She’s a confessed “Battlestar Galatica” fan, having mentioned it a few times on “The View,” and will even be the moderator of a United Nations panel discussing the show alongside executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, as well as stars Mary McDonnell (who plays President Laura Roslin on the show) and Edward James Olmos (Admiral William Adama). (Dan Steinberg / Associated Press)
In an interview at Comic-Con International, the “Max Payne”/”Family Guy” star revealed that “Battlestar Galatica” was one of the few shows that she watched. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
“The whole series is like an allegory for what’s happening in our country and what’s happening in the world, and that’s why it won a Peabody.” (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
In the horrormeister’s “Best of 2007” list, “Battlestar Galactica” came in at No. 3. “Lost” and “Damages” were 1 and 2. (Rene Macura / Associated Press)
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“There were people that got short-changed who brought concert tickets, because we were rushing through it on Friday nights trying to see [‘Battelstar Galactica.’]
“I think one of the hardest things for older fans of ‘Battlestar Galactica’ to grasp was the fact that Starbuck was a woman.” (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
The “Buffy” alum was featured, along with several writers on the “Robot Chicken” staff, in the “Battlestar Galactica: Phenomenon” special. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
Matt Stone: “I think Trey and I will always be grateful to the Peabody Awards for introducing us to ‘Battlestar Galactica.’ ”
Trey Parker: “I love you, Starbuck!” (Ann Johansson / Associated Press)
On what got him hooked: The webmaster for Anthrax is a huge fan and he kept raving about it to me in the first season, about how great it was, but I just couldn’t get past the title: it’s so cheesy. Then he sent me the series on DVD, and he said, just give it 15 minutes, and as soon as I started watching it I was hooked. From the first minute, you see it has nothing to do with the original show except character names. (Karen Tapia / Los Angeles Times)