- The Sci Fi channel has ordered a 20-episode third season, which will premiere both the US and UK in October 2006. There will be no "split" between Episode 10 and Episode 11. Production began in April 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]
- Michael Taylor has joined the writing staff for season 3.[2] Taylor was previously a writer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and The Dead Zone. He is known for writing the acclaimed Deep Space Nine episode "The Visitor", as well as "In the Pale Moonlight", which was controversial in challenging some of Star Trek's utopian ideas.
- Battlestar Galactica wins 3 Saturn Awards including Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series at the 32nd Annual Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards
- Producer Ron Moore discusses using ideas from the original BSG, and hints at what's to come in Season 3 in this GateWorld article (contains spoilers).
- Later this year, Battlestar Galactica will be available as "video on demand". More details at GateWorld
- SciFi Channel's BSG Site has posted a video of the final minutes of the season finale, followed by a 30 second preview of Season 3.
- Ron Moore speaks about the Third Season on Now Playing Magazine. Thanks Dark Horizons.