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- Babylon_5 runtime "43.0".
- Babylon_5 abstract "Babylon 5 is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Television. After the successful airing of a backdoor pilot movie, Warner Bros. commissioned the series as part of the second-year schedule of programs provided by its Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN). The pilot episode was broadcast on February 22, 1993 in the US. The first season premiered in the US on January 26, 1994, and the series ultimately ran for the intended five seasons. Describing it as having "always been conceived as, fundamentally, a five-year story, a novel for television," Straczynski wrote 92 of the 110 episodes, and served as executive producer, along with Douglas Netter.Set between the years 2257 and 2281, it depicts a future where Earth has sovereign states, and a unifying Earth government. Colonies within the solar system, and beyond, make up the Earth Alliance, and contact has been made with other spacefaring races. The ensemble cast portray alien ambassadorial staff and humans assigned to the five-mile-long Babylon 5 space station, a centre for trade and diplomacy. Described as "one of the most complex programs on television," the various story arcs drew upon the prophesies, religious zealotry, racial tensions, social pressures, and political rivalries which existed within each of their cultures, to create a contextual framework for the motivations and consequences of the protagonists' actions. With a strong emphasis on character development set against a backdrop of conflicting ideologies on multiple levels, Straczynski wanted "to take an adult approach to SF, and attempt to do for television SF what Hill Street Blues did for cop shows."Generally viewed as having "launched the new era of television CGI visual effects," it received multiple awards during its initial run, including two consecutive Hugo Awards for best dramatic presentation, and continues to regularly feature prominently in various polls and listings highlighting top-rated science fiction series. Not appearing on American television since 2003, it continues to be shown in international markets such as Fox in the UK, the TV4-ScifFi Channel in Sweden, and the FBC TV channel in Fiji. Initially written by Straczynski, DC began publishing Babylon 5 comics in 1994, with stories that closely tied in with events depicted in the show, with events in the comics eventually being referenced onscreen in the actual television series. The franchise continued to expand into short stories, RPG games, and novels, with the Technomage trilogy of books being the last to be published in 2001, shortly after the spin-off television series, Crusade, was cancelled.All rights except for a possible movie are controlled by Warner (movie rights are retained by Straczynski).".
- Babylon_5 completionDate "1998-11-25".
- Babylon_5 creator J._Michael_Straczynski.
- Babylon_5 developer J._Michael_Straczynski.
- Babylon_5 distributor Warner_Bros._Television.
- Babylon_5 format Dolby_Digital.
- Babylon_5 format Dolby_Surround.
- Babylon_5 numberOfEpisodes "110".
- Babylon_5 numberOfSeasons "5".
- Babylon_5 previousWork Babylon_5:_The_Gathering.
- Babylon_5 related Babylon_5:_The_Legend_of_the_Rangers.
- Babylon_5 related Babylon_5:_The_Lost_Tales.
- Babylon_5 releaseDate "1993-02-22".
- Babylon_5 runtime "2580.0".
- Babylon_5 status "Ended".
- Babylon_5 subsequentWork Crusade_(TV_series).
- Babylon_5 wikiPageExternalLink babylon5.infinispace.net.
- Babylon_5 wikiPageExternalLink babylon5.warnerbros.com.
- Babylon_5 wikiPageExternalLink lurker.html.
- Babylon_5 wikiPageExternalLink protob5.html.
- Babylon_5 wikiPageID "4800".
- Babylon_5 wikiPageRevisionID "605729828".
- Babylon_5 align "left".
- Babylon_5 align "right".
- Babylon_5 artist Christopher_Franke.
- Babylon_5 audioFormat 5.1_surround_sound.
- Babylon_5 audioFormat Dolby_Digital.
- Babylon_5 audioFormat "Dolby Surround 2.0".
- Babylon_5 caption "2".
- Babylon_5 caption "6".
- Babylon_5 caption "Cover for the season 1 DVD boxset, distributed by Warner Home Video.".
- Babylon_5 caption "Cover of VHS boxset of final".
- Babylon_5 caption "Cover of laserdisc for first".
- Babylon_5 caption "Image Entertainment.".
- Babylon_5 caption "Midnight on the Firing Line and Soul Hunter. Distributed by".
- Babylon_5 caption "Season 4 poster".
- Babylon_5 company "Babylonian Productions".
- Babylon_5 company "Synthetic Worlds, Ltd.".
- Babylon_5 country "United States".
- Babylon_5 cover "B5SleepLightCover.gif".
- Babylon_5 creator J._Michael_Straczynski.
- Babylon_5 developer "J. Michael Straczynski".
