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== Broadcast and release ==
{{See also|List of Stargate SG-1 episodes{{!}}List of ''Stargate SG-1'' episodes}}

=== Showtime and US syndication (1997–2002) ===
The American subscription channel [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] ordered the first two seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' with 44 episodes total in 1996.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> The two-hour pilot episode received Showtime's highest-ever ratings for a series premiere with an audience of approximately 1.5 million households in the 8 p.m. Sunday slot of July 27, 1997.<ref name=nyt_farside/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Richmond |first=Ray |url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/news/stargate-showtime-s-home-run-1116678643/ |title='Stargate' Showtime's home run |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 1, 1997 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> According to the ''SG-1'' producers, a broadcast network would have cancelled ''SG-1'' after a few episodes, but Showtime put no pressure on the show to "deliver the meteoric ratings the way network shows do".<ref name=spi_cruising/> The show was consistently the channel's most-watched program (including theatrical movies),<ref name=nyt_appeal/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dempsey |first=John |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/tv-biz-s-gay-pride-parade-1117790288/ |title=TV biz's gay pride parade |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 13, 2000 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> so Showtime ordered a third and fourth season of 22 episodes each in July 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Richard |url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/mgm-posts-larger-loss-1117478828/ |title=MGM posts larger loss |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=July 27, 1998 |access-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref>

Since ''Stargate SG-1'' was expensive to produce, MGM arranged an agreement with Showtime that ''SG-1'' could air in syndication six months after their premiere on Showtime.<ref name=v_stakes>{{cite magazine |last=Dempsey |first=John |url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/cablers-raise-syndie-stakes-1117892381/ |title=Cablers raise syndie stakes |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=September 14, 2003 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> All 22 [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] owned-and-operated local stations aired the first seasons after their Showtime debut, providing a clearance of 41% of the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Moss |first=Linda |title=Showtime's 'Stargate' going to Fox in syndication |magazine=Multichannel News |date=August 18, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Pursell |first=Chris |url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/stargate-fences-in-fox-1117758132/ |title='Stargate' fences in Fox |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= November 17, 1999 |access-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref> The show was also available on non-FOX affiliated stations in other markets.

The [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] made its largest single programming acquisition of $150 million in 1998 by buying the exclusive basic cable rights to the MGM package ''Stargate SG-1'', ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' and ''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Richard |first=Ray |url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/sci-fi-aiming-high-1117469302/ |title=Sci-fi aiming high |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 31, 1998 |access-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref> Showtime decided to end its association with ''Stargate SG-1'' at the end of Season 5, saying that the show still had a sizeable viewership but could no longer draw new subscribers due to its availability in syndication.<ref name=mcn_200>{{cite magazine |last=McNamara |first=Mary |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/123363-Stargate_200.php |title=Science-Fiction Series 'SG-1' Is Cable's First to Reach Historic Milestone |magazine=Multichannel News |date=May 7, 2006 |access-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>

=== Sci Fi Channel and US syndication (2002–2007) ===
