Fans of "Stargate SG-1" have reason to hope the long-running science-fiction series may survive, despite being canceled by Sci Fi Channel. A spokesman for producer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer says the series,
set to leave Sci Fi at the end of its 10th season next year, will live on. "We don't look at Stargate SG-1 as a TV show, but a franchise. It is our intention to vigorously find a find way to extend
the franchise," says Jeff Pryor, who adds that MGM is looking at other possible outlets. He hopes to move forward, but no negotiations have taken place yet. Ratings for the show have been trending
down this season, but Mark Stern, evp of original programming for Sci Fi, says creative and economic decisions also came into play. He notes that under terms of its contract, the network's decision to
cancel the series bars MGM from making any new episodes of the show to air on U.S. TV.
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