Babylon 5 Did Sci-Fi So Well, It Rivaled Another Space Opera With A Much Bigger Budget

While there are many iconic space opera TV shows from the ‘90s, Babylon 5managed the unique achievement of outdoing a Star Trek show that beat it to the screen by a year. If the success of SfyFy’s space opera Killjoys proves anything, it is that the genre has come a long way since the premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series.