Babylon 5

Babylon 5
Season 4 poster
Genre	Space opera Drama
Created by	J. Michael Straczynski
Developed by	J. Michael Straczynski
Starring	Bruce Boxleitner Michael O'Hare 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
Composer(s)	Christopher Franke Stewart Copeland (pilot)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	110 (+ 6 TV Films) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Douglas Netter J. Michael Straczynski
Cinematography	John C. Flinn III (102 episodes, 1994–1998) Fred V. Murphy (8 episodes, 1995–1998)
Running time	43 minutes
Production company(s)	Babylonian Productions Synthetic Worlds, Ltd.
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	PTEN (1994–1997) TNT (1998)
Picture format	4:3 (broadcast) 16:9 (DVD)
Audio format	Dolby Surround 2.0 Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD)
Original release	February 22, 1993 (1993-02-22) – November 25, 1998 (1998-11-25)
Chronology
Preceded by	Babylon 5: The Gathering
Followed by	Crusade (TV series)
Related shows	The Legend of the Rangers The Lost Tales
External links
Website

Babylon 5 TV seasons and films 1993–2007
In order of series chronology: 2245–48 • In the Beginning (1st film)^* 2256 • Babylon 5 station commissioned 2257 • The Gathering (Pilot) 2258 • Signs and Portents (Season 1) 2259 • The Coming of Shadows (Season 2) 2260 • Point of No Return (Season 3) 2261 • No Surrender, No Retreat (Season 4)^** 2261 • Thirdspace (2nd film)^*** 2262 • The Wheel of Fire (Season 5)^† 2263 • The River of Souls (3rd film) 2265 • The Legend of the Rangers (5th film) 2266 • A Call to Arms (4th film) 2267 • Crusade (spin-off series) 2271 • The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark 2278 • In the Beginning (1st film)^* 2281 • Babylon 5 station decommissioned ^* The framing story is set in 2278. ^ The final episode of the season includes scenes of future events up to 3262 and beyond. ^* The story is set between the two wars in season 4. ^† The final episode of series is set in 2281.

Sleeping in Light

Soundtrack album by Christopher Franke
Released	March 23, 1999 (1999-03-23)
Genre	Classical, Electroacoustic
Length	25:01
Label	Sonic Images

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Babylon 5 is an American science fiction 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, in May 1993 Warner Brothers commissioned the series for production as part of its Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN).

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 2262, 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 species. The ensemble cast portray alien ambassadorial staff and humans assigned to the 5-mile (8.0 km)-long Babylon 5 space station, a center 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."

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