Day: May 9, 2023

Superman & Lois: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Superman & LoisThe CW airs the 38th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.

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Legends Of Tomorrow: Meat: The Legends

ArrowThe CW airs the 84th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Jes Macallan, and Tala Ashe.

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Batwoman: I’ll Give You A Clue

BatwomanThe CW airs the 33rd episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.

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Twilight Zone: Not All Men

The Twilight ZoneThe seventh episode of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) and Rhea Seehorn (Better Caul Saul) star.

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The Expanse: Triple Point

The ExpanseThe 28th 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.

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The Flash: Cause And Effect

The FlashThe CW airs the 67th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.

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K-9: Black Hunger

K-9UK cable channel Disney XD airs the 15th episode of K-9. The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9.

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Hayabusa!

HayabusaJapan’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), launches the unmanned Hayabusa space probe on a mission to gather material from asteroid 25143 Itokawa. Intended to reach Itokawa in two years, and then return the asteroid samples to Earth in 2010, Hayabusa will also attempt to drop a small rover on Itokawa’s surface and will test an ion engine propulsion system. The name “Hayabusa” – translating to “peregrine falcon” – is only bestowed upon the spacecraft once it reaches space; prior to that, Hayabusa is known by its engineering designation, MUSES-C. A few months after Hayabusa’s launch, ISAS itself is renamed JAXA (the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency).

Special Unit 2: The Waste

Special Unit 2UPN broadcasts the fifth episode of the supernatural crime comedy series Special Unit 2, starring Michael Landes (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) and Alexondra Lee (Party Of Five).

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Yoko Factor

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 76th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star. David Boreanaz guest stars.

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The X-Files: Field Trip

The X-FilesThe 138th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Robyn Lively guest stars.

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Sliders: Stoker

SlidersFox airs the 46th episode of Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, and Kari Wuhrer. Neil Dickson (She-Wolf Of London) and Tommy Chong guest star.

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The Outer Limits: Music Of The Spheres

The Outer LimitsShowtime airs the 57th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Howard Hesseman (WKRP In Cincinnati) and Joshua Jackson (Fringe, Dawson’s Creek) guest star.

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Star Trek: DS9: Crossover

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 42nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Andrew Robinson guest stars in the first DS9 episode to revisit the alternate universe of the original Star Trek episode Mirror, Mirror.

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RoboCop: Faces Of Eve

RoboCop: The SeriesThe ninth episode of RoboCop: The Series airs in syndication, starring Richard Eden, Yvette Nipar, Blu Mankuma, and Andrea Roth. David Hemblen (Captain Power, Earth: Final Conflict) guest stars.

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Quantum Leap: M.I.A.

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 30th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Susan Diol guest stars in the second season finale.

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Star Trek: TNG: Conspiracy

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 24th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the goriest episode of the series’ entire run; even improved make-up effects in later seasons never quite match up to this story’s exploding head and torso (graphic visuals which any network with creative input or oversight would likely have nixed). Despite ending on an obvious cliffhanger, this story is never revisited by any later episodes or spinoff series.

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Mariner 8 launched… and lost

Mariner 8NASA and JPL launch Mariner 8, the first of two identical “Mars ’71” orbiters designed to visit Mars. Where previous missions have simply flown past the red planet, Mariners 8 and 9 are intended to put themselves in orbit and remain there to map the majority of the Martian surface. The second stage of the Atlas-Centaur booster used to launch Mariner 8 fails, however, and the robotic Mars explorer crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. Some of its mission objectives are transferred to the identical Mariner 9, due for launch at the end of the month.

Doctor Who: Inferno, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 272nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.

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The Invaders: The Condemned

The InvadersThe 17th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, premieres on ABC. Ralph Bellamy (The Eleventh Hour, The Most Deadly Game) guest stars in an episode that concludes the series’ first season.

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Luna 5: negative, it just impacted on the surface

Luna 5Following two years of aborted or otherwise unsuccessful attempts to launch another robotic lunar lander toward the moon, the Soviet Union sends Luna 5 on its way. Intended to be an automated soft-landing mission, Luna 5 encounters major technical problems as it coasts from Earth to the moon. It does eventually reach the moon, but does so out of control and unable to brake for a survivable landing; the plume of material created by the impact of the 3,000-pound Luna 5 is large enough to be spotted from Earth-based telescopes for several minutes.

Doctor Who: Sentence Of Death

Doctor WhoThe 25th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part five of the story now collectively known as The Keys Of Marinus. Geroge Colouris guest stars.

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The Twilight Zone: Passage On The Lady Anne

The Twilight ZoneThe 119th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Gladys Cooper and Wilfrid Hyde-White star.

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Tales Of Tomorrow: The Golden Ingot

Tales Of TomorrowThe 32nd episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, airs on ABC, with each episode’s opening titles proclaiming that the series is produced “in cooperation with the Science-Fiction League of America”, a collective of sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov and Theodore Sturgeon among its members. This episode stars Gene Lockhart.

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