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Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict. After its cancellation, its story was continued in 1980 as Galactica 1980 with Adama and Boomer being the only continuing characters. It was reimagined in 2003 by the Sci-Fi Channel with Edward James Olmos stepping into Lorne Greene's role of Commander Adama. A weekly series on Sci-Fi followed in January 2005. (See Battlestar Galactica (2003) for more.) Image File history File links Battlestargalactica. ...
Glen A. Larson (born 1937) is a television writer and producer. ...
Richard Hatch (born May 21, 1945) is an American actor from Santa Monica, California best known for his role of Captain Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica movie and television series, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. ...
Dirk Benedict (born March 1, 1945) is a movie and television actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Face in The A-Team television series and Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica movie and television series. ...
Lorne Greene O.C., LL.D. (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor best known for two iconic roles on American television. ...
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September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
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Glen A. Larson (born 1937) is a television writer and producer. ...
Lorne Greene O.C., LL.D. (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor best known for two iconic roles on American television. ...
Richard Hatch (born May 21, 1945) is an American actor from Santa Monica, California best known for his role of Captain Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica movie and television series, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. ...
Dirk Benedict (born March 1, 1945) is a movie and television actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Face in The A-Team television series and Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica movie and television series. ...
Galactica 1980 is a science-fiction television series, and a spin-off from Battlestar Galactica. ...
Reboot, in series fiction, means to discard all previous continuity in the series and start anew. ...
2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
There are two television channels named Sci-Fi: a British satellite television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United Kingdom) a United States television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United States) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Edward James Olmos as Commander William Adama on Battlestar Galatica Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor. ...
Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction miniseries which was first broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel on December 8, 2003. ...
Narration
The opening narration is as follows: (When this narration was spoken, the viewer could see scenes of nubulae and other celestial phenomena) - There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. They may have been the architects of the great pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive far, far away, amongst the stars.
The Toltecs (or Toltec or Tolteca) were a Pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th century AD. Their language, Nahuatl, was also spoken by the Aztecs. ...
The word Maya or maya can refer to: The Maya – a Native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America the modern Maya people the pre-Columbian Maya civilization the Maya language Maya – a concept in Hindu/Vedic philosophy a state of misperception of reality the inherent force of...
Lemuria is the name of a hypothetical Lost Land variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. ...
Athanasius Kirchers map of a possible Atlantis location. ...
Pilot The pilot to this series, the biggest budgeted ($7 million) at the time, was originally released theatrically in Canada, Western Europe, and Japan in July, 1978 in an edited 125-minute version. (See Battlestar Galactica for information on the pilot.) A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ...
A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
The dollar is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies and other regions (see list below), including the US dollar, the worlds most widely circulated currency (see list below). ...
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction film, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict. ...
Western Europe is distinguished from Eastern Europe by differences of history and culture rather than by geography. ...
July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction film, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict. ...
On September 17, 1978, the uncut 148-minute pilot premiered on ABC to spectacular Nielsen Ratings (attracting 65 million viewers). Two-thirds of the way through the broadcast, ABC interrupted with a special report of the signing of the Camp David Accords at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and witnessed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. After the ceremony, ABC resumed the broadcast at the point where it was interrupted. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...
When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by the New York City-based firm Nielsen Media Research to determine which shows television viewers watch at what times. ...
Anwar Sadat (left), Jimmy Carter (center), and Menachem Begin (right) shake hands in celebration of the success of the Camp David Accords The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at...
The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ...
Menachem Begin on the front cover of TIME 1982. ...
Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat (Ù…Øمد أنورالسادات in Arabic) (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and served as the third President of Egypt from September 28, 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. ...
James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ...
In 1978, 20th Century Fox sued Universal Studios (the producers of Battlestar Galactica) for plagiarism, claiming it had stolen 34 distinct ideas from Star Wars. Universal promptly countersued, claiming Star Wars had stolen ideas from the 1972 film Silent Running (notably the robot "drones") and the Buck Rogers serials of the 1940's. The lawsuit was eventually dismissed in 1980. Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ...
Universal Studios logo Universal Studios is an informal designation for NBC Universal Inc. ...
Plagiarism is a form of academic malpractice. ...
Star Wars began with a 13-page treatment for a space adventure movie which George Lucas drafted in 1973, inspired by multiple myths and classic stories. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Silent Running DVD Silent Running is a science fiction movie made in 1972, directed by Douglas Trumbull and starring Bruce Dern as the protagonist Freeman Lowell. ...
Buck Rogers is a name used by several fictional characters including: Buck Rogers (western) Buck Rogers (video game) Buck Rogers Science Fiction character Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series) Buck Rogers is the name of a song by the rock group Feeder This is a disambiguation page, a...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
Ratings As the series progressed, the ratings began to decline, even though the show still consistently won its coveted Sunday evening timeslot. Although each episode had a budget of about $1 million, the show reused so many special effects shots due to budgetary constraints that many critics derided it as "overplayed into tedium."
In mid-April 1979, ABC executives cancelled the still strongly-rated show. Some sources indicate that the million-dollar-per-episode cost led to the show's demise. Others believe that it was a failed attempt by ABC to position its hit comedy Mork & Mindy into a more lucrative timeslot. (The ratings for Mork plummeted far below what they had been for Battlestar Galactica.) The cancellation led to viewer outrage, protests outside ABC studios, and even contributed to the suicide of Eddie Seidel, a 15-year-old boy in Saint Paul, Minnesota who had become obsessed with the program. [1] On May 18, 1979, the theatrical version of the pilot was released in U.S. theatres. This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Mork and Mindy was a half-hour sci-fi-based situation comedy broadcast from 1978 until 1982 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network. ...
The City of Saint Paul State capitol building in Saint Paul Motto: Nickname: Location in Ramsey County, Minnesota Founded Incorporated 1851 1854 County Ramsey County Borough Parrish Mayor Chris Coleman (DFL) Area - Total - Water 145. ...
May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
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See also The following is a complete list of episode titles for Battlestar Galactica, in original broadcast order. ...
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Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction film, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
Galactica 1980 is a science-fiction television series, and a spin-off from Battlestar Galactica. ...
Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction miniseries which was first broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel on December 8, 2003. ...
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