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J. Michael Straczynski : Babylon 5 is in active development as a series for the CW ... this is a reboot from the ground up rather than a continuation, for several reasons ... {the } tradition for innovation will continue in this new iteration, and I hope to create additional new forms of storytelling that will further push the television medium to the edge of what’s possible. Warner Bros said : In a from-the-ground-up reboot of the original series, John Sheridan, an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space,...

Babylon 5 and Lost actress Mira Furlan has died at the age of 65, her family and management have confirmed. Furlan played Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the 1990s sci-fi TV drama, Babylon 5, and Danielle Rousseau in the noughties mystery drama, Lost. Her family told the BBC the Croatian actress died on Wednesday due to complications with West Nile Virus. "It is with great sadness that I confirm the passing of Mira Furlan" the statement read. "She was a woman full of kindness, strength and compassion." It continued: "She died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles, surrounded by her...

On Aug. 14, 2019, a gravitational wave -- a massive ripple through the fabric of space-time -- washed over the Earth. The signal was one of the strongest ever seen by the gravitational wave scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory and Italy's Virgo observatory. After an alert was sent out moments after detection, teams of astronomers across the world turned their telescopes to the point in space that the wave emanated from. But their searches came up empty. No light, no X-rays, no infrared, no gamma rays. On Tuesday, researchers from the LIGO and Virgo collaborations detail their full...

Writer J. Michael Straczynski has reported that his friend Larry DiTillio has died at the age of 79... In addition to his work on Beast Wars, DiTillio also wrote for He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, The Real Ghostbusters, and Straczynski's Babylon 5...

Londo Mollari: When I said my quarters were cold, I did not mean, 'Oh, I think it's a little chilly in here, perhaps I'll throw a blanket on the bed.' No, I said it was cold, as in 'Oh, my left arm has snapped off like an icicle and shattered on the floor!' This is highly inappropriate, Captain! Sheridan: [smirking] You're right. There are several other parts of your body I'd much rather see snapped off.

Fans of Babylon 5 have for years hoped for their favorite show to end up on a subscription streaming service. After a short stay on go90, it looks like Babylon 5 fans have good news. Today on Twitter the creator of Babylon 5 announced that all 5 seasons of the show will be coming to Amazon Prime in June 2018.

Older fans know Babylon 5, the game-changing 1994-1998 series, but younger fans may not have had a chance to watch it. Here’s your internet-sized window of opportunity. B5 has come to streaming service Go90. According to showrunner J. Michael Straczynski’s Facebook page, “This is the first time B5 has been streamed online or available in the US for a very long time.” Go90 is offering all five seasons for free, without commercial breaks. I tested it myself, and it looks great. For those who don’t know, B5 popularized the story arc in sci-fi television. (Robotech and other anime beat B5...

Jerry Doyle, the actor best known for his role on 'Babylon 5', has died at the age of 60. Sources tell TMZ that police were called to actor and political talk show host's Las Vegas home Wednesday afternoon after he was found unresponsive. It's still unclear how the actor died. A post on his Twitter page stated that 'the cause of death is unknown at this time'. However sources who spoke with TMZ said no foul play is suspected. An autopsy is pending. Doyle was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent the first six months of his life in...

Actor Jerry Doyle, also a talk host, has died at 60

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Click on the link below to hear one of the funniest things I have EVER heard on Radio. Jerry Doyle can be heard Mon thru Friday Live from KDWN, Las Vegas, 3 to 6 pm EST.

All episodes of Babylon 5 are on the WB now. Hulu had the first two but now all of them are on the WB website.

Jerry Doyle, best known for playing the character of Michael Garibaldi on the Emmy Award-winning TV series Babylon 5, is a conservative radio talk show host on Denver’s 101.5 FM, The Truth. Doyle will discuss and sign his new book Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-Up Call ($26.00 Simon & Schuster), his hard-hitting take on the important issues affecting our country—some straight from today’s headlines, some that haven’t yet seen the light of day—that urges all Americans to take back the things that make our country great. Free numbered tickets for a place in the booksigning line will...

There’s no point in accusing me, because I admit it. I picked up the book because I saw “Garibaldi’s” face on the cover. I can’t imagine you not knowing, but on the diminishingly slight chance you don’t, Jerry Doyle was the sparsely coiffed, hard-bitten security chief with a Daffy Duck fetish on the sci-fi series Babylon 5. And if you haven’t heard of Babylon 5, there’s no hope for you. I have convinced myself that I bought Doyle’s book because he smokes. (Dear Health Zealot: I do not.) Yes, and he wants to be left alone about it. To which...

The sci-fi hit returns when warner home video releases Babylon5: The Lost Tales, an original made-for-video movie on July 31, 2007! Babylon5: The Lost Tales Includes an Inside Look from J. Michael Straczynski into Making the Babylon5 Film BURBANK, CA, April 24, 2007 - Created by J. Michael Straczynski in 1993, Babylon 5 became a Sci-Fi cult fan favorite and a top rated show. Now in 2007, Warner Home Video (WHV) and Warner Bros. Television (WBTV) will take you to 2271 A.D. for Babylon 5: The Lost Tales,a made-for-video movie featuring the original cast including Bruce Boxleitner ("President John Sheridan"),...

Actress Teryl Rothery has been cast in Babylon 5: The Lost Tales, a new direct-to-DVD movie now in production in Vancouver, British Columbia. The film (actually a collection of two one-hour stories) will be released in 2007, picking up some time after the events of the hit 1990s sci-fi television show. Rothery co-starred for seven years on Stargate SG-1 as the beloved Dr. Janet Fraiser. She will play an ISN news reporter in The Lost Tales, according to writer, director, and executive producer J. Michael Straczynski. The Lost Tales is intended to be a multiple-DVD series, with this first 2-hour...

In 2004, television producer Bryce Zabel (The Crow: Stairway to Heaven) and fellow producer J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) had an idea to "reboot" Star Trek—an idea that ultimately never came to fruition, though it caught the attention of Trek fans. Since then, the news has emerged that Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams is developing his own take on Star Trek for a proposed 11th film. And Zabel has chosen to post the 14-page treatment he and Straczynski developed on his own blog so that fans can finally get a look at the Trek that might have been. The...

In these last days, the Bible says it will be a time of mass hybridization and the mixture and corruption of human DNA by fallen angels, also known as "Aliens." The government is and has been, conditioning the existence of aliens through Hollywood, science fiction, cartoons, and other sources. However, they are not telling you the whole truth. These Aliens are not ascended masters, or enlightened ones, or beings from galaxies millions of miles away, nor are they our forefathers or original creators. They are fallen angels who were kicked out of heaven for their rebellion against the headship...

It's our very sad duty to report on the death of Stephen Biggs, who played Doctor Franklin in Babylon 5. He was 43. It's an odd twist of fate, as it's only two months ago that Richard's on-screen father in B5, Paul Winfield, passed away. J. Michael Straczynski broke the news of Richard's death in a post to the moderated B5 newsgroup: "I was awakened today with several phone calls from cast members and Doug [Netter] to pass along the terrible news that this morning, Richard Biggs passed away.

I'm a big fan of Jerry Doyle, both for his conservative stance in Tinseltown, and for his role on Babylon 5. Anyone know what he's up to these days? I was of the understanding that he was starting a radio show, but I don't see it syndicated in Houston yet.