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'''Battlestar Galactica''' is the title of two television series: the first, broadcast on the American [[ABC]] Network for one season beginning in September, 1978; and the second, first broadcast in 2004 on the [[SciFi Channel]]. Critically-acclaimed, the second version of ''Battlestar Galactica'' was given one of Time magazine's "Best of 2005: Television" awards.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1141640,00.html</ref>
'''Battlestar Galactica''' is the title of two television series distributed by Universal Pictures: the first, broadcast on the American [[ABC]] Network for one season beginning in September, 1978; and the second, first broadcast in 2004 on the [[SciFi Channel]]. Critically-acclaimed, the second version of ''Battlestar Galactica'' was given one of Time magazine's "Best of 2005: Television" awards.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1141640,00.html</ref>
==First series==
''Battlestar Galactica'' first premiered on ABC as a three-hour pilot movie, September 17, 1978, with a total of 16 additional episodes. Heading the cast was veteran actor Lorne Greene as Adama, Richard Hatch as Apollo, and Dirk Benedict as Starbuck. Conceived and produced by Glen A. Larson, he envisioned the series as having "...a biblical feel. It ties in with Genesis, it ties in with the western pioneers. That's why we can do people stories even though we're in space. It's not a hardware show, although the special effects are magnificient" (Jerry Buck, The San Diego Union TV Week, September 17-28, 1978.) [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/overview.htm]. Bugeted at more than $1,000,000 per episode, it was the most expensive television series to date, with most of the budget devoted to the special effects run by John Dykstra (''Star Wars''). The cost, plus it's 7:00 pm Sunday time slot opposite CBS' ''60 Minutes'', guaranteed the show's cancellation at the end of April, 1979.
====Cast====
*Lorne Greene..............Commander Adama
*Richard Hatch.............Apollo
*Dirk Benedict.............Starbuck
*Maren Jensen..............Athena
*Herbert Jefferson, Jr.....Boomer
*John Colicos..............Baltar
*Jane Seymour..............Serena
===''Galactica: 1980''===
Glen Larsen attempted a revival in 1980 with this short-lived spin-off series, which premiered on January 27 of that year. Set some thirty years in the future, ''Galactica'' has found Earth, but discovers that it is less-advanced than thought, with no defense against the Cylons. Of the original cast, only Lorne Greene and Herbert Jefferson, Jr. reprised their roles. The series lasted six episodes, the final one broadcast May 4, 1980.
====Cast====
*Lorne Greene.............Commander Adama
*Kent McCord..............Captain Troy
*Barry Van Dyke...........Lieutenant Dillon
*Robyn Douglass...........Jamie Hamilton
*James Patrick Stuart.....Dr. Zee (first episode)
*Allan Miller.............Colonel Sydell
*Richard Lynch............Xavier
*Herbert Jefferson Jr.... Boomer
*Robbie Rist..............Dr. Zee
==The 2004 Revival==
==The 2004 Revival==