Day: October 9, 2018

The Flash: Nora

The FlashThe CW airs the 92nd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. This is the fifth season premiere.

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The Gifted: rX

The GiftedFox airs the second episode of the Marvel superhero series The Gifted, a series set in the universe of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies. Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) guest stars.

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Westworld: Chestnut

WestworldHBO premieres the second episode of Westworld, starring Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, and Evan Rachel Wood.

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Chris Hadfield: Space Sessions

Space SessionsWarner Music Canada releases the album Space Sessions: Songs From A Tin Can by former Canadian astronaut and International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield. Hadfield’s guitar parts and vocals were recorded aboard the station itself, in the relatively quiet confines of his sleeping quarters, using his iPad, and were then overdubbed and finished after his return to Earth. All of the songs on the album are written by Hadfield with the exception of his cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”, which set YouTube viewing records in 2013 when it was released just before Hadfield’s departure from the space station.

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Juno visits home one last time

Earth as seen by JunoBound for planet Jupiter in 2015, the unmanned space probe Juno swings past Earth to catch a gravity assist boost from its home planet. Launched in 2011, Juno slips past Earth at a distance of only 350 miles, boosting its speed to 93,000 miles per hour relative to the sun, fast enough to cross the distance between Earth and its moon in three hours (by comparison, the Apollo manned missions of the 1960s took three days to make that trip). But as it comes out of Earth’s shadow, Juno goes into a failsafe mode to protect the spacecraft against an unanticipated fault. Juno is brought back online within two days as it continues on the final leg of its flight to Jupiter.

Arrow: City Of Heroes

ArrowThe 24th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chornicles) guest stars in the second season premiere.

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Dollhouse: Belle Chose

DollhouseThe 15th episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Arye Gross (NPR’s Star Wars radio adaptation) and Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica) guest star.

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Birds Of Prey

Birds Of PreyThe first episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, premieres on the WB, starring Ashley Scott (Dark Angel), Dina Meyer (Star Trek: Nemesis), Rachel Skarsten (Batwoman), Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds), and Ian Abercrombie. Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) guest stars; Mark Hamill (Star Wars, Batman: The Animated Series) reprises the voice of the Joker. The TV series is created, and the first episode written, by Laeta Kalogridis (Altered Carbon).

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: After Life

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 103rd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star.

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E:FC: Sins Of The Father

Earth: Final ConflictThe 69th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, and Von Flores.

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Team Knight Rider: Fallen Nation

Team Knight RiderThe first episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider premieres in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler (Roswell, Revenge) in a story that takes place decades after the 1980s Knight Rider series. The pilot is co-written by David A. Goodman (Star Trek: Enterprise, The Orville).

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Lois & Clark: The Prankster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of SupermanThe 25th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. John Fleck and Bronson Pinchot guest star.

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Quantum Leap: Justice

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 56th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.

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She-Wolf Of London

She-Wolf Of LondonThe first episode of She-Wolf Of London premieres in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson. The premiere episode is written by series creators and renowned horror filmmakers Mick Garris and Tom McLoughlin. The series is part of a bid by Universal to enter the first-run syndicated drama market that has arisen in the wake of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Ninja Golf

Ninja GolfOne of Atari’s most innovative games of the 1990s is released for the Atari 7800 home video game system. Ninja Golf is a game parodying both the glut of current sports simulations and martial arts fighting games – at the same time. Players take a swing at the ball, and then a swing at their throwing-star-hurling enemies. Despite its cheeky humor and innovative play, Ninja Golf doesn’t make much noise at retail – it’s stealthy, like a ninja.

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Freddy’s Nightmares: Heartbreak Hotel

Freddy's NightmaresThe 24th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger.

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Freddy’s Nightmares: No More Mr. Nice Guy

Freddy's NightmaresThe first episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. The first episode, directed by Tobe Hooper, recounts the trial and execution of Krueger, as alluded to in the A Nightmare On Elm Street movie franchise.

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Max Headroom: Dream Thieves

Max HeadroomThe tenth episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) W. Morgan Sheppard and Jenette Goldstein (Aliens) guest star.

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Beauty and the Beast: Siege

Beauty and the BeastCBS airs the third episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Louis Giambalvo guest stars.

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Football

AvalancheAtari releases the two-player arcade game Football, a refined version of an internal project called Xs and Os that has been in development for some time. Though it’s a well-executed basic football game, Football’s real innovation is its trackball controller, giving players fluid analog control over their onscreen counterparts.

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