MGM’s Stargate Series Renewed for Fifth Season

NEW YORK, October 25: SCI FI Channel has renewed the
original MGM Television series Stargate Atlantis for a fifth season of 20 episodes.

Produced and distributed by MGM
Television, Stargate Atlantis is set to
resume production in early 2008. It follows the adventures of a team of
military and civilian explorers who travel to the distant Pegasus galaxy by
means of a Stargate, a portal created long ago by a highly advanced alien
civilization called the Ancients. Their quest to seek out technologies left
behind by the Ancients leads them to encounter alien cultures, some friendly,
some not.

Season four, currently airing Fridays at 10 p.m. on SCI FI,
premiered on September 28 with over 2 million viewers. The season features new
cast members: Stargate SG-1's Amanda
Tapping and Firefly's Jewel
Staite.

The show's sister series, Stargate SG-1, ran for a record-breaking 10 consecutive seasons.

"All of us at MGM are pleased to be extending the Stargate legacy with 20 new original episodes of Stargate
Atlantis for our friends at SCI FI,"
said Charles E. Cohen, the senior executive VP of finance and corporate
development at MGM. "Viewers the world over clamor for exciting new stories
of space exploration, distant civilizations and the marvels of technology, all
of which continue to be delivered by Stargate Atlantis."

—By Kristin Brzoznowski