Tag: CBS

Beyond Westworld: Sound Of Terror

Beyond WestworldThe third episode of Beyond Westworld airs on CBS, starring Jim McMullan, Connie Sellecca, and James Wainwright. Rene Auberjonois (Benson, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and Ronnie Sue Blakley (A Nightmare On Elm Street) guest star. Due to low ratings, CBS cancels Beyond Westworld after this episode airs, leaving two completed shows unaired. Read more

Beyond Westworld: My Brother’s Keeper

Beyond WestworldThe second episode of Beyond Westworld airs on CBS, starring Jim McMullan, Connie Sellecca, and James Wainwright. NFL players Anthony Davis and Delvin Williams guest star in a football-themed episode. Read more

Beyond Westworld: Westworld Destroyed

Beyond WestworldAttempting to build a TV franchise onto the 1973 hit movie Westworld, the first episode of Beyond Westworld airs on CBS, starring Jim McMullan and James Wainwright. Cassandra Peterson (later better known as Elvira) guest stars. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

The Star Wars Holiday Special

Star WarsHeavily promoted and given a prime-time slot on a Friday night in a world starved for more Star Wars, The Star Wars Holiday Special unfolds on CBS, enveloping millions of viewers in the slowly-dawning horror that the promise of a new adventure for Luke, Han and friends has lured them into watching a third-rate variety show, albeit one in which the character of Boba Fett makes his first appearance. George Lucas disowns the Holiday Special almost immediately, and it is never allowed to be repeated again. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

Logan’s Run: Crypt

Logan's RunCBS airs the seventh episode of the TV adaptation of Logan’s Run. Soon-Teck Oh guest stars in an episode co-written by Harlan Ellison.

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Space Academy: Monkey Business

Space AcademyThe seventh episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. A simian sidekick saves the day when a routine repair mission goes wrong. Read more

Ark II: Orkus

Ark IICBS airs the 15th and final episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Ark II: Don Quixote

Ark IICBS airs the 14th episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Ark II: The Balloon

Ark IICBS airs the 13th episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Ark II: The Mind Group

Ark IICBS airs the 12th episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Malachai Throne (Star Trek) guest stars. Read more

Ark II: The Lottery

Ark IICBS airs the 11th episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Ark II: The Drought

Ark IICBS airs the tenth episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Jonathan Harris (Lost In Space) guest stars. Read more

Ark II: Robin Hood

Ark IICBS airs the ninth episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Ark II: The Rule

Ark IICBS airs the eighth episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Ark II: The Cryogenic Man

Ark IICBS airs the seventh episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Jim Backus (Gilligan’s Island) guest stars. Read more

Ark II: The Tank

Ark IICBS airs the sixth episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Ark II: Omega

Ark IICBS airs the fifth episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Helen Hunt (Mad About You, Twister) guest stars. Read more

Ark II: The Robot

Ark IICBS airs the fourth episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Robby the Robot (Forbidden Planet) guest stars. Read more

Ark II: The Wild Boy

Ark IICBS airs the third episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Ark II: The Slaves

Ark IICBS airs the second episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Read more

Twilight Zone: The Fever

Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 17th episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Everett Sloane stars in a Serling original about addiction to gambling.

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Twilight Zone: The Hitch-Hiker

Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 16th episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Serling adapts a radio play of the same name by Lucille Fletcher, even going so far as to reuse Bernard Hermann’s music from the radio production.

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Twilight Zone: Third From The Sun

Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 14th episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Fritz Weaver stars in Serling’s adaptation of a story by Richard Matheson.

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Twilight Zone: The Four Of Us Are Dying

Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 13th episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Philip Pine and Beverly Garland star in Serling’s adaptation of a story by George Clayton Johnson (Logan’s Run), featuring music by a young Jerry Goldsmith.

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Twilight Zone: What You Need

Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 12th episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Serling himself adapts the darkly humorous (but not specifically Christmas-themed) script from a Lewis Padgett short story.

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Twilight Zone: And When The Sky Was Opened

Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 11th episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Rod Taylor stars in a Charles Beaumont adaptation of a Richard Matheson short story.

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