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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: MoulinRouge (Odo's file, contact) @ 00:14:31 on Jan 19, 2005 | Edit History (1)

...personal archnemesis. I'm not concerned with what the man does one way or the other. If BSG takes off, that's cool. I wouldn't recognize Moore if I saw a picture of him. I'm just surprised that the numbers for BSG's premiere were so low with all the hype is all. My jaw dropped when I realized that Atlantis' premiere beat it by a million viewers. Didn't Atlantis score over 4 million viewers for its premiere?

You have to understand, I'm not that big a science fiction fan. I like Trek, but I've never seen an episode of Atlantis or Firefly. I've only seen a few of SG-1 and I didn't like them. The only reason I ever saw Farscape was that my husband bought the DVDs. I just find all the panic and hype really, really annoying. I watched the first two eps. I won't be watching anymore. My husband is a big time sci-fi fan and he didn't like Galactica either. In my opinion, Farscape is an infinitely better product. So....I'm annoyed with the Galactica hype. I'm completely neutral about Ron Moore. That PR sounds just a little hyped up to me is all. If I were a betting woman, I'd wager that the suits at BSG are spitting nails and breathing fire that it didn't score in the 4 millions. Think about it. Those numbers are sure to drop a little. Atlantis's did. I'm sure the suits at sci-fi were counting on Galactica dropping from the 4 millions into the 3 millions instead of dropping from the low 3's. Doesn't Galactica cost 1.6 million an episode? Farscape was expensive, too....

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