J. Michael Straczynski's "Babylon 5" began its life as a two-hour TV movie called "Babylon 5: The Gathering" which aired on February 22, 1993. There was some controversy about the series, however, as Straczynski pitched his space station series to Paramount as early as 1989. Paramount turned Straczynski down, and he took his series to Warner Bros., who approved. Suspiciously, only two months after Warner announced "Babylon 5," Paramount announced their own space station series, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." In a Tweet from 2018, Straczynski claimed that Paramount "put their show into high gear, spending four times what we did so they'd make it to air first." Indeed, "Deep Space Nine" first aired on January 3, 1999, beating "Babylon 5" by a month and a half. No legal action was taken against Paramount, but there has been a certain amount of bitterness ever since.
Additionally, the "Babylon 5" TV series didn't begin airing in...
Additionally, the "Babylon 5" TV series didn't begin airing in...
- 4/29/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
8.00pm Babylon 5: The Lost Tales (FX+)
Colonel Elizabeth Lochley calls in a priest, Father Cassidy, to come to Babylon 5 to help a maintenance worker, Simon Birk, who appears to be possessed. The entity possessing Birk wants to be released, and is trying to force Father Cassidy to exorcise him. Colonel Lockley figures out that the entity possessed Birk while he was on a visit to Earth, after which Birk had hitchhiked to Babylon 5.
9.00pm Boo (Horror Channel)
A group of young friends spend Halloween in a dilapidated hospital, and soon find trouble-a-plenty in the ghoulish form of a psychotic spirit intent on escaping the dank wards. Sinister scares directed by Fangoria’s Anthony C. Ferrante.
10.00pm The Rock (Sky...
8.00pm Babylon 5: The Lost Tales (FX+)
Colonel Elizabeth Lochley calls in a priest, Father Cassidy, to come to Babylon 5 to help a maintenance worker, Simon Birk, who appears to be possessed. The entity possessing Birk wants to be released, and is trying to force Father Cassidy to exorcise him. Colonel Lockley figures out that the entity possessed Birk while he was on a visit to Earth, after which Birk had hitchhiked to Babylon 5.
9.00pm Boo (Horror Channel)
A group of young friends spend Halloween in a dilapidated hospital, and soon find trouble-a-plenty in the ghoulish form of a psychotic spirit intent on escaping the dank wards. Sinister scares directed by Fangoria’s Anthony C. Ferrante.
10.00pm The Rock (Sky...
- 4/18/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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