An Analytical Guide to Television's Battlestar Galactica

<p> When the space drama <I>Battlestar Galactica</I> debuted on ABC in 1978, it was expected to be the most popular new program of the year. Instead, it was attacked as a <I>Star Wars</I> rip-off and canceled after a mere 17 stories. The author acknowledges the show was full of dramatic cliches and scientific inaccuracies, but despite these shortcomings, <I>Battlestar Galactica</I> was a dramatically resonant series full of unique and individual characte