10 TV Series That Wanted To Be Star Trek

They say imitation is the highest form of flattery - Star Trek must have been VERY flattered here.

#StarTrek #TheOrville #BuckRodgers

[ThomasMHead]

It was a great time to be a kid watching Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica alongside syndicated Star Trek. TNG, DS9, and Voyager paired well with Sliders, Babylon-5, Stargate SG-1, and Andromeda. I enjoy many sci-fis for what they share as well as what makes them unique.

[DrakeAurum]

Blake's Seven deserves a mention here - not that it wanted to be Star Trek, so much as it wanted to be Star Trek's dark reflection.

[jediguy]

Sci-Fi Fans: DS9 or B5? Me: Why not both?

I'm glad SeaQuest DSV got a mention. Yeah it got weird after season 1, but the whole thing is worth watching at least once since it takes place 2018-2019 its fun to look back and see what writers thought the "near future" in the 90's and compare it today. I always liked the little minute plug at the end while the credits rolled that talked about how the episode related to real life events.

[lisam]

Um...you forgot about Farscape. They took the ensemble model and made it a little darker and grittier. And Ka D'Argo was pretty doggone Klingon!

[JRMshadowa]

Just that Buck Rogers has been around for over a hundred yrs now, in novel, comics, and film. I would say that Gene took from the original Buck Rogers... Just my opinion...

[HammondEggar]

Any debate about Babylon 5 and Star Trek not being compatible was laid to rest when Majel Barrett appeared as Lady Morella in B5.

[JennFaeAge]

I loved Space Precinct when I was a kid, I even had branded Pogs.
God, I know that just aged me a lot lol.
I loved Sliders...even though it ended terribly

[lr]

1:32 - Buck Rogers didn't work for "The Federation". He worked for the Earth Defense Directorate.

[Davidofsmeg]

I did wonder if Red Dwarf would fit in this somewhere.

[Chuck_Hooks]

Would like to have seen the Assignment: Earth spinoff.

Robert Lansing and Teri Garr would have been great if they agreed to a series.

[mkdrivingzone]

We all know JMS went to Paramount with B5, they were looking for a new ST series. They said no to B5, but it inspired DS9. Which they rushed into production.

Does that really matter? No, as we got both.

[marxnutz]

DS9 was Paramount's emergency development after rejecting Straczinski's pitch to make the B5 series.

[sirhenry]

Glad I’m not the only fan who enjoys ALL these shows….

[OscRam]

The Orville deserve a whole video for itself

[robgoffroad]

I LOVE the Orville and eagerly await the long-overdue Season 3 (and hope it continues well past that). Sliders was great until FOX canceled it; the other two seasons were crap. I loved Babylon 5 and believe that it and DS9 are plenty different enough to not have to be at war with each other. With JMS planning to reboot B5, I'm cautiously optimistic...

[nebulacoffee]

Taking this as a sign to start an SG1 re-watch! 😍 I also think the Colonel character in 'Wormhole X-Treme' is more based on Kirk than O'Neill.

[GetMiked]

Firefly probably deserved a place on this list, Farscape too :'D

[iallso]

I really enjoyed Babylon-5 and would like to watch it again if it was available in my area. I never felt it was a choice between Star Trek and Babylon-5 but two great shows.

[jcwillis]

“Don’t…come at me.” It’s interjections like this that make this channel much better than pure listicle channels. Love it.

[thomasmoeller]

Earth Above and Beyond
Farscape
OK, a stretch but RED DWARF
And a name recognition/foreshadowing from the 70's: Quark