We have to wait how long for the second half of BSG?

I really don't like cliffhangers. It's not the "OMG, how will they get out of this next season?" type anxiety that usually comes with a finale that annoys me. It's the waiting that bugs me. Will the conclusion be worthy of the wait? Sometimes, yes, but most times, no. If you're an average show on one of the major networks, typically the wait isn't that long. A show's done in May and comes back in September/October. Five months. So the conclusion doesn't have to be super stellar.

But if you're Battlestar Galactica on tiny little Sci Fi channel, we have to wait until 2009. That's seven months at least, assuming that 2009 means January 2009. My bet is, it'll be even longer since Sci Fi never airs BSG and Stargate at the same time. With Stargate Atlantis' airing schedule, ten straight eps from July to early September then the back half in January, we probably won't see season 4.5 of BSG until April. Even without the writer's strike it probably would have been the same. Sigh. Yes, we've been promised webisodes, but come on, that's not enough to hold fans over for almost a year.

( Spoilers for BSG 4x10, Revelations )

I await Ron Moore's podcast on this. He's got some explaining to do.

"There's something on the roof of the spacebus!"

I usually call the double bank episode the "Doctor lite" episode, but that's not the case this year, so this episode I shall be calling is the "budget lite" episode. I fully expected this episode to be rather lame just going off the trailer. I mean, you've got no Donna, one set, and some monster that seemed like it was straight out of a Twilight Zone episode. I'm very glad when episodes turn out better than I expect. :-)

( Spoilers for Doctor Who 4x10, Midnight )

Was any explanation given for why they decided to split the lite episodes? Maybe "Midnight" was budget lite so "Turn Left" could have some decent effects while also giving David a chance to film "Midnight". And I guess there are only so many stories you can tell without the Doctor and Companion around. Looks like Donna gets her own story next week. That should be fun.