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I've just assumed that the point was to air the 11 "real" episodes first, then tack on the "Apocrypha" ("War Zone" and "Appearances and Other Deceits") at the end.

Just briefly, it's the first-aired episode of Crusade, produced when TNT belatedly decided that they wanted an "introductory" episode (separate from the B5 movie "A Call to Arms", which leads pretty directly into the Crusade series). It looks very much like something JMS really didn't want to...

By blind luck (I assume), you've come in at just the right time. Tomorrow (as I post this), the Sci-Fi Channel in the US is showing several of the movies. (Times listed are ET/PT). 11 AM -- Thirdspace. (Stand-alone movie produced after Season 4.) 1 PM -- River of Souls. (Stand-alone movie...

Got it in one. Reality shows, generally speaking, are cheap.

Frankly, I don't care in the slightest. But somebody brought it up, so I gave the background information... <shrug>

Re: Close encounters with the B5 actors kind, anyo Er... I'm not Lucas. Just a "Friend of the Fur". (One who actually doesn't seem to appear in any of the photos on the website, oddly enough. I'm not sure whether to be offended. ;) ) Ah, Wobblevision. I missed getting involved with that...

If I'm remembering correctly, this isn't an issue just with the DVDs, but also popped up when the show was first rerun. When Bruce Boxleitner first recorded the voiceover for the opening sequence, they hadn't yet assembled the video portion, so he had to do it "blind". And it didn't sound quite...

Re: Close encounters with the B5 actors kind, anyo I've been to a few larger cons and had a chance to chat very briefly with some of the B5 actors and with JMS, but not enough to actually have any stories. However, at the Redemption 03 Con (B5/B7 focused) in Ashford, Kent, UK earlier this...

Re: Projected \'Crusade\' air dates? In some alternate universe, people are making their viewing plans...

Re: Projected \'Crusade\' air dates? Yep. January 1999 was the original plan, back before any of the problems started.

Re: JMS and Z\'Ha\'Dum Defenses Um... just a little warning. JMS has traditionally not reacted too well to getting questions like this via email. A public forum would probably be better. These days, the best place to post a question like this would probably be the Usenet moderated newsgroup...

Re: Projected \'Crusade\' air dates? No, I'd have guessed that each season would probably have started in January, like the first season was originally scheduled, and run from there, with the last new episode airing in late November or in December. The series certainly wouldn't have ended in...

Re: Projected \'Crusade\' air dates? Hi Joe... Just a couple of small nitpicks here... Nope. I went back and checked this one. The NBA settled on January 6. I don't have an exact date for the Crusade shutdown from a quick scan through my disorganized archives (need to do something about...

Yes, I think that works... :) Becuase, in all honesty, I can't condemn them for it. Their job has nothing to do with producing quality programming. Their job is to make the most money they can for the huge conglomerate which owns them, by generating audiences to sell to the advertisers...

Re: Projected \'Crusade\' air dates? Leaving aside for the moment any commentary about TNT's involvement in the creative process and looking simply at the scheduling issues... Most broadcast programs in the US, whether on the networks or in syndication, start their new seasons in the fall and...

My guess is that, unfortunately, the Sci-Fi Channel wouldn't be much affected, and that they'd continue their current trend towards... well, I can't think of a polite term for it, so we'll leave it at that...

Re: Showtime\'s board rant Yes, I think that's a fair assumption. (Of course, I probably wouldn't post there anyway, regardless of the name policy, since I don't actually get Showtime, but we won't go into that... :) )

Re: Showtime\'s board rant You know, back in the good old days, some places (the Compuserve SF Forum springs to mind) required that members used their real names, under the theory that anonymity tended to encourage trolls, and that knowing everone's actual names made it more likely that people...

I've heard some speculation that the whole "Spike TV" thing might be a sign that Viacom feels confident that they'll shortly be acquiring USA Network (and, most likely, the Sci-Fi Channel) from Vivendi. When Viacom changed TNN from "The Nashville Network" to "The National Network", their goal...

According to Mediaweek's "Programming Insider": As for the rest of their plans, here's more Spike TV amusement from Reuters Sounds positively... typical... ("Worst case of testosterone poisoning I've ever encountered" :rolleyes:)