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Rumor control
Published 5/4/2008 by ProgGrrl at GALACTICA SITREP
Battlestar blog posted some major rumor-squelchers today: Katee Sackhoff has been announced, at last, as coming to Dragon Con this August. By the way, BSG science advisor Dr. Kevin Grazier was also recently added to an impressively long list of BSG attendees. At Friday's NBC Universal Summer Press Day, Mark Stern from The Sci Fi Channel made a first official announcement about the airing of the second half of Season 4 (aka "the back ten"): "Battlestar Galactica's" final season will be split into two parts, the first of which wraps up on Friday, June 13 at 10:00/9:00c. The 10 ...

New America Revolts Against The USA [Revolution]
Published 5/5/2008 by Charlie Jane Anders at io9
... which could make for an absorbing series, with challenging political issues and a hardscrabble alien planet. (Or it could be another Flash Gordon.) Depending on how you felt about his performance in Ghost Rider, the fact that Peter Fonda is starring as the "robber baron" grandfather of the Hart family is either a good sign, or not. The fact that the U.S.A. is now called the United State of America has a nice dystopian ring to it. Fingers crossed. [The Futon Critic] ...