The series, created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, premiered with the first two parts of a three-part episode, "Air" on Syfy on October 2, 2009.

In 2010 Stargate Universe and Robert C. Cooper won the Canadian Screenwriting Award for the "Episodic one hour".

Stargate Universe has been nominated for fourteen Constellation Awards, and has won six, as of 2012.

Stargate Universe has been nominated for three Emmy Award nominations for "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series", but lost to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Boardwalk Empire, respectively., with the 2011 award winners to be announced on September 18, 2011.

[5] The results will be announced on November 13, 2010 at the Gemini Awards Ceremony.