Universe Season 1

The first season of Stargate Universe will air a total of 20 episode, a trend with every season since 2004. This includes a special three-part premiere starting October 2, 2009, on Syfy in the United States. SPACE in Canada will air the series in tandem with Syfy. Sky1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland will start airing the series on October 6. Australia's Sci Fi network will air the series one week after the original broadcast, in October 9.

It has been confirmed that Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Gary Jones will be appearing in a few Universe episodes. Gary Jones and Amanda Tapping have been confirmed to make cameo appearances as Walter Harriman and Samantha Carter respectively in the first episode, "Air", while Anderson has been confirmed to play Jack O'Neill in "Air", "Earth" and sporadically throughout the first season. Shanks is confirmed to appear as Daniel Jackson in "Air" and "Human".

Main characters

 * Robert Carlyle as Doctor Nicholas Rush (8/8 episodes)
 * Louis Ferreira as Colonel Everett Young (8/8 episodes)
 * Brian J. Smith as Lieutenant Matthew Scott (8/8 episodes)
 * Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong (8/8 episodes)
 * David Blue as Eli Wallace (8/8 episodes)
 * Alaina Huffman as Lieutenant Tamara Johansen (8/8 episodes)
 * Jamil Walker Smith as Sergeant Ronald Greer (8/8 episodes)

Recurring characters

 * Patrick Gilmore as Doctor Dale Volker (8/8 episodes)
 * Peter Kelamis as Adam Brody (7/8 episodes)
 * Mark Burgess as Jeremy Franklin (7/8 episodes)
 * Julia Anderson as Lieutenant Vanessa James (7/8 episodes)
 * Jennifer Spence as Lisa Park (7/8 episodes)
 * Haig Sutherland as Hunter Riley (7/8 episodes)
 * Josh Blacker as Sergeant Spencer (7/8 episodes)
 * Ming-Na as Camile Wray (6/8 episodes)
 * Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman as Airman Darren Becker (4/8 episodes)
 * Andrew Dunbar as Corporal Gorman (4/8 episodes)
 * Lou Diamond Phillips as Colonel David Telford (4/8 episodes)
 * Bradley Stryker as Sergeant Curtis (3/8 episodes)
 * Christina Schild as Andrea Palmer (3/8 episodes)
 * Glynis Davies as Maryann Wallace (3/8 Episodes)
 * Ona Grauer as Emily Young (3/8 episodes)
 * Christopher McDonald as Alan Armstrong (2/8 Episodes)
 * Anna Galvin as Mrs. Armstrong (2/8 Episodes)

Guest Stars

 * Richard Dean Anderson as Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill (3/8 episodes)
 * Amanda Tapping as Colonel Samantha Carter (1/8 episodes)
 * Gary Jones as Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman (1/8 episodes)
 * Michael Shanks as Doctor Daniel Jackson (1/8 episodes)
 * Bill Dow as Bill Lee (1/8 episodes)
 * Martin Christopher as Kevin Marks (1/8 episodes)

Critical reception

 * In an early review of the series premiere, "Air", Joseph Dilworth Jr. of popculturezoo.com wrote:
 * This is a very strong and exciting debut and if the following seventeen hours build upon the high quality presented here then we are all in for one hell of a season. Stargate Universe would be the series I see as the spiritual successor to Battlestar Galactica except that I see it surpassing the previous Syfy magnum opus in that it is not cruel or unnecessarily grim. On all levels I would say that this is the finest three hours that Syfy has produced to date and considering that includes the likes of Farscape, Eureka, the aforementioned Battlestar Galactica, Sanctuary and the previous two Stargate series, take that as you will. (Read more)


 * Another early positive review from Curt Wagner of chicagonow.com:
 * "SGU" marries many familiar sci-fi conventions with relatable emotional stories to create a non-genre spectacular. If you root for the underdog, you'll love this completely enthralling, heartbreaking and inspiring epic. (Read more)

Novels

 * Stargate Universe: Air