Whereas contemporary television shows tended to confine conflicts to individual episodes, maintaining the overall status quo, each season of Babylon 5 contains plot elements which permanently change the series universe. Babylon 5 was an early example of a television series featuring story arcs which spanned episodes or whole seasons. The series follows the human military staff and alien diplomats stationed on a space station, Babylon 5, built in the aftermath of several major inter-species wars as a neutral focal point for galactic diplomacy and trade. Tie-in novels, comic books, and short stories were also developed to play a significant canonical part in the overall story. A coherent five-year story arc unfolds over five 22-episode seasons. Unusual for the time, Babylon 5 was conceived as a “novel for television”, with a defined beginning, middle, and end in essence, each episode would be a single “chapter” of this “novel”. The show premiered in the US on January 26, 1994, and ran for five seasons. commissioned the series for production in May 1993 as part of its Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN).

After the successful airing of a test pilot movie on February 22, 1993, Babylon 5: The Gathering, Warner Bros.

Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski’s Synthetic Worlds Ltd. This is for “Babylon 5 (1993-1998), Season 1-5 and The Movie Collection”.īabylon 5 is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Babylon 5 Complete Series DVD Box SetFor Sale in Australia Where can I watch Babylon 5?

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