Since ''SG-1''{{'s}} ratings were good from a financial standpoint, the Sci Fi Channel picked up MGM's offer to continue the show into a sixth season, yet with a slightly reduced budget.<ref name=tvzones46_66>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Season Six Preview – Coming up, on SG-1... |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 46 |pages=66–76 |date=July 2002}}</ref> Sci Fi aired new episodes of ''Stargate SG-1'' in the 9 p.m. Friday slot between ''[[The Dead Zone (TV series)|The Dead Zone]]'' and ''[[Farscape]]'', while it aired older ''SG-1'' episodes in a four-hour block every Monday at 7 p.m. Episodes were broadcast in US syndication six months after their premiere on Sci Fi.<ref name="v_levitates"/> The sixth season was supposed to be the show's last,<ref name=tvzones46_4/> but Sci Fi renewed ''SG-1'' at the last minute.<ref>Storm 2005, p. 64.</ref> The sixth and seventh seasons made ''Stargate SG-1'' Sci Fi's highest-rated original series with an average of 2 million viewers in over 1.3 million households,<ref name=scifi_pr03>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/stargate/press/press_02.html |title=Sci Fi Channel Renews Stargate SG-1 For Eighth Season |publisher=scifi.com |date=July 23, 2003 |access-date=March 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813043054/http://www.scifi.com/stargate/press/press_02.html |archive-date=August 13, 2007 }}</ref> elevating Sci Fi into the top 10 cable networks in the United States.<ref name=reelwest>{{cite web |url=http://www.reelwest.com/happening/wire/2006/april/stargate.htm |title=Canadian Produced TV Series "Stargate SG-1" Films Landmark 200th Original Episode |publisher=reelwest.com |date=April 2006 |access-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721190013/http://www.reelwest.com/happening/wire/2006/april/stargate.htm |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref> For the next few years, the producers believed each current season to be the show's last and repeatedly wrote big series finales,<ref name=spi_cruising>{{cite news |last=McFarland |first=Melanie |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/267484_tv21.html |title=On TV: 'Stargate SG-1' keeps cruising, despite the light years |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=April 21, 2006 |access-date=March 21, 2009}}</ref> but the success of ''Stargate SG-1'' put off their plans of ending the show to write a new ''Stargate'' feature film.<ref name=duoefficiency/> Sci Fi cut the length of an ''SG-1'' season from 22 to 20 episodes from Season 8 onwards.

Originally envisioned as a replacement for ''SG-1'', the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' began airing in tandem with ''SG-1''{{'s}} eighth season in summer 2004, setting a series record of 3.2 million viewers for ''SG-1'' and a Sci Fi record as most-watched episode of a regular series ever (at the time) for ''Atlantis'' with 4.2 million viewers.<ref name=duoefficiency>{{cite web |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4735235-1.html |title=Duo found portal to sci-fi efficiency |publisher=Entertainment News Wire |date=August 9, 2004 |access-date=March 25, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' joined the two ''Stargate'' series in January 2005, making Sci Fi the leader among basic cablers on Friday nights over the summer of 2005.<ref name=v_pair/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/11/15/sci-fi-opens-the-gates-to-more-adventures/20041115scifi01/ |title=Sci Fi Opens The 'Gates' To More Adventures |website=The Futon Critic |date=November 15, 2004 |access-date=September 26, 2010}}</ref> The producers considered replacing ''Stargate SG-1'' with a new show named ''Stargate Command'' after ''SG-1''{{'}}s eighth season,<ref name=ac_901>{{cite video |people=[[Robert C. Cooper|Cooper, Robert C.]], [[Andy Mikita|Mikita, Andy]] |date=2006 |title=Audio Commentary for "[[Avalon (Stargate SG-1)|Avalon, Part 1]]" |medium= DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> but the Sci Fi Channel decided to continue ''SG-1'' with a slightly changed cast for a ninth season instead. Season 9's average slipped from 2.4 million viewers in late 2005<ref name=v_pair>{{cite magazine |last=Martin |first=Denise |url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/sci-fi-picks-up-stargate-pair-1117931513/ |title=Sci Fi picks up 'Stargate' pair |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 24, 2005 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> to 2.1 million viewers with 1.8 household rating during early 2006, which Sci Fi's Mark Stern attributed to the "tech-savvy, toy-loving, time-shifting audience" whose use of digital video recorders excluded them in ratings compilations.<ref name=mcn_200/> Meanwhile, the decline of ''SG-1''{{'s}} 2005–2006 syndication household ratings was consistent with the overall decline in syndicated sci-fi action hours.<ref name=v_swinging/> Sci Fi ordered a record-breaking tenth season of ''SG-1'' in 2005, but announced it would not renew the show for an eleventh season in summer 2006 ''(see [[#Cancellation and future|Cancellation and future]])''. The final ''SG-1'' episode, "[[Unending]]", premiered on [[Sky1]] in the UK on March 13, 2007, and attracted approximately 2.2 million viewers on the Sci Fi Channel on June 22, 2007.<ref name=triumphs>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070626scifi01 |title=Stargate SG-1's series finale triumphs |website=The Futon Critic |date=June 26, 2007 |access-date=September 26, 2010 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612135131/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070626scifi01 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== International broadcast ===
