Star Trek: Discovery: Welcome To Section 31
A very brief untitled extra scene following on from the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery is made available on YouTube by CBS All Access, starring Michelle Yeoh and Alan Van Sprang in a setup for a storyline in Discovery’s second season. The short scene also serves as a trial run for an upcoming series of short stories set in the Star Trek universe, Short Treks, which will debut later in 2018.
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The Flash: Rogue Time
The 16th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) guest stars.
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Farscape: Vitas Mortis
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 24th episode of Farscape.
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Voyager: The Fight
UPN airs the 112th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian) guest stars.
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Star Trek: Voyager now streaming on Paramount Plus
Xena: The Bitter Suite soundtrack
Joseph Lo Duca’s soundtrack from the Xena: Warrior Princess musical episode The Bitter Suite is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Teacher’s Pet
The fourth episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head and Alyson Hannigan also star; Musetta Vander guest stars.
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Lois & Clark: Oedipus Wrecks
The 62nd episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Larry Poindexter and Daniel Roebuck guest star.
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Space: Above And Beyond: Pearly
Fox premieres the 18th episode of the military science fiction series Space: Above And Beyond. Martin Jarvis (Titanic) guest stars.
VR.5: Love And Death
The third episode of the science fiction series VR.5 airs on Fox, starring Lori Singer (Fame) and Michael Easton (Total Recall 2070). David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, The Invisible Man, NCIS) and Louise Fletcher (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Astronomers on Earth discover a comet like none seen before: having flown close to Jupiter in July 1992, the comet has broken into multiple pieces in a configuration that its discoverers call “a string of pearls.” Calculations of the orbit of the newly detected comet, named Shoemaker-Levy 9 after the team that discovered it, reveal something stunning: the orbit of the fragments will bring them back to Jupiter in just over a year, at which point they are expected to collide with the planet rather than pass it by or go into orbit. Not only does this give Earth-based astronomers time to coordinate observations, but NASA has an ace in the hole: the entire event will be witnessed by the unmanned Galileo probe as it makes its final approach to the giant planet.
Super Force: King Of The Trees
The 39th 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). Wrestler Kevin Nash guest stars.
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STS-45
NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on the 46th shuttle mission, carrying the Spacelab-based ATLAS (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science) experiment module. Aboard Atlantis for the nearly-nine-day flight are Commander Charles Bolden, Pilot Brian Duffy, Payload Commander Kathyrn Sullivan, mission specialists David Leestma and Michael Foale, and payload specialists Byron Lichtenberg and Dirk Frimout. NASA extends the mission by one day to accomodate additional experiments.
The Greatest American Hero: There’s Just No Accounting…
ABC airs the 26th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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Pac-Man comes home
After an extremely short development period and industry insider warnings that the finished product wasn’t ready for prime time, Atari’s home version of Pac-Man for the Atari VCS arrives in stores, selling record numbers… and, within weeks, becomes the subject of bad word-of-mouth and critical slams on its weak game play and graphics. At the urging of Atari CEO Ray Kassar, Pac-Man‘s print run exceeds the number of VCS consoles sold to date, since it’s anticipated that the Pac-crazed public will buy the console simply because Pac-Man is available for it.
Tales Of The Unexpected: The Man From The South
ITV premieres the first episode of Roald Dahl’s anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected, hosted by the author himself and adapted from his short stories. José Ferrer and Cyril Luckham guest star.
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Quark: All The Emperor’s Quasi Norms, Pt. 1
The sixth episode of Buck Henry’s science fiction spoof Quark premieres on NBC. Joan Van Ark (Knots Landing) guest stars.
The Incredible Hulk: Of Guilt, Models And Murder
The fifth episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk premieres on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Jeremy Brett (Sherlock Holmes), Loni Anderson (WKRP In Cincinnati) and Deanna Lund (Land Of The Giants) guest star.
Fantastic Journey: An Act Of Love
The sixth episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. Varian hangs up his traveling shoes to get married; his bride, naturally, doesn’t survive to the end of the episode.
The Bionic Woman: Jaime’s Mother
The eighth episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Barbara Rush guest stars.
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The Evil Touch: Death By Dreaming
The 23rd episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Carol Lynley (The Night Stalker, The Poseidon Adventure) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: Frontier In Space, Part 5
The 342nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This is the last story featuring Roger Delgado as the Master before the actor’s untimely death in June 1973. Madhav Sharma (Moonbase 3) guest stars.
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Star Trek: from cancellation to syndication
Having completed its purchase of Desilu Studios, Paramount runs the first print advertisement in Vol. 76, Issue 12 of Broadcasting Magazine, offering Star Trek reruns in syndication. Even though the last episode has yet to air on NBC, it is perhaps telling that the ad promises a set number of “79 episodes of constant quality, now being seen in over 65 countries around the world” – confirmation that there will be no further episodes beyond the current season.
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Death Clock
The 109th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Chris Robinson guest stars.
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Time Tunnel: The Kidnappers
The 28th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, and Lee Meriwether geust star.
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Batman: Not Yet, He Ain’t
The 22nd episode of Batman airs on ABC. Burgess Meredith guest stars as the Penguin. (This is part two of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.)
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Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham
UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 25th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.
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