 Shortly after this episode was aired , <unk> announced that the Sci @-@ Fi Channel had decided not renew Stargate SG @-@ 1 for the coming year . The Channel later confirmed this decision , at the same time announcing that Stargate Atlantis had been picked up for another season . Many fans denounced <unk> 's cancellation announcement , both the timing of it ( apparently it had been made while the cast and crew were celebrating the episode 's airing ) — and the decision itself , on the ground that , while ratings were not as high as they had been in previous seasons , the series was still drawing an audience of a respectable size . ( For example , it had a season average of 2 million viewers in Australia , half of them in the 18 – 49 demographic . ) Sci Fi responded that the cancellation decision had not been based on ratings so much as a feeling the series had run its course . Some of the main characters in SG @-@ 1 re @-@ appear later in episodes of Atlantis and Universe and in the direct @-@ to @-@ DVD sequel films , Stargate : The Ark of Truth and Stargate : Continuum . 
