Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade cancelled

CrusadeWord leaks onto the internet that TNT, the network that salvaged Babylon 5 from syndication, has decided to cut its losses on the Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade and cancel the show before even a single episode has aired. Series creator J. Michael Straczynski confirms that production has halted as Warner Bros.’ television executives are shopping the show around to new venues, with a strong hint that the Sci-Fi Channel could be a likely new home for the show. TNT will air the 13 produced episodes later in 1999.

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Highlander: The Raven: A Matter Of Time

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Field Of Fire

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Highlander: The Raven: The Rogue

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Babylon 5: Falling Toward Apotheosis (soundtrack)

Babylon 5: Falling Toward Apotheosis soundtrackThe fourth and final wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fourth season episode Falling Toward Apotheosis. Read more

Babylon 5: Sleeping In Light (soundtrack)

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Babylon 5: And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place (soundtrack)

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Highlander: The Raven: Inferno

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Sci-Fi Channel passes on Babylon 5 spinoff

CrusadeBabylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski reveals online that the Sci-Fi Channel has decided to pass on the B5 spinoff/sequel series Crusade for budgetary reasons, effectively ending any chance that the show will bounce back from its cancellation by cable network TNT. Warner Bros. continues to try to find a new home for the series, which has yet to air a single episode, but with actors’ contracts expiring with the halt of production and Stracynzski considering offers to write and produce other projects, Crusade never progresses past its 13 completed episodes. TNT schedules those episodes for a summer run.

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