Oh, frak it.

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HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, JUNE 1, 2007

Next 'Battlestar' season will be the series' last

By Nellie Andreeva


The upcoming fourth season of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" will be its final one after all.

After months of speculation, the show's producers will make the announcement at a press conference Friday.

Ending "Battlestar" with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the show's executive producers Ronald Moore and David Eick.

"This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and finally, an end," Eick and Moore said in a statement Thursday. "Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms. And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end is coming, they should brace themselves for a wild ride getting there - we're going out with a bang."

The fourth and final season of "Galactica" will kick off in November with "Razor," an extended two-hour episode, with the rest of the season slated to run beginning in early 2008.

Sci Fi's executive vp original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series."

"We are proud to have been the home of this groundbreaking show," he said. "We have always known that Ron and David had a plan for 'Galactica' and trust that fans can look forward to a truly amazing final season."

For months, Sci Fi had dispelled rumors about "Battlestar" ending its run after the fourth season.

A couple of weeks ago, the show's star Edward James Olmos was quoted saying that the upcoming batch of episodes were definitely the last ones. (HR 5/14) Sci Fi issued a statement denying such a decision had been made. "I promise you that when Ron and I make a decision about 'Galactica's' future, we'll let you know," Eick said at the time.

"Battlestar," which stars Olmos, Katee Sackhoff, Mary McDonnell and Jamie Bamber, is produced by NBC Universal TV Studio.

Comments

[mrsdrjackson.livejournal.com]

*grumble* Well frakitall. They had better bring this to some sort of conclusive ending or by all that is good and holy I will start a riot that will make New Caprica look like Disneyland. *grumble* At least now we know...

[brokenmnemonic.livejournal.com]

I find I'm surprisingly ambivalent about this. When it came to B5, JMS always said he had a five season story arc, which he ended up actually having to compact into 4 seasons because of network intransience - the same networks who then asked for a fifth season. The upshot for fans of B5 is that the 3rd and 4th seasons absolutely rocked - tight storytelling, well-pitched story arcs and hardly any let up. So from that front, having a definite end date could be a good thing.

On the down side, I suspect we won't get any more space battles than we did in S3 (and that sucks, because I'm a serious space battle fanboy) and on a personal note, given that we can expect the Kara/Anders story arc to take at least half a season to play out, that means that any Lee/Kara ship will get maybe half a season to unfold in - if they actually go that way at all.

I guess it comes down to whether they stick to following a consistent story arc, with characters evolving through it (as happened in S1), or if they just go for more wanky "shock! Aren't we clever!" moments.

[marie-adama.livejournal.com]

snif snif snif I just hope they gave us closure, it's sad to see one of your favorite shows end but I think is better if they know this is the last season and they write a proper end than if they got cancel over night and we have no closure at all.