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Streaming service Paramount Plus debuts the 21st episode of Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, Michelle Hurd, and Jeri Ryan. Jonathan Frakes and Gates McFadden (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest star in the heavily hyped third season premiere, which promises to reunite the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast. 
He’s Only There To Stop His Skeleton Falling Over, the fifth 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) and Neil Casey (Other Space) guest star.
The 861st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 162nd episode since the series’ revival), starring Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, and Tosin Cole.
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The CW airs the 12th episode of Batwoman, starring Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten.
The 14th and 15th episodes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Agent Carter, starring Hayley Attwell as Agent Peggy Carter, is broadcast on ABC. Ray Wise (Twin Peaks), Wynn Everett (The Newsroom), and Kurtwood Smith (RoboCop, That ’70s Show) guest star.
The 37th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW.
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Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 86th episode of Stargate SG-1. Matthew Harrison and Jay Brazeau guest star in an episode directed by Michael Shanks.
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UPN airs the 135th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Manu Intiraymi makes his first appearance as the recurring character Icheb.
The 49th 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 sixth 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. Peter Firth guest stars.
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The fourth and final wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fourth season episode And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place. This release is initially available only through Babylon 5 Magazine; a general release follows in 2001.
The fourth and final wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fifth season (and series) finale episode Sleeping In Light.
The fourth and final wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fifth season episode Objects At Rest.
Columbia Music New Zealand releases ENZSO2, the second album of Eddie Rayner’s symphonic arrangements of Split Enz songs performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and guest vocalists.
The fourth and final wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fourth season episode Falling Toward Apotheosis.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 136th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The 17th 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 15th episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Star Trek) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 60th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor.
Showtime airs the 65th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series.
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The 88th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Justine Miceli guest stars.
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The 65th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. John Neville, William B. Davis, and Nicholas Lea guest star.
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Premium cable channel Showtime airs the 28th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Matt Frewer (Max Headroom), Jayne Heitmeyer (Earth: Final Conflict), Clint Howard (Space Rangers) and Steve Bacic (Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda) guest star.
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Virgin Publishing releases the 47th book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Warchild by Andrew Cartmel.
Virgin Publishing releases the 35th book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Set Piece by Kate Orman.
CBS airs the 20th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Cynthia Belliveau (E.N.G.) guest stars.
The 93rd 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 17th episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Xander Berkeley and Ginger Lynn guest star.
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The 70th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Stuart Whitman and Salome Jens guest star.
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The 17th episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, starring Bernard Behrens, Geordie Johnson, and Mia Kirshner. Geraint Wyn Davies (Forever Knight) guest stars.
The 40th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. This is the series’ only animated episode, written and directed by Brad Bird, and featuring the voices of Stan Freberg and Annie Potts. Bird will revive the concept as its own series in the 1990s.
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The 17th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Bruce Davison (Harry And The Hendersons) and Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager) guest star.
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The 635th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines return as the second Doctor and Jamie, and the Sontarans appear for the first time since the Tom Baker era. Jacqueline Pearce (Blake’s 7) guest stars. Where previous “multi-Doctor” stories have been tied to a major anniversary of the show, this story is merely a celebration of the second Doctor, and marks Troughton’s final appearance in the series before his death.
The 593rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars.
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The 567th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Robbins guest stars as Richard Mace.
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The 51st episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Judge Reinhold and Rick Springfield guest star.
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Programmers Ward Christensen and Randy Suess put their brainchild, the CBBS or Computer Bulletin Board System, online for the first time. Accessible to anyone with a computer modem and a phone line, CBBS allows users to log in one at a time since the system is limited to a single phone line; messages both public and private can be posted. Christensen and Suess become the first SysOps, or System Operators, responsible for both technical maintenance and moderation of the system’s content. Similar bulletin board systems spring up across America and elsewhere (indeed, in the late 1980s, theLogBook itself will be launched as a series of text files on such a BBS).
NBC airs the third 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.) Ronny Cox and Christine Belford guest star.
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The 13th episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. This episode, guest starring Debra Winger, Robert Hays and Barry Van Dyke, closes the first season, and ends the show’s run on ABC. (The series will move to CBS for its second season, as well as reformatting the show into a present day setting, so this is also the end of the show’s World War II setting, which was faithful to the original comics.)
The 365th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Jarvis (Titanic) guest stars. In theory – though there have already been episodes erased from the BBC archives as early as the late ’60s – this is the point at which there is one 25-minute episode of Doctor Who for every day of the year.
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NBC airs the 20th episode of the supernatural anthology series Circle Of Fear (previously known as Ghost Story). Patty Duke and John Astin star; series producer and horror movie mogul William Castle puts in a cameo appearance.
NBC airs the 26th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Joel Grey, Lois Nettleton, and John Saxon guest star; a 20-year-old Mark Hamill (Star Wars) makes one of his earliest on-screen appearances.
BBC1 airs the second episode of Doomwatch. This episode no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
ABC airs the 18th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Alfred Ryder guest stars.
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The 50th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. David Brian (Mr. District Attorney) and Valora Noland guest star.
The 22nd episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Ricardo Montalban guest stars as Khan in the episode that sets up the events of 1982’s movie Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan.
The 21st episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Michael J. Pollard guest stars.
The 11th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Frank Gorshin guest stars as The Riddler. (This is part one of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.)
British broadcaster ABC airs the 47th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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The 87th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Barry Morse and Joan Hackett star.
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