- "There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens."
- ―Narrator
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| Information | |
| Title: | Battlestar Galactica |
| Format: | Live-action |
| Genres: | Sci-fi |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 60 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | ABC |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 24 |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Glen A. Larson Productions; Universal TV |
| Distributor: | NBC Universal Television |
| Executive producers: | Glen A. Larson |
| Producers: | David J. O'Connell; John Dykstra; Donald P. Bellisario; David G. Phinney; Gary B. Winter |
| Principal cast: | Richard Hatch; Dirk Benedict; Lorne Greene; Herbert Jefferson, Jr.; John Colicos; Maren Jensen; Noah Hathaway; Laurette Spang; Tony Swartz; Terry Carter; Anne Lockhart |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | September 17th, 1978 |
| Last aired: | April 29th, 1979 |
Battlestar Galactica was an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC from July, 1978 to April, 1979 spanning a total of twenty-one episodes over the course of a single season. It was produced by Glen A. Larson Productions and starred Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr. and John Colicos. Recurring guest stars included Maren Jensen, Noah Hathaway, Laurette Spang, Tony Swartz and Terry Carter. The series proved popular enough to spawn a comic book series by Marvel Comics, and later, another comic series by Dynamite Entertainment, a series of novels, a video game, a short-lived spin-off series called Galactica 1980 and an unreleased sequel film called Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming. The series was completely retooled in 2003 as a miniseries, which spawned into a Battlestar Galactica television series, which aired on Syfy and lasted three seasons. The pilot episode of the series was actually a telemovie that was first broadcast on July 7th, 1978.
The series followed the adventures of the crew of the Galactica, the last Battlestar of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Following a surprise attack by the robotic Cylons, the survivors of the colonies flee their devastated homworlds. Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galactica leads a ragtag fugitive fleet, desperately searching for a legendary world, a lost thirteenth colony, whom he believes will aide them in their war against the Cylons - a planet called Earth.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- Supervising producer Donald P. Bellisario is credited as Donald Bellisario in this series.
- Associate producer Gary Winter is credited as Gary B. Winter in this series.
- First assistant editor William Holbrook is credited as Bill Holbrook in this series.
- Second assistant editor Charles Watson Sanford is credited as Charles Sanford in this series.
- Sound engineer Earl Crain, Jr. is credited as Earl N. Crain, Jr. in this series.
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