Day: March 22, 2023

The Mandalorian: Chapter 20: The Foundling

The MandalorianStreaming service Disney+ releases the the 18th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff, Ahmed Best (Star Wars: Episode I) Temuera Morrison (Star Wars: Episode II) guest star. Read more

Superman & Lois: Into Oblivion

Superman & LoisThe CW airs the 23rd episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, and Alex Garfin.

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Batwoman: Through The Looking-Glass

BatwomanThe CW airs the 16th episode of Batwoman, starring Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten. Alex Zahara (Babylon 5: Legend Of The Rangers, Jeremiah) guest stars.

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The Expanse: The Weeping Somnambulist

The ExpanseThe 19th episode of the science fiction series The Expanse, based on the series of novels by James S.A. Corey (a pseudonym for writers Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham), is broadcast on cable channel Syfy. Terry Chen (Continuum) guest stars.

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Arrow: Kapiushon

ArrowThe 109th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV, Masters Of The Universe, Universal Soldier) guest stars.

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The Flash: Trajectory

The FlashThe 39th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW.

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Spirit signs off

SpiritNASA’s Spirit Mars rover makes its last contact with ground controllers on Earth. With the Martian winter fast approaching, and the rover’s wheels leaving it stuck in an unfavorable position to keep its solar panels angled toward the sun, Spirit gradually loses power until it shuts off, its mission having lasted nearly seven and a half years – almost 30 times its original design and mission lifespan of 90 days. Spirit’s ground controllers are reassigned to either Opportunity (which is still mobile and operating) or the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover mission.

Dark Angel: Exposure

Dark AngelThe 37th episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. Ashley Scott (Birds Of Prey, Jericho) and Callum Keith Rennie (Battlestar Galactica) guest star.

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Stargate SG-1: Summit

Stargate SG-1Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 101st episode of Stargate SG-1. Cliff Simon, Carmen Argenziano, and Anna-Louise Plowman guest star.

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Crime Traveller: The Revenge Of The Chronology Protection Hypothesis

Crime TravellerThe fourth episode of the time-travel/crime series Crime Traveller is broadcast on BBC1, created and written by Anthony Horowitz (Foyle’s War), starring Michael French (Casualty) and Chloe Annett (Red Dwarf).

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STS-76: third Shuttle-Mir docking

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on the 76th shuttle mission, a flight to dock with the Russian space station Mir. Supplies are delivered to Mir by the Atlantis crew, and astronaut Shannon Lucid remains aboard Mir to join its Expedition 21 crew. Atlantis also carries the SPACEHAB module, where both the shuttle and station crews conduct joint scientific experiments. Aboard Atlantis for her 16th flight are Commander Kevin Chilton, Pilot Richard Searfoss, and mission specialists Shannon Lucid, Linda Godwin, Michael Clifford and Ronald Sega.

Sliders: The Good, The Bad And The Wealthy

SlidersFox airs the 13th episode of Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, John Rhys Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, and Cleavant Derricks.

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The Outer Limits: Worlds Apart

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 31st episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard), Robert Ito (Buckaroo Banzai), and Donnelly Rhodes (Battlestar Galactica) guest star.

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Sliders: Pilot

SlidersFox airs the first episode of the new alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, created by former Star Trek: TNG writer Tracy Torme, and starring Jerry O’Connell, John Rhys Davies, Sabrina Lloyd and Cleavant Derricks.

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Dark Shadows: Episode Twelve

Dark ShadowsThe 12th and final episode of a modern reboot of Dan Curtis’ gothic horror series Dark Shadows is broadcast on NBC, starring Ben Cross, Lysette Anthony, Roy Thinnes (The Invaders), and Jean Simmons.

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Tim Finn: Tim Finn

Former Split Enz frontman Tim Finn‘s self-titled third album is released in the United States by Capitol Records; presaging Finn’s merger with younger brother Neil Finn’s group Crowded House, the album is produced by Crowded House producer Mitchell Froom.

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Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 625th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story introduces Colin Baker as the sixth Doctor, though his traumatic regeneration leaves him violently unstable for the first time in the show’s history. Maurice Denham guest stars.

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STS-3

ColumbiaThe testing phase of the shuttle program continues as Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off for her third flight into space. With Commander Jack Lousma and Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton aboard, Columbia stays in orbit for over a week, testing the orbiter’s endurance to heat at different angles to the sun, as well as testing the unmanned Spacelab experiment pallets in the cargo bay. This is the first shuttle flight to end on the contingency landing site at White Sands, New Mexico.

Doctor Who: Time-Flight, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 576th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Anthony Ainley appears as the Master; Nigel Stock also guest stars in a story shot in and around a real Concorde supersonic jetliner.

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Soyuz 39

Soyuz 39Soyuz 39 lifts off from the Soviet Union, carrying its two-man crew on a week-long spaceflight including a visit to space station Salyut 6. The crew consists of cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Jugderdemidiin Gurragchaa, the first Mongolian in space. In conjunction with the resident Salyut 6/Soyuz T-4 crew, they conduct scientific and engineering experiments, some of them studying the state of Salyut 6 after several years in orbit. The Soyuz 39 crew returns to Earth on March 30th.

Star Wars Radio: A Wind To Shake The Stars

Star Wars RadioThe first episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the science fiction blockbuster Star Wars airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. The series is produced by the NPR affiliate at the University of Southern California, where George Lucas attended film school (and to whom he sold the radio adaptation rights for the princely sum of one dollar). Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels are the only actors to reprise their movie roles, with the rest of the characters being recast.

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Tales Of The Unexpected: The Hitch-Hiker

Tales Of The UnexpectedITV airs the 13th episode of Roald Dahl’s anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected, hosted by the author himself and adapted from his short stories. Rod Taylor (The Birds, The Time Machine) and Cyril Cusack guest star.

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Star Wars begins filming

Star WarsWith a budget of $8,000,000 behind him, writer/director George Lucas begins filming his ambitious new science fiction film Star Wars. The location shooting in Tunisia is far from easy, with every thing from dust storms to the language barrier between the filmmakers and the locals impeding progress.

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Doctor Who: Genesis Of The Daleks Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 394th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This episode marks the first-ever appearance of Davros in the series, as well as the first attempt to nail down an origin story for the Daleks themselves.

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Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Satisfaction Guaranteed

Night GalleryNBC airs the 29th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Victor Buono (Batman) guest stars in the second season closer, and the first instance of a Night Gallery episode telling a single story in a half-hour time slot, which will become the show’s new format in its third season.

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Land Of The Giants: Graveyard Of Fools

Land Of The GiantsABC airs the 51st and final episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Albert Salmi guest stars.

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Doctor Who: The Space Pirates, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 240th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is the second story written by Robert Holmes, and is the most recent Doctor Who story to be missing entire episodes from the BBC’s archives.

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