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** It pioneered the use of CGI effects, especially for anything involving spaceships. To put it in perspective: the producers of ''Deep Space Nine'' scoffed at B5's CGI and proudly announced that they would continue to use models; when ''Voyager'' launched, it not only used CGI, but used the same production house as B5 to make it.
* ''[[Becker]]'' was about a cantankerous doctor...no, not that one...not that one, either. The character--and show--were eclipsed first by John C. McGinley as Perry Cox in ''[[Scrubs]]'', then by Hugh Laurie as Gregory ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. It's easy to forget that ''Becker'' had a respectable life span of six seasons and was one of the better sitcoms in a lean period after ''Seinfeld'' but before ''[[Arrested Development]]'', either version of ''[[The Office]]'', ''30Rock'' or ''[[Community]]''.
* ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]''. Before there was ''[[Babylon 5]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Firefly]]'', and the [[Darker and Edgier]] ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' reimagining, there was this. In 1978, your sci-fi show protagonists were heroic, and landed firmly on the good morality scale. The villains looked like idiots at the end. Everything was supposed to be shiny, and the future was supposed to be better. Even if you had rebels fighting an evil empire, they were supposed to strike and win! Instead, we had a bunch of criminals, mercenaries, and a failed revolutionary stealing a ship and using it for a personal vendetta. The "rebellion" never got above seven people, the villainess was one of the most [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] characters to strut across a screen in stiletto heels, and the whole thing ended on {{spoiler|[[Kill Them All|one protagonist murdering the other]] and [[Bolivian Army Ending|getting a summary execution from the Federation troops]]}}. However, it doesn't seem like anything shocking after gorging on anything made past 1992, where ''every'' sci-fi setting is a [[Crapsack World]], the "heroes" are dubious at best, and the best ending you'll manage is a [[Bittersweet Ending]].
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]] (specifically the [[Academy of Adventure|School of Adventure]] aspect), as well as the [[Half Arc Season]] with its own personal [[Big Bad]], and not just a general [[Myth Arc]] with a singular Big Bad behind the entire series. ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' hews closest to this structure, with the revamped ''[[Doctor Who]]'' following close behind.
** [[The Reveal]] that shallow, popular Cordelia was [[Obfuscating Stupidity|actually an ace student]] was a surprise joke at the time. Now it is a cliché to have the seemingly [[Book Dumb]] ditzy, shallow girl in the cast be much brighter than she seems.
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