The second half of the final season of television's best science-fiction show begins pretty soon!

It is with both a heavy heart and unbridled anticipation that Battlestar Galactica fans await the return of the show; on one hand, we're dying to know what happens, and on the other, it means the beginning of the end of one heck of a series.

Battlestar Galactica as been off the air since June, with the script writer strikes and Sci-Fi Channel's scheduling cutting the show's final season in half.

The second half of season four of Battlestar Galactica will get going on January 16 at 10 p.m. according to super-snoop Michael Ausiello of EW.com. And for those looking for an end date, Ausiello also says the series finale will take place on March 20.

The final stretch run of Battlestar Galactica is slated for 10 episodes. However, producers have said that those 10 episodes will run at least 11 hours long, possibly more. There is also at least one post-series Battlestar Galactica TV movie in the works as well.