BSG Finale ep tops the ratings in the US

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FINALE BLASTS AWAY THE COMPETITION

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Series Finale is #1 Telecast for the Day Among Both Cable and Broadcast Final Season Gains Double Digits vs. Season 3

New York, NY: 23 March 2009 – Battlestar Galactica wrapped a phenomenal series run on Friday evening with a finale episode that topped the competition on both cable and broadcast. As previously announced, Friday's two-hour (9pm to 11pm) episode on SCI FI delivered a 1.7 household rating with 2.4 million total viewers watching live (1.5 million Adults 18-49 and 1.6 million Adults 25-54), becoming the most-watched episode of the series in over three years.

In addition: Battlestar Galactica Finale Ratings Update Battlestar Galactica was the #1 entertainment program on television Friday night for adult male viewers, beating all non-sports telecasts on cable and broadcast for both Males 18-49 and Males 25-54, including new episodes of both Dollhouse and Sarah Connor Chronicles on FOX.

In both the Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 demos, the Battlestar Galactica finale was the #1 cable telecast for the day, and SCI FI was the #1 cable network in 8-11 PM prime for both demos as well. · For its full fourth season, Battlestar Galactica averaged a 1.8 Household rating, 1.6 million Adults 18-49, 1.7 million Adults 25-54 and 2.3 million total viewers. (Note that this does not include the final DVR playback data for the final 2 episodes, and in season 4.5 to-date the series has added over 700,000 viewers per episode from 7-day DVR playback.)

Season 4 is up vs. season 3 by + 13% in Household ratings, +15% in Adults 18-49, +16% in Adults 25-54 and +14% in total viewers. · This is the best full season performance for Battlestar Galactica in Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54 and total viewers since season 1. In addition, fans flocked to SCIFI.COM on Friday to bid farewell to the series, resulting in a surge in Battlestar Galactica traffic versus the season 4.0 finale by +20% in page views, +45% in unique users and +20% in video streams. Battlestar Galactica was also the #1 section of SCIFI.com on 3/20/09 across all key metrics.Source: NBC

David Tennant puts on a happy face, in Doctor Who Magazine 406!

Talking exclusively to Doctor Who Magazine, the Doctor himself, David Tennant, talks candidly about presenting this year’s Comic Relief...

“I’m co-presenting this year’s TV extravaganza , on BBC One on Friday the 13th – which won’t be unlucky this year, I promise... Live telly is always exhilarating, but I’m sure this will be even more so, because I’m expected to be fronting it – well, the first hour or so, which does give me some more responsibility...” How does he think he’ll cope presenting alongside Davina McCall? She is, after all, the Loudest Woman on Telly. “Well, I’ve had a word with the sound men to turn my microphone up louder, so I’m hoping that should equalise it out a bit! It’ll be a challenge!” Find out more here >>

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek to get Australian world premiere

Paramount Pictures Australia today announced that J.J. Abrams' Star Trek will hold its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House in the Australian capital on April 7, Reuters reported.

That will kick off a world tour that touches down in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Spain and Britain.

The movie, starring Chris Pine as James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock and Eric Bana as the villain Nero, is a reboot of the original series.

Star Trek opens in Australian cinemas on May 7, one day before opening in the United States.

Source: SciFi Wire

Exclusive first look at cast of 'Stargate: Universe'

Immediately following the series finale of Battlestar Galactica tonight, Sci Fi will unveil a 30-second trailer for Stargate: Universe featuring a first look at the show's crew. Actually, make that a second look. This exclusive cast shot to your left is, technically speaking, the first look.

Study it. Discuss it. Share it with friends. And then try connect the names with the faces, 'cause I don't have the time to do that whole left-right-front row-back row thing.

Here are those names now (again, in no particular order): Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Justin Louis, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque, David Blue, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, and Ming-Na.

Okay, I'll get you started: Carlyle is front and center.

