Battlestar Galactica Named Top Show

This Saturday in Pasadena, the Television Critics Association named Battlestar Galactica top program of the year after the show failed to garner an Emmy nomination for dramatic series.

Variety reported:

"It certainly feels appropriate that we received the acknowledgement from the people who were champions of this show from its outset," Mark Stern, exec VP of original programming at Syfy, told Daily Variety. "Critics really adopted this show early on and, in a weird way, this feels like a conclusion to the process.

You can see "new" Battlestar Galactica when the original movie THE PLAN hits Blu-ray and DVD on October 27th.

The Battlestar Galactica prequel series CAPRICA will kick off with a two-hour premiere on January 22 at 9pm EST and will then air Fridays at 10pm EST.

Caprica Gets Premiere Date

For those that bought the DVD and enjoyed it, your wait for the Caprica series isn't too far off.

The Battlestar Galactica prequel that dives into the creation of the Cylons will premiere January 22, 2010 at 9pm. After the two hour premiere, the show will be Fridays at 10pm seemingly trying to capitalize on the gap left by Battlestar Galactica's departure.

SyFy had this to say in a press release:

“Humanity’s story line takes completely new twists with Caprica, which follows two rival families and their patriarchs — Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) and Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) — as they compete and thrive in the vibrant realm of the 12 Colonies, a society recognizably close to our own. This original, standalone series will feature the passion, intrigue, political backbiting and family conflict in an omnipotent society that is at the height of its blind power and glory — and, unknowingly, on the brink of its fall.