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Skriven 2006-08-22 21:46:00 av Robert E Starr JR (7158.babylon5)
Ärende: Stargate: SG-1 will not b
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Two articles from multichannel.com:

People close to the production of Stargate SG-1 said Sci Fi Channel canceled
the 
series on the eve of its 200th episode, which aired last Friday night, making 
the show the first cable scripted series to reach such a milestone.

The announcement came in sometime before cast, crew and executives gathered to 
celebrate the historic airing at a Saturday-evening bash held at the Pan
Pacific 
Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the series is shot.

Spinoff series Stargate Atlantis -- which also airs Friday nights on Sci Fi and

shares producers and production facilities with the older SG-1 -- was said to
be 
unaffected by the cancellation. Atlantis is currently in its third season.

After a nine-year run -- five years on Showtime and now in its fifth year on
NBC 
Universal?s Sci Fi -- SG-1?s ratings dropped approximately 30% this summer 
compared with the same time period last year, according to Nielsen Media 
Research data.

The aging series is expensive to produce, and the U.S.-Canadian dollar exchange

rate has wiped out savings related to the Vancouver production.

SG-1 was also moved into the Friday 9 p.m. slot (from 8 p.m. last year),
pitting 
the series against sister NBC U cable network USA Network's high-performance 
Monk, which had been also been shifted this season (to 9 p.m. from 10 p.m.).

But feelings are running hot over the timing of the decision, just as the show 
was celebrating its finest hour. People close to the show complained that 
support was tepid and that a decision to cancel was made early on. The channel 
failed to vigorously promote the show this season, they added, giving the 
network the public excuse they needed to pull the plug.

Sci Fi did, however, issue black-velvet-lined Stargate press packets in June, 
and the network honored the 200th episode with a lavish evening bash at its 
Television Critics Association gathering in Pasadena, Calif., in mid-July, 
flying in the cast and producers and trucking in a 14-foot ?stargate? prop from

Vancouver.

There has long been industry speculation that the NBC U cable networks are
being 
pressured to cancel aging shows produced by competing studios in favor of NBC U

Television product. Sci Fi executives have vehemently denied that this is the 
case, pointing to ongoing partnerships with Lionsgate and other studios.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio that owns and produces Stargate SG-1, recently 
expressed strong support for the series and the franchise 
(www.multichannel.com/article/CA6332083.html).

Studio executives are working to identify an alternative outlet for Stargate 
SG-1, people close to the production said.

Season 10 of the show is still in production. It's not yet clear if production 
will continue or if completed episodes will air. A Sci Fi press official did
not 
respond to an e-mail inquiry sent over the weekend.

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Sci Fi Channel confirmed the Multichannel News report 
(www.multichannel.com/article/CA6364450.html) that it will not renew original 
series Stargate SG-1 for a record 11th season but that it will renew, for a 
fourth season, spinoff series Stargate Atlantis.

SG-1 aired its 200th episode Aug. 18 and is the longest-running science-fiction

show in U.S. television history.

GateWorld (www.gateworld.net), an independent Web site that earlier reported
the 
Atlantis renewal, said episode 200 (featuring parody sequences and numerous 
inside jokes aimed at Stargate fans) delivered a 1.9 average household rating, 
up 36% from the prior week?s episode. GateWorld added that it was the first
show 
in the current 10th season to meet or exceed last year?s average episode rating

of 1.8.

Overall, SG-1?s ratings have been off about 30% this year.

The channel said in a statement via SciFi.com (www.scifi.com): "Sci Fi Channel 
is proud to be the network that brought Stargate SG-1 to its record-breaking 
10th season. Ten seasons and 215 episodes is an astounding, Guinness World 
Record-setting accomplishment. Stargate is a worldwide phenomenon. Having 
achieved so much over the course of the past 10 years, Sci Fi believes the time

is right to make this season their last on the channel. Sci Fi is honored to 
have been part of the Stargate legacy for five years, and we look forward to 
continuing to explore the Stargate universe with our partners at MGM 
[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer] through a new season of Stargate Atlantis."

The show began on Showtime then moved to NBC Universal?s Sci Fi after five 
seasons. MGM and the show?s producers are believed to be pursuing other
possible 
distribution avenues for an 11th season of SG-1. On Monday, MGM said it had 
reached a deal to sell episodes of the two Stargate series on Apple Computer?s 
iTunes download service.

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Sounds like MGM, who produces the shows, isn't quite ready to drop SG1 yet and 
it may continue on another network...
                                                                               
                    
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