List of Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) episodes
"Battlestar Galactica" is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the "Battlestar Galactica" franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" television series created by Glen A. Larson. The series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours) in December 2003 on the Sci-Fi Channel. The television series debuted in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on October 18, 2004, and premiered in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel on January 14, 2005. The  story arc of "Battlestar Galactica" is set in a distant star system, where a civilization of humans live on a series of planets known as the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. In the past, the Colonies had been at war with a cybernetic race of their own creation, known as the Cylons. With the self-serving and venal help of a human named Gaius Baltar, the Cylons, some now in human form, launch a sudden sneak attack on the Colonies, laying waste to the planets and devastating their populations. Out of a population numbering in the billions, only approximately 50,000 humans  survive, most of whom were aboard civilian spaceships that avoided destruction. Of all the Colonial Fleet, the eponymous Battlestar "Galactica" appears to be the only military capital ship that survived the attack. Under the leadership of Colonial Fleet officer Commander William "Bill" Adama and President Laura Roslin, the "Galactica" and its crew take up the task of leading the small fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled refuge known as Earth. Series overview. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Home media. Notes: Online availability. Apple iTunes. In January 2006, Apple began offering the episodes for the miniseries, season 1 , and season 2 for purchase on the U.S. version of the iTunes Store. In December 2007, the "Battlestar Galactica" episodes were removed from iTunes along with other NBC Universal content. The episodes returned to iTunes when NBC Universal announced their return to iTunes in September 2008. In February 2009, the series became available in high-definition format at the UK iTunes Store. Other channels. The series has also been available via Amazon Video, Google Play, Hulu, Netflix, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Video. 78 episodes have been made available on the BBC iPlayer as of September 2020. List of Battlestar Galactica