Holy frak! SCI FI just announced a Battlestar Galactica spin-off called Caprica. Why I’m reading about this on GateWorld news instead of SCIFI.com, I have no clue, but GateWorld sez:

SCI FI calls the potential new show “television’s first science fiction family saga,” centering on the history of the Adama family and the birth of the Cylons.

Set more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, Caprica takes place on the capital world of the Twelve Colonies. There humankind thrives, living in a peaceful society with the benefits of high technology. But the development of an advanced, robotic, artificial life form is about to change everything.

Alas, no word as to when we might be seeing this new show.