STARGATE SG-1'S SERIES FINALE TRIUMPHS
2 Million+ Viewers Tune In To Say Farewell
SG-1 Delivers more P18-49 and P25-54 than ABC
NEW YORK � June 26, 2007 � America's longest running sci-fi television series ended with a bang, delivering more viewers in key demos than even its broadcast competition. The series finale of Stargate SG-1 (Friday, June 22, 2007 @ 8pm) delivered a 1.7 HH rating, 1.2 million P25-54s, 1.1 million P18-49s and 2.2 million total viewers P2+.
This is the best performance on all measures for SG-1 since the September 22, 2006 mid-season finale.
The show drove SCI FI to the number 1 spot in the 8pm hour for both P18-49s and P25-54 cable viewers, and delivered more P18-49s and P25-54s in the hour than ABC.
Among M25-54 and M18-49 in the 8pm hour, SCI FI outdelivered all cable competitors, and surpassed Fox, CBS and ABC.
Overall, Stargate SG-1 was the number 3 cable program for the day for P25-54 viewers.
Also on Friday night, the season 3 finale of Stargate Atlantis at 9pm delivered a 1.5 HH rating, 1.1 million P25-54s, 986,000 P18-49s and nearly 2 million total viewers P2+.
This is the best performance in HH ratings and P2+ for Atlantis since the September 22, 2006 midseason finale, and the best performance in P18-49s and P25-54s since the April 13, 2007 midseason premiere.
In the 9pm hour, SCI FI ranked number 2 in cable for P25-54s, trailing only TBS.
Atlantis ranked number 5 in cable for the day for P25-54 viewers.
At 10pm, Painkiller Jane delivered a 1.0 HH rating, 668,000 P18-49s and 751,000 P25-54s � the best performances for the program in each demo since its April 13, 2007 series debut.
For the night, in 8pm-11pm prime, SCI FI was ranked number 3 for P25-54s and P18-49s.
SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com ) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 89 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
Stargate Atlantis is currently in production on a fourth original season, with an eye toward a fall premiere.
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