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theLogBook.com releases the 34th episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the history of first-run syndication in American television as a prelude to Retrogram beginning to cover genre TV from the 1990s.
Streaming service Disney+ releases the seveth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Pedro Pascal and Amy Sedaris reprise their roles from sister Star Wars series The Mandalorian in this series’ finale. 
The fourth episode of Armando Iannucci’s sci-fi comedy Avenue 5 premieres on HBO, starring Hugh Laurie (House), Josh Gad, Lenora Crichlow (Being Human), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Jupiter Ascending), and Zach Woods (The Office, Silicon Valley). Ethan Phillips (Star Trek: Voyager) guest stars.
The 860th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 161st episode since the series’ revival), starring Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, and Tosin Cole.
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The 13th episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Agent Carter, starring Hayley Attwell as Agent Peggy Carter, is broadcast on ABC. Ray Wise (Twin Peaks) and Wynn Everett (The Newsroom) guest star.
Chiptune group 8-Bit Weapon releases the all-instrumental ambient album Disassembly Language: Ambient Music for Deprogramming, Vol. 1 via Bandcamp.
The 36th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW.
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Cable channel Disney XD premieres the 12th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga.
Cable network FXX airs Winter Dragon, a half-hour, low-budget proof-of-concept pilot for a potential TV series based on the late Robert Jordan’s Locus-nominated, best-selling Wheel Of Time books. Red Eagle Productions, which has held the option to adapt the Wheel Of Time novels to film or TV since 2004, rushed the pilot presentation into production and onto the air in order to beat a February 11th deadline, at which time the rights would – if nothing had been produced – revert to Jordan’s estate; Red Eagle bought paid programming time (normally reserved for infomercials) to ensure the pilot aired in time. (Jordan’s series is considered hot property in the wake of the success of HBO’s TV adaptation of another series of fantasy novels, A Game Of Thrones.) Jordan’s widow, Harriet McDougal, expresses surprise and disappointment in the pilot, drawing a lawsuit from Red Eagle Productions, which claims she was fully aware of the production and its distribution method. The lawsuit is later withdrawn, and in any case, the broadcast of Winter Dragon does indeed win Red Eagle an extension on the rights to adapt Wheel Of Time, rights which Red Eagle later brokers to Sony Pictures and then to Amazon. Though all parties prefer to leave Winter Dragon buried in its one-off, 1:30 A.M. time slot, a series proper will be announced in 2018, and will premiere in 2021, with Red Eagle Productions listed in the show’s credits.
Sumthing releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the video game Dark Void.
ITV premieres the fourth and final episode of Steven Gallagher’s short-lived science fiction drama Eleventh Hour, starring Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
Actor Phil Brown, who secured a permanent place in SF lore with the role of Uncle Owen in Star Wars, dies at the age of 89. After spending the early years of his career working in stage productions in New York, he moved to Hollywood and co-founded the Actors’ Laboratory. He was only one film into a directing career when he was blacklisted during the McCarthy hearings, and left America to work in London in 1952 as both an actor and director, not to move back to the US until 1993. He found that his Star Wars role, even as brief as it was, won him a place of honor at many SF conventions, and he spent recent years making the rounds and meeting his fans. He also appeared in Superman, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Twilight’s Last Gleaming, the TV miniseries The Martian Chronicles, and played a brief part in a trailer assembled by Richard Hatch to pitch a revival of the original Battlestar Galactica series.
Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 85th episode of Stargate SG-1.
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UPN airs the 134th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Dwayne Johnson guest stars, though he’s billed as his wrestling nickname “The Rock” since this episode is a tie-in with UPN’s weekly pro wrestling show, WWE Smackdown.
The 48th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) and Alexis Denisof (Angel) guest star.
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Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the fifth episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Monika Schnarre (Beastmaster) guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 135th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The 16th episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider airs in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler.
The national syndication window opens for the 14th episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. Nigel Bennett (Lexx, Forever Knight), Maurice Dean Wint (TekWar, Cube) and Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Star Trek) guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 59th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor.
The 87th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. William B. Davis guest stars.