SG:U, which is being billed as the edgier cousin to Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, debuts this fall. Source: Ausiello at EW

BSG: Daybreak Pts 1 & 2 NBC releases more piccie

Title: Battlestar Galactica: Daybreak Part 1 and 2
Airdate and time AU: 21 March probably, TV Guide not user friendly
Airdate and time US: Pt 1 2000 (8pm), 1 hour. Pt 2 2100 (9pm) 2 hours, 20 March 2009
Network AU: SciFi
Network US: SciFi

Synopsis: As conflicts reach a climax, Cylons and humans face a stark choice.

Cast: Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Tricia Helfer as Number Six/Caprica Six, Edward James Olmos as William Adama, Jamie Bamber as Lee "Apollo" Adama, Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin, Grace Park as Sharon Valerii/Sharon "Athena" Agathon, James Callis as Gaius Baltar, Michael Trucco as Anders. Source: NBC

Battlestar Galactica: 420 Daybreak (2)

Title: Battlestar Galactica: 421/22/23 Daybreak
Airdate and time AU: Probably Thursday 26 March at 2230hrs (10.30pm)
Original airdate US: 20 March 2009
Network AU: SciFi
Network US: SciFi

Synopsis: As conflicts reach a climax, Cylons and humans face a stark choice.

Cast: Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Tricia Helfer as Number Six/Caprica Six, Edward James Olmos as William Adama, Jamie Bamber as Lee "Apollo" Adama, Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin, Grace Park as Sharon Valerii/Sharon "Athena" Agathon, James Callis as Gaius Baltar, Michael Trucco as Anders

Images: Three (3)

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: "Daybreak" Episode 421/22/23
Pictured: (l-r) Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace as
Tobias Mehler as Zak Adam. Source: NBC

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: "Daybreak" Episode 421/22/23
Pictured: (l-r) Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace as
Tobias Mehler as Zak Adam. Source: NBC

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: "Daybreak" Episode 421/22/23
Pictured: Mary McDonnell as President Laura Roslin.
Source: NBC

Stargate Universe lead Robert Carlyle at the 'SyFy' upfronts

Robert Carlyle will play Dr. Nicholas Rush on the newest Stargate series Stargate Universe. He was clicked at the SciFi upfronts yesterday, the image is below. Other cast members on the new series include, Justin Louis, David Blue, Brian J. Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na, Elyse Levesque and Alaina Huffman

A quick reminder of the SGU premise: After unlocking the mystery of the Stargate's ninth chevron, a team of explorers travels to an unmanned starship called the Destiny, launched by The Ancients at the height of their civilization as a grand experiment set in motion, but never completed.

What starts as a simple reconnaissance turns into a never ending mission, as the Stargate Universe crew discovers the ship is unable to return to Earth, and they must now fend for themselves aboard the Destiny.

The crew will travel to the far reaches of the universe, connecting with each of the previously launched Stargates, thus fulfilling the Destiny's original mission.

Challenges will arise though as the ship comes into range of Stargates placed centuries ahead of the Destiny and the crew is unable to control the ship's navigational schedule.

If someone is left behind, there is no way to go back for them, adding to the drama of encountering new races, enemies and adventures.

Robert Carlyle at the SciFi Upfronts 16MAR09

Dark Knight Gets 11 Saturn Noms

The Dark Knight dominates the 35th Annual Saturn Awards with 11 nominations

(Los Angeles) The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. Leading the charge was Christopher Nolan’s super-hero crime thriller “The Dark Knight” with 11 nominations. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Iron Man” followed closely behind with 9 and 8 nominations, respectively.

While MGM/UA’s WW2 thriller “Valkyrie” spied 7 nominations, and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Changeling” received 6 nominations each.

Paramount Pictures’ triple threat of Benjamin Button, Iron Man and Indiana Jones led all film studios with a total of 30 nominations. Also with strong showings were Universal and Warner Bros. with 15 and 13 nominations, respectively. Fox and Marvel earned 10 and 9 nominations, while Lucasfilm, Ltd., MGM/UA, Sony Pictures and Walt Disney, followed with an impressive 7 nominations each.

