Series like Babylon 5

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   Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

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   1979 · 60 min · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning to Earth and discovering the planet is recovering from a nuclear war, Buck uses his combat skills and ingenuity to protect Earth and fight evil throughout the galaxy alongside starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering and robot companion Twiki.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: space opera and time travel

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   Space: Above and Beyond

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   1995 · 45 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Set in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga, and act as infantry and pilots of SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet fighters.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared space opera series style
   • a closely matched era

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   Earth 2

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   1994 · 60 min · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Two centuries in the future, when pollution has forced humans to abandon Earth in favor of cramped space stations, scientist Devon Adair hijacks a spacecraft and sets out with a band of followers in search of another planet that will offer a brighter, more normal future to children like her son, Ulysses. Joining Devon and Ulysses are mechanic John Danziger and his daughter, True; team physician Julia Heller, who has her own secret agenda; Alonzo Solace, a pilot; Yale, a cyborg; and Morgan, a craven government agent, and his wife, Bess. The voyagers find their planet, but their ship crash-lands on the wrong side of the globe, forcing them to attempt an arduous and dangerous trek to their ultimate destination, New Pacifica.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers

   Same network

   1986 · 30 min · Action & Adventure · Animation · Western

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   Four elite Galaxy Rangers with unique abilities defend law & order among the space colonies and protect humanity from the evil Crown Empire.

   Why it connects

   • strong recommendation signals
   • shared network: Syndication

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   V

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   1983 · 105 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Fifty spaceships, each three miles across, hover ominously above Earth's major cities. The Visitors that emerge are humanlike in appearance and extend the hand of friendship. Our planet's resources are just what these aliens need to survive. And for its future survival, unsuspecting humankind will need... a miracle!

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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   SilverHawks

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   1986 · 22 min · Action & Adventure · Animation · Kids · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Bionic policemen fight an escaped alien mob boss and his gang in space.

   Why it connects

   • shared space opera series style
   • shared theme: future war
   • similar audience response

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   Doctor Who

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   2005 · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared time travel series style
   • similar audience response

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   Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills

   Genre overlap

   1994 · 21 min · Action & Adventure · Kids · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   When four Beverly Hills teenagers are chosen to defend earth and our galaxy from the evil forces of Emperor Gorganus, they band together to form the Cosmic Knight. Selected by the kind alien Nimbar and given tattoos based on a their constellation, this team of superhero teens have the power to be transformed into Galactic Sentinels in order to fight the evil forces of Melechulah.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Amazing Stories

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   1985 · Comedy · Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

   Why it connects

   • shared time travel series style
   • shared theme: time travel

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    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

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    1987 · 30 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is a 1987–88 Canadian-American science fiction/action television series, merging live action with animation based on computer-generated images, that ran for 22 episodes in Canadian and American syndication.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap

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