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The 64th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Robert Clothier and Nicholas Lea guest star.
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Premium cable channel Showtime airs the 27th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Michael O’Keefe (Caddyshack) guest stars.
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Namco releases the arcade compilation Namco Museum Volume 2 for the Sony Playstation, including the ’80s arcade hits Gaplus, Mappy, and Xevious. (This is the Japanese release; the same title will be released in North America later in the year, with a slightly different lineup of games.)
The week-long national syndication window opens for the third episode of Babylon 5. Clive Revill (Wizards & Warriors, The Empire Strikes Back) guest stars.
Power pop supergroup Jellyfish releases its debut album Spilt Milk through Charisma Records. Though generally considered to be an even stronger album than Bellybutton, Spilt Milk marks the end of Jellyfish’s studio career; the band splinters after it is released.
NBC airs the 88th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
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CBS airs the 19th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Jennifer Dale (X-Men, Once A Thief) guest stars.
The 92nd episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard and Justina Vail (Seven Days) guest star.
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The 14th episode of She-Wolf Of London is broadcast in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson. Edward de Souza guest stars in the final episode filmed primarily in the U.K.; filming moves to Los Angeles for the remainder of the series’ single season, which is retitled “Love & Curses”.
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The 16th episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, starring Bernard Behrens, Geordie Johnson, and Mia Kirshner. Marina Anderson guest stars.
The 69th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Stuart Whitman and Salome Jens guest star.
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NASA/JPL’s Galileo space probe – eventually bound for Jupiter – reaches the first destination on its looping “VEEGA” (Venus/Earth/Earth Gravity Assist) trajectory, the planet Venus. This flyby of Venus allows for testing of Galileo’s cameras and other science instruments, offering the first near-infrared views of the planet’s dense clouds, and the discovery that there is almost no water vapor in Venus’ thick carbon-dioxide atmosphere. The next “stop” for Galileo is Earth, mere months later.
The 634th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Kate O’Mara (Dynasty) guest stars as the Rani, a new Time Lady foe for the Doctor, with Anthony Ainley appearing as the Master.
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Activision releases the Beamrider cartridge for the Atari 2600 home video game system.
The 591st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
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The 565th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Richard Todd, Nerys Hughes and Simon Rouse guest star.
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The sixth and final episode of the TV adaptation of Douglas Adams’ science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy airs on BBC2. This ends the BBC’s attempt to turn Hitchhiker’s Guide into a TV franchise; after months of butting heads with the producer assigned to the series, Douglas Adams himself pulls the plug.
NBC airs the second episode of Quinn Martin’s horror/sci-fi anthology Tales Of The Unexpected. (This series is not to be confused with the longer-lived British series of the same name, created by acclaimed author Roald Dahl.) Robert Foxworth (The Questor Tapes) guest stars.
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The 30th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Katherine Helmond (Brazil, Soap) guest stars.
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The 364th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Jarvis (Titanic) guest stars.
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NBC airs the 25th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Jack Albertson, Geraldine Page, and Bobby Darin guest star.
The first episode of the science fiction series Doomwatch premieres on BBC1, created and written by former Doctor Who writers Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis.
The 49th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Diana Muldaur, who will later become a one-season regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1980s, makes the first of two classic Trek guest appearances.
The 21st episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Harry Townes guest stars.
The 20th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Robby the Robot, originally created for the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet, is the “guest star” of this fan favorite episode.
The ninth episode of Batman airs on ABC. Anne Baxter guest stars as Zelda the Great. (This is part one of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.)
Introduced to an audience of screaming teenagers on national television, the Beatles make their American TV debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. The band, whose TV premiere takes place during their first trip to the States, play five songs to rapturous applause. (Ironically, Sullivan’s other musical act of the evening is a young actor named Davy Jones, later of the Monkees.) An audience estimated to be 73 million viewers strong watches this seismic moment in American pop culture, ushering in years of wanna-be sound-alikes both foreign and domestic referred to as the British Invasion.
British broadcaster ABC airs the 46th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens.
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The 86th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Enrest Truex and Russell Collins star.
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