In the television categories, “Lost” once again found its way to the top with 11 nominations. NBC’s “Heroes” rescued 6 nominations, followed closely by Sci Fi’s “Battlestar Galactica” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” with 4 nominations. Showtime’s “Dexter,” garnered 3 nominations. Fox’s “Fringe”, HBO’s “True Blood”, Fox’s “Fringe”, AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and TNT’s “The Closer” and “The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice” uncovered 2 nominations.

Battlestar Galactica: 419 Daybreak (1)

Title: Battlestar Galactica: 419 Daybreak (1)
Airdate and time AU: Thursday 19 March at 2230hrs (10.30pm)
Airdate and time US: 13 March 2009
Network AU: SciFi
Network US: SciFi

Synopsis: With Galactica on the verge of falling apart, Admiral Adama readies the ship for what could be its final mission, as Baltar's Six warns that humanity's final chapter is near. Source NBC

Cast: Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Tricia Helfer as Number Six/Caprica Six, Edward James Olmos as William Adama, Jamie Bamber as Lee "Apollo" Adama, Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin, Grace Park as Sharon Valerii/Sharon "Athena" Agathon, James Callis as Gaius Baltar, Michael Trucco as Anders

Images: Thirteen (13)

Amanda Tapping chats to MGM

Stargate Magazine Interviews Samantha Carter March 5, 2009 (Actors)

Image depicts Amanda Tapping as Dr. Helen Magnus on Sanctuary, please click to view

STARGATE MAGAZINE ISSUE 27 Now available on newsstands! Amanda Tapping is a busy woman. Not only is she the lead actress and Executive Producer on the hit show Sanctuary, but she still finds time to occasionally don Sam Carter's uniform.

Despite Carter's departure from Stargate: Atlantis in the first episode of season five, she came back for the series finale. Shooting Sam's return during the show’s final week must have been bittersweet. "I was there for the last day!" exclaimed the actress when we spoke just after the show wrapped. "I wasn’t there for the last shot, I have to be honest, because it’s a hard shot to watch. I had just wrapped Sanctuary, so I came off my new show and back on to Stargate: Atlantis, and I started feeling weird. It was sad. I was really shocked when it got canceled.

The show was doing well, the episodes this season are really good, it was getting good ratings and everything was in place – it made sense to keep it going. They’re a great crew and I hope that they manage to keep a lot of that crew on for Universe." The family atmosphere on the Stargate set is legendary, and these very pages often carry tales of the good times to be had in Vancouver. Are there any particular memories from her sojourn to the City of the Ancients that Tapping will take with her? "I’d have to go back to season four. Doing the episode 'Trio' with David Hewlett and Jewel Staite.

I don't know what the fans thought of the episode, and it's probably best that I don’t know, because it was just so much fun! I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time – the whole cast of Stargate: Atlantis are really talented, really nice people. Being able to hang out just the three of us and go through those shared experiences was amazing; me conquering my fear of heights – not really, but trying to; being thrown around on a gimble, and writing Stargate: Atlantis - The Musical. Those kinds of memories are priceless. That for me was a huge highlight." As far as Amanda Tapping is concerned, that legion of fans deserve special mention: "I’ve always said that the fans have always been paramount to me, and they’ve been amazing. I want to say thank you to the people who have supported, and continue to support me, no matter what I do.

They went over and checked out Sanctuary when it was on the web to be supportive of me, and I appreciate that. Whether they stick with the show or not is entirely up to them, but the fact that they gave it a try is hugely important. The fact that they gave me a chance going over to Stargate: Atlantis is just as big. You remember the bad things, but I really try to remember the good things that people have said, and there have been so many." With two possible movie appearances next year, whatever the future holds, Sam Carter's place in the Stargate-verse will never be in doubt.

