A 20-episode season will begin filming in early 2010 for a fall premiere. Meanwhile, the second half of Season One will return in April. Work on the first episodes of Season Two is already underway in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the show’s writing team has hammered out storylines and already started writing scripts.
The renewal comes as no surprise, with SGU relaunching the stalwart, 12-year-old franchise and bringing in brand new viewers with its markedly different tone and approach to storytelling. The show has averaged 2.6 million viewers with “Live + 7 Days” DVR data taken into account, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It’s the cable network’s second highest-rated show of the fall season, behind Ghost Hunters.
According to Syfy:
Of course the studio isn’t saying just which cast members will be on the show next season. With another 10 episodes still to air in the freshman season, anyone is at risk of being killed off.
Syfy also announced the renewal of SGU‘s Friday night companion series, Sanctuary. It will be the third season for the series that stars and is executive produced by Amanda Tapping, formerly of Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis fame. The series has averaged 2.2 million viewers this season.
Sanctuary will continue to air the rest of its 13-episode season into January, then return with Season Three in the fall. The renewal marks the show’s first 20-episode order, THR says.
Watch for the next new episode of SGU, “Space,” when the show returns in April! In the meantime, we’ll continue to cover every moment of the franchise and look at Stargate Universe so far, right here at GateWorld.
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Very cool
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*happy dance*
"anyone is at risk of being killed off."
Bull. Any actually believ this?
Woooohoooo!!!!
*happy dance*
YES! What do you say now, haters? :p
Fantastic!!!!!! I'm overjoyed at this wonderful news!!! A great early Christmas present!!! :D
*happy dance* as well, but ONLY for Sanctuary.
It's a sufficient Sci-Fi show, I just wish it had nothing to do with Stargate. Why didn't they just call it "Monolith Universe" or something, don't have a stargate, don't have any of the other cast it in, slap a 'from the creators of Stargate' on it, and have a Sci-Fi show that stands off in a corner on it's own.
It has nothing to do with Stargate. What made Stargate awesome is it didn't take itself overly serious ("Now, we came in peace, and we expect to leave in one ... piece." "Where I am from, I would be well within my rights to dismember you.") The other thing that made it great was how it incorporated our mythologies, and of course, how it made archeology really interesting :)
The whole "I Wanna Be Like Ron Moore When I Grow Up" thing is all fine and dandy, and I hope it builds people's resumes up and gets everyone involved in making the project the experience they need to make their lives better yada yada yada, but did they 'really' have to make it a Stargate show? Really?
Sunspot Universe! There you go.
Btw - fun seeing Shanks on Sanctuary the other day ("I like the hair.")
I was waiting for you to finally post this!
No doubt many people are going to have a hissy fit over this. A small group of people took a negative stance from the beginning, before even seeing an episode. Then they are so far removed that they can't give the show a chance. Half a beginning season isn't a chance. Here's a newsflash: SG-1 didn't hit it's stride in that amount of time. This is a brand new show, brand new concept for them (Versus Atlantis which was a reboot of SG-1 scenarios in a different area). It's going to take a wee bit of time to establish some relationships and a premise here.
And some people are so spiteful they will go as far as being upset about the renewal. Oh yes, that'll get you far. Here's a reality check: the demise of this show isn't going to bring about the return of Atlantis.
@AsFarAsLarry: I'm sorry the show doesn't match your concept of what Stargate should be. The show is more Stargate oriented than BSG oriented I believe. I'm a fan of dark/gritty SciFi and I'm happy my favorite show merged with it. I still feel a Stargate vibe from the show and seeing as how we barely know the premise of the show because its so early, the possibilities are endless as to what is to come. I find that to be an exciting prospect and look forward to see where the show goes.
Sweet deals!