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SCI FI renews SG-1, Atlantis!
MONDAY - NOVEMBER 15, 2004
Both Stargate SG-1 and its spin-off series Stargate Atlantis have been renewed for another season, The SCI FI Channel announced today, ending months of speculation. The two series will return for 20-episode seasons, to commence filming in March for a summer premiere on the cable network.
It will mark an amazing ninth season for SG-1, which has been a ratings powerhouse -- both in new episodes and daily reruns -- for SCI FI since moving to the network in 2002. The series will also tie The X-Files for bragging rights to the longest-running science fiction series in U.S. television history.
Atlantis gets its second season, for which it was a shoe-in based on its highly-rated first season. The July series premiere drew 4.2 million viewers to SCI FI, an original series record for the network. Atlantis continued its performance throughout the summer, making it the highest-rated show on SCI FI.
Actors Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell, Rainbow Sun Francks, and Paul McGillion will return for Season Two of Atlantis. (The five principal cast members have signed six-year deals with MGM.) Executive producers Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper will also stay on in their roles for both series.
MGM is still in negotiations with the cast of Stargate SG-1 for Season Nine. Of note is actress Amanda Tapping's ("Samantha Carter") new baby, who will be born in March -- right around the time filming is scheduled to begin. Speculation has also flown that star Richard Dean Anderson ("Jack O'Neill") could ask for his shooting schedule to be reduced even further, perhaps even so far as to make him a recurring character instead of a regular.
Stay tuned to GateWorld for the latest updates! The second halves of SG-1 Season Eight and Atlantis Season One return in January with another 10 original episodes, leading to the March season finales.
(Thanks to many, many fans for reporting!)
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