According to Wright and Cooper, the worldwide popularity of science fiction was a factor in ''SG-1''{{'s}} success and the good international reception helped keep the series on the air in the beginning.<ref name=hr_global/> Several newspapers reported in 2005–2006 that ''Stargate SG-1'' aired in over 100 countries with a weekly worldwide viewership of around 10 million,<ref name=vs_success/><ref name=spi_cruising/><ref name=hr_global>{{cite web|last=Brennan |first=Steve |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002728447 |title='Stargate' on global trek that spans 200 episodes |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=June 27, 2006 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512235728/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002728447 |archive-date=May 12, 2009 }}</ref> but ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave different numbers in 2004, saying that the show was broadcast in sixty-four countries with more than 17 million viewers a week.<ref name=nyt_deepblue>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/tv/cover-story-between-the-wraith-and-the-deep-blue-sea.html |title=Cover Story: Between the Wraith and the Deep Blue Sea |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 4, 2004 |access-date=April 3, 2009 |archive-date=April 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423014258/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/tv/cover-story-between-the-wraith-and-the-deep-blue-sea.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' had a particularly fervent response in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia.<ref name=duoefficiency/><ref name=nyt_deepblue/>

''Stargate SG-1'' aired in the United Kingdom on [[Sky One]] with repeats on [[Sky Two]], [[Sky Mix]], [[Sky Max]], [[Sky Sci-Fi]], and [[Channel 4]]. Sky One broadcast new episodes of the second half of most seasons before their American premiere. Brad Wright found it "almost embarrassing" that ''Stargate SG-1'' was much more popular in the United Kingdom than in Canada,<ref name=vs_success/> where the show aired on [[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space]], [[Citytv]], [[A (TV system)|A-Channel]], [[Movie Central]] and French-language channels [[TQS]] and [[Ztélé]].<ref name=reelwest/> ''Stargate SG-1'' aired in Australia on [[Sci Fi Australia]] and [[Seven Network|Channel Seven]]. It aired in [[India]] on [[STAR World India]] and in [[Israel]] on [[Channel 1 (Israel)|Channel 1]].

=== Cancellation and future ===
On August 21, 2006, a few days after the premiere of ''SG-1''{{'s}} milestone episode "[[200 (Stargate SG-1)|200]]", the Sci Fi Channel confirmed that ''Stargate SG-1'' was not being renewed for an 11th season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=37607 |title=SG-1 Ends Run; Atlantis Back |publisher=scifi.com |date=August 22, 2006 |access-date=August 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825081141/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=37607 |archive-date=August 25, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While news outlets cited declining ratings, expensive production and lack of promotion as possible reasons for the cancellation,<ref name=v_swinging/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=McNamara |first=Mary |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/124883-Sci_Fi_s_Stargate_SG_1_Said_to_Be_Axed.php |title=Sci Fi's Stargate SG-1 Said to Be Axed |magazine=Multichannel News |date=August 21, 2006 |access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> the Sci Fi Channel's Mark Stern merely stated the decision was not ratings-based.<ref name=v_swinging/> Instead, he said the production staff was given enough time to tie up all the loose ends of the story and ''SG-1'' cast members were planned to be incorporated into the renewed ''Stargate Atlantis''.<ref name=v_swinging>{{cite magazine |author1=John Dempsey |author2=Ben Fritz |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/markets-festivals/sci-fi-s-stargate-swinging-closed-1200341604/ |title=Sci Fi's 'Stargate' swinging closed |date=August 21, 2006 |access-date=August 27, 2006}}</ref> Meanwhile, the ''SG-1'' producers and rights-holder MGM expressed a desire to continue ''SG-1'' as a movie, mini-series, or an eleventh season on another network.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/08/mgm-considers-sg-1s-future/|title=MGM considers SG-1's future|date=August 26, 2006|access-date=August 27, 2006|archive-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125050947/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/mgm-considers-sg-1s-future/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="coopersg1">{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/08/cooper-sg-1-will-go-on/|title=Cooper: SG-1 will go on|date=August 21, 2006|access-date=August 21, 2006|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101322/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/cooper-sg-1-will-go-on/|url-status=live}}</ref> Brad Wright confirmed the production of two direct-to-DVD films in October 2006,<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/10/stargate-sg-1-movies-coming-to-dvd/|title=Stargate SG-1 movies coming to DVD|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=October 11, 2006|access-date=March 18, 2009|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127134241/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/10/stargate-sg-1-movies-coming-to-dvd/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Amanda Tapping joined the ''Atlantis'' cast for their fourth season. The first film, ''[[Stargate: The Ark of Truth]]'', was released in March 2008 and wraps up the Ori storyline. The second film, ''[[Stargate: Continuum]]'', is an alternate time-line [[time travel]] story and was released in July 2008. A special edition of the two-hour pilot episode "[[Children of the Gods]]" with re-edited scenes and a different score has also been produced.