Day: October 23, 2018

The Flash: The Death Of Vibe

The FlashThe CW airs the 94th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.

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Star Wars: Rebels: In The Name Of The Rebellion

Star Wars: RebelsCable channel Disney XD airs the 59th and 60th episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Forest Whitaker reprises his Rogue One role of Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera.

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Paul Weitz, astronaut, dies

Paul J. WeitzFormer NASA astronaut Paul J. Weitz dies at the age of 85 after battling cancer. Originally assigned to an Apollo lunar mission that was cancelled, Weitz’s first spaceflight was as the pilot of the first manned mission to the Skylab space station, which had suffered critical damage during launch. Weitz and crewmates Pete Conrad and Joe Kerwin had to undertake risky spacewalks to salvage the station, and stayed in orbit for 28 days, an endurance record in 1973. Weitz returned to orbit as the commander of Space Shuttle Challenger‘s first flight in 1983, and remained at NASA until 1994.

Arrow: Broken Dolls

ArrowThe 26th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Michael Eklund (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Wynonna Earp) guest stars.

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Soyuz TMA-06M

Soyuz TMA-06MPart of the 33rd full-time crew of the International Space Station lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Soyuz TMA-06M. Oleg Novitskiy, Evgeny Tarelkin and Kevin Ford take up residence on the ISS for 143 days, becoming part of the Expedition 33/34 crews. All three return to Earth in March 2013 aboard the same vehicle.

Dollhouse: Belonging

DollhouseThe 16th episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Keith Carradine (Madam Secretary) guest stars in an episode directed by Jonathan Frakes. With ratings for the series faltering, Fox pulls Dollhouse from the schedule just before the November ratings sweeps; by the time new episodes resume in December, the series has been cancelled, but the remaining episodes will be “burned off” in December and January.

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Battlestar Galactica Season 3 soundtrack

La-La Land Records releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the third season of Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica reboot. The third season soundtrack CD includes the fan-requested Galactica version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”, which has become integral to the storyline. Read more

STS-120

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Discovery lifts off on the 120th shuttle flight, a 15-day mission to deliver a new module to the International Space Station. The module in question is the Harmony node, which adds space for further modules to be added by future shuttle missions. Aboard Discovery for her 34th mission are Commander Pamela Melroy, Pilot George Zamka, mission specialists Douglas Wheelock, Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson and Paolo Nespoli, and ISS Expedition 16 crewmember Daniel Tani, who remains on the station. Among the items stowed away aboard the shuttle are the screen-used lightsaber prop wielded by Luke Skywalker in Return Of The Jedi.

Birds Of Prey: Prey For The Hunter

Birds Of PreyThe third episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB. Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis) guest stars.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Life Serial

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 105th 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: Limbo

Earth: Final ConflictThe 70th 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: The “A” List

Team Knight RiderThe third episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider airs in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler. George Murdock (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) guest stars in an episode co-written by David A. Goodman (Star Trek: Enterprise, The Orville).

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Lois & Clark: Church Of Metropolis

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of SupermanThe 26th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Dick Miller and Peter Boyle guest star.

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She-Wolf Of London: Moonlight Becomes You

She-Wolf Of LondonThe third episode of She-Wolf Of London is broadcast in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson.

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Star Trek: TNG: The Bonding

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 52nd episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the first televised script written by Star Trek fan (and future Battlestar Galactica remake showrunner) Ronald D. Moore, who pitched stories to the series via the unique “spec script” program which accepted scripts written by unagented writers.

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Freddy’s Nightmares: Photo Finish

Freddy's NightmaresThe 26th 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: Killer Instinct

Freddy's NightmaresThe third 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. Lori Petty guest stars.

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Beauty & The Beast

Atari 2600Activision releases the Beauty & The Beast cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system, a direct competitor for Coleco’s arcade port Donkey Kong.

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Ark II: The Cryogenic Man

Ark IICBS airs the seventh episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Jim Backus (Gilligan’s Island) guest stars. Read more

Electra Woman & Dyna Girl: Ali Baba, Part 1

Electra Woman & Dyna GirlABC airs the seventh episode of Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, part of the Krofft Supershow Saturday morning children’s programming block. This is part one of a two-part story, each episode lasting only around 12 minutes. Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command) and Malachi Throne guest star.

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Monster Squad: The Astrologer

Monster SquadNBC airs the seventh episode of Monster Squad, a live-action Saturday morning comedy starring Fred Grandy. Jonathan Harris (Lost In Space, Space Academy) guest stars.

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Beasts: During Barty’s Party

BeastsITV broadcasts the second episode of horror anthology Beasts, created and written by Nigel Kneale (Quatermass). Elizabeth Sellars and Anthony Bate (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) star, with John Rhys-Davies (Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Sliders) making an early career appearance.

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Doctor Who: The Hand Of Fear, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 435th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Judith Paris guest stars as Eldrad. This marks Elisabeth Sladen’s exit from the series as long-running companion Sarah Jane Smith after three years.

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Space: 1999: Dragon’s Domain

Space: 1999The eighth episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999, Dragon’s Domain premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Michael Sheard guest stars. This is the only episode to show a flashback to life before the moon was blasted out of Earth’s orbit.

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The Avengers: Split!

The AvengersBritish broadcaster Thames Television airs the 133rd episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Day Of Evil

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 64th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Bob Dowdell guest stars.

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