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Stargate Atlantis will return for its fourth season this fall in the U.S., SCI FI Channel announced today. Stargate SG-1 co-star Amanda Tapping will join the cast of Atlantis in the show's fourth season, the network officially confirmed. Tapping will appear as Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter in 14 of Season Four's 20 episodes. "Taking the torch from SG-1 as television's most thrilling adventure series, Atlantis, slated to begin production in Vancouver next month, promises to up the ante this season by introducing a powerful new race, welcoming new cast members and mourning the loss of some beloved friends," the network...

They had cake! Jack O'Neill would be impressed. For the official celebration of the filming of episode 200 (appropriately titled "200"), executives from the Stargate franchise's new owner Sony Pictures Television flew up to the set to join guest star and former leading man Richard Dean Anderson ("Jack O'Neill") and the entire cast and crew for the big event on Wednesday. The occasion was such a big event that even customs officials at the airport knew what was going on. At customs, Jeanie Bradley, a vice president with Sony Pictures Television, explained she was on business for Stargate SG-1. Nonplussed,...

Last week's episode of the hit animated series The Simpsons brought to fruition a dream for Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson and his career -- and also gave Stargate fans a send-up of their own. The Jack O'Neill actor guest starred as himself in the episode, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore." When Anderson shows up at Patty and Selma's MacGyver convention, he tells the two uber-fans that the show means nothing to him. He proceeds to appear on stage with Comic Book Guy at a Stargate convention, only to be kidnapped by Patty and Selma and taken to their MacGyver...

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has released its nominations for the 32nd Saturn Awards, to be given out May 2, 2006 in Universal City, California. The Stargate franchise picked up a total of four nominations in this year's prestigious genre awards. Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis were both nominated in the Best Syndicated/Cable TV Series category, just as they were last year. SG-1 has won the award three times -- in 2000, 2004, and 2005. Other contenders include Battlestar Galactica, The Closer, The 4400, and Nip/Tuck. Ben Browder (Cameron Mitchell) received a nomination in the Best...