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MGM considers SG-1's future

Franchise owner MGM is exploring its options for Stargate SG-1 after its cancellation this week -- but SCI FI says TV isn't one of them.

"We don't look at Stargate SG-1 as a TV show, but a franchise," MGM spokesman Jeff Pryor told Multichannel News. "It is our intention to vigorously find a way to extend the franchise."

Fans have speculated this week that that could mean an SG-1 feature film, TV movie, mini-series ... or even Season Eleven on another network. U.S. cable networks such as SpikeTV and G4 have been expanding their original and science fiction programming, and former SG-1 home Showtime may be open the series again following its five years of great success on basic cable.

But such a move may be out of the question, if SCI FI Channel has anything to say about it. "There is not going to be [an 11th season] on U.S. television," Mark Stern, SCI FI's executive vice president of programming, told Multichannel flatly. "Our contract with MGM prohibits it."

"It's done a great job, rejuvenated with the additions of Ben [Browder], Claudia [Black] and Beau [Bridges], but we think we've come to the end of those stories," Stern said. "We really felt like it was the right time to segue out, for the show not to overstay its welcome."

Reruns of Stargate SG-1 will continue on SCI FI following the spring 2007 finale.

He added that the network "would look for opportunities for some or all of the members to appear on Atlantis." Whether SCI FI hopes to replace some Atlantis regulars with SG-1 regulars, or simply bring SG-1 cast members in for occasional guest appearances, is not known.

Meanwhile, cast member Michael Shanks ("Daniel Jackson") has been the first to comment publically on the cancellation, telling Michael Shanks Online, "Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. But I look at it as the closing of a chapter, not the whole story."

Executive producer and series co-creator Brad Wright told TV Guide that his "dream is to take SG-1 back to the feature it began as" -- but, more realistically, the show may segue into TV movies and, eventually, a third television series. "There's absolutely no reason in the world there couldn't be and won't be another series that takes part in the Stargate universe," he said.

Wright said that the final episodes of SG-1's current season "should be a very satisfying end to the season, but not necessarily an end to SG-1 by any means."

SCI FI would be interested in more Stargate SG-1 "if MGM came to us for less," Stern said -- indicating that the licensing fee for the 10-year-old show may have played a significant role in the network's decision not to renew it. Stern was previously quoted as saying that the show's depressed summer ratings were not the (sole) reason for the decision.

But if U.S. television is not an option (apart from a mini-series or TV movie on SCI FI), what might MGM be considering?

Pryor told the Associated Press that MGM believes that "in this new media world there are many more opportunities to continue (the) franchise. We're exploring those possibilities." Some fans have speculated that MGM may hope to make Stargate SG-1's eleventh season the first show ever to be offered exclusively online. New episodes from the current season are now available for $1.99 each on iTunes.

Despite the show's lower ratings, nearly 2 million viewers still tune in to the venerable sci-fi hit. The show also airs to millions of viewers in 120 countries worldwide, earns the company extra money in U.S. syndication and on DVD, and supports fan conventions and a broad array of licensed merchanise.

"This is not the end of the 'Stargate' franchise," Pryor said. "This is just the end of (Stargate SG-1) airing on the SCI FI Channel."

(Thanks to Gary Palmer, Grey Williams, Kajel, Icheb, Rob Smith, Leah, Philip Cook, and Andrew Clarke for contributing)

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Op zondag 27 augustus 2006 15:15 schreef roobje het volgende:
Waarom perse een happy-ending? Ik heb geen problemen met een dramatisch einde, bijvoorbeeld dat de Ori de aarde bezetten. Dat zou wel een extra dimentie aan Atlantis geven omdat ze dan echt op zichzelf zijn aangewezen. En op die manier kan het hele Ori gebeuren ook nog een rol spelen in Atlantis.

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Op zondag 27 augustus 2006 19:19 schreef LSDsmurf het volgende:

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Het is voor MGM dus verboden om SG-1 op een ander netwerk te brengen Wat een kutcontract.

"Pryor told the Associated Press that MGM believes that "in this new media world there are many more opportunities to continue (the) franchise. We're exploring those possibilities."

Maar dit stukje vind ik dan wel weer interessant.

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Op maandag 28 augustus 2006 23:17 schreef __Saviour__ het volgende:
mediamarkt. 25 euro per seizoen.

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Op maandag 28 augustus 2006 23:49 schreef __Saviour__ het volgende:
Dat was zeker een knaller. Als de rest ook van dit niveau was geweest, zou dat 11e seizoen er wel gekomen zijn.

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Op maandag 28 augustus 2006 17:09 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:
verder waren deide episodes goed deze week beter dan de bagger van een par afleveringen terug.

weet iemand al wat de ratings waren

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Ratings slip in wake of '200' promotion

Monday - August 28, 2006 | by Darren Sumner


Rating for the August 25 episodes of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis slipped in the wake of the highly promoted two-hundredth episode the week before, but still managed to hold enough of their audiences to beat this summer's averages.

SG-1 premiered "Counterstrike" at 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on SCI FI Channel. The episode earned a 1.5 average household rating, down four-tenths of a point from the previous week's heavily promoted episode.

In typical form, Atlantis built slightly on its lead-in, with a 1.6 rating for "Common Ground" at 10 p.m. This is a drop of two-tenths of a point from the previous week.

Stargate SG-1 turned in a notably high 1.0 rating in its late-night rerun. But Atlantis earned a lower-than-average 0.6 at midnight.

Newcomer Eureka remains the network's top-rated show of the summer, with a 2.0 rating for last week's episode.

Don't miss the final three all-new episodes Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis of the summer, continuing Friday, September 8 on SCI FI! The show takes a break on September 1 for a special Stargate SG-1 viewer's choice marathon, with favorite episodes from the show's 10-year history.

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Don't miss the final three all-new episodes Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis of the summer, continuing Friday,

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Op maandag 28 augustus 2006 23:49 schreef __Saviour__ het volgende:
Dat was zeker een knaller. Als de rest ook van dit niveau was geweest, zou dat 11e seizoen er wel gekomen zijn.

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Op dinsdag 29 augustus 2006 01:59 schreef Crazykill het volgende:

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Krijgen we nog 3 ep's en dan een stop?

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Op dinsdag 29 augustus 2006 01:53 schreef LSDsmurf het volgende:

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Iets minder dan vorige week dus.

Deze week krijgen we geen Stargate te zien, in de plaats zenden ze een SG-1 viewer's choice marathon uit

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Op dinsdag 29 augustus 2006 11:34 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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waar gaat die serie eureka over