I actually understand what the executives were getting at. As much as Stargate fans want to pretend they're a large group of people, they aren't large enough to justify making the whole show.

Any new show needs to be made such that it has "Stranger Things" potential rather than just reviving an old label and not expanding the fanbase.

What they should have done is set things into the future (maybe 50 years so limited changes to incorporation new sci-fi tech needs to be implemented but long enough all of the original cast is dead). Have backstory that Earth fully sealed and buried the Stargate because of the dangers it posed and because there were increasing leaks to the public such that maintaining secrecy was becoming more difficult. Then start the show off fresh following some civilians around (perhaps teenagers) and make it a coming-of-age mystery sci-fi show because that seems to be what gets all the views. The Stargate itself doesn't even need to be introduced until the end of Season 1 or even the end of Season 2-3 depending on how the initial story transpires. The show should be good enough on its own that no one even necessarily realizes it's Stargate, similar to how people said Andor barely even seemed like a Star Wars show. Then they should call the show something different than Stargate. Stargate has a lot of potential for this too because of the mind control races. Just have some opposing ones end up on Earth, take control of some people, give the kids magic powers, throw in the usual drama, mystery and love-stories as things start to eventually escalate to a point where the Stargate is introduced as a necessity and the kids become the new main group traversing the Stargate.

The idea of let's dust off all the old actors and bring them back for a direct continuation is not really a good idea tbh.

I actually understand what the executives were getting at. As much as Stargate fans want to pretend they're a large group of people, they aren't large enough to justify making the whole show.

Any new show needs to be made such that it has "Stranger Things" potential rather than just reviving an old label and not expanding the fanbase.

What they should have done is set things into the future (maybe 50 years so limited changes to incorporation new sci-fi tech needs to be implemented but long enough all of the original cast is dead). Have backstory that Earth fully sealed and buried the Stargate because of the dangers it posed and because there were increasing leaks to the public such that maintaining secrecy was becoming more difficult. Then start the show off fresh following some civilians around (perhaps teenagers) and make it a coming-of-age mystery sci-fi show because that seems to be what gets all the views. The Stargate itself doesn't even need to be introduced until the end of Season 1 or even the end of Season 2-3 depending on how the initial story transpires. The show should be good enough on its own that no one even necessarily realizes it's Stargate, similar to how people said Andor barely even seemed like a Star Wars show. Then they should call the show something different than Stargate.

The idea of let's dusk off all the old actors and bring them back for a direct continuation is not really a good idea tbh.