The SF Site: Babylon 5.1 by Rick Norwood

Babylon 5.1
by Rick Norwood

SF on TV

Websites
Other Babylon 5.1 Columns
For more information, you can try the following sites:
Rick Norwood's Website
Worldwide TV Schedule
The Official Babylon 5 Website
The X-Files
Pocket Books: Star Trek
Paramount Star Trek

Ratings
Ratings are based on a four star system.
One star means that the commercials are more entertaining than the program.
Two stars watch if you have nothing better to do.
Three stars is good solid entertainment.
Four stars means you never dreamed television could be this good.

October is the cruelest month, especially for those of us who watch way too much television. This month is when the new Fall season begins, except for Enterprise, which began last month. The best show is almost certainly Jeremiah, by J. Michael Straczynski. The most unknown quantity is Tarzan. If you want to watch both Angel and Enterprise, the latter is rebroadcast on Saturday.

Here is what you can watch in October.
Wednesday, October 1
Smallville, "Exile" by Alfred Gough and Miles Miller, season 3 premiere.
Angel Wednesday, October 1
Angel, "Conviction" by Joss Whedon, season 5 premiere.
Saturday, October 4
Enterprise, "Raijin" by Brent V. Friedman. Planet of the alien stewardesses.
Sunday, October 5
Tarzan, "Pilot" by Eric Kripka, series premiere.
Wednesday, October 8
Smallville, "Phoenix" by Kelly Souders and Brian Paterson
Wednesday, October 8
Angel, "Just Rewards". Spike, freshly dead from the Buffy finale, arrives in L.A.
Friday, October 10
Jeremiah, "Letters from the Other Side I" by J. Michael Straczynski, season 2 premiere.
Saturday, October 11
Enterprise, "Impulse" by Jonathan Fernandez and Terry Matalas. Planet of the alien co-eds.
Tarzan Sunday, October 12
Tarzan, "Secrets and Lies"
Wednesday, October 15
Smallville, "Extinction" by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer.
Wednesday, October 15
Angel, "Unleashed".
Friday, October 17
Jeremiah, "Letters from the Other Side II" by J. Michael Straczynski.
Saturday, October 18
Enterprise, "Exile" by Phyllis Strong. Planet of the alien go-go dancers.
Sunday, October 19
Tarzan, "Wages of Sin" by P. K. Simonds (former writer for Earth 2).
Wednesday, October 22
Smallville, "Slumber" by Drew Greenberg.
Wednesday, October 22
Angel, "Spell Bound" by Stephen S. Deknight.
Friday, October 24
Jeremiah, "Strange Attractors" by J. Michael Straczinski.

Saturday, October 25
Enterprise, "The Shipment". Planet of alien back-rubs.
Sunday, October 26
Tarzan, "Rules of Engagement".
Wednesday, October 29
Smallville, "Perry" by Mark Verheiden. Clark meets Perry White.
Wednesday, October 29
Angel.
Wednesday, October 29
Andromeda, "Answers Given to Questions Never Asked", season 4 premiere. Andromeda is syndicated. Day and time may vary.
Friday, October 31
Jeremiah, "Deus Ex Machine" by J. Michael Straczinski.

Breaking news: Enterprise has changed its name! To Star Trek.

Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon.