Development In season 8, Anderson chose to have a reduced role in the series so that he could spend more time with his young daughter.Gibson 2003, p. 66, p. 117. When Anderson left the show as a main character in the eighth season, the producers were talking about ending the series. Instead, the series introduced two new characters in the ninth season, Ben Browder as Cameron Mitchell, the new SG-1 team leader, and Beau Bridges as Hank Landry, the new commanding officer of Stargate Command. Anderson continued to appear in a recurring status on Stargate SG-1, albeit with less frequent appearances. He returned for the second straight-to-DVD film, Stargate: Continuum in a brief cameo, and was expected to return for the third movie. Executive producer Brad Wright stressed the importance of O'Neill's presence in the Stargate universe even after the character went on hiatus during the last two seasons of SG-1 when Anderson took a leave from regular acting.
Development In se.ason 8, Anderson chose to have a reduced role in the series so that he could spend more time with his young daughter.Gibson 2003, p. 66, p 117. When Anderson left the show as a main character in the eighth season, the producers were talking about ending the series. Instead the series introduced two new characters in the ninth season, Ben Browder as Cameron Mitchell, the new S,G-1 team leader and Beau Bridges as Hank Landry, the new commanding officer of Stargate Command. Anderson continued to appear in a recurring status on Stargate SG-1, albeit with less frequent appearances. He returned for the second straight-to-DVD film, Stargate: Continuum in a brief cameo, and was expected to return for the third movie. Executive producer Brad Wright stressed the importance of O'Neill's p,resence in the Stargate universe even after the character went on hiatus during the last two seasons of SG-1 when Anderson took a leave from regular acting.