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Atrocities said:
Rumor had it that Ted Turner tanked the show when it was on his network because JMS didn't subscribe to the same political POV that Ted is famous for.  Kinda petty if you ask me but that is the way people have reported Ted to be.
It is well known that if George Lucas dislikes you, you aren't going to find funding for your projects. And that has seemed to have been the problem with all of JMS's projects since the mid 90's.
Then again, I cannot think of a single reason for George Lucas to hate JMS, so I have my doubts about this rumor.
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B5 wouldn't have been finished if TNT hadn't picked it up. What you are probably remembering is the end of the sequel series "Crusade". It was killed because someone within TNT wanted to turn it into Star Trek with lots of stupid alien sex and JMS would not allow this.
Lucas has a lot of clout in the movie industry but I don't think his reach extends very much into television (except where television is produced by companies that also produce movies). The main problem with television is the requirement for everything to be suitable for the lowest common denominator and zero attention-span audience. And that's why B5: Crusade was killed. JMS wouldn't let them dumb it down.
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