Fans may have to wait to see them, but once they start, they’ll really start



Wondering when you can see the final episodes of “Caprica”? Syfy finally has given an answer.

The “final five” of the “Battlestar Galactica” spinoff will air Jan. 4, just after the New Year. And no, it doesn’t start Jan. 4 … the final five episodes will actually air Jan. 4 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.

Syfy is essentially burning off the episodes, running them in a marathon to collect whatever revenue it can from the final episodes in the series it cancelled earlier this month after a single season.

The cable channel, which made the unusual move of pulling the show off the air as soon as the plug was pulled, made no formal announcement about the scheduling, at least not through its normal channels using entertainment news outlets.

Because of that, it’s likely Syfy will invest absolutely no money in promotion of the final episodes.

Fans will get a chance to see the final episodes before they air. The DVD for “Caprica” Season 1.5 will be out in time for Christmas, which will include the unaired episodes.

The show was cancelled just before Halloween, the announcement coming just days after another one was made about the BSG universe: The upgrade of the web series “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome” as a backdoor pilot.

“Caprica” struggled with ratings from the start, partially from the slow story pace at the start, as well as the nine-month wait viewers had between the pilot episode and the rest of the episodes in the first half of the season. Syfy had originally planned to wait until January to start showing episodes again, moving it from Fridays to Tuesdays (now that WWE wrestling is on Fridays), but abruptly changed its mind in September when it chose to pair up “Caprica” with “Stargate: Universe” on Tuesdays beginning in October.

Although the episodes have been pulled from Syfy until Jan. 4, they are airing in other markets around the world, including on Space in Canada.

In the meantime, Syfy is moving forward with a “Caprica”/”Hollywood Treasure” promotion that had been planned before the series was cancelled, making Zoe Graystone’s purple dress a charity auction item. You can see that video by clicking here.

“Caprica” starred Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson, Polly Walker, Alessandra Torresani, Magda Aponowicz and Sasha Roiz. It was set nearly 60 years before the events of “Battlestar Galactica,” and centered around the creation of the Cylons.