On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:35:20 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
 wrote:

>Charlie E. wrote:
>>
>> but they really just focused on the
>> three 'seminal' series - Trek, Lost in Space and Twilight Zone.
>
>Every list of three seminal series I've ever heard from a long time fan
>is Outer Limits, Twilight Zone and Star Trek in any order.  Until
>Babylon 5 came out. By then shows were poineers "on" television not
>poineers "of" television.

B5 really pioneered lots of things.  It proved that a serial show --
not just episodes but a real story arc -- was a viable programming
model.  Since then, several shows have followed suit to some extent,
such as House, NCIS (both versions), JAG, the Law and Order family of
programs, and CSI (all versions).  All of these have completely new
content in their episodes, but there's always a back-story that flows
from one episode to the next.  If B5 hadn't come along, the only shows
that would be doing that would be soap operas.

>Lost in Space is fun and campy but was it really any more important than
>Fireball XL-5, The Starlost or UFOs?

Not hardly.  LIS shouldn't have even been included in the list.

-- //Steve//
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