Another one: I think Babylon 5 helped prove to the powers that be that a sci fi show didnt' have to follwo the Star Trek formula of always returning everything ot the status quo every episode. By building on a long arc of story, such that every episode didn't stand alone, they broke a lot of the "rules" of genre television. Nowadays, of course, plenty of shows do that, but at the time it was revolutionary.
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Another one: I think Babylon 5 helped prove to the powers that be that a sci fi show didnt' have to follwo the Star Trek formula of always returning everything ot the status quo every episode. By building on a long arc of story, such that every episode didn't stand alone, they broke a lot of the "rules" of genre television. Nowadays, of course, plenty of shows do that, but at the time it was revolutionary.