Day: April 30, 2019

The Flash: Gone Rogue

The FlashThe CW airs the 111th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.

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Peter Mayhew, actor, dies

Peter MayhewActor Peter Mayhew, who went from a job as a hospital orderly to co-starring in the Star Wars films as Chewbacca, dies at the age of 74. Following filming on Star Wars, with no way to anticipate the movie’s upcoming blockbuster success, Mayhew returned to his orderly job, continuing that line of work after the filming of both 1980‘s The Empire Strikes Back and 1983‘s Return Of The Jedi, before becoming a full-time fixture at Star Wars and science fiction conventions (and, later, the internet, regaling fans with behind-the-scenes stories both in person and online). He had some prior monster-suit-acting experience before George Lucas hired him for Star Wars, but not enough to amount to a steady stream of work. He reprised the role of Chewie in 2005‘s Revenge Of The Sith and 2015‘s The Force Awakens before handing the Wookiee suit off to former basketball player Joonas Suotamo, but still received a consulting credit for 2017‘s The Last Jedi, coaching Suotamo during filming. He had also put on the Wookiee suit for any number of promotional appearances, playing the character on The Muppet Show and Donny & Marie, as well as the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, which afforded Chewie a larger role than some of the movies did.

Arrow: City Of Blood

ArrowThe 44th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) guest stars.

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Eureka: Force Quit

EurekaSyfy airs the 67th episode of the science fiction series Eureka, starring Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and Joe Morton. Debrah Farentino (Earth 2), Ming-Na Wen (Agents Of SHIELD, The Book Of Boba Fett), and Tembi Locke (Sliders) guest star.

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Doctor Who: Day Of The Moon

Doctor WhoThe 774th episode of Doctor Who (the 76th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1, guest starring Alex Kingston and Mark Sheppard.

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Doctor Who: Dalek

Doctor WhoThe 704th episode of Doctor Who (the sixth since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Corey Johnson guest stars. This is the first appearance of the Daleks since the series relaunch, and the first episode to establish that the Doctor destroyed both the Daleks and the Time Lords at the end of the Time War.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Entropy

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 118th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.

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E:FC: Epiphany

Earth: Final ConflictThe 86th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, and Von Flores.

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The X-Files: Hollywood A.D.

The X-FilesThe 158th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Garry Shandling and Tea Leoni guest star.

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Lexx: Heaven and Hell

LexxSci-Fi Channel premieres the 37th episode of Lexx. Nigel Bennett (Forever Knight) guest stars as Prince; this episode brings the third season to an end.

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The Outer Limits: The Shroud

The Outer LimitsShowtime airs the 97th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Samantha Mathis and David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H) guest star.

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Art Of Noise: In Visible Silence

Art Of NoiseArt Of Noise, now signed to Chrysalis Records, releases its second album, In Visible Silence. Band members Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan, having split with founding members Paul Morley and Trevor Horn, continue the group’s sample-heavy sound with a more popular direction, including collaborations with Duane Eddy (on a well-known cover of his 1959 TV theme “Peter Gunn”) and, bizarrely but appropriately, Max Headroom (a.k.a. actor Matt Frewer). The popular instrumental “Legs” also comes from this album.

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Take The Money And Run!

Odyssey2Magnavox releases the video game cartridge Take The Money And Run! for the Odyssey2 video game system, designed and programmed by Ed and Linda Averett. This is a two-player maze game that predates Pac-Man.

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Project UFO Sighting 4009: The French Incident

Project UFOThe ninth episode of Harold Jack Bloom’s sci-fi series Project UFO airs on NBC, portraying fictionalized investigations into what the show claims are actual cases from the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book investigations. William Jordan and Caskey Swaim star. Eric Braeden (The Young And The Restless, Escape From The Planet Of The Apes) guest stars.

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Future Cop: The Kansas City Kid

Future CopABC airs the sixth episode of Future Cop, starring Ernest Borgnine (McHale’s Navy), Michael J. Shannon, and John Amos (Good Times). Joan Collins (Dynasty) guest stars. The series is cancelled following the broadcast of this episode, but will reappear a year later as a new pilot for NBC. Read more

Survivors: Gone Away

SurvivorsThe third episode of Terry Nation’s post-apocalyptic series Survivors, Gone Away premieres on the BBC.

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The Tomorrow People: Slaves Of Jedikiah, Part 1

The Tomorrow PeopleThe first episode of The Tomorrow People series premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Intended to rival the BBC’s venerable (but aging) Doctor Who, this is part one of a five-part story. Francis de Wolff guest stars.

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Doctor Who: A Holiday For The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe 115th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part one of the story now collectively known as The Gunfighters.

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Adventures Of Superman: The Talking Clue

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 54th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Billy Nelson guest stars.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Y.O.R.D.

Science Fiction TheatreThe fourth episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Walter Kingsford and DeForest Kelley.

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