Battlestar Galactica: Saga Of A Starworld

Battlestar GalacticaThe three-hour premiere movie kicking off Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC… only to be interrupted by a live special report covering the ratification of the Camp David peace accords. The full movie is shown after the interruption, however, making its planned three-hour time slot a four-hour time slot. Despite this, the audience seems to stick with the show, the first major TV American science fiction series to try to venture into Star Wars territory. Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Lost Planet Of The Gods – Part 1

Battlestar GalacticaThe second episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. Part one of a two-part story, this is one of a handful of two-part episodes that hint toward Larson’s original preference toward occasional miniseries events rather than a weekly series. Jane Seymour guest stars. Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Lost Planet Of The Gods – Part 2

Battlestar GalacticaThe third episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. Part two of a two-part story, this is one of a handful of two-part episodes that hint toward Larson’s original preference toward occasional miniseries events rather than a weekly series. Jane Seymour guest stars. Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Gun On Ice Planet Zero – Part 2

Battlestar GalacticaThe seventh episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. This episode is part two of a two-part story; Roy Thinnes (The Invaders) guest stars. Read more

Battlestar Galactica: The Hand Of God

Battlestar GalacticaThe 21st episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. This is the end of the first season, and the last episode to feature the original characters; when Battlestar Galactica returns nearly a year later, it reflects dramatic budgetary and creative restrictions imposed upon Larson by ABC. Read more

Galactica 1980: Galactica Discovers Earth – Part 1

Galactica 1980The first episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the first episode of the show’s second season) premieres on ABC, with an almost completely new cast. Kent McCord, Robin Douglass and Barry Van Dyke take over as the series leads; the only holdovers from the original season are Lorne Greene as Adama and Herb Jefferson as Boomer.

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Galactica 1980: Galactica Discovers Earth – Part 2

Galactica 1980The second episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the show’s 23rd episode) premieres on ABC, continuing a three-part storyline.

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Galactica 1980: Galactica Discovers Earth – Part 3

Galactica 1980The third episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the show’s 24th episode) premieres on ABC, concluding a three-part storyline.

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Galactica 1980: The Night The Cylons Landed – Part I

Galactica 1980The seventh episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the show’s 28th episode) premieres on ABC. Wolfman Jack guest stars. Read more

Galactica 1980: The Night The Cylons Landed – Part II

Galactica 1980The eighth episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the show’s 29th episode) premieres on ABC. Wolfman Jack guest stars. Read more