It’s not unusual for the network to temporarily suspend the weeknight (and late Friday) airings of SG-1 and Atlantis, particularly during holidays. What is surprising is Syfy’s apparent last-minute cancellation of the SGU marathon, which it has been advertising for Christmas Day.
The 10-hour marathon would have given viewers a chance to catch up or rewatch the entire first half of the new show’s debut season, from 8:30 a.m. (just after Santa has left) to 6:30 p.m. in the U.S.
Instead, Syfy’s schedule now indicates that the network will show a movie marathon instead, with a combination of Syfy originals and more mainstream genre films, including Serenity and Total Recall.
Viewers in the U.S. who are looking for a little Stargate fix after Christmas can check local listings for the syndication rerun of Atlantis‘s “Ghost In the Machine” this weekend.
If you’re still hoping to catch up (or rewatch) Universe, the entire series is available for sale, commercial free, on iTunes and Amazon.com
Stargate Atlantis and SG-1 are set to return to the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. time slots (respectively) on January 5. There are no SGU reruns on the books yet, with new episodes of the show expected to return to the airwaves in April.
UPDATE: Syfy’s Craig Engler posted the following on Twitter: “We moved the SGU marathon off Xmas day and are going to run it closer to the mdi-season return. Typical schedule stuff.”
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Gah, don't scare me like that! "Syfy cancels SGU" gave me a double-take and the heebie-jeebies!
Hahahahah, hahahahaha, Signs of what's to come? I had come to a conclusion that being this mad over a TV show was not good for me. So I had to stop reading Gateworld news. But my Office Outlook program did a fast one on me, and snuck in this little Gem in. Really made my day. Adios Muchachos! Now it's going to be a really Merry Christmas. Have a great Holiday Everyone, yes that includes you too Tanith :). Be safe, Please don't drink and Drive. Be a designated driver if you can.
And here I was hoping that they actually HAD gotten their wits about them and cancelled this show. Now, that would've been a great Christmas present!
Thank God! Maybe now they'll run a SGA Atlantis marathon or something else worth watching. I'm really sick of having Stargate:90210 shoved down my throat.
@solista: Why? Would you honestly rather have no new Stargate content on the TV meaning that everyone is unhappy as opposed to only a percentage being unsatisfied?
Rather bizarre that a great Christmas present for you is one that sees the end of Stargate with even less hope for redemption.
Sad for all SGU fans, hopefully they'll do an Atlantis marathon instead... AND not having access to Syfy, don't care that much (well, hopefully I'll be nicer and in Christmas spirit in a few days). I'm really tired that it's so difficult to get access to the episodes unless you're in the US, UK or other major English speaking country. What about the rest of us - give us a huly thingy for us poor foreigners. Seems like our (terrestrial) tv companies doesn't buy the scifi stuff. At least not that early on. Well, I might catch some scifi now when I'm finally in UK for my holidays :D Enough moaning... Merry Christmas everyone!
Hello SYFY i was really looking forword to the marathon on friday. I am wondering what your IQs are? oh well. Great Job SYFY NOT
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I am so glad we don't have SyFy here. Now I don't have to worry about not seeing SGU during the holidays. Which I will be able to watch anytime I want anyway coz I have them all on my comp. Heheeehheheheheheh.
SyFy you suck! But you make me laugh.
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SYFY probably wanted people to actually watch what they were broadcasting, smart business move.
"hopefully they’ll do an Atlantis marathon instead"
"Syfy’s schedule now indicates that the network will show a movie marathon instead"