'Battlestar' finale jumps ratings

The midseason finale of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" jumped the show's ratings.

Friday night's episode, "Revelations," attracted the largest audience for the series since the fourth-season premiere.

The episode was seen by 1.8 million viewers. Among adults 18-49, the finale was seen by 1.2 million -- the highest-rated episode since the season’s fourth episode, which aired in late April. As always, the numbers are expected to increase once DVR viewing is included.

This season of "BSG" has rated higher than the episodes Sci Fi aired last spring.

Friday's dramatic cliffhanger and final scene has caused plenty of discussion online. The show is expected to return in January with at least 10 episodes. A two-hour stand-alone movie is still under discussion for the fall. 

Comments

[Christopher L.]

Go BSG!

[Matt R.]

I have to wait all the way until January to find out the final Cylon!?!?!?! I already thought it was gonna be Roslin for a few episodes before Caprica Six pulled the whole "Don't you know, you're the final cylon. Just kidding." I still can't believe they did that to me.

I still think it could be Roslin though.

[Zach A.]

you do realize it wasn't Caprica 6 who said that. it was the 3. D'Anna.

[Bruce Simmons]

The part of the season split that upsets me is that in a recent public announcement, they quote new shows and sports as the reason they won't be back until early 2009, yet in September of 2007 at Dragon Con, Jamie Bamber gave up the ghost and said they were looking to do this and will air the 2nd half of the season in February of '09.

He went on to say they don't know how to handle a popular show and this is how Sci-Fi gets two seasons for the price of one.

dOh!