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what you think we should be doing as a sci-fi club. We also want to
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if you would be willing to try to save Stargate SG-1. If so, let's
all brainstorm about how Stargate SG-1 can be saved, if it can be
saved, what
we can do to save it, etc. as well as about what our club should be
doing
regarding its own events, etc. Our only connection to Stargate SG-1
is as fans, same thing with the Sci-Fi Channel, we are big fans and
love Stargate SG-1 and Eureka and would love to see more Sci-Fi
everywhere including classic Dr. Who starring our favorite Dr. Who
Tom Baker, along with other classic Sci-Fi from Classic Trek to
Blake's Seven and classic Sci-fi movies like the original War of the
Worlds, the original 1984, anything originally by Philip K. Dick, to
name a few.
What, when, where, should our future events be?
Where is a good location? What is a good time?
What are good days or nights?
What should we doing?

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when you join and periodically as new members keep joining. We plan
to get together at restaurants and to go to movies. All of the
restaurants we want to go to will be non-smoking restaurants in New
Jersey. All of the movies we want to see will be Science Fiction
movies. We will see them in movie theaters and if people are kind
enough, on people's home VCRs, or DVD players, for the
technologically advanced among us. We will NEVER charge money for
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own movie tickets. Buy your own meals at Restaurants. Hopefully a
typical event would involve going to a Science Fiction Movie and
then to a Restaurant to discuss the movie we just saw. We also hope
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people may know of in New Jersey. If we go to someone's home, bring
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21 or older. Younger fans should find another club.
Some news stories on what is happening regarding Stargate SG-1 are
below. We love that show, in particular it's current season.
"Stargate SG-1" could air on a different channelWire Services


There still might be life ahead for the long-running "Stargate SG-1"
after the the Sci Fi Channel pulled the plug on the series. MGM,
which produces the show, is hoping to dock it on another
channel. "We do have plans," MGM spokesman Jeff Pryor told the
Associated Press on Wednesday. "This is not the end of
the `Stargate' franchise. This is just the end of (`Stargate SG-1')
airing on the Sci Fi Channel." Earlier this week, Sci Fi announced
it would not order further episodes of the show, now in its 10th
season. The cable channel, however, has booked a fourth season
of "Stargate: Atlantis," a spin-off that debuted in 2004. The final
10 episodes of "Stargate SG-1," which logged its 200th episode
Friday, will air next year on Sci Fi, Maureen Granados, a
spokeswoman for the channel, told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
Beyond that, MGM believes "in this new media world there are many
more opportunities to continue (the) franchise," Pryor said. "We're
exploring those possibilities." The show, which stars Richard Dean
Anderson and is inspired by the 1994 movie starring Kurt Russell as
an intergalactic traveler, has a devoted fan base. "Even though
there's been a slight dip in the ratings, there are still nearly 2
million homes tuning in a week," and up to about 10 conventions held
each year, Pryor said. Article Last Updated: 08/25/2006 03:52:25 PM
PDT
http://www.dailynews.com/tv/ci_4238952
MGM considers SG-1's future

Sunday - August 27, 2006 | by Darren Sumner

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)
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/mgm_considers_isg-
1is_future.shtml
"Stargate: SG-1" Gets Cancelled
Posted: Tuesday August 22nd 2006 12:16am
Source: The SCI FI Channel
Author: Garth Franklin



The SCI FI Channel has confirmed that it will not renew its record-
breaking original series Stargate SG-1 for another season, but will
pick up its spinoff series "Stargate: Atlantis" for a fourth year.
SG-1 aired its 200th episode on August 18th, and the SF series is
the longest-running SF show on American television.SCI FI issued the
following statement on Aug. 21: "SCI FI Channel is proud to be the
network that brought Stargate SG-1 to its record-breaking 10th
season. Ten seasons and 215 episodes is an astounding, Guinness
World Record-setting accomplishment. Stargate is a worldwide
phenomenon. Having achieved so much over the course of the past 10
years, SCI FI believes that the time is right to make this season
their last on the channel. SCI FI is honored to have been part of
the Stargate legacy for five years, and we look forward to
continuing to explore the Stargate universe with our partners at MGM
through a new season of Stargate Atlantis."Stargate SG-1, developed
for television by executive producers Brad Wright and Jonathan
Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate. SG-1, which
originally starred Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda
Tapping and Christopher Judge, began on Showtime, then moved to SCI
FI after five seasons. The current cast includes Tapping, Shanks and
Judge and newcomers Ben Browder, Claudia Black and Beau Bridges. It
airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060822c.php
12:00 AM, 22-AUGUST-06




SG-1 Ends Run; Atlantis BackSCI FI Channel confirmed that it will
not renew its record-breaking original series Stargate SG-1 for
another season, but will pick up its spinoff series Stargate
Atlantis for a fourth year. SG-1 aired its 200th episode on Aug. 18,
and the SF series is the longest-running SF show on American
television. SCI FI issued the following statement on Aug. 21: "SCI
FI Channel is proud to be the network that brought Stargate SG-1 to
its record-breaking 10th season. Ten seasons and 215 episodes is an
astounding, Guinness World Record-setting accomplishment. Stargate
is a worldwide phenomenon. Having achieved so much over the course
of the past 10 years, SCI FI believes that the time is right to make
this season their last on the channel. SCI FI is honored to have
been part of the Stargate legacy for five years, and we look forward
to continuing to explore the Stargate universe with our partners at
MGM through a new season of Stargate Atlantis." Stargate SG-1,
developed for television by executive producers Brad Wright and
Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate. SG-1,
which originally starred Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks,
Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge, began on Showtime, then moved
to SCI FI after five seasons. The current cast includes Tapping,
Shanks and Judge and newcomers Ben Browder, Claudia Black and Beau
Bridges. It airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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