The SCI FI Channel may be looking at Friday, October 2 as the premiere date for Stargate Universe in the United States.

Sanctuary actress and executive producer Amanda Tapping told Pop Culture Zoo this week that the network wants to pair the second season of that show with Universe on Friday nights. “SCI FI wants us to air October 9th,” she told the site. “We will run concurrently with Stargate Universe. I think they premiere with a two-hour episode and then the following week we will run together.”

That would put “Air” Parts 1 and 2 as the premiere event on October 2, and “Air, Part 3″ on October 9.

Source:  Gateworld.net

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Friday’s 5th season premiere of Stargate Atlantis garnered good enough ratings for an early report:

‘Atlantis’ Rises In Ratings

Season-Five Premiere Pulls 1.8 Million Viewers
– Multichannel News
Sci Fi Channel said the Stargate Atlantis season-five premiere—introducing new cast member Robert Picardo—drew 1.8 million total viewers, up 6% over the season-four premiere in September 2007.

Sci Fi said the episode’s 1.05 million viewers ages 25-54 marks a 9% improvement over the season-four premiere and that the household rating of 1.3 was 8% better than the S4 start.

Sci Fi said SGA was the fourth-ranked program for Friday, July 11 among 25-54s and that among males 25-54, Sci Fi won the 10 p.m. ET timeslot among cable networks.

Picardo, as Richard Woolsey, replaces Amanda Tapping as commander of the Atlantis-based Stargate crew in the show.

Tapping, who also starred in predecessor Stargate SG-1, has moved on to oversee a new show on Sci Fi, called Sanctuary. For more and a review of the Atlantis premiere, please click here.

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The SciFi Channel schedule is showing the premiere of Stargate Atlantis’s Season 5 on Friday, July 11, at 10 pm EDT/PDT.  The premiere episode will complete the cliffhanger of Season 4 and is called “Search and Rescue”.  Be advised th SciFi Channel has been known to change schedules before, but this is the best info we have available so far.

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