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Galactica Report: Details for Second Season
Sci Fi & SKY One order 20 more episodes.
February 23, 2005 -
Sci Fi & SKY Officially Renew Galactica:
The Sci Fi Channel announced today that it has officially renewed Ron Moore's "re-imagined" Battlestar Galactica for a second season. One of the worst kept secrets in the entertainment industry, Sci Fi confirmed that they would be renewing the series weeks ago but hadn't released any details until now.
Galactica's second season will consist of 20 episodes, 7 more than it had during its first season. The Vancouver, Canada based production is set to start back up in March for a summer premiere on the Sci Fi Channel as part of the network's highly successful Sci Fi Friday lineup of original programming.
Given the short lead time, it is unlikely that SKY One will have the kind of advance start fans saw during the first season. Battlestar Galactica premiered late last year in the UK, prompting fans in other countries to look to the internet to see the episodes. A recent report the the British press listed Battlestar Galactica as one of the top 10 television series traded over the Internet, along with fellow Sci Fi Channel productions Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis.
The entire cast will be back for the second season, including Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Grace Park. Executive producer and writer Ronald D. Moore and executive producer David Eick are also returning to the jobs they held last season.
Fans have asked about the status of Richard Hatch, star of the original Galactica series who has appeared in a couple of episodes in the first season. No official word has been released on the subject but sources involved with the series have indicated to IGNFF that fans should expect to see Hatch return to the series next season.
Battlestar Galactica has quickly become the ratings anchor of Sci Fi's Friday night lineup, averaging around 3 million viewers per week.