Legends Of Tomorrow: Crisis On Earth-X, Part 4
The CW airs the 41st episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Brandon Routh, Franz Drameh, and Victor Garber. Stephen Amell (Arrow) guest stars in Legends’ portion of this season’s Arrowverse crossover event.
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The Flash: Crisis On Earth-X, Part 3
The CW airs the 76th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Melissa Benoist (Supergirl), Stephen Amell (Arrow), Caity Lotz (Legends Of Tomorrow), and Russell Tovey (Being Human, Doctor Who) guest star in an all-star DC crossover event.
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Mars: Pressure Drop
The third episode of Mars airs on the National Geographic Channel. The series is a hybrid drama/documentary about a fictional human mission to Mars in 2033, contrasted against efforts to prepare for such a mission in the present day. The series is produced by Ron Howard (Apollo 13).
Arrow: Muse Of Fire
The seventh episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. John Barrowman (Torchwood, Doctor Who) guest stars.
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Walking Dead: Wildfire
Cable channel AMC premieres the fifth episode of The Walking Dead, a series based on the popular zombie comic of the same name.
Star Trek: Enterprise: Cold Front
The tenth episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. Matt Wintson guest stars as Crewman Daniels.
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Special Unit 2: The Wall
UPN broadcasts the 14th 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). Kirby Morrow (Dragon Ball Z, Inuyasha) guest stars.
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Dark Angel: Cold Comfort
The seventh episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. John Savage guest stars.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Listening To Fear
The 87th 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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The X-Files: Millennium
The 143rd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Lance Henriksen guest stars as his character from the cancelled X-Files spinoff Millennium; this episode effectively serves as the finale for that show.
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Highlander: The Raven: Passion Play
The tenth episode of Highlander: The Raven, starring Amanda Gracen and Paul Johannson, airs in syndication; the series is a spinoff from Highlander: The Series. Polly Shannon guest stars.
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Star Trek: DS9: Fascination
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 55th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Majel Barrett Roddenberry guest stars as Lwaxana Troi.
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Lois & Clark: Pheromone, My Lovely
The tenth episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Tracy Scoggins (Babylon 5) and Morgan Fairchild guest star.
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Dark Season: Episode 3
The third episode of Dark Season premieres on CBBC (the BBC’s children’s programming block). This is the first drama series created and written by future Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies, and is one of the earliest acting jobs in Kate Winslet’s career. 
Red Dwarf: Polymorph
The 15th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Frances Barber guest stars.
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Star Trek: TNG: Where Silence Has Lease
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 27th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Friday The 13th: Root Of All Evil
The week-long national syndication window opens for the ninth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Barclay Hope (Doctor Who, Stargate SG-1) guest stars.
STS-9
Returning to space after nearly a year of refits, Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on the long-delayed first manned mission of the Spacelab laboratory module, which is installed in the cargo bay. (The nearly month-long delay was the result of a solid rocket booster issue that led to the first-ever return of the shuttle from the launch pad to the Vehicle Assembly Building.) The ten-day mission also boasts the first six-person shuttle crew, featuring the first Spacelab scientists from the European Space Agency, who have been training for this mission since the 1970s. Columbia’s crew includes Commander John Young, Pilot Brewster Shaw, mission specialists Owen Garriott and Robert Parker, and ESA payload specialists Byron Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold.
Voyagers!: Old Hickory And The Pirate
NBC airs the eighth episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Lance LeGault guest stars as Andrew Jackson.
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Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends: Pawns Of The Kingpin
NBC airs the 12th 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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Flight TE901
Air New Zealand Flight 901, a sightseeing flight making a round trip to Antarctica and then back to Auckland without landing, is lost with all hands when it crashes into the slopes of Mt. Erebus in Antarctica. Later investigations reveal that the flight crew and passengers were doomed by a typo made during autopilot data entry, switching the plane’s course from a low-altitude flyover of MacMurdo Sound to a low-altitude collision course with the mountain. (Also uncovered are the great lengths taken by Air New Zealand to accuse the crew of incompetence.) The steps taken to uncover the truth mark the birth of modern air disaster investigation, and the end of Antarctic sightseeing flights for at least a decade.
The early bird gets an empty box
Caught completely off-guard by the seemingly unstoppable runaway success of Star Wars, whose toy license it signed on for earlier in the year, toy manufacturer Kenner does something desperate and unprecedented: it sells a mostly-empty box (contents: the Force?) called the Star Wars Early Bird Kit, containing stickers, pictures, and a card to mail off to receive four figures – Luke, Princess Leia, R2-D2 and Chewbacca – by mail sometime between “February and May 1978.” The delay is needed to ramp up production on the figures, which will also be available at retail in 1978. To the surprise of everyone, including Kenner executive Bernard Loomis, who devised the Early Bird Kit, the result is a runaway sales success story.
The further adventures of Luke Skywalker
A series of story conferences begin between Star Wars writer/director George Lucas and science fiction writer Leigh Brackett, the first work toward shaping the storyline for an anticipated (but still untitled) Star Wars sequel film. Lucas has brought Brackett on board to contribute new ideas, but she will only submit a first draft before succumbing to cancer. The conferences continue through early December; the eventual product of these early story meetings will be 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back.
Six Million Dollar Man: The Thunderbird Connection
The 66th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson.
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Earth II
ABC premieres the two-hour TV movie Earth II, starring Gary Lockwood (2001: a space odyssey) and Mariette Hartley. The movie is intended to serve as a pilot for a potential series, but despite making a powerful impression on science fiction fans, Earth II doesn’t draw a large enough audience to merit a series pickup.
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The Invaders: The Captive
The 30th 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. Dana Wynter (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers) guest stars.
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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Silent Saboteurs
The 42nd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Pilar Seurat and George Takei guest star.
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The Outer Limits: The Inheritors, Part II
ABC airs the 43rd episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Robert Duvall and Steve Ihnat star in the second part of the original series’ only two-part episode.
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Doctor Who: The Daleks
The 47th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part two of the story now collectively known as The Dalek Invasion Of Earth, although the title of this individual episode makes it easily confused with the first season serial of the same (collective) name.
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Mariner 4 to Mars
NASA attempts a second unmanned launch to Mars, successfully putting Mariner 4 on course for its nine-month cruise to the red planet. Intended to take the first-ever close-up pictures from the vicinity of another planet, Mariner 4’s main engineering objective is to simply survive the trip. The main problem encountered en route is a flaky star tracker (intended to lock onto specific stars and keep Mariner 4 in the correct orientation).