Stargate SG-1 (popularly abbreviated as SG1 or SG-1) is
a television series based upon the 1994 science fiction
movie Stargate. MGM owns and licenses the show. The first
episode was broadcast on July 27, 1997 on Showtime, which
aired the series' first five seasons. Seasons six, seven,
and eight were awarded to the SciFi Channel. During the
eighth season (2004) the SciFi Channel began airing the
first season of the spinoff series Stargate Atlantis.
In November 2004, the SciFi channel announced that it
would renew SG-1 for a ninth season, although none of
the original cast members had yet signed contracts. This
tied SG-1 with The X-Files as the longest-running sci-fi
drama series on American television. Unlike sci-fi franchises
such as Star Trek or Babylon 5, SG-1 is set in the present
day. See Stargate for a general summary of this universe.
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