Stargate SG-1 executive producer and writer Brad Wright told SCI FI Wire that he thinks the show's jump from Showtime to the SCI FI Channel will benefit both the series and the cable network. "SCI FI, just like Showtime, is trusting in us that we know our show, and they're letting us make it," Wright said in an interview. "I think it could be very good for them and, of course, I've got my fingers crossed that we'll give them the ratings they're hoping we'll give them."
Wright, who has been with the series since writing its pilot six years ago, added, "I think we've got a good shot. Richard Dean Anderson has a great pedigree. He's a big name. And the show is still going strong. The first three episodes of this season — and I could even say deeper than that — are huge. We're doing things in those episodes that you just don't see on a normal syndicated SF show. That is the advantage of our having been around the show long enough to figure out how to do some things and to have a crew that always wants to best themselves and go a little further and do a little better. In episode three, we are on a ship that crashes into the ocean and it floods. We are in a flooding ship. You don't see a whole hell of a lot of that on any SF television show. I'm so impressed with the way we've pulled it off, and Corin Nemec's ability to hold his breath underwater is astounding."
Stargate SG-1 will debut on the SCI FI Channel with "Redemption, Part I," set to air June 7.
Wright, who has been with the series since writing its pilot six years ago, added, "I think we've got a good shot. Richard Dean Anderson has a great pedigree. He's a big name. And the show is still going strong. The first three episodes of this season — and I could even say deeper than that — are huge. We're doing things in those episodes that you just don't see on a normal syndicated SF show. That is the advantage of our having been around the show long enough to figure out how to do some things and to have a crew that always wants to best themselves and go a little further and do a little better. In episode three, we are on a ship that crashes into the ocean and it floods. We are in a flooding ship. You don't see a whole hell of a lot of that on any SF television show. I'm so impressed with the way we've pulled it off, and Corin Nemec's ability to hold his breath underwater is astounding."
Stargate SG-1 will debut on the SCI FI Channel with "Redemption, Part I," set to air June 7.
