{"id":22276,"date":"2022-09-20T11:58:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1709267"},"modified":"2022-09-20T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:30:09","slug":"babylon-5-creator-leads-campaign-to-revive-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/babylon-5-creator-leads-campaign-to-revive-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Babylon 5 creator leads campaign to revive series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 20 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The creator of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/babylon-5-watch-order\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Babylon 5<\/a>, J Michael Straczynski, has tweeted for fans of the space opera series to make their voices heard, in order to get a revival of the show off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The original series of Babylon 5 ran from 1994 to 1998, although it also spawned multiple spin-off series over the years. It told the story of the human military staff and alien diplomats working together on the titular space station following inter-planetary wars.<\/p>\n<p>A revival has been in development since last year, but following multiple changes in the ownership of its network The CW, the show\u2019s creator Straczynski has suggested that its fate is yet to be determined, and that fans should get behind it to help secure the commission.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201c<span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">The fate of the <\/span><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\">#Babylon5<\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\"> pilot may be decided end of this month. Though much of <\/span><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\">@TheCW <\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">was bought by <\/span><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\">@NXSTMediaGroup <\/span>the decision also rests heavily with <span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\">@WarnerbrosTV<\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">. If fans want to show their support for B5 &amp; let them know you want this to happen, now is the time <\/span><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\">#B5onCWin23\u2033<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">The fate of the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Babylon5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Babylon5<\/a> pilot may be decided end of this month. Though much of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@TheCW<\/a> was bought by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/NXSTMediaGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@NXSTMediaGroup<\/a> the decision also rests heavily with <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/warnerbrostv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@WarnerbrosTV<\/a>. If fans want to show their support for B5 &amp; let them know you want this to happen, now is the time <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/B5onCWin23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#B5onCWin23<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/eDbz4sKtf5&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/eDbz4sKtf5<\/a><\/p>\u2014 J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/straczynski\/status\/1571878278788517888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>According to <a href=\"\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/09\/babylon-5-series-reboot-j-michael-straczynski-development-cw-1234845022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>, the reboot is said to focus on John Sheridan, the Earthforce officer assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space during a time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war.<\/p>\n<p>Back in <a href=\"\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/05\/babylon-5-reboot-status-alive-the-cw-1235027808\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">May of this year<\/a> the revival was said to be \u201cvery much in active development\u201d, with CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz saying he \u201cpersonally spoke with Straczynski back when we picked up the pilot\u201d and that he was \u201ca huge fan of Babylon 5<em>,<\/em> on a personal basis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he would \u201clove to bring back that story in some shape or form\u201d and that he thought it was \u201cperfect for the CW\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The original Babylon 5 starred <span class=\"&quot;mw-page-title-main&quot;\">Michael O\u2019Hare, <\/span><span class=\"&quot;mw-page-title-main&quot;\">Bruce Boxleitner, <\/span><span class=\"&quot;mw-page-title-main&quot;\">Claudia Christian and <\/span><span class=\"&quot;mw-page-title-main&quot;\">Jerry Doyle, and is fondly remembered as one of the greatest sci-fi TV shows by many fans.<\/span><\/p> <p><strong>If you\u2019re looking for something to watch check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sci-fi<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. 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