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Bloody typical - just as the series was relaunching itself and standing firm without RDA, they cancel it.

Bastards :mad:

At first glance I'm frankly amazed at this decision. On the other hand, any network that would prefer a pointless BSG prequal to a new Firefly series is capable of all kinds of stupidity.

If they have to cancel anything they should cancel Eureka because so far that's going absolutely nowhere.

I think they're dropping a real clanger with this one.

Are all studio execs f***ing insane?

Oh wait a minute, the answer was in my question wasn't it?

Bloody idiots, they deserve to be dragged down sunset strip and stoned till they die.
:mad: :guns: :mad: :guns: :mad: :guns:

Who's with me?

Nice of them to align the announcement with the 200th episode celebrations.

Clear evidence that Sci-Fi are indeed evil :rolleyes:

F*ckers.

American TV Networks are evil :devil: - they cancel all my favourite TV shows - Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Alias, Dead Like Me, Tru Calling, and many more - and now SG-1 just when it was doing so well, i'm really looking forward to S10 with the Atlantis crossover and 200, and i was just getting into the Ori storyline - there are some very mean things i want to say, but shouldn't here.

SG-1 has had 10years, i thought it would have been cancelled a long time ago - so well done for going this long.

At least we still have Atlantis (hopefully)

Ems :sad:

<_<

from gateworld

Apparently 200 had a 36% ratings jump too, so you never know.

Totally Eureka seemed very Outer Limits to me when I caught it last night but with more constrictions :blink: hardly likely to build a following is it.

They seem hell bent on cancelling their most popular shows :mad: and the decision to renew Atlantis without SG-1 is a weird one too.

Try as I might I've never really been able to get into the show (managed to get to season 5 before grinding to a halt), but I'm still quite shocked and very disappointed by this, especially from a wider genre tv perspective. Apart from anything else it worries me how they will treat BSG in the future.

Nothing Sci Fi does surprises me anymore :(

So, what are we to look forward to?

A network jump? Hardly unprecedented, but rare.

TV movies? Hmmmmm. The B5 movies were kind of hit and miss weren't they?

Books and audio adventures? Hey it was good enough for Doctor Who!

All I can keep thinking is; Poor Claudia Black, Ben Browder and (now) Morena Baccarin. Those three must think they're cursed now :tear:

B*stards..... <_<

SG1 and Atlantis are just about the only currently active shows I watch nowadays....and now they've gone and trashed one of them..... :cry:

I'm trying to get into Eureka......but its not the same........ :(

Jamie - save me some of those stones! :guns:

I'm not so sure about a network jump. Thus far SG1's lived it's television life on cable. It's too much of a risk to any of the major networks I'd have thought. Great numbers on Sci-Fi/Showtime aren't exactly great numbers on NBC/CBS.

Realistically you'd be looking for something like the USA Network to pick it up, but with The 4400 and The Dead Zone, they look to have a pretty full slate already.

Probably the best bet is either a movie, or a sci-fi channel mini series.

It's a strangely timed announcement. Effectively they've based the decision on the ratings for only a quarter of the season. I'll be interested to see what happens should the current ratings spike persist, especially if they go back above those for Atlantis.

What amazes me is that Eureka's pulling in that many more viewers than either SG1 or Atlantis. How FFS?? :shrug:

Interesting bit from Digital Spy;

Wonder which characters they're on about? I'd like it to be Mitchell & Vala but it wouldn't surprise me if they keep peddling Jackson and Carter out :rolleyes:

I think I heard somewhere that this will be the last season of Dead Zone, so there may be an open slot over on USA ;)

As for Eureka, although it will never even come close to SG1 in my mind, I can see why many people may watch this and not SG1. I think many people may be put off SG1 just for the very fact that it is so long running, they may feel that there is no point in starting to watch a program that has already run for so many years.

Sad, but often true :(

Eureka looked interesting, but i didn't feel like watching it, and certainly won't be if it's replacing SG-1.

As for characters moving over i think that they don't have an archeologist on Atlantis (i think), so Daniel might go, so hopefully that would mean Vala would follow (they're great fun), but i don't see a place for Mitchell, Carter or Teal'c as they have a number of scientists, air force people and Aliens from their part of the galaxy with them. Hopefully they'll all do guest spots from time to time, and maybe this TV Movie/miniseries might happen.

Maybe another network will pick it up, but it's doubtful considering its had 10 seasons already, they probably wouldn't think it worth it. I mean Angel had 5 seasons and was cancelled, there were so many petitions, fan sites and attempts to try to get it renewed on another network, but it didn't do much.

Fingers crossed.

Ems :)

Regarding The Dead Zone;

I did a little digging on the ratings for The Dead Zone's fifth season. They're still strong; The Dead Zone and The 4400 are still coming in as the top two original series airing on Sunday nights (I presume they mean on cable). In fact a couple of the recent episodes have actually improved over the numbers from last year.

If I had to guess I'd say that TDZ will be coming back next season, alongside The 4400 (see below), Monk and Psych.

Also, re: The 4400;

On the characters that could possibly transfer across to Atlantis; logically you could take Daniel for the reasons outlined above, and possibly Carter. You could imagine the Carter and McKay characters bouncing off each other (which would probably mean the end of Zalenka).