<ref name=gw_specialpilot>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/04/special-edition-of-sg-1-pilot-episode-in-the-works/|title=Special edition of SG-1 pilot episode in the works|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=April 4, 2008|access-date=March 30, 2009|archive-date=August 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807101304/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/04/special-edition-of-sg-1-pilot-episode-in-the-works/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2009, MGM confirmed a third new ''SG-1'' film that Brad Wright had first announced in May 2008.<ref name=gw_need_rda/><ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/anderson-confirms-sgu-appearances/|title=Anderson confirms SGU appearances|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=April 6, 2009|access-date=April 8, 2009|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727232653/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/anderson-confirms-sgu-appearances/|url-status=live}}</ref> Joseph Mallozzi revealed the working title as ''Stargate: Revolution''.<ref name=jm_091111>{{cite web|author=Joseph Malozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/november-11-2009-tech-troubles-x-2-get-your-questions-in-for-adam-troy-castro-mailbag/ |title=Tech Troubles x 2! Get your questions in for Adam-Troy Castro! Mailbag! |date=November 11, 2009 |access-date=November 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117145118/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/november-11-2009-tech-troubles-x-2-get-your-questions-in-for-adam-troy-castro-mailbag/ |archive-date=November 17, 2009 }}</ref> The film was planned to be written by Wright and former ''Stargate Atlantis'' executive producer [[Carl Binder]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/october-9-2008-actor-tyler-mcclendon-answers-your-questions/ |title=October 9, 2008: Actor Tyler McClendon Answers Your Questions |date=October 9, 2008 |access-date=March 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129203403/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/october-9-2008-actor-tyler-mcclendon-answers-your-questions/ |archive-date=January 29, 2009 }}</ref> Martin Wood would serve as director.<ref name=jm_090102/> The premise of the film would have been the "possibility of the Stargate program going public".<ref name=jm_110515>{{cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/may-14-2011-the-apocalypse-approacheth-more-sg-1-season-6-memories-another-monster-mailbag/ |title=May 15, 2011: The Apocalypse Approacheth! More SG-1 Season 6 Memories! Another Monster Mailbag! |date=May 15, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520043002/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/may-14-2011-the-apocalypse-approacheth-more-sg-1-season-6-memories-another-monster-mailbag/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Wright, the film would center on the Jack O'Neill character and would reunite as many of the ''SG-1'' cast as possible, depending on the cost of the film and actor availability.<ref name=gw_need_rda>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/05/wright-stargate-movies-need-oneill/|title=Wright: Stargate movies need O'Neill|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=May 12, 2008|access-date=March 16, 2009|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101325/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/05/wright-stargate-movies-need-oneill/|url-status=live}}</ref> The character of [[Vala Mal Doran]] would not appear in the film.<ref name=jm_090102>{{cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/january-2-2009-brad-wright-answers-your-questions/ |title=Brad Wright Answers Your Questions |date=January 2, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2009 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728032708/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/january-2-2009-brad-wright-answers-your-questions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Amanda Tapping confirmed her appearance in this ''SG-1'' film and the first ''Atlantis'' movie in September 2008,<ref name=cinemablend>{{cite web|last=West |first=Kelly |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Amanda-Tapping-Talks-About-Sanctuary-12460.html |title=Amanda Tapping Talks About Sanctuary |publisher=cinemablend.com |date=September 28, 2008 |access-date=October 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001074132/http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Amanda-Tapping-Talks-About-Sanctuary-12460.html |archive-date=October 1, 2008 }}</ref> and Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) confirmed his and Richard Dean Anderson's participation in January 2009.