As soon as the guy said Cypress Corners I knew who's channel this was. I love that guy.

Also involved is Ben Bova as chief science editor (and basically show runner) who is an equally great but much nicer science fiction writer. All Harlan did was come up with the idea and probably write the show bible and 1st episode. The real brains behind the show as a whole is Bova.

And who else? Ellison dropped out after episode 1 and Ursula K. Le Guin took over and steered the rest of the series.

Other great writers contracted were Frank Herbert and Philip K. Dick, but they dropped out. This show should have been bigger and better than Star Trek. What a sad story.

It's already got Star Trek beat in the porn mustache category.

Actually Bova wasn't any happier about the show than Ellison was. He just wasn't as big a prick about it.

In case anyone cares, a few months ago he sued Paramount yet again over not getting paid enough for writing City on the Edge of Forever. I think his whole life has been one long angry, bitching, lawsuit punctuated by occasionally good writing.

I also remember watching this, and getting confused between this and Silent Running because they used parts of the same models for the ships.

Sounds like Harlan Ellison. Geeze, watching this reminds me of how much I loved those cheesy, 1970s, sci-fi shows. Maybe someday I'll find the Logan's Run TV series on streaming video.