NO BATTLESTAT GALACTICA ON FOR OR UPN BUT mickey mouse mini series on SCIFI
THE SCIFI CHANNEL could **** up a wet dream, & now they are going to ruin Battlestar Galactica, by making it into a mini series!
Like they ruined any hope of a B5 revival with 'B5: The Legend of the Rangers' it was an awful show that drove a stake in the heart of a B5: series on 'The Scifi Channel'
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From:
www.battlestargalactica.com (Richard Hatch)
At the time of this writing, no official plot outlines are available for publication here.
On 22 February 2001, Tom DeSanto and Bryan Singer ("The X-Men") announced, in conjunction with Studios USA (Vivendi Universal), plans to bring back Battlestar Galactica. [Note: Previous, separate production announcements by Richard Hatch in 1998 and Glen A. Larson in 1999 did not yield actual television shows or motion pictures.]
By September 2001 (the 23rd anniversary of the original show's debut), the Fox Network (U.S.) was taking interest in broadcasting the new Battlestar Galactica television series, starting with a 2-hour pilot episode. (An ongoing series may have been considered if the pilot episode ratings were strong enough.)
By November 2001, Bryan Singer left Battlestar Galactica to focus 100% on X2 ("The X-Men II") within Fox's film division. By December 2001, the Fox Network was no longer supportive and the Battlestar Galactica production offices closed their doors in Universal City, California.
On 2 April 2002, Sci-Fi Channel has announced a new Battlestar Galactica production team, leading to a planned 4-hour mini-series which "re-imagines" the show.
Sci-Fi Channel Discusses New Galactica
(2.April.02) From Variety: "A remake of the TV series "Battlestar Galactica" as a four-hour miniseries, the transformation of the mini "Firestarter: Rekindled" by Stephen King into an hourlong series and an animated sci-fi weekly half-hour based on the cult short film "Tripping the Rift": These were the highlights of the Sci-Fi Channel upfront presentation here April 2."
"We're making the most aggressive investment in original programming in our history," said Bonnie Hammer, president of Sci-Fi Channel.
Hammer said the impending takeover of Sci-Fi Channel by Vivendi Universal has already paid dividends with "Battlestar Galactica," which, Hammer said, is "one of Universal's library assets that we'll be able to re-imagine in miniseries form."
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Battlestar Galactica shake-up at the Sci-Fi Channel
(2.April.02) According to Zap2It.com and Corona's Test Patterns site, the Sci-Fi Channel is opting for a NEW Battlestar Galactica production team, sans Tom DeSanto. (Confirmed with Mr. DeSanto this evening vy BattlestarGalactica.com, BattlestarFanClub.com and BattlestarPegasus.com.) The surprise announcement included the following details:
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (4-hour miniseries) - SCI FI re-imagines the groundbreaking and beloved series in which ``a rag, tag fugitive fleet'' of the last remnants of mankind searches for its true home. Fleeing the aliens responsible for the slaughter of their homeworld, the Battlestar Galactica survivors must meet a whole new set of challenges. This intriguing twist on a classic will be written by writer Ronald D. Moore (Roswell, Mission Impossible II) with Breck Eisner (Steven Spielberg's Taken; The Invisible Man) attached to direct. Distributed by USA Cable Entertainment, the project will be executive produced by David Eick (American Gothic, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Spy Game).
Although I'll have to keep an open mind since I had my favourites with the old show. I hope they don't go into this half hearted and ruin it, personally I think this could have a lot of potential! 
