The series produced 214 hours over ten seasons (1997-2006).
Meanwhile, however, another Vancouver-made genre show has been quietly creeping up on Jack O’Neill and his team. The CW’s young Superman supershow Smallville is currently finishing up its eighth season, and has already been renewed for a ninth (EW.com). That will bring it up to a tie with The X-Files (in the season count), and hot on the heels of SG-1 for the record.
So is Smallville going to tie or beat SG-1‘s record?
Stargate SG-1 produced 22 episodes per year for seven seasons, then 20 per year for its last three. Smallville has stayed at 22 episodes per year, with Season Seven shortened to 20 only because of the writer’s strike.
After Smallville‘s 2009-2010 season, then, the show will have produced 196 episodes. If it continues on to a tenth season, it will tie SG-1 in the season count and surpass it in episodes — 218 if the network orders a full, 22-episode season.
Future prospects for the CW show rely heavily on signing lead actor Tom Welling. The eighth and ninth years have proven that the show can lose major cast members (Michael Rosenbaum and Kristin Kreuk, a.k.a. Lex Luthor and Lana Lang) and even its executive producers and keep going strong.
Smallville airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. (7 Central) on The CW in the United States. Season Nine begins this fall, and future contract negotiations and a tenth season renewal decision should come next spring.
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Quality > Quantity imo. When Smallville first came out I was so excited about it, but over the years its just been this 'when will they get together / who will get in the way this time' series. I think it's a feat in itself that Smallville has lasted this long and I congratulate them but I think the writers were just randomly writing in storylines because they were short on ideas. Im a sucker for when the guy gets the girl, but this show has based itself on meteor freaks and Clark getting together with Lois. Let the ninth be its last and let the Man of Steel live on through future movies and comics.
Smallville is so worthless. I think I'll cry if it out runs SG-1
This is absolutely ridiculous. A show like Smallville should never be compared to SG-1. How is that show still running? This pisses me off.
It's not that Smallville is better than SG-1 if it surpasses it. SG-1 could very well have continued much longer had Sci-Fi channel, pardon me, Syfy(lis), not been the bitch that it is, just like with Farscape.
If MGM had their own channel, like WB does, and didn't have to deal with all the idiots at SciFi channel who somehow thing ECW:Wrestling is somehow sci fi, then Stargate SG-1 would likely still be on TV. Along with Atlantis. And we'd still have Universe on its way.
This is so trivial... what matters is quality... not quantity!
I hope Smallville will beat the record of Stargate SG-1 it's a great show!
But that record matters nothing. Stargate SG-1 was an awesome show! No matter what.
Nooooo! Please don't. I want my SG1 to stay in the book of records! xD
forum thread on the topic:-
http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=66424
i love smallville i seen every episode i hope that it will contniue but i dont think it will cause latley the series rating was going down and SG1 is a serious that shoudnt ended i love both of them best series ever
I did not think Smallville was Sci-fi!