RE: awake - I think there's more to it than that, but I don't want to dig too deep atm and just enjoy the ride.
These Syfy guys clearly have absolutely no idea how to handle science fiction or fans of it - maybe they could spend a little cash to bring somebody on board who does...rather than spending a lot of money on projects that just get shelved or cancelled.
I'm sure they could have just done short seasons of Caprica and B&G and just leapfrog them - covering all the bases.
and RE: babylon 5 - did anyone actually manage to stick with it al the way through? I read a lot to fill in the gaps but I'm sure I missed quite a lot.