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The season premiere of Stargate SG-1 left all previous ratings records in the dust on Friday, scoring a 2.4 household rating. More than 3.2 million viewers tuned in for the 2-hour "New Order", making it the most-watched original episode in the show's history. Not only is it a new ratings record for Stargate, but the 2.4 also makes "New Order" the first episode of any original series on SCI FI ever to garner more than 3 million viewers. It was also the most watched program of any kind for SCI FI so far in 2004, the network reported. The SCI FI Channel finished in first place among cable networks for the night among viewers age 25 to 54, and second in the 18 to 49-year-old demographic. "New Order" was the also second highest-rated program of the entire day in those groups, and number four overall. Stargate's previous record on SCI FI was a 2.2 rating, earned by "Evolution, Part 2" in when the second half of Season Seven premiered in January. Season Eight of SG-1 takes a break this Friday for the 2-hour world premiere of spin-off series Stargate Atlantis, and continues with all-new episodes on July 23! |