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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: steveleenow (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 01:29:56 on Jan 19, 2005

But remember it's on Sci-Fi. It's not on a traditional network and it's not syndicated.

Sci-Fi is not like your normal UPN or CBS or NBC, it's a completely different animal. And like the title of the article says, 3.1 million is a record turnout for a show on Sci-Fi.

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RE: I'm not turning him into my.... by MoulinRouge @ 01:34:56 on Jan 19
    RE: I'm not turning him into my.... by steveleenow @ 10:18:40 on Jan 19

RE: I'm not turning him into my.... | Report this post to moderator
By: AX (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:54:00 on Jan 19, 2005

Just a side note, because I'm an obsesive crazy person, but if you like Farscape I'd definately recommend checking out Firefly. You may like it, you may not--it's one of those shows that some people can't get into, but it does have a lot of intellegence.

Lol, as for the topic at hand--I think you make a good point, but I'd argue the ratings are still really strong even if they aren't the greatest ever. In comparision Farscape struggled to get just a million viewers in its final season(in fact the number being thrown around for the show to be picked up was just that, a million viewers). I'd agree Farscape is the better show, but BSG is sitting pretty, 4 million viewers or not. The next few weeks though will likely take some of the wind out of the PR sails, as I doubt you'll be the only person turned off by BSG's unrelenting darkness.

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Thank you for the suggestion by MoulinRouge @ 14:38:41 on Jan 19
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