Praise For The Longest Running Scifi TV Show!!!!

Star Trek?
Buffy?
Charmed?
X-Files?

No,No, No, No.

Stargate: SG1 has reached its 10th season making it the longest running domestic scifi franchise.
All of the Treks except TOS and TAS made it to seven, The X-Files to nine.

What makes SG1 capable of making a run this long?

Good storytelling for one thing. The idea that you can drive to work go through the stargate to another world altogether, look around a while and come back in the same day is a very cool premise.

Not to mention that Amanda Tapping is cute hot.

SG1 blends serious scifi with humor, adventure, and at time self parody. There are some serious story arcs and some funny ones.

As the series has grown older and matured the arcs have become more epic. There were a couple of the latter seasons where the budget was cut and it showed on screen. The team didn't go offworld as much.

What has made this franchise especially unique is that its spinoff, Stargate: Atlantis is as nearly as popular if not more so than its originator.

SGA might have better legs than SG1.

Richard Dean Anderson is no longer on the show as a regular but he does pop in from time to time to great fan appreciation for his beloved character.

If you have never seen SG1 or SGA the Scifi Channel owns the franchise now and you can find an episode or two nearly every weekday.

It doesn't take much to get into the series at all.

It is a ride you won't regret.