Babylon 5

Also known as Babylon Five

American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski

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Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.

Aired: 1994–1998
Seasons: 5 · 110 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: J. Michael Straczynski
Network: TNT, Syndication
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure

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Genre: Space opera Drama
Created by: J. Michael Straczynski
Starring: Michael O'Hare Bruce Boxleitner Claudia Christian Jerry Doyle Mira Furlan Richard Biggs Andrea Thompson Bill Mumy Jason Carter Tracy Scoggins Stephen Furst Patricia Tallman Peter Jurasik Andreas Katsulas Jeff Conaway Robert Rusler Caitlin Brown Mary Kay Adams
Composers: Christopher Franke Stewart Copeland (pilot)
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 110 (+ 6 TV films) ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Douglas Netter J. Michael Straczynski
Cinematography: John C. Flinn III (102 episodes, 1994–1998) Fred V. Murphy (8 episodes, 1995–1998)
Running time: 43–44 minutes
Production companies: Babylonian Productions, Inc. Synthetic Worlds, Ltd. (pilot) Warner Bros. Television
Network: PTEN
Release: February 22, 1993 ( 1993-02-22 ) –, October 27, 1997 ( 1997-10-27 )

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Duration: 44
FilmAffinity ID: 663096
Official website: Babylon5.WarnerBros.com

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Commons category: Babylon 5
Commons gallery: Babylon 5
start time: 1993-02-22
end time: 1998-11-25
number of seasons: 5
number of episodes: 110
title: Babylon 5

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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 test pilot movie on February 22, 1993, Babylon 5: The Gathering, Warner Bros. commissioned the series for production in May 1993 as part of its Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN). The show premiered in the United States on January 26, 1994, and ran for five 22-episode 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 ground for galactic diplomacy and trade. Major plotlines included intra-race intrigue and upheaval, inter-race wars and their aftermaths, and embroilment in a millennial cyclic conflict between ancient races. The human characters, in particular, become pivotal to the resistance against Earth's descent into totalitarianism.