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The good news is that J. Michael Straczynski will be making a bigger paycheck with his next series than he did with "Babylon 5" or "Crusade." The bad news is that he's not giving a lot of details about it. He did chat up a few fans in a "B5" Usenet group, reports Fandom.com. There, he announced that he is writing the pilot for a new SF series for a pay cable TV network. If the pilot sells, they'll begin shooting in February or March for a Fall 2001 premiere. 

Speaking of Straczynski's earlier series, Sci Fi Channel will be running "Babylon 5" in letterboxed format beginning September 25 at 7:00 p.m. I'm curious about whether the show was filmed in the wider format or if the TV-framed series will be cropped to make it look like a letterboxed feature film; I've been unsuccessful finding an answer. Anybody know? 

GalaxyOnline.com announced that it has entered into an agreement with Net studio AtomFilms to license George Lucas' student film, "THX 1138, The Electronic Labyrinth." GalaxyOnline will have Internet rights to showcase the film, along with three others ("Plug," "Solid Action Love Partner," and "Una Dia Perfecta."). The licensing agreement gives the Web site a two-month period to offer the films; GalaxyOnline began offering all four films September 1.

Anyone remember Gerry Anderson's "Thunderbirds"? Neither do I — too young. But I've heard a lot of older folk talk about it as if it was something special, and those in England will get a chance to see a digitally remastered version of the series on BBC-TV. The UK newspaper The Independent reports that repeats of the series were chosen for this special treatment because they were "unique for their time." You can bet that sooner or later those revitalized episodes will make it to this side of the Atlantic.

The official "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Web site has posted a sneak preview of the premiere episode for the series' fifth season. See it here.

This week's episodes

All times Eastern. Syndicated episodes are sometimes shown in different weeks in different locations, so your local broadcast may, naturally, differ.

Angel
WB, 9 p.m. Tuesdays; David Boreanaz, Seth Green, and Charisma Carpenter
September 5: In "Sanctuary," Buffy arrives, only to find that her hated opponent, Faith, is being protected by Angel. Meanwhile, Wesley is torn between his loyalty to Faith and the Watcher's Council. (Repeat) 
September 12: In "Blind Date," a blind employee of Wolfram & Hart has special talents that lets her escape detection for her crimes. (Repeat)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
WB, 8 p.m. Tuesdays; Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon, Charisma Carpenter, David Boreanaz, Kristine Sutherland, and Anthony Stewart Head; official site
September 5: In "New Moon Rising," Oz makes his Sunnydale comeback, having apparently controlled his werewolfishness, and he's hoping to get back together with Willow. But she's more interested in Tara. (Repeat) 
September 12: In "Primeval," Buffy takes on Adam, the Initiative battes demons, and the Buffeteers must pull together as Sunnydale breaks out in major demonicness. (Repeat)

Cleopatra 2525 
Syndicated; Gina Torres, Victoria Pratt, Jennifer Sky, Patrick Kake, Danielle Cormack, Joel Tobeck 
Week of September 5: "Choices" (Repeat) 
Week of September 12: "Double" 
Week of September 19: "Hel and High Water," part I (Repeat) 
Week of September 26: "Hel and High Water," part II (Repeat) 

Earth: Final Conflict  
Syndicated, Lisa Howard, Leni Parker, Von Flores, David Hemblen, Robert Leeshock, Richard Chevolleau, Anita LaSelva, Jayne Heitmeyer, Peter Krantz, Barna Moricz, Lindy Booth, Sten Eirik; official site 
Week of September 5: "Apparition" (Repeat) 
Week of September 12: "One Taelon Avenue" (Repeat) 
Week of September 19: "Abduction" (Repeat) 
Week of September 26: "Arrival" (Repeat) 

Farscape
Sci-Fi, 9 p.m. Fridays; Ben Browder, Lani John Tupu, and Virginia Hey; official site 
September 8: In "The Ugly Truth," Moya's militaristic son, Talyn, shows up, destroying another ship as it does so. Moya's crew is blamed for the incident. 
September 15: In "A Clockwork Nebari," Moya is taken over, and Chiana looks a wee bit guilty. 
September 22: "Vitas Mortis" (Repeat) 

First Wave
Sci-Fi, 7 p.m. Sundays; Sebastian Spence and Roger Cross; official site
September 10: In "Underworld," Foster hunts alien gangsters. 
September 17: In "Tomorrow," Foster is tricked into thinking the aliens have already taken over our planet. 
September 24: In "The Believers," Can the good guys let the good people of Earth know about the aliens by using a talk show?

Futurama
Fox, 7:00 p.m. Sundays; Billy West, Lauren Tom, John Di Maggio, and Katey Sagal; official site
September 10: Preempted. 

The Invisible Man 
Sci-Fi, 8:00 p.m. Fridays; official site 
September 8: In "Reunion," Kevin is Darien's brother. He's also supposed to be dead, but he shows up. 
September 15: TBA

Lexx 
Sci-Fi, 10 p.m.; Xenia Seeberg. 
September 8: In "Gametown," Kai searches for food on the world Water. 
September 15: In "Boomtime," the planet Water gets attacked by the Planet Fire. 
September22: In "Gondola," the crew of Lexx is falling into the Hot Sea of Fire, and only immediate cancellation can save them. I mean us. 

Outer Limits
Showtime, 11:30 p.m. Fridays
September 8: It's a powerhouse cast in "Final Appeal," when a scientist from the past is put on trial in the future for creating an illegal time machine. Starring Kelly McGillis, Charlton Heston, Robert Loggia, Swoosie Kurtz,  Hal Holbrook, and Michael Moriarty. 
September 15: In "Down to Earth," a visitor to a UFO convention claims to have a piece of an actual alien spacecraft. (Repeat) 

Roswell
WB, 9:00 p.m. Mondays; Jason Behr, Shiri Appleby, Brendan Fehr, and Katherine Heigl
September 11: In "Max to the Max," are Max and Tess predermined to be together? Are Michael and Isabel fated to be together, too? Is Isabel pregnant? Is Michael the papa? Will Nasedo trap an FBI agent? (Repeat)

Seven Days
UPN, 8 p.m. Wednesdays; Jonathan LaPaglia, Don Franklin; official site 
September 5: In "X-35 Needs Changing," while on a mission to Chechnya, Olga and Parker keep each other company. (Repeat) 
September 13: In "Time Gremlin," Frank's backstep to somehow stop an earthquake goes wrong when a gremlin comes along and creates problems, which is what gremlins do best. (Repeat) 

Stargate SG-1
Showtime, 10 p.m. Fridays; official site
September 8: "Point of No Return"
September 15: "Tangent"

Star Trek: Voyager
UPN, 9 p.m. Wednesdays; Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Jeri Ryan, and Garrett Wang. official site
September 5: In "Muse," a playwright draws his inspiration from B'Elanna after her shuttle crashes on his planet. (Repeat) 
September 13: "Star Trek: The Next Generations" actors Marina Sirtis and Dwight Schultz appear in "Pathfinder," where they become involved in a plan to communicate with the lost starship Voyager, if only Barclay's superiors will let him. (Repeat)

Xena: Warrior Princess
Syndicated, Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Bruce Campbell, official site
Week of September 5: "Livia" (Repeat)
Week of September 12: "Eve" (Repeat) 
Week of September 19: "Motherhood" (Repeat)  

The X-Files
Fox, 9 p.m. Sundays; David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi; official site
September 10: Preempted.
September 17: Preempted, again.

The final words...

"It's so long ago. Some of you weren't born."
—Actress Catherine Schell, "Maya" on "Space: 1999," telling audiences she didn't remember much about the series' episodes

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