WandaVision: Now In Color
Streaming service Disney Plus releases the third episode of WandaVision, created for TV by Jac Schaeffer and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and Kathryn Hahn.
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Batwoman: Whatever Happened To Kate Kane?
The CW airs the 21st episode of Batwoman. Javicia Leslie takes over as the series lead as Ryan Wilder, who assumes the mantle of Batwoman in the second season premiere.
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WandaVision
Streaming service Disney Plus premieres the first and second episodes of WandaVision, created for TV by Jac Schaeffer and starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprising the characters of Wanda Maximoff and Vision. Kathryn Hahn also stars. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the series involves the characters after the events of Avengers: Endgame, and progresses through a succession of styles patterned on classic TV sitcoms (for reasons that become apparent as the story unfolds).
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The Mandalorian: Chapter 16
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 16th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Temuera Morrison, Katee Sackhoff, Mark Hamill, and Giancarlo Esposito guest star in the second season finale, which also sets up a spinoff for Morrison’s Boba Fett character.
Jeremy Bulloch, actor, dies
British actor Jeremy Bulloch, best known internationally for playing the role of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return Of The Jedi (1983), dies at the age of 75. A child actor who went professional at a young age, Bulloch made two Doctor Who appearances (The Space Museum, 1965 and The Time Warrior, 1973), and made guest appearances in Strange Report, Chocky, and Robin of Sherwood. His initial appearance as Boba Fett was considered a very minor role for him as he was, at the time, starring in the popular UK sitcom Agony, broadcast on London Weekend Television, and his combined appearances in both Star Wars films added up to less than two minutes of screen time. After making a fleeting appearance as an unrelated character in 2005‘s Star Wars Episode III, Bulloch became a regular in the 2009 sci-fi comedy Starhyke, co-starring as the ship’s doctor. Like many of his other masked Star Wars castmates, his helmet afforded him little anonymity and he was a favorite on the sci-fi convention circuit.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 15
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 15th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Temuera Morrison, Bill Burr, and Giancarlo Esposito guest star.
Daleks!: Day Of Reckoning
The BBC releases the fifth and final episode of Daleks!, an animated Doctor Who spinoff centered around that franchise’s most enduring villains, on YouTube, featuring the voices of Anjli Mohindra (The Sarah Jane Adventures), Ayesha Antoine, and Nicholas Briggs. This is part of the “Time Lord Victorious” alternate-timeline multimedia event.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 14
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 14th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Temuera Morrison (Star Wars Episode II) returns to the role of Boba Fett.
Daleks!: The Deadly Ally
The BBC releases the fourth episode of Daleks!, an animated Doctor Who spinoff centered around that franchise’s most enduring villains, on YouTube, featuring the voices of Anjli Mohindra (The Sarah Jane Adventures), Ayesha Antoine, and Nicholas Briggs. This is part of the “Time Lord Victorious” alternate-timeline multimedia event.
David Prowse, actor, dies
British-born actor and bodybuilder David Prowse, a towering figure who gained fame primarily as the physical embodiment of Darth Vader in the first three Star Wars films, dies after a brief illness at the age of 85. Sought after for movie roles – often non-speaking, and frequently in monster suits of one kind or another – Prowse had also played a Minotaur in Doctor Who (The Time Monster, 1972), a space creature in Space: 1999 (The Beta Cloud, 1976), and even after his sudden rise to fame via Star Wars, appeared in such roles as Hotblack Desiato’s bodyguard in the fifth episode of the BBC’s TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy in 1981, which offered him a rare speaking part. A favorite on the convention and autograph circuit, Prowse had only retired from a busy schedule of convention appearances a couple of years prior to his death. He was sought by George Lucas to play either Vader or Chewbacca after Lucas saw his brief appearance as a muscular bodyguard in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. Prowse had also appeared as a superhero in a series of public safety announcements and films in the UK, which won him much acclaim over the years.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 13
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 13th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Rosario Dawson (Daredevil) assumes the role of an older Ahsoka Tano, the character’s first live-action appearance after being established in previous Star Wars animated series.
Daleks!: Planet Of The Mechanoids
The BBC releases the third episode of Daleks!, an animated Doctor Who spinoff centered around that franchise’s most enduring villains, on YouTube, featuring the voices of Anjli Mohindra (The Sarah Jane Adventures), Ayesha Antoine, and Nicholas Briggs. This is part of the “Time Lord Victorious” alternate-timeline multimedia event, and marks the first on-screen appearance of the Mechanoids since their debut in a 1966 Doctor Who episode.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 12
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 12th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Gina Carano, Carl Weathers, and Giancarlo Esposito guest star in an episode directed by Weathers.
Herbert F. Solow, producer, dies
Hired by Lucille Ball to help turn around the fortunes of Desilu Studios in the 1960s following her divorce from studio co-founder Desi Arnaz, producer and production executive Herbert F. Solow became known as “the man who sold Star Trek” – namely, he pitched the series to the networks, and finally made a sale to NBC, getting the storied science fiction series on the air at last. Solow also sold CBS on the spy-fi series Mission: Impossible at the same time, and later scored another major sale to CBS in the form of the detective series Mannix. He adapted (from a novel) and produced the early 1970s TV movie adaptation Killdozer, and co-created the late ’70s sci-fi series Man From Atlantis. He also went on to add “movie producer” to his resume; in later years, he looked back fondly upon his role in starting the Star Trek franchise with such biographical books as “Inside Star Trek: The Real Story“. Herb Solow died at the age of 89.