<ref name=scifi_surprise>{{cite web |last=Spelling |first=Ian |url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/michael-shanks-has-a-surprise-about-stargate-universe.php |title=Michael Shanks has a surprise about Stargate Universe |publisher=scifi.com |date=January 26, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2009 |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130070640/http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/michael-shanks-has-a-surprise-about-stargate-universe.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> No contracts had been signed by April 2009,<ref name=gw_expanding>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/an-expanding-universe/|title=An Expanding Universe – GateWorld talks with Brad Wright & Robert Cooper|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=April 29, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2009|archive-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210015643/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/an-expanding-universe/|url-status=live}}</ref> but Wright stated that he "can almost guarantee we are proceeding with the ''SG-1'' movie this year [2009]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2009/04/third-sg-1-movie-has-a-go/|title=Third SG-1 movie has a go!|date=April 8, 2009|access-date=October 30, 2009|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|first=Darren|last=Sumner|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328043929/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/third-sg-1-movie-has-a-go/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless, production was put on hold. Wright explained that the [[late-2000s recession]] made DVD premieres less lucrative for MGM than in the years before,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blastr.com/2009/08/new-sg-1-atlantis-films-d.php |title=New SG-1, Atlantis films due, just not yet |date=August 12, 2009 |access-date=September 30, 2010 |publisher=[[Sci Fi Wire]] |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708013957/http://blastr.com/2009/08/new-sg-1-atlantis-films-d.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he also pointed to the financial crisis of MGM as reason for the delay.<ref name=wrightpreviewssgus2>{{cite web|url=http://tvdeathray.com/2010/09/27/interview-stargate-universe-co-creator-brad-wright-previews-season-2/ |title=Interview: 'Stargate Universe' Co-Creator Brad Wright Previews Season 2 |publisher=tvdeathray.com |date=September 27, 2010 |first=Mike |last=Moody |access-date=September 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001085140/http://tvdeathray.com/2010/09/27/interview-stargate-universe-co-creator-brad-wright-previews-season-2/ |archive-date=October 1, 2010 }}</ref> Wright and Joe Mallozzi expressed optimism that production would eventually start,<ref name=wrightpreviewssgus2 /><ref name=jm_101106>{{cite web |author=Joseph Malozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/november-6-2010-stargate-ratings-fandom-and-my-picky-aunt/ |title=November 6, 2010: Stargate ratings, fandom and my picky aunt! |date=November 6, 2010 |access-date=November 22, 2010 |archive-date=November 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118081248/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/november-6-2010-stargate-ratings-fandom-and-my-picky-aunt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> until Wright announced in April 2011 that the ''SG-1'' film project was permanently shelved, along with plans for future ''Atlantis'' and ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' films and a cross-over film incorporating elements from all three series.<ref name="sgmoviesdead" /><ref name=jm_110417>{{cite web |author=Joseph Malozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/april-17-2011-until-we-meet-again/ |title=until we meet again |date=April 17, 2011 |access-date=April 21, 2011 |archive-date=April 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421085944/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/april-17-2011-until-we-meet-again/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By then, neither the ''Atlantis'' nor ''Universe'' television series were produced anymore. Still, Wright did not rule out future ''Stargate'' films, saying; "It's a franchise. ''Stargate'' is not over. Somebody smart from MGM is going to figure it out and something will happen."<ref name="sgmoviesdead">{{cite news |last=Colvin |first=Chad |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/wright-sgu-continuation-other-movies-dead-for-now/ |title=SGU continuation, other movies dead — for now |date=April 17, 2011 |access-date=April 18, 2011 |publisher=[[GateWorld]] |archive-date=April 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420125009/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/wright-sgu-continuation-other-movies-dead-for-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Home media ===