Looking at it from a cost point of view, those two would probably be two of the more expensive cast members to retain, which makes it possibly more cost effective to bring across Browder and Black. Wouldn't surprise me if Beau Bridges was retained as well. That way they could still keep hopping back to the SGC and have a familiar face.

They'd better bloody not get rid of him - he's one of my favourite characters! :)

Mine as well, but you know that's exactly the kind of sparring relationship they'd love to have between McKay and Carter :rolleyes:

I really hope they don't take Carter across.

A real shame, I haven't seen any of season 8 and 9, so I don't know anything about Vala or Mitchell, but I loved the film when I saw it at the cinema when I was 8 and then saw a trailer for SG-1 and saw that the actors had all changed and I wasn't too sure about the series but when I saw it on Channel 4 for the first time it was brilliant and I watched it ever since. Though every season, apart from recently when I've prefered DVDs to watching them on TV and I'm still waiting for the price drop of season 8 to £29.99.

Ten years is a fantastic goal for any show, and I'm pleased they've got this far its just a shame it has to end because the Stargate has been with me for so much of my life and so have these characters. I just hope they transfer one of my favourite ever TV/film characters ever, Dr. Daniel Jackson over to Atlantis and hoperfully that show will run as long as SG-1 did.

A way to dampen the 200th episode celebrations anyway you look at it.

The best way I think the last episode could end is with SG-1 travelling to Atlantis and getting trapped!!! Then we could have Stargate Atlantis: SG-1.

Good news on The Dead Zone front, though, by the sounds of it :thumbsup:

Good news for The 4400, but I'm reserving judgement on The Dead Zone until it's all official. It wouldn't be the first stupid decision if they cancelled it. Not even the first stupid decision this week :rolleyes:

Steve, WTF's going on with that AV? :lol:

A campaign has been started at Save Stargate SG-1 if anyone is interested.

Ems :)

I don't know, if I have the energy this time around when Farscape was cancelled I put alot of effort in with e-mails and letters, but this time round it just doesn't seem so bad. The show has ran for along time, and they will get the chance to end it properly I hope, it just seems like the show has ran its course and maybe it is time for it to finish...we still have Atlantis, whereas with Farscape I WAS ANGRY...basically they had XXXXXX XXXX and XXXXX and the show didn't feel finished, as well as hearing that they were promised a fifth season, which was then cut in half and refused.

I don't think the campaign is going to be as viral and as effective as the Save Farscape one.

Dan,

I've edited your post for spoilers. Bear in mind that this is the SG1 board, and people might not have seen Farscape yet, or at least not all of it. Me included :p

Sorry........ :blush:

I'll let you off with a virtual slap on the wrist this time...... :p :lol:

I don't think it's worth the effort.

Unlike other shows which have been cancelled in their prime (like Farscape), SG-1 has had an exceptional innings. It's the longest-running (episode-wise and season-wise) US-made sci-fi series, it's made its mark in the sci-fi annals, and if it ends now we won't feel like we've missed out.

It's a shame that they've managed to relaunch themselves successfully with BB (both of them :)) and CB and could well have gone on for many more years, but given what they've done I'm happy to let them bow out gracefully.

The only thing that concerns me is that most of this season had already been written and filmed before the announcement, so I just hope they can turn things around and actually end the series - especially as from what I gather this season was being made with the intention of having a season 11 (ironically this is the first time they did this since coming to Sci-Fi - every other season was made with the intention of being the last! :))

Rightly a slap on the wrist for spoilers but slap on the wrist for you too James for not having finished it yet :lol:

Drat....erm, I was using myself for illustrative purposes only....? :unsure: :lol:

Re SG1, I agree with Phillip's post. It's disappointing in that they've planned beyond this season, but it's had a great run, so it's hard to be completely devastated. I hope it continues, but, now that the disappointment's sunk in I won't be devastated by any means if that's it.

:lol: :lol:

Sounds painful :ponder:

Want some r2 Farscape dvds, James? :lol: ;)

Hmm, now if I admit that I've already got all the episodes I'll probably land myself in deeper water won't I......? :unsure: :lol:

Think Ed Harris in The Abyss and you're in the right vicinity :lol:

Hmm,

Ok. I've got them, but borrowed them out? That way I'm completely dependent on them being returned before I can watch season 4, and therefore I can't really be blamed personally for still not finishing the series.

Yes, yes that's it....... :unsure:

Yes, yes, you loaned them to me but now you can have them back :lol:

Really? Must I?.......:lol:

:whip: :lol:

I do agree that SG-1 has had it's best now, i was disappointed when RDA left, and to me it hasn't been the same, i still really enjoy it, it's one of my favourite shows and think there is so much more they could tell, but maybe it is Atlantis' turn, lets just hope Sci-fi gives it a decent chance.
As long as they end it well (and not be evil with a cliffhanger like Angel), then i'll be happy, and an SG-1 movie wouldn't be a bad thing either.

Ems :)

Sorry to double post.

According to gateworld, there will be 2 direct to DVD SG-1 movies - one relating to the ending of the series and the other relating to time travel.

Ems :)

sci fi wire.com

Coolio. I was worried that the end of the ori storyline would seem really rushed. :thumbsup: