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The Joy of Sets: Battlestar, Dingos and a Gay Buffy!

One of the best things about writing for TV Guide is that my tastes are a bit off, so I get to cover a lot of shows most folks wouldn't want on their beat. Three days into starting here 100 years ago, I scared my colleagues by bounding at the chance to handle a Baywatch episode called "Someone to Baywatch Over You." No lie. And that's not to say I don't love a good Friday Night Lights or even a mediocre Lost (see all of Season 2). I just enjoy some of the odder TV things in life. Things perfectly at home on DVD....Galactica 1980 — Do not judge me. I have a soft spot for this spin-off from ABC's mother ship! After the massively budgeted original was axed, the fans rose up and riled the network into throwing together an on-the-cheap follow-up set five years after BSG's finale. Since only Lorne Greene and Herb Jefferson Jr. agreed to come back, Adama and Boomer oversaw Barry Van Dyke and Kent McCord as the fighter pilots who finally got to explore Earth. Come for the flying motorc...  read full article
Season 1, Episode 1: Far out in space, the ship Battlestar Galactica has at last found its long-sought haven -- Earth. Unfortunately, not far behind are their mortal enemies, the Cylons, who are determined to wipe out every Earthling in the Galaxy.
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Length: 01:38:39
Posted: 11/11/2008
Season 1, Episode 3: Commander Adama and teenage genius Dr. Zee board an incredible new antigravity spaceship for an emergency mission to Earth in an effort to save three children in Troy and Dillon's group who -- by Earth's standards -- have died.
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Length: 48:03
Posted: 6/6/2008
Season 1, Episode 2: The exciting and challenging adventures of "Galactica 1980" continue when a Galactican shuttle-craft filled with children is attacked by the treacherous Cylons and some of its occupants are forced to flee to Earth.
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Length: 47:53
Posted: 6/6/2008
Season 1, Episode 8: The fate of space warrior Lt. Starbuck (special guest star Dirk Benedict) is revealed in a vivid dream of teenage genius Dr. Zee in which Starbuck crashes on a desolate planet where he reassembles a Cylon robot for company.
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Length: 48:06
Posted: 6/6/2008
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The Joy of Sets: Battlestar, Dingos and a Gay Buffy!

One of the best things about writing for TV Guide is that my tastes are a bit off, so I get to cover a lot of shows most folks wouldn't want on their beat. Three days into starting here 100 years ago, I scared my colleagues by bounding at the chance to handle a Baywatch episode called "Someone to Baywatch Over You." No lie. And that's not to say I don't love a good Friday Night Lights or even a mediocre Lost (see all of Season 2). I just enjoy some of the odder TV things in life. Things perfectly at home on DVD....Galactica 1980 — Do not judge me. I have a soft spot for this spin-off from ABC's mother ship! After the massively budgeted original was axed, the fans rose up and riled the network into throwing together an on-the-cheap follow-up set five years after BSG's finale. Since only Lorne Greene and Herb Jefferson Jr. agreed to come back, Adama and Boomer oversaw Barry Van Dyke and Kent McCord as the fighter pilots who finally got to explore Earth. Come for the flying motorc... read more

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Premiered: January 01, 1980, on ABC
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Premise: A dud sequel to `Battlestar Galactica' finds Lorne Greene captaining an entirely new crew 30 years later as the great ship finally reaches Earth. But the human race is still imperiled by the robotic Cylons, who have tracked them.

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