"Battlestar Galactica" is a critically acclaimed American television series created by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick. The re-imagined series, which aired from 2004 to 2009, is a continuation of the 1978 original series. The show is set in a distant future where humanity is on the brink of extinction after a cybernetic attack by the Cylons, a robot race created by humans.