He quit journalism after working for People, and in 1983, he wrote a spec script for the show He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and the producers of He-Man bought it as well as other scripts and then hired Straczynski as a staff writer.

Straczynski was then offered the position of story editor on the syndicated live-action science fiction series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future.

The show was initially developed by executive producer Allison Moore and supervising producer J. Michael Straczynski when the series was still being produced by Cannon Television.

The creator of Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski, indicated that Paramount was aware of his concept as early as 1989, when he attempted to sell the show to the studio, and provided them with the series bible, pilot script, artwork, lengthy character background histories, and " synopses to about 22 or so planned episodes taken from the overall course of the planned series ".

Straczynski and DiTillio also worked to create an animated version of Elfquest but that project soon fell through when CBS attempted to retool the show to appeal to younger audiences.

After one season, the toy company Mattel demanded more input into the show, causing Straczynski to quit.

When Taylor and Moessinger left the show, Straczynski left as well in solidarity with them.

Moessinger and Straczynski moved the protagonist, Jessica Fletcher, from the sleepy Maine town of Cabot Cove to New York City to revitalize the show.

In late 1991, Warner Bros. contracted with Doug Netter and Straczynski as partners to produce the show Babylon 5 as the flagship program for the new Prime Time Entertainment Network.

Straczynski ran the series for two seasons but was frustrated with the conflicting directions that MGM and Showtime wanted from the show, and even used the pseudonym " Fettes Grey " for the first time since Spiral Zone on one of the scripts.

In the second season, Straczynski decided to leave the show if things did not improve, and the show ended after 2 seasons.

Although a third season was considered, series creator J. Michael Straczynski made it clear that if the show ran a further season he would have nothing to do with it.

Award-winning writer J. Michael Straczynski was also a noted fan of the show, and at one time Lynch and Crocco were planning a sock puppet character voiced by Straczynski until the show was cancelled.

However, in the same discussion, Straczynski also mentions that, " I didn't show a kiss because, in my experience, it's easier on all around if one steps into the shallow end of the pool first, and walks into the deep end rather than diving in and splashing everybody in the process.

* According to writer J. Michael Straczynski, the Rush Act featured in this episode is named for conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh.

Created at the request of J. Michael Straczynski, it also replaced the Zero-G cargo lifters, which could be seen flying around the Babylon 5 space station during the first few seasons of the show.

While the character was explicitly described as black in the script of the episode Soul Hunter, his first appearance on the show, J. Michael Straczynski was adamant throughout the run of the series that Franklin be a true individual who could have been played by an actor of any race.

Foundationism ( not to be confused with the school of philosophy called foundationalism ), is a fictional religion invented by J. Michael Straczynski for his science fiction television show, Babylon 5.

The series was sold overseas and broadcast in the USA, Canada and Australia, and in spite of the very low budget — which meant that sometimes the shadow of a puppet could be seen behind a " TV Screen " before the communication device was supposedly turned on — the show rated strongly with young audiences in many regions ( including New York City ) and garnered a huge following, with Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski stating that it was his favourite TV show as a child.

While working on Jayce, Straczynski was hired to come aboard the Len Janson and Chuck Menville project to adapt the movie Ghostbusters to an animated version called The Real Ghostbusters.

However, Straczynski wrote a short story set far in the future of the series called " Space, Time & the Incurable Romantic " which was published in Amazing Stories # 602.

After leaving animation, Straczynski freelanced for The Twilight Zone writing an episode entitled (" What Are Friends For "), and for Shelley Duvall's Nightmare Classics, adaptating The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award ).

Straczynski is the author of three horror novels — Demon Night, Othersyde, and Tribulations — and nearly twenty short stories, many of which are collected in two compilations — Tales from the New Twilight Zone and Straczynski Unplugged.

Straczynski has been a journalist, reviewer, and investigative reporter, publishing over 500 articles in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Writer's Digest, Penthouse, San Diego Magazine, Twilight Zone Magazine, the San Diego Reader, the Los Angeles Reader and Time.

She was married to J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5, and wrote articles about Rod Serling's Night Gallery for Twilight Zone Magazine together with him.

*" Rod Serling's Night Gallery " w / J. Michael Straczynski, article in Twilight Zone Magazine, 3 issues, Mar-Aug 1985.

*" A Show by Show Guide to Rod Serling's Night Gallery " w / J. Michael Straczynski, article in Twilight Zone Magazine, 11 issues, Mar 1985-Jun 1989.

But DiTillio, a first season staff writer who became story editor when J. Michael Straczynski ( Starlog # 111 ) left the position for a similar post with the revived Twilight Zone, claimed that ramrodding the script side of Captain Power hasn't been easy.

However, Filmation refused to give them credit on-screen and Straczynski and DiTillio both left and found work with DIC on Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors.

Straczynski left at this point and Janson and Menville took on the story editing job for the second network season.

This, among other reasons, was why writer J. Michael Straczynski left The Real Ghostbusters.

In November 1995, Straczynski temporarily left the newsgroup due to an increasing number of flames, but returned in December when a process was put in place to filter the threads that reached him.

In 1992, Straczynski and DiTillio left Hour 25 due to creative differences with station personnel over the direction of the program.

The series ended production in 2003 after creative differences emerged between MGM and Straczynski.

Like Babylon 5, Crusade was intended to have a five-year story arc, although as Straczynski notes in the DVD commentary for A Call To Arms, it was intended to resolve the Drakh plague after a season or two and move onto other arcs.

It was written by science fiction and fantasy author Neil Gaiman, and is the only episode after the second season not written by J. Michael Straczynski.

This event, as depicted in The Legend of the Rangers, took place after Lyta's death during the events of the Telepath War, as stated by J. Michael Straczynski in The Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski TV Movies.

The planet and race were named by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski after the Islamic pulpit known as a minbar.

J. Michael Straczynski named the character after the science fiction writer Alfred Bester, since telepathy is a recurring theme in his work ( most notably The Demolished Man ).

Executive producer J. Michael Straczynski quickly became dissatisfied with Adams ' more understated approach to the role, and Na ' Toth was written out of the series after appearing in two more episodes.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was canceled after issue # 24, part 2 of J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada's controversial " One More Day " storyline.