- Babylon_5 distributor Warner_Bros._Television.
- Babylon_5 firstAired "1993-02-22".
- Babylon_5 followedBy "Crusade (TV series)".
- Babylon_5 genre Classical_music.
- Babylon_5 genre Electroacoustic_music.
- Babylon_5 hasPhotoCollection Babylon_5.
- Babylon_5 image "B5DVDS1Cover.jpg".
- Babylon_5 image "B5LaserCover.jpg".
- Babylon_5 image "B5VHSCover.jpg".
- Babylon_5 label "Sonic Images".
- Babylon_5 language "English".
- Babylon_5 lastAired "1998-11-25".
- Babylon_5 length "1501.0".
- Babylon_5 listEpisodes "List of Babylon 5 episodes".
- Babylon_5 name "Sleeping in Light".
- Babylon_5 numEpisodes "110".
- Babylon_5 numSeasons "5".
- Babylon_5 precededBy "Babylon 5: The Gathering".
- Babylon_5 quote "6.31152E9".
- Babylon_5 quote "First thing I did was to flip out the stand-alones, which traditionally have taken up the first 6 or so episodes of each season; between two years, that's 12 episodes, over half a season right there. Then you would usually get a fair number of additional stand-alones scattered across the course of the season. So figure another 3–4 per season, say 8, that's 20 out of 44. So now you're left with basically 24 episodes to fill out the main arc of the story.".
- Babylon_5 quote "Neither the Vorlons nor the Shadows saw themselves as conquerors or adversaries. Both believed they were doing what was right for us. And like any possessive parent, they'll keep on believing that until the kid is strong enough to stand up and say, 'No, this is what I want.'".
- Babylon_5 quote "Often we try to coordinate the sensibilities of the aliens. I try to work with Optic Nerve to ensure that the head meets the body in some sensible way. We talk about similar qualities, textures and colors and the flow of the total being. Truthfully, often the look of the prosthetic comes somewhat earlier and from that I have an understanding of what direction to go.".
- Babylon_5 quote "Once I had the locale, I began to populate it with characters, and sketch out directions that might be interesting. I dragged out my notes on religion, philosophy, history, sociology, psychology, science , and started stitching together a crazy quilt pattern that eventually formed a picture. Once I had that picture in my head, once I knew what the major theme was, the rest fell into place. All at once, I saw the full five-year story in a flash, and I frantically began scribbling down notes.".
- Babylon_5 quote "The widescreen conversion thing was executive short sightedness at it's finest!!! We offered to do ALL of Babylon 5 in widescreen mode if Warner Bros would buy us a reference monitor so we could check our output. Ken Parkes and Netter said no! So we did everything so it could be CROPPED to be widescreen! Each blamed the other by the way. Doug Netter said, "Ken Parkes said no". Ken Parkes said, "Doug Netter said no". SHEESH!!! So for $75 an episode they could have had AWESOME near Hi-Def.".
- Babylon_5 quote "What interests me, what I wanted to do with making this show, was in large measure to examine the issues and emotions and events that precede a war, precipitate a war, the effects of the war itself, the end of the war and the aftermath of the war. The war is hardware; the people are at the center of the story.".
- Babylon_5 related "The Legend of the Rangers".
- Babylon_5 related "The Lost Tales".
- Babylon_5 released "1999-03-23".
- Babylon_5 rev AllMusic.
- Babylon_5 runtime "2580.0".
- Babylon_5 salign "right".
- Babylon_5 showName "Babylon 5".
- Babylon_5 source "— Ann Bruice Aling, 1995".
- Babylon_5 source "— Ron Thornton, 2008".
- Babylon_5 source "—J. Michael Straczynski, , 1993".
- Babylon_5 source "—J. Michael Straczynski, 1995".
- Babylon_5 source "—J. Michael Straczynski, 1997".
- Babylon_5 source "—Straczynski, J. Michael, 1996".
- Babylon_5 status "Ended".
- Babylon_5 type "soundtrack".
- Babylon_5 website babylon5.warnerbros.com.
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- Babylon_5 width "160".
- Babylon_5 width "44".
- Babylon_5 width "45".
- Babylon_5 subject Category:1990s_American_television_series.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:1993_American_television_series_debuts.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:1998_American_television_series_endings.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:23rd_century_in_fiction.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:American_science_fiction_television_series.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:Babylon_5.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:English-language_television_programming.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:First-run_syndicated_television_programs_in_the_United_States.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:Prime_Time_Entertainment_Network.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:Serial_drama_television_series.
- Babylon_5 subject Category:Space_adventure_television_series.