Stargate SG-1 was cancelled after 10 seasons by Syfy, but Season 11 very nearly manifested elsewhere.
EP Joseph Mallozzi has revealed that SG-1 was “so close” to an 11th season on Apple, with the company agreeing to an 11th and final chapter, only for Syfy’s contractual red tape to scupper the deal, per Gateworld:
“We came close to doing an eleventh season of Stargate SG-1. Apple — iTunes — one of the executives there was a huge, huge fan. And after we were cancelled [he] said, ‘We discussed it, and we would love to pick up SG-1 for an eleventh and final season. It would be great. It would be an Apple original series.’”
Added Mallozzi:
“We went down the road [with Apple], and then ultimately there was a clause in our deal with SCI FI that would not permit us to go elsewhere without their OK. And they did not give the OK. So basically we did not get the eleventh season. But we were so close. We were so, so close.”
Of course, the Stargate franchise is back for another duel with the reaper, in the form of prequel series Stargate Origins.
Do you wish Stargate SG-1 ended up on Apple/iTunes for Season 11?
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