Global Sports: Battlestar Galactica's Past In The TV World

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Battlestar Galactica's Past In The TV World

By Eric Z. Beasley


Areas like the United Kingdom were permitted to view the debut of Battlestar Galactica in 2004, whereas other countries such as the United States and Canada did not see it until 2005. "33" was the first episode that won a 2005 Hugo Award for Dramatic Presentation in Short Form being the subsequent for creator Ronald Moore to receive in his career. During April of 2006, the winners of the 65th Annual Peabody Awards included the series Battlestar Galactica.

The main television series that was extensively publicized during the Writers Guild of America strike in 2007-2008 was Battlestar Galactica, whose writers went on strike. The mini webisode series that linked both the third and second season of Battlestar Galactica named Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance was the basis for the Writers Guild strike who wanted this show to halt production.

Throughout the beginning of the third season, this debate would remain an issue. Admired shows such as Lost and Heroes were on the forefront of this discussion just like Battlestar Galactica. The series gains most of its income downloads bought via ITunes, and also gains high DVD sales as opposite to gaining high ratings. "New media" revenues was wanted by the writing in order to be considered on the Nielsen ratings system, which normally did not consider shows such as Battlestar Galactica because of the deeply shifted times that the series has been through.

A wati was caused by the strike in the production of the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica, but this did not hinder the show to much as it still made it to its ending on March 20, 2009. The blogs and websites of Battlestar Galactica was not active while the strike was happening, primarily because the creator of the show felt it would be rude to the fans. Soon after the strike finished, the Battlestar Galactica website and blog website was back up and running.

The Sci Fi channel revealed in April 2006 that since Battlestar Galactica was such a accomplishment that the original creators would be producing a miniseries similar to it named Caprica with 24 screenwriter and Universal Television Studio. The series is focused on the Cylons, a race that fout out that their primary foe and enemy also worships the same monotheistic God as they do, placed in a time 58 years away from the time of Battlestar Galactica. The original creators thought of making this miniseries a reality as soon as the opening of the second season.




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