Category: Television

Max Headroom: Rakers

Max HeadroomThe second 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.) Howard Sherman and Wortham Krimmer guest star.

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Max Headroom: Blipverts

Max HeadroomThe first 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.) Charles Rocket (Saturday Night Live) guest stars.

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Amazing Stories: Such Interesting Neighbors

Amazing StoriesThe 42nd episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Adam Ant guest stars.

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Amazing Stories: Gershwin’s Trunk

Amazing StoriesThe 41st episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Bob Balaban (Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 2010: The Year We Make Contact) guest stars in an episode co-written and directed by Paul Bartel.

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Twilight Zone: Episode 31

The Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 31st episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Susan Blakely and William Allen Young star in an episode comprised of two short stories, The Card and The Junction.

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Amazing Stories: Family Dog

Amazing StoriesThe 40th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. This is the series’ only animated episode, written and directed by Brad Bird, and featuring the voices of Stan Freberg and Annie Potts. Bird will revive the concept as its own series in the 1990s.

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Amazing Stories: The Eternal Mind

Amazing StoriesThe 36th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Jeffrey Jones (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) guest stars.

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Max Headroom’s Giant Christmas Turkey

Knights Of GodThe Max Headroom Christmas special, Max Headroom’s Giant Christmas Turkey premieres, guest starring Tina Turner, Robin Williams, Dave Edmunds, and Bob Geldof. This is the final episode of the UK-made talk show/music video presenter format for the character.

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Twilight Zone: Episode 30

The Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 30th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Joe Penny (Jake And The Fatman, Riptide) stars in George R.R. Martin’s The Road Less Traveled, directed by Wes Craven (A Nightmare On Elm Street).

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Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord, Pt. 14

Doctor WhoThe 655th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Anthony Ainley appears as the Master. Though no one realizes it at the time of production, this is Colin Baker’s final appearance as the sixth Doctor before the BBC replaces him in the role. It’s also the final Time Lord story until well into the new series of the 21st century. The 23rd season of Doctor Who, and the trial storyline, concludes with this episode.

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Twilight Zone: Episode 29

The Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 29th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. David Greenlee (Beauty And The Beast) stars in The Toys Of Caliban, marking a single-story departure for a series that has thus far worked at least two or three stories into each episode.

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Amazing Stories: The Pumpkin Competition

Amazing StoriesThe 34th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. June Lockhart (Lost In Space) guest stars.

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Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord, Pt. 13

Doctor WhoThe 654th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Anthony Ainley appears as the Master. This is Robert Holmes’ final Doctor Who script completed before his death, and the last episode of the season must be completed by other writers under trying circumstances, including the controversial sudden exit of current script editor Eric Saward.

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star TrekDirected by Leonard Nimoy, who also has a hand in development of the story, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home premieres in theaters. Directly following up on events in the prior two movies, Star Trek IV closes out a trilogy, and by bringing the action to 20th century Earth, complete with fish-out-of-water comedy, becomes a solid hit with an embedded ecological message. The movie’s success caps off a year-long celebration of Star Trek’s 20th anniversary.

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Amazing Stories: Thanksgiving

Amazing StoriesThe 33rd episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. David Carradine (Kung Fu) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) guest star.

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Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord, Pt. 12

Doctor WhoThe 653rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Bonnie Langford debuts as new TARDIS traveler Melanie.

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Amazing Stories: Go To The Head Of The Class

Amazing StoriesThe 32nd episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future) guest stars in an episode directed by Robert Zemeckis.

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Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord, Pt. 11

Doctor WhoThe 652nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Bonnie Langford debuts as new TARDIS traveler Melanie.

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Amazing Stories: Life On Death Row

Amazing StoriesThe 31st episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Patrick Swayze (Red Dawn, Dirty Dancing) guest stars in an episode co-written by Mick Garris and Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape, seaQuest DSV).

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Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord, Pt. 10

Doctor WhoThe 651st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Bonnie Langford debuts as new TARDIS traveler Melanie.

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Amazing Stories: The Greibble

Amazing StoriesThe 30th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Hayley Mills and Dick Miller guest star in an episode written by Mick Garris and directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins).

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Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord, Pt. 9

Doctor WhoThe 650th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Bonnie Langford debuts as new TARDIS traveler Melanie.

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The Real Ghostbusters: When Halloween Was Forever

The Real GhostbustersABC premieres the eighth episode of The Real Ghostbusters, an animated series based upon the hit 1984 movie and featuring the voices of Arsenio Hall, Maurice LeMarche, and Lorenzo Music. This episode, timed to coincide with Halloween, is written by J. Michael Straczynski. Read more

Ewoks: The Season Scepter

EwoksABC premieres the 26th episode of Star Wars: Ewoks, an animated series based upon George Lucas’ furry primitive (and very marketable) characters from the 1983 film Return Of The Jedi. Read more