Battlestar galactica most likely being renewed

[CrazySting]

for all the sci fi nerds like me...

Moving a show to Sunday nights might at first glance appear to be an act of desperation, but SciFi Channel is expected to officially give the greenlight to a fourth season of "Battlestar Galactica," possibly even before the show makes its Sunday night debut on Jan. 21.
The "Battlestar Galactica" prequel spinoff "Caprica," however, may not be getting the same good news.

"Anyone expecting to see 'Caprica' before 2008 is fooling themselves," a SciFi Channel source told SyFy Portal. "There is still quite a bit to be worked out."

SciFi Channel has a history of making big announcements about potential new series that never make the light of day (see shows such as the "Quantum Leap" remake that never materialized), but the network normally does move forward on spinoffs of popular properties already in production, like "B5: Legend of the Rangers," a spinoff of "Babylon 5" that never made it past the backdoor pilot movie, and "Stargate: Atlantis," which spun off from "Stargate SG-1."

Another show that is not expected to get a greenlight for series is "The Lost Room," the recent miniseries filmed as a backdoor pilot that recently aired on SciFi Channel. It finished well behind three of the last four miniseries aired on the network in terms of ratings, and it's unlikely that will be enough to garner it a series order.

Of course, all of this is based on rumor, so please consider all this information as you would any other rumor. -

source sci fi portal

Hopefully this is true. The ratings have been low this season, so people were worried. I'm not bothered about the caprica spin off because that sounds crap.

[mysterydriver]

I have never watched the old or new Battlestar Galactica, but I did get a kick out of the message boards when the new one debuted and old fans called the female lead "Stardoe"

That is all I can add...oh wait. I hate Sci-Fi for cancelling Tremors:The Series, so congrats on your show surviving another season.

[V3rtigo]

They'd be foolish to cancel BSG, it's the best show out there right now.

And I would so dig a Lost Room series, I enjoyed the mini-series tremendously and they left a lot of threads hanging that could be tied in a series or mini-series

[CrazySting]

vertigox2 said:

They'd be foolish to cancel BSG, it's the best show out there right now.

I've heard the reason they're eager to keep it is because it's so critically acclaimed (and therfore attracts more talent to the network). ECW might be it's highest rated show but it'll never win an emmy or anything.

That, and itunes and dvds sales are quite good for BSG.

[Dr. T is an alien]

TV Guide keeps calling it the best show on television and mentions it a lot more often than several other shows, which has to help. Still, I wonder what the profit margin of such a SFX heavy show could be for such a minor cable network.

[balmudo]

cenamark21 said:

vertigox2 said:

They'd be foolish to cancel BSG, it's the best show out there right now.

I've heard the reason they're eager to keep it is because it's so critically acclaimed (and therfore attracts more talent to the network). ECW might be it's highest rated show but it'll never win an emmy or anything.

That, and itunes and dvds sales are quite good for BSG.

I think they have a shot winning "Best Show With The Letters 'ECW' In The Title", mister.

[Grendel]

I went into watching the new Battlestar Galactica with trepidation, but it's a pretty good show.

[Steve Rogers]

Clearly I'm biased, but I never believed Battlestar would get cancelled. The ratings were low, but it was on Friday nights at ten which is a pretty tough place to get ratings. Further, ratings don't count situations like people TIVOing a show to watch later on, which I did quite often this season.