Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis
Genre	Action-Adventure Science fiction[1]
Created by	Brad Wright Robert C. Cooper
Based on	Stargate by Roland Emmerich Dean Devlin
Starring	Joe Flanigan Torri Higginson Rachel Luttrell Rainbow Sun Francks David Hewlett Jason Momoa Paul McGillion Amanda Tapping Jewel Staite Robert Picardo
Theme music composer	Joel Goldsmith
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	100 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Brad Wright Robert C. Cooper Joseph Mallozzi Paul Mullie Martin Gero Carl Binder
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	Acme Shark Productions MGM Worldwide Television Distribution Sony Pictures Television (2005–2006) (season 2)
Original release
Network	Syfy
Release	July 16, 2004 (2004-07-16) – January 9, 2009 (2009-01-09)
Related
Stargate Stargate SG-1 Stargate Universe Stargate Origins
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Stargate Atlantis (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated SGA) is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself based on the feature film Stargate (1994). All five seasons of Stargate Atlantis were broadcast by the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States and The Movie Network in Canada. The show premiered on July 16, 2004; its final episode aired on January 9, 2009. The series was filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The story of Stargate Atlantis follows the events of Stargate SG-1's seventh season finale episode "Lost City" and eighth season premiere episode "New Order", in which the cast of that series discovered an Antarctic outpost created by the alien race known as the Ancients. In the pilot episode "Rising", Dr. Daniel Jackson discovers the location of Atlantis, the legendary city created by the Ancients, and Stargate Command sends an international team to investigate it.

The series was a ratings success for the Sci Fi Channel, and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. Although it received little critical response, Stargate Atlantis was honored with numerous awards and award nominations in its five-season run. Merchandise for Stargate Atlantis includes games and toys, print media, and an original audio series. With the cancellation of Stargate Universe, the intended direct-to-DVD Stargate Atlantis movie, entitled Stargate: Extinction, was cancelled.^[2][3]