Star Trek: Prodigy: Lost And Found
Streaming service Paramount Plus premieres the two-part pilot episode of the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy, created by Dan & Kevin Hageman. The first Star Trek series in over 40 years designed for a younger audience, the series features the voices of Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, Rylee Alazraqui, and Dee Bradley Baker, with Kate Mulgrew reprising the role of Captain Janeway.
Doctor Who: Arachnids In The UK
The 846th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 147th episode since the series’ revival). Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill star. Chris Noth (Law & Order, Sex And The City) guest stars.
Star Wars: Resistance: The High Tower
Cable channel Disney XD airs the fourth episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Arrow: Beyond Redemption
The 73rd 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) and Neal McDonough (Boomtown) guest star.
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Star Wars Rebels: Always Two There Are
Cable channel Disney XD premieres the 18th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga. Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer) makes her first appearance as Seventh Sister.
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Cygnus cargo ship explodes on liftoff
An unexpected malfunction destroys Orbital Sciences’ unmanned Cygnus cargo spacecraft a mere six seconds after its Antares booster rocket leaves the ground. Supplies and experiments bound for the International Space Station aboard the S.S. Deke Slayton (named after the late Mercury and Apollo/Soyuz astronaut) are destroyed in the explosion, along with several small secondary satellite payloads. Orbital Sciences and NASA begin an investigation into the accident, and cleanup of debris and damage at the Wallops Island launch facility begins.
The Flash: Going Rogue
The fourth episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) and Bruce Harwood (The X-Files, The Lone Gunmen) guest star.
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Gil Melle, TV & film composer, dies
Gil Melle, the composer who created the sound of several seminal ’70s supernatural series, dies at the age of 72. He was responsible for the main title music of such shows as Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, as well as scores for individual episodes of shows like Kolchak, Columbo and The Six Million Dollar Man. On the big screen, he created the memorably abstract electronic soundtrack for The Andromeda Strain, and he was also consistently employed to write music for TV movies, including Gene Roddenberry’s pilot movie The Questor Tapes.
The Strokes: Room On Fire
The Strokes release the album Room On Fire, featuring the single “Reptilia”.
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Cable channel TNT premieres The Cape: Buried In Peace
The eighth episode of the science fiction series The Cape airs in syndication in North America, starring Corbin Bernsen and Adam Baldwin, and focusing on a fictionalized version of NASA’s shuttle program.
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Xena: The Return Of Callisto
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 29th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Ted Raimi (seaQuest: DSV) and Hudson Leick guest star.
Star Trek: DS9: The Assignment
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 101st episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Babylon 5: Z’Ha’Dum
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 66th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Melissa Gilbert guest stars in the third season finale.
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Forever Knight: Hearts Of Darkness
The 55th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and Lisa Ryder.
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Red Dwarf: Emohawk: Polymorph II
The 34th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Hugh Quarshie (Star Wars Episode I) guest stars.
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Star Trek: TNG: The Game
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 105th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Wil Wheaton guest stars as Wesley Crusher.
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Superboy: Young Dracula
The 30th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Lloyd Bochner guest stars in an episode co-written by comics writer Cary Bates and producer Ilya Salkind.
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Texas Instruments out of computer business
After a six-month loss totaling over $200,000,000, Texas Instruments puts its computer division out of its misery immediately, ending all manufacturing and support for the TI 99/4a home computer. Prices on the remaining stock of TI computers drop well below the $100 mark, and the company lays off thousands of employees; third-party software and peripheral vendors such as Milton Bradley take a hit by the end of the year as a result. Company executives describe TI’s losses in 1983 so far as the worst that the company has ever suffered.
Manimal: Female Of The Species
The fourth episode of Glen A. Larson’s superhero series Manimal airs on NBC, starring Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, and Michael D. Roberts.
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Pressure Cooker
Activision releases the Pressure Cooker cartridge for the Atari 2600 home video game system. A fast-paced video game version of the fast food industry, Pressure Cooker turns players into short-order cooks with very little time to accurately build burgers to order.
Jason Of Star Command: Attack Of The Dragons
CBS airs the eighth episode of the Space Academy spinoff series Jason Of Star Command, starring Craig Littler, Sid Haig, and James Doohan (Star Trek).
Doctor Who: Stones Of Blood, Part 1
The 488th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Susan Engel and Beatrix Lehmann guest star.
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Wonder Woman: The Queen And The Thief
The 20th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor), David Hedison (Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea), and John Colicos (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica) guest star.
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Luna 23
The Soviet Union launches the unmanned space probe Luna 23 toward the moon, intended to gather surface samples from the Mare Imbrium region for return to Earth. The sample collection hardware is unable to complete its task after landing, and ground controllers are only able to receive partial scientific data from the lander, whose batteries run out within three days of landing. It won’t be until 2012, when NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographs Luna 23’s landing site from orbit, that the truth will be learned: the lander tipped over on its side during a descent mishap, leaving it intact but unable to gather a soil sample.
The Evil Touch: Seeing Is Believing
The seventh episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Robert Lansing guest stars.
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The Sixth Sense: Once Upon A Chilling
The 18th episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. John Hillerman (Magnum P.I.) guest stars.
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The Avengers: You Have Just Been Murdered
British broadcaster ABC airs the 125th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Land Of The Dead
ABC broadcasts the eighth episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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