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Ronald D. Moore's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Premieres to Record Ratings for Sci-Fi

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By Steve Krutzler / 18:03, 18 January 2005 / General Genre/SciFi

Former STAR TREK writer/producer Ronald D. Moore has reason to celebrate, as his new Sci-Fi Channel series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA set ratings records for the cable network with its Friday premiere.

According to a press release circulated by the network, BSG was watched by 3.1 million viewers and becomes the highest-rated January program ever on Sci-Fi. BSG's premiere is second only to the network's summer 2004 premiere of STARGATE: ATLANTIS. With a 2.6 household rating, BSG delivered #1 performances among cable networks on Friday in several demographic categories, including M25-54, M18-49 and M18-34.

The PR goes on to compare the show to Friday's first-run presentation of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE: "BATTLESTAR won a decisive victory over UPN's ENTERPRISE, outperforming its new episode in total viewers, P25-54 (2.2 million vs. 1.7 million) and P18-49 (1.8 million vs. 1.5 million)."

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA continues its season on the Sci-Fi Channel, Fridays at 10p following STARGATE: SG-1 and STARGATE: ATLANTIS.



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By: Bella Oxmyx (Odo's file, contact) @ 23:48:48 on Jan 18, 2005

Because if it isn't trek, it just can't be any good, right Hbasm? That IDIC thing was just a merchandising gimmick, anyway... ;-)

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By: AX (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:44:51 on Jan 19, 2005

Why? Can't we have both? Claiming it has to be one over the other is stupid in my opinion. These are very different shows--both valid in thier own rights if you ask me.

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