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Warner Bros . Entertainment Inc . ( known professionally ___MASK42___ Warner Bros . ___MASK53___ , often referred to ___MASK42___ Warner Bros . and Warner Brothers and abbreviated ___MASK42___ WB ) is an American entertainment company , film studio and film distributor that is a division of ___MASK11___ Warner and is headquartered in Burbank , California . It is one of the " Big Six " major American film studios . Joseph ___MASK8___ Straczynski ( ___MASK68___ ___MASK96___ , 1954 ), known professionally ___MASK42___ ___MASK7___ . ___MASK8___ Straczynski and informally ___MASK42___ Joe Straczynski or jms , is an American screenwriter , television producer and director , and comic book writer . He is the founder of Studio JMS , and is best known ___MASK42___ the creator of the science fiction television series " Babylon 5 " ( 1993  ___MASK34___ ) and its spinoff " ___MASK81___ " ( 1999 ), ___MASK42___ well ___MASK42___ the series " Jeremiah " ( 2002  2004 ), and " Sense8 " ( 2015  present ). Science ___MASK65___ ( often shortened to SF , sci - fi ___MASK49___ scifi ) is a genre of speculative ___MASK65___ , typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science ___MASK19___ technology , space travel , ___MASK11___ travel , faster than light travel , parallel universes , ___MASK19___ extraterrestrial life . Science ___MASK65___ often explores the potential consequences of scientific ___MASK19___ other innovations , ___MASK19___ has been called a " literature of ideas ." It usually avoids the supernatural , ___MASK19___ unlike the related genre of fantasy , historically science ___MASK65___ stories were intended to have a grounding in science - based fact ___MASK49___ theory at the ___MASK11___ the story was created , but this connection is now limited to hard science ___MASK65___ . The ___MASK87___ ___MASK11___ Entertainment Network ( PTEN ) was an American " ad hoc " television network that was operated by the ___MASK87___ ___MASK11___ Consortium , a joint venture between the Warner Bros . Domestic Television subsidiary of ___MASK11___ Warner and Chris - Craft Industries . ___MASK84___ launched on January 20 , 1993 and operating until 1997 , the network mainly aired drama programs aimed at adults between the ages of 18 and 54 . At its peak , PTEN ' s programming was carried on 177 television stations , covering 93 % of the country . ___MASK51___ ___MASK2___ : The Legend of the Rangers ( subtitled : To Live ___MASK19___ Die in Starlight ) is the fifth telefilm set in the ___MASK51___ ___MASK2___ universe ( not including the pilot , The Gathering ) . Originally airing January 19 , 2002 ___MASK62___ the Sci Fi Channel , it was written by ___MASK7___ . Michael Straczynski ___MASK19___ directed by Mike Vejar . ___MASK51___ ___MASK2___ is an ___MASK91___ science fiction television series created by ___MASK83___ and producer ___MASK7___ . Michael Straczynski , under the Babylonian Productions label , in association with Straczynski ' s Synthetic Worlds Ltd . and Warner Bros . Domestic Television . After the successful airing of a test pilot movie on February 22 , 1993 , "", in May 1993 Warner Brothers commissioned the series for production as part of its Prime Time Entertainment Network ( PTEN ).