The week-long national syndication window opens for the 77th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Marjorie Monaghan (Space Rangers) guest stars. 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 77th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Marjorie Monaghan (Space Rangers) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 78th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 79th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Guy Siner (‘Allo ‘Allo) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 80th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Walter Koenig (Star Trek) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 81st episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 82nd episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Efram Zimbalist, Jr. guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 83rd episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Efram Zimbalist, Jr. guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 84th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
Renaissance Records releases Joined Like Notes, an album by Bill Mumy (Lost In Space, Babylon 5), including a song chronicling the further adventures of Mumy’s Lost In Space character.
Cable channel TNT announces that, in addition to ordering two made-for-TV movies continuing the story of syndicated science fiction series Babylon 5, it will be picking up the series for a full fifth season of new episodes. Additionally, work is underway on a sequel/”side story” set in the same universe, provisionally titled The Babylon Project: Crusade, which will also air on TNT. The series’ current cast, already locked down for the TV movies, is presumed to be returning for the fifth season. The first new episode produced will actually be seen in syndication as the final Babylon 5 episode aired on PTEN, since the final episode of the fourth season – always intended to be the very last episode of the series as a whole – will now be held back.
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Dell Books releases the Babylon 5 novel “To Dream In The City Of Sorrows“, written by Kathryn M. Drennan (also writer of the first season B5 episode By Any Means Necessary). The book chronicles the life of Commander Sinclair following his departure from Babylon 5, his arrival on Minbar, and his eventual rise to the position of Entil’Zha – leader of the Rangers. The novel fills in many gaps left in Sinclair’s story on television, and is considered an official part of the show’s storyline.
Actress Claudia Christian, having completed four seasons on the syndicated science fiction series Babylon 5, allows her contract to lapse prior to the start of production on the show’s fifth season (slated to air on cable channel TNT). Within days, rumors circulate on the internet that Christian has been fired from the show, touching off a fandom firestorm. The first scripts for the fifth season are revised accordingly to feature a new character, Captain Elizabeth Lochley, and actress Tracy Scoggins is cast as the new character within weeks. Christian’s appearances in the two upcoming Babylon 5 TV movies (set to premiere in 1998) and the final episode of the series itself (already filmed) are unaffected.
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Sierra and Sonic Images Records release the compilation album The Best of Babylon 5, gathering highlights from Christopher Franke’s episode soundacks. The CD is initially included with the CD-ROM title The Official Guide To Babylon 5; a later pressing will be sold by Sonic Images in 2001.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the (Hugo-winning) third season episode Severed Dreams.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the third season episode A Late Delivery From Avalon soundtrack.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the third season episode Walkabnout.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the third season episode Shadow Dancing.
Christopher Franke’s first wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including a CD with Franke’s complete score from the third season episode Z’ha’dum.
Ballantine Books releases a slightly revised American edition of David Bassom’s non-fiction behind-the-scenes book “Creating Babylon 5“, originally published in 1996 in the UK. The book features an introduction by series creator J. Michael Straczynski, extensive interviews with the show’s cast and crew, brief episode synopses, and numerous photos. A sticker is affixed to the cover after printing (but before nationwide distribution) to remind purchasers that the series is moving to cable network TNT in 1998.
The week-long national syndication window opens for Between The Darkness And The Light, the 85th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 86th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Carolyn Seymour (Survivors) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 87th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Walter Koenig (Star Trek) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 88th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. This is actually the first episode produced for the fifth season, swapped out for the episode already filmed and intended to be the series finale, and features the message “Faith manages” at the end, signaling the end of Warner Bros.’ failed PTEN network venture and the end of the series’ syndicated run. The fifth season will be carried by cable network TNT in 1998.
Cable channel TNT airs Babylon 5: In The Beginning, the first of two TV movies contracted by TNT to accompany its package of Babylon 5 reruns (which begin the following night). Set years before the series, In The Beginning chronicles the oft-mentioned-but-never-seen Earth-Minbari War. Premiering the same night is a “special edition” of the 1993 pilot movie, The Gathering, which brings its slightly dated effects and music more in line with the rest of the series. 
Cable channel TNT premieres the 89th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. This is the first episode of the fifth season, and introduces new series regular Tracy Scoggins as Captain Elizabeth Lochley.
Cable channel TNT premieres the 90th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
Cable channel TNT premieres the 91st episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
Cable channel TNT premieres the 92nd episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. The episode breaks the record-setting string of consecutive episodes of American television written by a single writer, with series creator J. Michael Straczynski having written the previous 52 episodes (53 if the series finale, filmed at the end of the fourth season, is included). Straczynski writes this one as well, but shares a story credit with Harlan Ellison.
Cable channel TNT premieres the 93rd episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
Del Rey publishes the first volume of Jane Killick’s behind-the-scenes chronicle of the sci-fi TV series, Babylon 5: Signs And Portents, with a foreword by series star Michael O’Hare.