Battlestar Galactica's fourth and final season begins airing on April 4th, but thanks to the writers' strike, production was halted with half of the season left to complete. Now, with word coming in that the strike is likely over this week, Battlestar fans are eager to learn when the acclaimed series can go back into production and finish its story.
If the show had stayed on its original schedule, it would be completing production in March, but according to TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, March is now an early possibility for when the show will be going back into production, to complete Season 4. Eonline says that the final season will almost certainly now be split into two halves when it comes to scheduling, with the final 10 episodes airing in the fall or perhaps in 2009.
While fans will be disappointed to hear about the possible long delay, it's actually not completely new news, as even before the strike occurred, SCI FI Channel was said to be considering a long split in the middle of Season 4. The strike only seems to have made such a split more necessary from a production standpoint.