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Sci Fi Wire - SCI FI Channel announced that it has ordered a 10th season of Stargate SG-1 and a third season of its spinoff series, Stargate Atlantis. Production on both 20-episode seasons is slated to begin in early 2006 for summer premieres on SCI FI.

Heading into a 10th season, Stargate SG-1 becomes the longest-running SF drama in American television history, outlasting The X-Files, The Twilight Zone and every iteration of Star Trek. The first half of SG-1’s ninth season has averaged 2.4 million viewers per week.

Though for the record I can’t help but note that SG-1 lost its rhythm with all the changes at the beginning of season nine. The rhythm was picked up again, but for some reason it just feels more shallow and giggly. As if they really tried to make it more hip, trendy and macho. It also coincided with more flag-waving. I can’t get over that feeling. Perhaps it’s just the loss of RDA. Perhaps it’s the times.