Daleks!: The Sentinel Of The Fifth Galaxy
The BBC releases the second episode of Daleks!, an animated Doctor Who spinoff centered around that franchise’s most enduring villains, on YouTube, featuring the voices of Joe Sugg and Nicholas Briggs. This is part of the “Time Lord Victorious” alternate-timeline multimedia event.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 11
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 11th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) guest stars.
Daleks!: The Archive Of Islos
The BBC premieres the first episode of Daleks!, an animated Doctor Who spinoff centered around that franchise’s most enduring villains, on YouTube, featuring the voices of Ayesha Antoine and Nicholas Briggs. This is part of the “Time Lord Victorious” alternate-timeline multimedia event.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 10
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the tenth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Amy Sedaris and Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace) guest star.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 9
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the ninth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal. Timothy Olyphant and Amy Sedaris guest star in the second season premiere.
Star Trek: Discovery: You Are That Hope
Streaming service CBS All Access releases the 30th episode of Star Trek: Discovery, opening the series’ third season, which has been delayed for the better part of a year due to the COVID-19 outbreak forcing an unexpected switch to remote post-production. David Ajala (Doctor Who) joins the series’ regular cast for the third season, which takes place in a future centuries beyond what has previously been chronicled in any prior Star Trek series.
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Star Trek: Lower Decks: Moist Vessel
Streaming service CBS All Access releases the fourth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, created by Mike McMahan (Rick & Morty) and starring Tawny Newsome (Space Force), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Noel Wells (Craig Of The Creek), Eugene Cordero (Other Space), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Futurama), and Jerry O’Connell (Sliders). Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) guest stars.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Temporal Edict
Streaming service CBS All Access premieres the third episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, created by Mike McMahan (Rick & Morty) and starring Tawny Newsome (Space Force), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Noel Wells (Craig Of The Creek), Eugene Cordero (Other Space), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Futurama), and Jerry O’Connell (Sliders). Neil Casey (Other Space, Avenue 5) guest stars.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Envoys
Streaming service CBS All Access premieres the second episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, created by Mike McMahan (Rick & Morty) and starring Tawny Newsome (Space Force), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Noel Wells (Craig Of The Creek), Eugene Cordero (Other Space), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Futurama), and Jerry O’Connell (Sliders). Jess Harnell (Animaniacs) guest stars.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Second Contact
Streaming service CBS All Access premieres the first episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, created by Mike McMahan (Rick & Morty) as the first ongoing animated Star Trek series since the early 1970s. Chronicling the voyages of a new set of characters aboard the 24th century U.S.S. Cerritos, Lower Decks stars Tawny Newsome (Space Force), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Noel Wells (Craig Of The Creek), Eugene Cordero (Other Space), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Futurama), and Jerry O’Connell (Sliders).
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The year sci-fi took over the Emmys
The nominees for the 72nd annual Emmy Awards are announced, and genre shows are unusually well represented. HBO’s comics adaptation Watchmen raKes in 26 nominations, including Outstanding Limited Series and the best actor, actress, writing, directing, music, costuming, and design awards in the Limited Series category. The Mandalorian is nominated in 15 categories, including Best Drama Series, music, guest actor, voice-over performance, and visual effects; Westworld is nominated in 11 categories, The Handmaid’s Tale is nominated in ten (including Best Drama Series), Stranger Things nets eight nominations (including Best Drama Series), Star Trek: Picard is nominated in five categories, and Space Force is nominated in four. One nomination each goes to Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Wars: Resistance, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Lost In Space, Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance, Chasing The Moon, The Boys, Black Mirror, and the interactive feature Doctor Who: The Runaway. CNN’s Apollo 11 documentary is nominated in five categories.
Grant Imahara, actor, dies
Grant Imahara, who played Lt. Sulu in the fan-made series Star Trek Continues but is probably better known for his part in the popular TV series Mythbusters, dies from a ruptured brain aneurysm at the age of 49. As a member of Mythbusters’ “Build Team”, he used his background in electrical engineering and robotic design to help create real-world proofs of the sometimes outlandish ideas being tested in the show. Prior to that, Imahara worked at Industrial Light & Magic, and had built and operated droids (including R2-D2) for the Star Wars prequel trilogy, as well as doing similar work for movies such as Galaxy Quest, AI, Terminator 3, and the Matrix trilogy. He had roles in Sharknado 3 and episodes of Eureka.
Twilight Zone: Season 2
The second season of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Unusually for CBS All Access, which normally rolls out one episode per week of its original series, all ten episodes of the season are made available simultaneously, more in line with Netflix’s distribution model.
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Legends Of Tomorrow: Swan Thong
The CW airs the 82nd episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe. This is the fifth season finale.
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Legends Of Tomorrow: The One Where We’re Trapped On TV
The CW airs the 81st episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe.
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Legends Of Tomorrow: I Am Legends
The CW airs the 80th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe.
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