{{Main|List_of_Stargate_SG-1_episodes#Home_media{{!}}DVD and Blu-ray releases}}
''Stargate SG-1'' was first released on [[DVD]] in some European nations in volumes of typically four episodes each, beginning with "The Best of Season 1" as Volume 1 in the United Kingdom in 2000. Each following season was released as six individual volumes (except Season 10 with five volumes), beginning with the first four episodes of Season 2. In 2000, the series was first released in the United States on DVD with only three episodes. The following year, Seasons 1–8 were released in five-disc [[amaray]] box sets in the United States. [[MGM Home Entertainment]] (Europe) began releasing complete season box sets (including Season 1) alongside the individual volumes in 2002. The British season box sets were usually released half a year after a season's last volume release in the UK. ''Stargate SG-1'' was also released in DVD season box sets in Australia.

Most DVDs contain behind-the-scenes features, audio commentaries for nearly all episodes beginning with Season 4 and production galleries. The box sets of the first eight seasons were re-released with slim packaging in all regions, beginning in the United States in summer 2006.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/04/sony-switching-to-slim-line-sg-1-dvd-sets/|title=Sony switching to slim-line ''SG-1'' DVD sets|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=April 3, 2006|access-date=May 17, 2009|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206055027/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/04/sony-switching-to-slim-line-sg-1-dvd-sets/|url-status=live}}</ref> A complete series set was first released in the United States in October 2007, containing 50 discs from the ten seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' and four bonus discs with content not part of the original sets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2007/08/bonus-features-for-sg-1-complete-series-dvds/|title=Bonus features for SG-1: Complete Series DVDs|date=August 3, 2007|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|access-date=August 8, 2007|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027002810/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/08/bonus-features-for-sg-1-complete-series-dvds/|url-status=live}}</ref> More than 30 million copies of DVDs had been sold by 2006.<ref name=vs_success/>

On June 15, 2020, [[Visual Entertainment]] re-released the complete series, without the films, on DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/tvshowsondvd/posts/10158202717021063?__tn__=K-R |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/116070036062/10158202717021063 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title= ***** TV SHOWS ON DVD ROUNDUP ***** OUTLANDER! STARGATE SG-1! BLUE BLOODS! CHICAGO FIRE! CHICAGO MED! SEAL TEAM! THE GOOD DOCTOR! BELGRAVIA! STRIKE BACK! ROYAL PAINS! DOCTOR WHO! THE FLINTSTONES! THE BOB NEWHART SHOW! ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?!|access-date=June 15, 2020|date= June 12, 2020|author=TVShowsonDVD|website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On December 18, 2020, the company released the entire series, again without the films, on Region A Blu-ray.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Stargate-SG-1-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/282609/|title=Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series Blu-ray|publisher=blu-ray.com|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216105928/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Stargate-SG-1-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/282609/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Online distribution ===
New episodes of ''Stargate SG-1'' were first released on [[iTunes]] in the US in August 2006, each time one day after their premiere on the Sci Fi Channel. The commercial-free episodes were priced $1.99 each, while a season pass with twenty episodes cost $37.99.<ref name=v_swinging/><ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/08/stargate-arrives-on-itunes/|title=Stargate arrives on iTunes|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=August 20, 2006|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=February 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205233015/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/stargate-arrives-on-itunes/|url-status=live}}</ref> A release on iTunes UK followed in October 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2007/08/stargate-comes-to-u-k-itunes/|title=Stargate comes to UK iTunes|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=August 31, 2007|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407111805/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/08/stargate-comes-to-u-k-itunes/|url-status=live}}</ref> All ten seasons of ''SG-1'' were available on iTunes and [[Amazon Unbox]] by January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/01/stargate-expands-itunes-amazon-presence/|title=Stargate expands iTunes, Amazon presence|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=January 11, 