Read the full interview in issue 27 of The Official Stargate SG-1/Atlantis Magazine - on newsstands now! Click here to subscribe today! Source: MGM

BSG: 420 Islanded in a Stream of Stars Images released

Title: Battlestar Galactica 420 Islanded in a Stream of Stars
Airdate and time AU: Pretty soon
Network: SciFi Australia
Images: 3 SCI FI Channel Photos

Image: 1 Michael Hogan as Colonel Saul Tigh

Image: 2 Edward James Olmos as Admiral William Adama

Image 3: (l-r) Edward James Olmos as Admiral
William Adama, Michael Hogan as Colonel Saul Tigh

Heroes: 319 Shades of Gray

Title: Heroes: 319 Shades of Gray
Air Date and time AU: Unknown
Airdate and time US: Monday 09MAR09 at 2100
Network: seven
Image: Image: John Glover as Samson Gray and Zachary Quinto as Sylar AKA Gabriel Gray

Synopsis: SYLAR GOES BACK TO HIS ROOTS – JOHN GLOVER GUEST STARS AS SYLAR’S BIOLOGICAL FATHER. When Sylar (Zachary Quinto) comes face-to-face with his long lost father (guest star John Glover Smallville), the reunion proves to be what he least expected. Elsewhere, after receiving a tip from “Rebel,” Claire (Hayden Panettiere) must decide if she will help her sworn enemy, Eric Doyle (guest star David Lawrence XVII), evade capture. Meanwhile, as “The Hunter” (guest star Zeljko Ivanek) plans to uncover the Petrelli family's secrets and take control of Nathan's (Adrian Pasdar) operation, Matt (Greg Grunberg) finds himself in the spotlight and on the verge of leveling Capitol Hill.

Cast: Jack Coleman, Ali Larter, James Kyson Lee, Masi Oka and Cristine Rose also star. Randall Bentley, Ashley Crow, Hayden Panettiere, Greg Grunberg, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, James Kyson Lee, Zachary Quinto, Cristine Rose, Ali Larter, Dania Ramirez, Milo Ventimiglia and Sendhil Ramamurthy.

Guest cast: Randall Bentley and Ashley Crow Source: NBC

You lazy, bone idle, good for nothing bludger gaz!

OK, so Ive been as lazy as, bone idle, but Im right up with it now, copy pasting it all from our home site gasbo.net

Hopefully ithings won't get this left undone for a while again

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The Simpsons: S2005 Dangerous Curves

THE SIMPSONS TAKE A VACATION TO A SPECAL SUMMER CABIN AND HOMER AND MARGE’S NEWLYWED YEARS ARE RECOUNTED ON THE SIMPSONS

It is not known when Season 20 will air in Australia. The series currently airs daily on the TEN and TEN HD networks.

When the Simpson family takes a road trip to a cabin in the woods, a series of flashbacks depict Homer and Marge’s blissful courtship and their early married years. They recall their first encounter with Flanders and Maude twenty years prior at the very same cabins, where Flanders insisted the unmarried Homer and Marge stay in separates rooms. Later, they recall when they each met distracting members of the opposite sex who nearly wooed Homer and Marge away from each other. Bart and Lisa also reflect on happier times from their early childhood. Despite the obstacles and the passing of time, Homer and Marge attempt to see the forest for the trees in the “Dangerous Curves” episode of THE SIMPSONS

Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson; Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Hank Azaria as Moe; Harry Shearer as Skinner; Pamela Haden as Milhouse; Tress MacNeille as Dolph." Source: FOX

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BSG S4 Returns To US TV 16JAN09

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA RETURNS ON SCI FI/JOURNEY'S END DRAWS NEAR FOR ACCLAIMED SERIES

NEW YORK: 16 October 2008: On Friday, 16 January 2009 at 10PM ET/PT, SCI FI's critically acclaimed drama series Battlestar Galactica will return with the remaining episodes of its 4th and final season. The 10-week run will culminate with the series finale on 20 March.

Picking up from last June's jarring cliffhanger – the Colonial fleet and their new Cylon allies led by Admiral Adama and the Galactica crew discover Earth to find it a barren nuclear wasteland – the finale season promises to be rife with drama, action and revelation.

