Star Wars: Rebels: Spark Of Rebellion
Cable channel Disney XD premieres the first full episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga, featuring a cell of rogue Rebels fighting the totalitarian Empire. Though technically in the same continuity as its predecessor, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Rebels is the first Disney-produced Star Wars project following the studio’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012. The first episode is roughly 43 minutes in length, a typical length for hour-long US television drama, but most future episodes (except for select “event” stories) will run 22 minutes long.
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Kaguya at the Moon
Japan’s unmanned Kaguya spacecraft, also known as SELENE, enters a polar orbit around Earth’s moon with an average altitude of 62 miles. Billed by Japanese space agency JAXA as the most significant lunar mission since the Apollo era, Kaguya carries numerous science experiments, though the public is most captivated by video transmitted back to Earth from two on-board HDTV cameras supplied by television network NHK. Kaguya conducts accurate gravitational mapping of the far side of the moon for the first time, and its own terrain camera obtains high-resolution mapping data, which will later be shared with Google for an online 3-D map of the moon.
Eureka: Once In A Lifetime
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 12th episode of the quirky modern-day science fiction series Eureka, starring Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson, Debrah Farentino, Joe Morton, and Matt Frewer. (In the UK and elsewhere, this series is retitled A Town Called Eureka.) Tamlyn Tomita (Babylon 5, Star Trek: Picard) guest stars in the first season finale.
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Lost Season 2 soundtrack
Michael Giacchino’s soundtrack to the second season of Lost is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
The Special Unit 2: The Grain
UPN broadcasts the seventh 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). Pauley Perrette (NCIS) guest stars in the second season premiere.
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The Illustrated Man soundtrack
Film Score Monthly releases the complete soundtrack from the 1969 science fiction movie The Illustrated Man by Jerry Goldsmith (the movie itself having been inspired by the short stories of Ray Bradbury).
Dark Angel
The first episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, premieres on Fox. Though Cameron’s name is used to heavily promote the new series, the feature-length pilot is directed by David Nutter (The X-Files). Stanley Kamel (Monk) and John Savage guest star.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Real Me
The 80th 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. Amber Benson guest stars.
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Lois & Clark: Neverending Battle
The third episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Tracy Scoggins (Babylon 5) and Larry Linville (M*A*S*H) guest star.
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Highlander: The Raven: Full Disclosure
The second episode of Highlander: The Raven, starring Amanda Gracen and Paul Johannson, airs in syndication; the series is a spinoff from Highlander: The Series.
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Creating Babylon 5
Ballantine Books releases a slightly revised American edition of David Bassom’s non-fiction behind-the-scenes book “Creating Babylon 5“, originally published in 1996 in the UK. The book features an introduction by series creator J. Michael Straczynski, extensive interviews with the show’s cast and crew, brief episode synopses, and numerous photos. A sticker is affixed to the cover after printing (but before nationwide distribution) to remind purchasers that the series is moving to cable network TNT in 1998.
Neverwhere: Blackfriars
The fourth episode of Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry’s modern-day fantasy series Neverwhere airs on BBC2, starring Gary Bakewell, Laura Fraser, Hywel Bennett, and Paterson Joseph. Peter Capaldi (The Thick Of It, Doctor Who) guest stars.
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Deadly Games: The Camp Counselor – Part 1
The fifth episode of science fiction series Deadly Games is broadcast on UPN, starring James Calvert, Cynthia Gibb, and Chrstopher Lloyd (Taxi, Back To The Future); Leonard Nimoy serves as the series’ executive producer. Anthony Michael Hall and Kathy Ireland guest star.
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Space Precinct: Protect And Survive
The week-long American syndication window opens for the first episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi police series Space Precinct, produced in the UK with an international cast. Ted Shackelford and Rob Youngblood star; Bert Kwouk guest stars. The series will not air in the UK until a later date.
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Star Trek: DS9: The Search, Part II
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 47th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Salome Jens guest stars; former Star Trek: TNG cast member Jonathan Frakes directs.
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Forever Knight: Forward Into The Past
The 26th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Stephanie Morganstern guest stars.
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Soyuz TM-20
Russia launches the Soyuz TM-20 mission to space station Mir, carrying cosmonauts Alexander Viktorenko and Yelena Kondakova, and German astronaut Ulf Merbold, who will remain for only a month to conduct experiments in orbit. A glitch in the automated docking system forces Viktorenko to assume manual control for the docking with Mir, a problem which will plague future Mir crews. Viktorenko and Kondakova remain aboard Mir for 169 days, returning to Earth in March 1995 with the new space endurance world record holder, Dr. Valery Polyakov, who has spent 437 days in orbit.
STS-51J: the first flight of Atlantis
The inaugural flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis takes the newest orbiter on a four-day Defense Department mission (the specifics of which remain classified). Manning Atlantis for this flight are Commander Karol Bobko, Pilot Ronald Grabe, and mission specialists David Hilmers, Robert Stewart and William Pailes.
Voyagers!
NBC premieres the first episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Ed Begley Jr. guest stars as Wilbur Wright in the pilot episode, written and directed by Parriott.
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Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends: Sunfire
NBC airs the fourth episode of the Marvel animated series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, starring the voices of Dan Gilvezan (Transformers), Kathy Garver (Family Affair), and Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo, Transformers, The Smurfs).
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Berzerk
Pinball manufacturer Stern Electronics establishes a firm foothold as a maker of video games with the paranoia-inducing coin-op Berzerk. Featuring voice synthesis disturbingly similar to the voices of Battlestar Galactica’s Cylon warriors, and a bouncy, smiling killer named Evil Otto who appears with little or no warning, Berzerk becomes a cult classic (even meriting a serenade on Buckner & Garcia’s 1982 album Pac-Man Fever).
Star Blazers: Episode 23
The 23rd episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S.
Battle Of The Planets: Rescue Of The Astronauts
The second episode of the animated science fiction series Battle Of The Planets, Rescue Of The Astronauts, airs nationwide in syndication. The series is a translation and English dub of the anime series Kagakuninjatai Gatchaman.
Raven: Episode 3
ITV airs the third episode of Raven, starring Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia) and Shirley Cheriton (EastEnders).
Six Million Dollar Man: Double Trouble
The 60th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Flip Wilson guest stars.
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NOAA
The United States government reorganizes ESSA (the Environment Science Services Administration) into NOAA or the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, an agency responsible for weather prediction and research and for functions involving oceanic conditions, coastal fisheries, and then-current investigations of a potential Alaskan oil pipeline.
The Invaders: The Enemy
The 22nd episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Richard Anderson (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman) guest stars.
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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: …And Five Of Us Are Left
The 35th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Philip Pine guest stars.
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The Outer Limits: Behold, Eck!
ABC airs the 35th episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Peter Lind Hayes and Joan Freeman star.
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