Die achte Staffel hat noch nicht mit der Ausstrahlung begonnen, da gibt es schon erste Spekulationen, dass es nicht unbedingt die letzte Staffel sein muss.
Quelle: Gateworld
...denke mal es ist noch zu früh irgendwelche Aussagen zu treffen, aber interessant finde ich dies allemal.
Sci-Fi open to SG-1 Season Nine
MAY 18, 2004
Is the upcoming season of Stargate SG-1 really the show's final year? Not necessarily, if The Sci-Fi Channel can help it.
It's a question that's asked every year, ever since Showtime cancelled the series in 2002, after five seasons. SG-1 got a new lease on life when it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel, where it became their highest-rated series. According to a recent article in Multichannel News, Stargate SG-1 currently makes up 22 percent of the cable network's primetime (8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific) line-up. In March, the Season Seven finale scored a 2.1 household rating, Stargate's second-highest ever. (The highest, a 2.2, was in January.)
With the arrival of Season Eight in July, Stargate becomes the second-longest running science fiction series in the U.S., after The X-Files -- which ran nine years.
"We love it, we embrace it," Bonnie Hammer, Sci-Fi Channel president, told Multichannel News. "It's such an amazing franchise. I couldn't honestly say to you: Now it's Season Eight and it's over. It just might not be."
Despite the show's strong performance for the network, two significant hurdles stand in the way of its renewal: the budget, and the on-going participation of actor Richard Dean Anderson ("Jack O'Neill").
Stargate SG-1 now costs about $1.7 million per episode according to Multichannel News, a likely factor in Sci-Fi's decision to order 20 episodes this season, rather than the usual 22. The network does not share in additional revenue that the studio earns through syndication and DVD sales. And the network has also invested heavily in the new Battlestar Galactica series, which has kicked off production with a 13-episode order -- and a price tag even higher than SG-1's.
SG-1 executive producer Michael Greenburg thinks the show will go on. "If the demand is there, I think the show will be there. I think it can continue. Sci-Fi's a fairly new network. We're the highest rated show they've ever had. We've broken their records. It just feels like it's too early to go away."
"I don't know if Rick would continue. But who knows? You never know until the offer's on the table. But I think the franchise now is becoming bigger than the people."
MGM and Sci-Fi have developed a spin-off series, Stargate Atlantis in part to take the place of SG-1 when it eventually bids farewell -- but the two shows can certainly co-exist, Greenburg said.
Don't miss the complete article -- no doubt one of the most in-depth looks at Stargate ever published -- at Multichannel News! (Registration may be required.) The feature also includes a look behind the scenes of Atlantis, discusses Anderson's strong presence, Sci-Fi's involvement in its series, and the upcoming Battlestar Galactica.
MAY 18, 2004
Is the upcoming season of Stargate SG-1 really the show's final year? Not necessarily, if The Sci-Fi Channel can help it.
It's a question that's asked every year, ever since Showtime cancelled the series in 2002, after five seasons. SG-1 got a new lease on life when it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel, where it became their highest-rated series. According to a recent article in Multichannel News, Stargate SG-1 currently makes up 22 percent of the cable network's primetime (8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific) line-up. In March, the Season Seven finale scored a 2.1 household rating, Stargate's second-highest ever. (The highest, a 2.2, was in January.)
With the arrival of Season Eight in July, Stargate becomes the second-longest running science fiction series in the U.S., after The X-Files -- which ran nine years.
"We love it, we embrace it," Bonnie Hammer, Sci-Fi Channel president, told Multichannel News. "It's such an amazing franchise. I couldn't honestly say to you: Now it's Season Eight and it's over. It just might not be."
Despite the show's strong performance for the network, two significant hurdles stand in the way of its renewal: the budget, and the on-going participation of actor Richard Dean Anderson ("Jack O'Neill").
Stargate SG-1 now costs about $1.7 million per episode according to Multichannel News, a likely factor in Sci-Fi's decision to order 20 episodes this season, rather than the usual 22. The network does not share in additional revenue that the studio earns through syndication and DVD sales. And the network has also invested heavily in the new Battlestar Galactica series, which has kicked off production with a 13-episode order -- and a price tag even higher than SG-1's.
SG-1 executive producer Michael Greenburg thinks the show will go on. "If the demand is there, I think the show will be there. I think it can continue. Sci-Fi's a fairly new network. We're the highest rated show they've ever had. We've broken their records. It just feels like it's too early to go away."
"I don't know if Rick would continue. But who knows? You never know until the offer's on the table. But I think the franchise now is becoming bigger than the people."
MGM and Sci-Fi have developed a spin-off series, Stargate Atlantis in part to take the place of SG-1 when it eventually bids farewell -- but the two shows can certainly co-exist, Greenburg said.
Don't miss the complete article -- no doubt one of the most in-depth looks at Stargate ever published -- at Multichannel News! (Registration may be required.) The feature also includes a look behind the scenes of Atlantis, discusses Anderson's strong presence, Sci-Fi's involvement in its series, and the upcoming Battlestar Galactica.
...denke mal es ist noch zu früh irgendwelche Aussagen zu treffen, aber interessant finde ich dies allemal.
und ich hätte gerne auch mehr Folgen!!!
(wie schon Hansolo gesagt hat) Besonders wenn dann auch noch RDA aussteigt, weiß ich nicht, ob das der Serie gut tun würde noch weiter zu machen, dann einer der besten Chars. wegfällt. Aber das ist ja schon zum Großteil in der aktuellen 8. Staffel passiert, und dort gibt es dan wohl einige Änderungen. Also man sollte einmal schauen, wie die 8. Staffel ist/wird und dann kann man sagen, ob SG-1 eine weitere Staffel verträgt. Aber ich bin eher dafür, dass sie jetzt mit SG-1 aufhören, wo sie noch so gut und beliebt ist, und sie die nicht absolut überlaufen, bis sie absolut uninteressant und blöd wird und sie dann aufhören müssen, weil keiner mehr die langweiligen und sich wiederholenden Stories mehr sehen will.
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