Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Stargate Sg-1 Cancelled.


Huh. First let me say I've never really been a fan of the show, mostly from not having cable and only seeing it scattered episodes on reruns. Plus the whole military thing never really worked for me. But from the outskirts this seemed liked the Sc-fi show that would run forever. It had it's first chance of cancellation way back in season 5 when Showtime pulled the plug. In came Sci-fi to save the day and the show went on to its now running final 10th season. The actors changed many times even with main star Richard Dean Anderson (yes macgyver) leaving and yet the show continued to plug along. It even produced a spin-off show Stargate Atlantis, which oddly enough Sci-fi just renewed for it's fourth season. I guess I just got used to the thought that Stargate would run on the cable network forever. I mean what did they have besides Battlestar Galactica that anyone wanted to see? Giant Snakes from Alctratraz part 3? It must of come down to money. Think about it. You've been producing this show for how long now? Ten years. Your going to want to get paid. In fact the producers are now saying the show will return in some format, (my bet is a movie, either cinema or direct to dvd style) and either way that means larger cash for less work than a weekly series. As much as I'm curious and maybe a little saddened that one more sci-fi show has left the airways, I'm also wondering if in this day and age, any show will last as long as Sg-1 did. It was a nice run. Enjoy your ten seasons.

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