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Published On: April 24, 2022

The Man Who Fell To EarthThe first episode of The Man Who Fell To Earth, a series continuation of the 1976 David Bowie film, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, and Bill Nighy, premieres on the Showtime pay cable channel.

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Published On: April 24, 2018

The FlashThe CW airs the 87th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.

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Published On: April 24, 2013

ArrowThe 20th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW.

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Published On: April 24, 2001

Dark AngelThe 17th episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. John Savage and Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.

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Published On: April 24, 2001

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 96th 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. Clare Kramer guest stars.

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Published On: April 24, 1998

The Outer LimitsShowtime airs the 75th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Gregory Harrison (Logan’s Run, Trapper John M.D.) and William Atherton (Ghostbusters, Defiance) guest star.

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Published On: April 24, 1995

Babylon 5With many of the Chris-Craft television stations that formed its backbone now allied to Paramount’s UPN network, fledgeling network PTEN is in a precarious position – especially when many of those stations bail out or only show PTEN programming in late-night time slots. PTEN parent company Warner Brothers announces that the network’s two most popular shows, Babylon 5 and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, will be renewed for the fall season, but also reveals that PTEN is giving up its ambitions to become the next Fox: in order to keep stations from ditching PTEN entirely, Warner is basically keeping the PTEN brand afloat only as a syndication package for those two shows. The action series Pointman is cancelled, with its remaining episodes to be “burned off” during the summer months prior to the fall season premieres of the two surviving shows.

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Published On: April 24, 1994

Escape From JupiterThe third episode of Escape From Jupiter airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Co-produced by ABC and Japanese network NHK, this children’s sci-fi series stars Steve Bisley (Mad Max).

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Published On: April 24, 1993

HighlanderThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 18th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name. Elizabeth Gracen makes her first appearance as Amanda, another Immortal character.

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Published On: April 24, 1990

Space ShuttleIn the planning stages since the 1970s, and delayed by the post-Challenger-disaster downtime for the shuttle program, the Hubble Space Telescope is finally lifted into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. Hubble is just one of the scientific payloads for the five-day flight, with other experiments being conducted in the crew cabin and the cargo bay. Discovery’s crew for this flight is Commander Loren Shriver, Pilot Charles Bolden, and mission specialists Steven Hawley, Bruce McCandless and Kathryn Sullivan.
Published On: April 24, 1984

Apple IIcNot quite ready to bring the Apple II line to an end, Apple Computer launches the Apple IIc, a smaller form-factor enhanced Apple IIe specifically designed for portability (an optional LCD monitor – with no backlighting – is also made available on this date). Introduced alongside the IIc is a new Apple operating system, ProDOS, meant to mimic some of the object-oriented features of the Macintosh user interface, as well as an Apple II mouse. Perhaps not surprisingly, Apple also chooses to quietly discontinue support for the Apple III on this date as well.

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Published On: April 24, 1978

The Next Step BeyondThe week-long syndication window opens for the 17th episode of The Next Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. This is a remake of the 1959 One Step Beyond episode Father Image.

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Published On: April 24, 1967

Soyuz 1After a day in space aboard a spacecraft crawling with technical glitches, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov orients the Soyuz 1 capsule for return to Earth. Though the vehicle survives reentry through Earth’s atmosphere, the main parachute fails to open, and the first Soyuz capsule returns to Earth at a speed of well over 100 miles per hour, killing Komarov instantly. The Soviet Union’s space program is stalled – much like the American Apollo program, postponed after the fatal Apollo 1 fire – well into 1968 as a result of the need to redesign Soyuz from the inside out.

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