"Galactica: 1980" - 13 Week Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoC3Q9nG364

The start of a new cycle for the YouTube series dedicated to short lived TV shows. This week: ABC's "Battlestar Galactica" spinoff/continuation/reboot "Galactica: 1980!"

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Horrible/LiveActionTV

Galactica 1980. This sequel/spinoff of the original Battlestar Galactica (1978) series eliminated half the cast (including Apollo, Cassiopeia, and Baltar) without explanation, then attempted to pander to audiences with insipid plots involving a group of space children named "The Super Scouts". Good actors made complete fools of themselves - especially Lorne Greene, who was stuck talking to a child prodigy named Dr. Zee (who was recast with an even worse child actor after the first three-part episode) for most of the run. It featured what could be one of the worst episodes of a science-fiction series ever made, "Spaceball", in which the Super Scouts have to win a baseball game. The creators were forced to write stories that could be marketed to young children and shoehorn environmental messages into each one, mainly since the show was broadcast at 7:30 PM - a dead zone that killed any chance for success even if it had been worth watching. The writers themselves hated it, as every morning they would chant "come on 13" in reference to the highest rating the show could get and still be canned. Glen Larson had to deal with ABC's Standards and Practices, including their demands for more children, which in turn caused an influx of stage moms (the entire sordid story must be read to be believed). But the show's biggest sin? It killed off the franchise for over 20 years until a reboot made it popular again. Here's TV Trash's review of the disaster.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20n2fn_tv-trash-galactica-1980_fun