Fair enough. The episode also features a character named Ronald D. Moore who is mistaken for the TV producer. Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a space drama from the Battlestar Galactica developer. The untitled project hails from Sony Pictures Television and Moore’s studio-based Tall Ship Productions. ... Edward James Olmos, James Callis, and Ronald D. Moore revive Battlestar Galactica. At a restaurant in Los Angeles one recent Monday, I spotted Battlestar Galactica's executive producer and writer, Ronald D. Moore, at a nearby table. Ronald Dowl Moore (born July 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and television producer. On Friday of the same week, I was watching the show Portlandia on the IFC channel, and one of the comedy pieces revolved around Battlestar Galactica. However, the main joke became that the couple watching the show became obsessed with it, and demanded that Ronald D. Moore write new episodes specifically for them. Also, James Callis and Edward James Olmos (not to mention Ronald D. Moore) in the Battlestar Galactica (2003) episode. He is best known for his work on Star Trek; on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series, for which he won a Peabody Award; and on Outlander, based on the novels of Diana Gabaldon. Doug and Claire find a random Portland citizen that they mistake for the writer of Battlestar Galactica, but manage to get the actual James Callis and Edward James Olmos, as well as local actor Ken Reynolds (played by the actual Ronald D. Moore). Ronald D. Moore is heading back to space. Moore had a cameo appearance in a Battlestar Galactica-themed sketch of the Portlandia episode entitled "One Moore Episode," (which premiered January 13, 2012) where he plays an unknown actor who has never seen Battlestar Galactica. Tim Robbins plays the arbiter of the brunch line. Danger Ehren shows up as a biker in one episode. Join Watcha. 22 titles including Outlander Season 6. It should be noted that the highly acclaimed, re-imagined series went off the air back in 2009, and I saw Moore there in January 2012. The second episode of season 2 is one of the strongest "Portlandia" outings yet, with guest star power (Eddie Vedder, Jeff ... looking in the phone book to try and find "BSG" scribe Ronald D. Moore. Musicians cameo with the same regular frequency as actors, though often in very brief, non-speaking roles. Tonight, Portlandia comes to an end after its second too-short season. There's something incredibly optimistic about Portlandia and its vision of a world where the problems aren't pressing, wealth-accumulation is gauche, and we're all able to develop our interests into ever more complex fractal patterns of hobbydom.