2008|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215185230/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/01/stargate-expands-itunes-amazon-presence/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' made its debut on [[hulu.com]] in March 2009, starting with the first season. At first, viewers in the United States could only watch episodes of the first seasons, but {{as of|2009|12|lc=on}} all episodes of Seasons 1–10 were available free of charge with a small number of commercials on Hulu, through January 31, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sumner |first=Darren |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/03/stargate-sg-1-arrives-on-hulu/ |title=Stargate SG-1 arrives on Hulu |publisher=[[GateWorld]] |date=March 19, 2009 |access-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323084137/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/03/stargate-sg-1-arrives-on-hulu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Free access to all SG-1 episodes continued until July 31, 2011, when the episodes were finally removed. {{As of|2011|2|1}}, all episodes of the entire Stargate franchise were available on [[Netflix]]'s subscription-based online video streaming service in the US.<ref>{{cite web |last=Colvin |first=Chad |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2010/08/entire-stargate-library-streaming/ |title=Entire Stargate television library now streaming on Netflix |publisher=[[GateWorld]] |date=August 16, 2010 |access-date=February 2, 2011 |archive-date=December 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210072733/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2010/08/entire-stargate-library-streaming/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  {{As of|2012|8|15}} Netflix removed Stargate SG-1 from its online video streaming service. {{As of|2013|5}}, [[Amazon Video]] has Stargate SG-1 available for online streaming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/netflix-dropped-stargate-find.html|title=Netflix Has Dropped Stargate, Find Out How You Can Get It Back|last=Tyler|first=Josh|work=Giant Freakin Robot|date=August 24, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-date=July 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713121457/http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/netflix-dropped-stargate-find.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2014|8}} SG-1 is available on Netflix UK. The pilot episode "Children Of The Gods" though has been replaced with the 2009 updated final cut with updated CGI and the full frontal nudity removed. {{As of|2015|7}}, [[Hoopla (digital media service)|Hoopla Digital]], an online library media database, has all ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 available to watch free without commercials, for those who have cards with a participating library. The first two episodes are the edited versions, in which full frontal nudity has been removed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hoopladigital.com/series/1247849110|title=Hoopla Stargate SG-1|work=Hoopla Digital|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907202716/https://www.hoopladigital.com/series/1247849110|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2017, MGM launched its own online streaming service called Stargate Command, making available all episodes of Stargate SG-1 along with Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/mgm-stargate-command-subscription-streaming-technical-glitch-1202565794/|title=MGM Launch of 'Stargate Command' Streaming Service Hits Technical Turbulence|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=September 21, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=July 16, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716170335/https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/mgm-stargate-command-subscription-streaming-technical-glitch-1202565794/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show returned to Netflix in the United States on December 1, 2020, with a TV-MA rating because of the full frontal nudity in the first episode.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2020/12/netflix-listing-stargate-sg1-mature-audiences-only/|title=Netflix Is Listing Stargate SG-1 For Mature Audiences Only|date=December 4, 2020|work=gateworld.net|access-date=February 3, 2021|language=en-us|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123184721/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2020/12/netflix-listing-stargate-sg1-mature-audiences-only/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The series currently airs on the [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]] digital network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221027005882/en/Comet-CHARGE%21-and-TBD-Emerge-as-the-Fastest-Growing-Digital-Broadcast-Television-Networks |title=Comet, CHARGE! and TBD Emerge as the Fastest Growing Digital Broadcast Television Networks |publisher=Business Wire |date=October 31, 2022 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117235403/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221027005882/en/Comet-CHARGE%21-and-TBD-Emerge-as-the-Fastest-Growing-Digital-Broadcast-Television-Networks |url-status=live }}</ref>