Beauty and the Beast: Terrible Savior
CBS airs the second episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Delroy Lindo guest stars.
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Friday The 13th: The Inheritance
The week-long national syndication window opens for the first episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Gordon Michael Woolvett (Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda) guest stars. The series has no story connections to the movie franchise of the same name, and was originally developed under the title The 13th Hour.
Star Trek: TNG: Encounter At Farpoint
The national syndication window opens for the two-hour premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Encounter At Farpoint. Written by Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and original series story editor D.C. Fontana, this episode introduces the fan favorite nemesis Q, as played by John de Lancie. Though it’s not tied to any network, some of the stations carrying TNG in syndication – including major-market stations – air TNG in prime-time in place of their usual network programming.
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Doctor Who: Time And The Rani, Pt. 4
The 659th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The 24th season also opens the era of the seventh Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy. Kate O’Mara guest stars as the Rani.
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Knights Of God, Episode 4
UK regional broadcaster TVS airs the fourth episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK. Nigel Stock and Michael Sheard (The Empire Strikes Back) guest star. 
Max Headroom: Deities
The eighth 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.) Rosalind Chao guest stars.
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Beauty and the Beast: Once Upon A Time…
CBS premieres the first episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, Once Upon A Time In The City Of New York, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Ray Wise (Twin Peaks) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: Time And The Rani, Pt. 3
The 658th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The 24th season also opens the era of the seventh Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy. Kate O’Mara guest stars as the Rani.
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Knights Of God, Episode 3
UK regional broadcaster TVS airs the third episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK. Christopher Bowen guest stars.
Max Headroom: The Academy
The seventh 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 Concetta Tomei guest star.
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Doctor Who: Time And The Rani, Pt. 2
The 657th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The 24th season also opens the era of the seventh Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy. Kate O’Mara guest stars as the Rani.
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Blackadder The Third: Dish and Dishonesty
The 13th episode of Black Adder airs on the BBC, starring Rowan Atkinson. Geoffrey McGivern (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) guest stars in the first episode of the third season.
Knights Of God, Episode 2
UK regional broadcaster TVS airs the second episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK. Tenniel Evans guest stars.
Doctor Who: Time And The Rani, Pt. 1
The 656th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The 24th season also opens the era of the seventh Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy. Kate O’Mara guest stars as the Rani. For the first time, the series features CGI effects.
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Knights Of God, Episode 1
UK regional broadcaster TVS premieres the first episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK. Gareth Thomas (Blake’s 7) and Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who) star; though filmed in 1985, it is Troughton’s final televised role (he died earlier in 1987). The series has never been repeated.
Star Cops: Little Green Men and Other Martians
The ninth and final episode of Chris Boucher’s futuristic police drama Star Cops, Little Green Men and Other Martians, premieres on BBC2. Originally intended to lead into a second season, this is the last episode of the series. Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast
Star Cops: Other People’s Secrets
The eighth episode of Chris Boucher’s futuristic police drama Star Cops premieres on BBC2. Geoffrey Bayldon guest stars.
Star Cops: A Double Life
The seventh episode of Chris Boucher’s futuristic police drama Star Cops premieres on BBC2.
Star Cops: In Warm Blood
The sixth episode of Chris Boucher’s futuristic police drama Star Cops premieres on BBC2.
The Star Cops: Trivial Games And Paranoid Pursuits
The fourth episode of Chris Boucher’s futuristic police drama Star Cops, Trivial Games and Paranoid Pursuits, premieres on the BBC. Daniel Benzali and Robert Jezek guest star.
The Twilight Zone: Episode 35
CBS airs the 35th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Jennifer Rubin and James Whitmore Jr. (Baa Baa Black Sheep) star in an episode comprised of two short stories, Song Of The Younger World and The Girl I Married. Though the series ends its run on CBS’ prime time schedule at this point, CBS spends over a year retooling the series and moving its production base to Canada to produce a further 30 episodes to air in first-run syndication, bolstering the show’s episode count and its future prospects as a syndicated show.
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Star Cops: Conversations With The Dead
The second episode of Chris Boucher’s futuristic police drama Star Cops premieres on the BBC. Trevor Cooper makes his first appearance as regular Star Cop Colin Devis in this episode.
Werewolf
The first episode of Werewolf airs on the recently-launched Fox Network, the first genre series in the new network’s three-month history. Created by Frank Lupo (The A-Team, Hunter), the series stars John J. York and Lance LeGault, with guest appearances by Chuck Connors (The Rifleman), Ethan Phillips (Benson, Star Trek: Voyager), Michelle Johnson (Blame It On Rio), and Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon A Time, Star Trek: Voyager).
Twilight Zone: Episode 34
CBS airs the 34th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Gina Gershon (Showgirls, Tripping The Rift, Riverdale), Martin Balsam (The Six Million Dollar Man), Jenny Agutter (Logan’s Run), Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager), and Dennis Haskins (Saved By The Bell) star in two half-hour stories combined to fill an hour time slot, as CBS has already cancelled the series (but will revive it under a different production team to produce more episodes to make the Twilight Zone revival viable for syndication).
Star Cops: An Instinct For Murder
The first episode of Chris Boucher’s futuristic police drama Star Cops premieres on the BBC, complete with a theme song by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues (more of which is heard in this episode’s extended intro than any other episode of the series). Andrew Secombe (Star Wars prequels) guest stars. Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast
Twilight Zone: Episode 33
CBS airs the 33rd episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Rob Knepper and Heidi Kozak star in an episode comprised of three short stories, Joy Ride, Helter Skelter, and Private Channel.
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Max Headroom: Blanks
The sixth 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 Concetta Tomei guest star. This is the last episode aired until fall 1987.
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Max Headroom: War
The fifth 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.) Robert O’Reilly guest stars.
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