More than a year passed between the first airing of the "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries, and the first season premiere. But fans won't have to wait as long to start seeing the second season of Sci-Fi Channel's hit show.

TrekWeb is reporting that the cable channel is preparing a summer premiere of the show's second season, which brings it in line with "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate: Atlantis," which both show half of their seasons in the summer, with the other half in spring.

Reports have the second season of "Galactica" running 20 episodes, up from the 13-episode first-season order. That also brings the series more in line with the Stargates, which also have 20-episode seasons.

With production expected to begin in March, producers of "Battlestar" are looking at a quick turnaround time for the episodes, which likely will premiere in July.

The schedule most likely means that British subscribers to the Sky One satellite channel will not get to watch episodes of the second season ahead of North American viewers like the first season of "Battlestar Galactica." The early airings overseas caused an influx of illegal episode downloads through peer-to-peer networks, and prompted executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick to ask fans in the United States to not download episodes ahead of their airing on Sci-Fi Channel.

"Battlestar Galactica" is midway through its first season, airing Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on Sci-Fi Channel. It is the channel's highest-rated series, bringing in an average of 3 million viewers each week, ahead of both "SG-1" and "Atlantis."