Just to elaborate because I have a conference call in 5 minutes and don't want to start anything else, the tone and the grammar and the humor were all exemplary.
But, what will become of the poor Una?
...take it’s place?! Hmph, I'm not going to let that happen...I'll kill Battlestar Galactica if I have to...not that I watch that show...but it might take over Stargate's times...:-/
Oh, and for those who didn't see, the link to the original article is at the top of the post.
"Those who didn't see" is the best nickname anyone has ever given me. Thank you.
Actually, my dad didn't see it, either...lol :D
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