Via the SciFi Wire: Third Eureka Season Ordered

SCI FI Channel has ordered a third season of its original series Eureka, giving a green light to production of 13 new episodes, the network announced.

Good news. It is light fare, to be sure, but also entertaining.

Some date for returning SCI FI Channel:

Doctor Who July 6 at 9 p.m., Eureka on July 10

Good deal. That’s a bit earlier for Who than I expected and later for Eureka than I would’ve thought.

Also, the new Flash Gordon show premieres on August 10th.

Via the Sci Fi Wire we get good news on Sci Fi’s fourth quarter’s ratings: SCI FI Ratings Rosy In Q4.

This including good news for BSG’s numbers and for the Sci Fi original series Eureka:

Battlestar Galactica, which began its third season Oct. 6, showed growth among younger and female audiences, and outpaced the hit show’s second half of season two by about 8 percent among adults 18 to 34. The series was up 15 percent among teens, 20 percent among women 18 to 34, 17 percent among women 18 to 49 and 14 percent among women 25 to 54. The average age of viewers was younger by more than a year compared to the previous season.

Channel highlights for the year include the series premiere of Eureka July 18, which was the highest-rated and most-watched series to air on SCI FI in the network’s history, with a 3.3 household rating and more than 4 million viewers. Ghost Hunters also outdelivered its second-season ratings, which were up by 15 percent in all households, and 28 percent in adults 25 to 54.