Syfy has given the go-ahead for a second season of Stargate Universe and a third season of Sanctuary. The cable channel has ordered 20 installments of each.
Stargate Universe (SGU) is the latest series in the Stargate franchise and revolves around a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for themselves after being forced through a Stargate. The desperate survivors emerge aboard an ancient ship which is locked on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth. It features Robert Carlyle, Justin Louis, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque, David Blu, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Patrick Gilmore, Peter Kelamis, Julia Benson, Jennifer Spence, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Mark Burgess, Ming-Na, Josh Blacker, Haig Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips.
Sanctuary follows the adventures of Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping), a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Others in the cast include Robin Dunne, Emilie Ullerup, Ryan Robbins, Christopher Heyerdahl, and Agam Darshi.
SGU is expected to return in April with the second partth of its 20 episode first season. Production on season two will begin in early 2010 and is expected to start airing in the fall.
The second season of Sanctuary is currently airing and expected to finish on January 15, 2010. Production on season three will start in early 2010 and begin airing in Fall 2010. This recent pickup marks the biggest order to date for Sanctuary. Seasons one and two are comprised of only 13 episodes apiece.
What do you think? Are either or both of these shows worthy of another season? Which do you prefer?
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Bring back Atlantis! SGU just doesn’t have the humor that the old SG franchises did. Way too much Angst for my taste.
I have to agree with you.Please bring back Atlantis. SGU is good,but it is very dramatic.lol 🙂 Also bring back Santuary ASAP!
I do watch SGU and like it, but not as much as I like Sanctuary.I think both shows deserve a chance at another season. I’m hopeing Sanctuary will be coming back soon.:)
Really like sanctuary, SGU is good, but I find I watch it in hopes that something more will happen. Seems more like sad-fi & needs more of the “fi” part. All this said, I wud give both up if they wud bring back stargate atlantis! Not sure why it got the ax & doom & gloom universe was given the nod. Seriously…waht cud b done to bring back atlantis? Any ideas?
STU is one of my favorite shows right now. I can only assume that others like it as much as I do. In fact it is one of the few shows that I watch the day it comes out versus several days later via DVR.
Sanctuary I could give up IF the is a show that has better acting (Not Amanda Tapping who is great).
After Season 2 of SGU – start making atlantis/SG1 or original movies!
One of the few things I really like about this series is that it’s hard SF and we don’t have a bunch of mysticism. Please don’t pollute the series with a bunch of magic. If I want magic, I’ll pull a Disney cartoon from my VHS collection. I’d like to see Colonel Young grow a pair. Telford’s dead and probably in the nick of time. He redeemed himself. The lieutenant needs to try to outgrow his university education and become a soldier. Rush should burn himself out in “the chair” and bet frozen for a while and give Eli a… Read more »
Stellar review Rob.
Stellar!
Honestly, SGU is my first jump into the SG franchise. Universe has had its highs and lows. I just wonder if the writers are really good enough to sort out this mess that they call Stargate Universe. The characters just seem to stay flat. They are not growing together. There is nothing pulling them together. They are just stuck in space and somewhat unhappy about it. Everyone seems to be haunted by their pasts and unable to grow or move forward. Frankly, the most interesting character on the show has ALWAYS been Rush, our resident antagonist. The best written episode… Read more »
Both shows leave something to be desired. Stargate Atlantis was much better. Stargate SG-1 was GREAT and a hard act to follow. Even that went down hill when Richard Dean Anderson became General O’Neill and Brower & “Vana” stepped into place. (Farscape meets Stargate,yuck!. ) Sanctuary is Blah. What’s with Amanda and the accent? I find it annoying and the writing is pretty bad. Warehouse 13, yuck again. Only Eureka and Doctor Who seem to pull off the humor sci-fi bit. As a Sci-fi fan I enjoy lots of mystery and a bit of humor, not a lot of humor… Read more »
I actually enjoyed “Incursion”, but then Sam and Jack were back for a quick appearance. SGU isn’t that bad, it’s just that it’s not SG-1 and doesn’t attract the same fans. A lot of the big BSG freaks didn’t care for SG-1 anyway – not dark enough. They might like SG-U if they’d check it out, but they won’t because it’s Stargate. I think they should give it a couple of season’s and then bring it to an end. Then I could buy the DVD’s and add it to my Stargate Collection and they could do another take on the… Read more »
SGU is a complete flop in terms of ratings. No doubt it will be cancelled after the second season wraps up leaving the story on a cliffhanger or maybe the producers will come up with some dumb-ass ending to complete it. Well, this show could get better and it’s certainly good in its own way, but them cancelling SGA over this sorry excuse for a science-fiction TV-series is so dispeakable and gross. I’m not a mad fan or anything but at east they could’ve refrained from getting rid of SGA they did shooting SGA and SGU simultaneously. I keep watchin… Read more »
Glad to see Sanctuary is coming back…love it. As for Universe, its terrible. No where near the quality or the humor of the other shows.
I just finished watching the first two seasons of Sanctuary on iTunes, Love It !!! I never caught the series on syfy and I was kinda worried the show had been cancelled. Glad to learn the show has been picked up for a 3rd season.
Universe is horrible. It’s dark and dreary, and oh so boring. Could they just turn on the lights every once in a while? This show is like watch8ing a particularly bad soap opera; just jam packed with silly drama. How about a little action! Please cancel this abomination.
Jack O’Neill was on SGU this week. It made me realize just how much I missed him. Jim, I think I understand why you like SGU. It’s growing on me a bit as I get into the story. The problem with it is that it feels like the writers are holding back the characters. Everybody’s flawed, but it’s not flawed in a way I can really get behind them. The Colonel is fooling around with a lower ranking officer, the scientist has some serious issues. Between Rush and the Colonel, it’s like watching Mad Magazine’s Spy vs Spy every week.… Read more »