Great news Caprica fans – Caprica will be returning earlier than expected! Syfy announced via their Blastr website that Season 1.5 will be aired not in January as previously announced, but October 5th. This gives Syfy a chance to view the ratings of Season 1.5 and compare them with DVD sales of Season 1.0 to decide on whether or not to renew Caprica for a 2nd Season. To entice us further they’ve redone the official Caprica website and released a clip from the next episode of Caprica, Unvanquished:

Most of us fans of Caprica have been wondering if it will be renewed for a second Season. For those that have been doing their research and much to our dismay, the date that the actors contracts expired was set at August 15th which came and went with no word of renewal. But all hope is not lost!

Fancast has announced that they’ve spoken to a source close to Caprica and Syfy has been given an extension to decide whether or not to cancel Caprica. They now have until November to make a decision. With a deadline closer to the holidays, they may factor in Caprica Season 1.0 DVD sales. The battle for humanity has a beginning, but the fate of Caprica rests in their hands.

Airlock Alpha reports a rumor that renewal of Caprica for a 2nd season is very close to being approved. But if that isn’t comforting enough, Mark Stern, Syfy’s executive vice president of original programming, said that they are in talks with Caprica’s creator, Ron Moore, about creating a second Battlestar Galactica spin-off. Either way we’re sure to see some great programming from Syfy in the coming seasons.

Mo Ryan of the Chicago Tribune has a preview of the next episode of Caprica, Know Thy Enemy. The clip features James Marsters (famous for playing Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as Barnabus Greeley, an STO leader.

SFX Magazine is reporting that an inside source has told them Caprica will be renewed for a second season. If this rumor is true we should see the second season airing around January of 2011 in the US.