That right there is the last thing we saw at the end of season 4.0. A wrecked planet we PRESUME to be Earth.

As things currently stand, some Cylons believe they are the children of humanity. That would make humans their parents. Other Cylons believe that parents have to die because it’s the only way children come into their own.

And that’s how we’re looking at the upcoming season of Battlestar Galactica 4.5.

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Way back in April, I surmised that the final “Cylon” in Battlestar Galactica was all of humanity.  And you, our readers responded as one with many awesome theories.

In early June, I posted the tale of how the Sci-Fi Channel was splitting the 4th season in half.  In that post, I only posted 1/2 of a Viper image.  As you see, I’ve got the whole image here now to celebrate the airing of the rest of the paused season.  It will be whole.

This article has speculative premises that could be spoilers, and a definitive spoiler later on. Reader, beware!

Back in April 2008, I had thrown out my conjecture on who the last Cylon is in the upcoming final season of Battlestar Galactica on the Sci-Fi Channel. Screen Rant readers came through in droves and offered up many ideas and suggestions. I was humbled at your participation and it was awesome to see some of your ideas, and entertaining to see others. For instance, I’m going way out on a limb and saying Jack Black is not the last Cylon.

Yesterday word spread on the internets that the final (half) season of Battlestar Galactica might be delayed even longer than we thought. The word was that the series finale would not air until June 2009, meaning that the season would not begin until April - instead of January as was the expectation.

Well today comes word directly from the Sci Fi Channel (the station that airs Battlestar Galactica) the the show will NOT be delayed and WILL premiere this upcoming January 2009.

So no fear, BSG fans, you won’t have to wait almost a full year to see how it all ends.

Source: SciFiWire

No, no, no… I don’t mean Caprica, the prequel series.  I mean the Sci-Fi Channel has announced a new Battlestar Galactica (BSG) two-hour prequel movie. It is set to broadcast in 2009 after season 4.5 finishes off.  Of course the regular readers of Screen Rant won’t be surprised since we chatted about the BSG Movies In The Pipeline back in June!

First off, the moderator was filmmaker Kevin Smith.

The attendees for the panel for Battlestar Galactica included Jamie Bamber, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, creator Ron Moore and producer David Eick.  Tahmoh Penikett showed up about halfway through it.

There were a few things that blew the audience away.

With the closing of (mid) season 4 finale, a lot happened in the closing episodes that will keep us on the hook to come back for the continuance of the last ten episodes of season (5) four.

A few items that got my gut reaction were Admiral Adama’s reaction to Col. Tigh, his oldest friend being a Cylon. Colonel Tigh, and the others, trying to deal with their new situation.

And they’ve apparently, finally found Earth - but in a state of post apocalyptic ruin… Our initial impression of the supposed salvation of the humans and Cylons dashed, shocked, hopelessly disappointed. Regardless of it being on the Sci-Fi Channel, Ron Moore brings emotion to the forefront as we find ourselves being shocked, surprised, confused and more importantly, creatively challenged as we watch, wondering what will happen next.

Much of the following can be classified as rumor, but if it turns out to be true there are some potentially BIG spoilers - so consider yourself warned.

Back in May, the “idle chatter” was the possibility of up to three additional Battlestar Galactica TV movies were on the table being discussed at the network.

No one at the network confirmed or denied this but if you ponder it, there’s some conflict in the air.

The possible three films will not further the storyline that’s developing in Season 4 and 4.5. Rather, they will focus on incidents that take place on the Galactica during the show’s timeline.

[UPDATE: Check out our up to date Complete 2008 Fall TV Preview!]

I was wondering about all the news out and about regarding what’s coming up on television next season with regards to fantasy, sci-fi and action type shows, so I tracked down the announcements from various networks that distribute them to whet our appetites via the “upfronts“. EH? I know. You’re asking, “What’s an upfront“?

Upfronts are when networks publicly announce their new shows to the press and the advertising world. It’s during the upfronts that networks give advertisers the chance to get advertising time at a discount, versus paying premium dollar during the season. It could also be looked at as the time when advertisers hedge their bets with shows that look promising to them. Basically, get in on the action up in front of the new season. Sadly, it’s the driving force behind everything we love and love to hate about TV programming.

The upfronts can also give you some insight into the minds of the network execs and the trends they either think will happen or help actually develop. By trends I mean setting the mark. IE: After ABC’s Lost or Fox’s Prison Break became hot commodities, we saw a rash of similar type programs pop up in the ensuing seasons.

With that being said let’s go through the developments that have come out of the upfronts, where I focus on shows on the tube that you the Screen Rant reader might be interested in knowing about, with no particular order to the networks:

So why do I only have half a Viper pictured? That’s because Battlestar Galactica is having its final season split into two.

You have got to be frakkin’ kidding me! (Read that with the angry, gravel-sounding voice of Col. Tigh in your head because it’s the only way to interpret that line.)

As I noted here back in April, I think one of the biggest mistakes in recent history of Sci Fi television is the Sci-Fi Channel splitting up the final 20 episodes of the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica into two, separate, 10-episode runs with tonight’s (Friday, June 13th) episode being the “mid-season” break.

Oh but wait, that was the good news. Not only is this episode the breaking point for the show, but we’re going to have to wait until the beginning of next year, that’s right, 2009, before the show starts up again.

The Sci-Fi Channel didn’t want to tell anyone themselves, so they gave Ronald D. Moore the dour job of breaking the news to the media last Wednesday night at a screening.

The reasoning given for the show not starting back up until next year is “end of the year competition” such as new fall television series’, baseball and football.