discover Earth?
Galactica discovering Earth was an event that would bring people back to the tube for a fresh sampling.” (Starlog #36) Three factors, however, were stacked against Galactica 1980’s favor. They were working with a whole new cast, at a vastly reduced budget, and FCC regulations stipulated that the time slot (7 PM Sunday EST) was to be set aside for younger audiences. Kent McCord (“Troy”) discussed some of these problems in Starlog #162: ABC felt it was too good an idea to let go. They really wanted to make it work, but they needed a way to economize, and so, when they came up with the idea for Galactica 1980, they decided to let us find Earth so they wouldn’t have to spend much money on sets. Glen’s idea was to do something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, in which Barry Van Dyke and I were these peacemakers who come to Earth with the knowledge and powers to create either a peaceful or warlike situation. I felt a show with that premise was really worth doing. ABC jumped
