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Battlestar Galactica to Close Out Series with Season 4

Exec producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick have decided to end BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, SCI FI Channel's Peabody Award-winning original series, season 4. They will use the 22-episode season, currently in production, to draw the saga of humanity's struggle for survival to a close.

"This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and finally, an end," said stated Eick and Moore. "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 term. On a personal level, it's been a creative privilege and an honor for all of us who work on the show and we know we'll be lucky to ever see its like again. 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."

"We respect the producers' decision to end the series and are proud to have been the home of this groundbreaking show," said Mark Stern, evp of original programming, SCI FI. "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."

An extended two-hour episode, "Razor," will premiere in November 2007, setting the stage for the rest of the season to commence in 2008.

Redefining the space opera with its gritty realism, GALACTICA 's intensity, issues-driven topicality and performances have garnered it unprecedented critical acclaim. In addition to winning a prestigious Peabody Award, the series has been honored as one of the 10 Outstanding Television Programs of the Year by the American Film Institute (AFI) for two years running and the #2 sci-fi project -- television or film -- of the past 25 years by ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. BATTLESTAR is also responsible for introducing the expletive "frak" into the pop culture lexicon.

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA is from NBC Universal Television Studio. Its stellar cast is led by Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Grace Park.

SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic website (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 89 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.

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