BATTLESTAR GALACTICA NEWS
Galactica back for Season Four

Monday - February 12, 2007 | by Darren Sumner

UPDATE: SCI FI has officially confirmed its renewal, ordering "a minimum of 13 episodes" to premiere in January 2008.

The SCI FI Channel will renew Battlestar Galactica for its fourth year, the Los Angelese Times is reporting. The network is expected to formally announce the pick-up on Tuesday.

At least 13 new episodes will be produced this summer for a premiere next January, the paper said.

Fans of the critically-acclaimed series were given pause after the cable network's move of Galactica to Sunday nights failed to boost its ratings, which have dropped since Season Three premiered in October. (In its first two years, the show aired in the summer and winter alongside Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis).

Since changing nights in January, the show has averaged 1.7 million viewers overall, and 1.1 viewers in the coveted 18 to 49 age bracket.

"Battlestar is a cachet show," SCI FI head of programming Mark Stern said. "It gives us a lot of credibility with the creative community. It's the kind of series we want to continue producing in the future."

"I don't think we ever doubted doing another season," executive producer Ronald D. Moore said. "I design my season-ending cliffhangers with the hubris that we'll be back."

Read the full story now at LATimes.com. All-new episodes of Battlestar Galactica air Sundays at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific on SCI FI, leading up to the March 25 season finale.

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