Battlestar Galactica is the gripping saga of humanity's last remnants and their struggle to find a new home while fleeing from their deadly Cylon enemies. Redefining the space opera with its gritty realism, Galactica's intensity, issues-driven topicality, and command performances have garnered it numerous awards, including three Emmys and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. The show was twice recognized by the American Film Institute (AFI) as one of the most outstanding programs of the year. The series is executive produced by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, and the outstanding ensemble cast is led by Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Grace Park. Source: NBC

In Australia Battlestar Galactica airs on TEN HD SciFi Thurdays at 830pm

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Tonight on TV, SciFi Thursday & Heroes

The Heroes (and Villians) are back tonight on Seven & Seven HD at 830pm with Volume 3: Villians, Chapters 1 The Second Coming and 2 The Butterfly Effect. Visit The Happy Place Forum's Heroes Volume 3: Villains Shed for all things Heroes.

At the same time over at TEN HD, SciFi Thursday will be in full swing with Battlestar Galactica at 830pm followed by The X-Files at 930pm and the the "I can't wait" series Eureka at 1025pm.

Tonight ON TEN HD's SciFi Thursday 02 October 2008

Battlestar Galactica, Escape Velocity, 830pm TEN HD, Gaius Baltar sets off a debate on religious freedom when he promotes his belief in a single God.

The X-Files, Beyond the Sea, 930pm, Scully has a brush with the paranormal when her recently deceased father appears to her in a vision. Meanwhile, Mulder becomes a skeptic when a death row inmate he helped send to prison claims to be a psychic and offers to lead the agents to a serial killer.

Eureka, The Games People Play, 1025pm: After receiving a hit to the head, Carter finds that he is in a parallel Eureka. He discovers that the residents of the parallel Eureka are mysteriously disappearing.

SciFi telly it's on in abundance in Aus and I'm loving it!

So wow, Supernatural is back on 6 October 2008, Knight Rider the Movie is on tonight and there's footie on all day, Fringe is turning out excellent, couldn't expect much less with an old Stargate SG-1 alumni in it, John Noble and another Aussie Anna Torv.

Then there's SciFi Thursday on TEN HD with Eureka the ever repeating never gets unpopular X-Files and Battlestar Galactica (which I only watch bits of, not big on sex and relationships on SciFi Programmes, leave it for the soapies)

I havent watched as much telly for 20 years, all we have to hope is that the totally disfunctional, schizophrenic and anxiety disorder driven Aussie Free To Air telly networks dont listen to AusTAM, which produces for its owners, the FTA mob, unworkable and flawed ratings. It's a real pain in the mitka having to switch the telly off and get stuff by other means.

TEN HD's SciFi Thursday, 25 September 2008

Battlestar Galactica: Ties That Bind 2030hrs (830pm). Ne Multus: Kara Thrace seeks her own path in the search for Earth as the commander of a lone freighter. The Cylons face the threat of the newly sentient Centurions unleashed by Natalie, a copy of Number Six. On the Galactica, a member of the crew learns a dark secret about a loved one. CNET

The X-Files: Fire 2130 (930pm). Ne Multus: When an old Oxford girlfriend of Mulder's asks for his help in an international case concerning the unexplainable execution of several British dignitaries they encounter an assassin who can produce fire from his bare hands.

Eureka: Unpredictable 2225 (1025pm). Ne Multus: An isolated deep freeze trigger causes a chain reaction of sudden weather changes in Eureka.

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SciFi Thursday TEN HD Week 37

SciFi Thursday 11 September 2008, 8.30pm Battlestar Galactica, He That Believeth in Me, 9.30pm The X-Files, Fallen Angel, 10.25pm Eureka, Phoenix Rising.

Ne multus: BSG He That Believeth in me, "The thin line that separates humanity from the rapidly evolving Cylons is redrawn as Starbuck returns from the dead with claims that she has found planet Earth". The Battlestar Galactica Shed Season 4

Ne multus: X-Files Fallen Angel "When a tract of lonely woodland is cordoned off between laser fences, and rapidly changing explanations are rampant, Mulder's curiosity carries him beyond the bounds of official jurisdiction-and into the middle of a UFO cleanup". Please go here to chat about The X-Files

Ne multus: Eureka Phoenix Rising "Recently, after Henry travelled through time to save Kim, the woman he loved, from deadly exposure to the mysterious artifact in Section Five, he and Jack Carter both enjoyed four years of a happy alternate future. Jack married Allison Blake, and Henry married Kim. Find out more >>

Three members of the Eureka cast