Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
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| Genre |
Military science fiction Post-apocalyptic fiction Philosophical fiction Psychological thriller Space opera Political drama Drama |
| Based on |
Battlestar Galactica by Glen A. Larson |
| Developed by | Ronald D. Moore |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | Gayatri by Richard Gibbs |
| Composer(s) | Bear McCreary |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 75 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
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| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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| Original network | Sci-Fi |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| First shown in | United Kingdom |
| Original release | October 18, 2004 – March 20, 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Battlestar Galactica miniseries (2003) |
| Followed by |
Caprica (2010) Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012) |
| Related shows |
Battlestar Galactica (1978) Galactica 1980 |
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| Website | |
Battlestar Galactica (BSG) is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson. The series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours) in December 2003 on the Sci-Fi Channel, and ran for four seasons thereafter, ending its run on March 20, 2009.
The series features Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, and garnered a wide range of critical acclaim, which included a Peabody Award, the Television Critics Association's Program of the Year Award, a placement inside Time's 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME, and Emmy nominations for its writing, directing, costume design, visual effects, sound mixing, and sound editing, with Emmy wins for both visual effects and sound editing.
Battlestar Galactica is set in a distant star system, where a civilization of humans live on a group of planets known as the Twelve Colonies. In the past, the Colonies had been at war with a cybernetic race of their own creation, known as the Cylons. With the unwitting help of a human scientist named Gaius Baltar, the Cylons launch a sudden sneak attack on the Colonies, laying waste to the planets and devastating their populations. Out of a population numbering in the billions, only approximately 50,000 humans survive, most of whom were aboard civilian ships that avoided destruction. Of all the Colonial Fleet, the eponymous Battlestar Galactica appears to be the only military capital ship that survived the attack. Under the leadership of Colonial Fleet officer Commander William "Bill" Adama (Olmos) and President Laura Roslin (McDonnell), the Galactica and its crew take up the task of leading the small fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled thirteenth colony known as Earth. Through a journey of roughly one million light years, and countless engagements with the Cylons, the human fleet arrives at an uninhabitable Earth, having been devastated decades earlier from a nuclear attack. Eventually, around 38,000 humans arrive at our planet – which they name Earth in honor of the thirteenth colony.
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