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The CW airs the 92nd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. This is the fifth season premiere.
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Fox airs the second episode of the Marvel superhero series The Gifted, a series set in the universe of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies. Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) guest stars. 
HBO premieres the second episode of Westworld, starring Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, and Evan Rachel Wood.
Warner Music Canada releases the album Space Sessions: Songs From A Tin Can by Canadian astronaut and musician Chris Hadfield, including material recorded by Hadfield during his stay aboard the International Space Station.
Bound for planet Jupiter in 2015, the unmanned space probe Juno swings past Earth to catch a gravity assist boost from its home planet. Launched in 2011, Juno slips past Earth at a distance of only 350 miles, boosting its speed to 93,000 miles per hour relative to the sun, fast enough to cross the distance between Earth and its moon in three hours (by comparison, the Apollo manned missions of the 1960s took three days to make that trip). But as it comes out of Earth’s shadow, Juno goes into a failsafe mode to protect the spacecraft against an unanticipated fault. Juno is brought back online within two days as it continues on the final leg of its flight to Jupiter.
The 24th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chornicles) guest stars in the second season premiere.
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Frontier Records releases the Jeff Lynne solo album Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra, an album of new recordings of ELO hits, plus one new song, performed entirely by Lynne.
The 15th episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Arye Gross (NPR’s Star Wars radio adaptation) and Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica) guest star.
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Warner Bros. Records releases Steve Jablonsky‘s soundtrack from the live-action Transformers movie.
The third episode of Tim Kring’s sci-fi/superhero series Heroes airs on NBC, starring Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, and Milo Ventimiglia.
BBC Home Video and 2|entertain release the 1975 Doctor Who story The Sontaran Experiment on DVD. (This title will receive a later release date in North America.)
The 29th episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN.
The first episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, premieres on the WB, starring Ashley Scott (Dark Angel), Dina Meyer (Star Trek: Nemesis), Rachel Skarsten (Batwoman), Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds), and Ian Abercrombie. Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) guest stars; Mark Hamill (Star Wars, Batman: The Animated Series) reprises the voice of the Joker. The TV series is created, and the first episode written, by Laeta Kalogridis (Altered Carbon).
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The 103rd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 114th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Adrienne Wilkinson guest stars.
The 69th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, and Von Flores.
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Big Finish Productions releases the 13th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy, Shopie Aldred, and Lisa Bowerman as Professor Bernice Summerfield, the character’s first appearance in official Doctor Who media other than books and comics.
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 33rd episode of Stargate SG-1. Sarah Douglas (Superman II) and Carmen Argenziano guest star.
Pocket Books releases the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel “The Dominion War, Book One: Behind Enemy Lines”, written by John Vornholt.
The first episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider premieres in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler (Roswell, Revenge) in a story that takes place decades after the 1980s Knight Rider series. The pilot is co-written by David A. Goodman (Star Trek: Enterprise, The Orville).
UPN airs the 47th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Bruce Davison (X-Men, Harry And The Hendersons) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 73rd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Tony Todd guest stars.
The sixth episode of Lawrence Hertzog’s paranoid spy-fi thriller Nowhere Man, starring Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek), airs on UPN.
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UPN airs the 22nd episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This episode is directed by former Star Trek: TNG cast member Jonathan Frakes.
The 25th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. John Fleck and Bronson Pinchot guest star.
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NBC airs the 56th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
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The first episode of She-Wolf Of London premieres in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson. The premiere episode is written by series creators and renowned horror filmmakers Mick Garris and Tom McLoughlin. The series is part of a bid by Universal to enter the first-run syndicated drama market that has arisen in the wake of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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One of Atari’s most innovative games of the 1990s is released for the Atari 7800 home video game system. Ninja Golf is a game parodying both the glut of current sports simulations and martial arts fighting games – at the same time. Players take a swing at the ball, and then a swing at their throwing-star-hurling enemies. Despite its cheeky humor and innovative play, Ninja Golf doesn’t make much noise at retail – it’s stealthy, like a ninja.
Fox Network airs the fourth episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. Lori Petty (VR.5, Tank Girl) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 50th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Good tea. Nice house. John Anderson guest stars.
The 24th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger.
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The first episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. The first episode, directed by Tobe Hooper, recounts the trial and execution of Krueger, as alluded to in the A Nightmare On Elm Street movie franchise.
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The tenth 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 Jenette Goldstein (Aliens) guest star.
CBS airs the third episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Louis Giambalvo guest stars.
The 45th episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, airs in syndication across the U.S.
The sixth episode of the animated science fiction series Battle Of The Planets, Big Robot Gold Grab, airs nationwide in syndication. The series is a translation and English dub of the anime series Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman.
Atari releases the two-player arcade game Football, a refined version of an internal project called Xs and Os that has been in development for some time. Though it’s a well-executed basic football game, Football’s real innovation is its trackball controller, giving players fluid analog control over their onscreen counterparts.
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 25 into Earth orbit, with cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalyonok and Valery Ryumin set to become the first occupants of the new Salyut 6 space station. However, the crew is unable to successfully dock Soyuz 25 to Salyut 6, and after a fifth attempt to dock, the mission is aborted and the cosmonauts are recalled to Earth due to concerns about the remaining fuel in their vehicle. As a result, Soyuz 25 is the last all-rookie Soviet space crew until the 1990s.
The 84th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Ted Cassidy guest stars.
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CBS airs the fifth episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Helen Hunt (Mad About You, Twister) guest stars.
The 30th episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 airs on British broadcaster ITV, starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Catherine Schell. Bernard Kay (Doctor Zhivago) and Guy Rolfe guest star.
The 433rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Judith Paris guest stars as Eldrad.
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NBC airs the fifth episode of Monster Squad, a live-action Saturday morning comedy starring Fred Grandy. Marty Allen guest stars as “Lorenzo Musica”, a joking reference to actor Lorenzo Music. Series creator Stanley Ralph Ross (Wonder Woman) also makes a brief on-screen appearance in an episode written by Chuck McCann (Far Out Space Nuts).
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ABC airs the fifth episode of Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, part of the Krofft Supershow Saturday morning children’s programming block. This is part one of a two-part story, each episode lasting only around 12 minutes.
The 27th episode of Filmation’s live-action Shazam! series airs on CBS, starring John Davey, Michael Gray and Les Tremayne. Eric Laneuville (Room 222, St. Elsewhere) guest stars.
The sixth episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Jeremy Kemp guest stars.
The sixth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s Far-Out Space Nuts airs on CBS, starring Bob Denver (Gillgan’s Island) and Chuck McCann (Herbie Rides Again).
Decca Records releases the eighth album by the Moody Blues, Seventh Sojourn (the seven, in this case, referring to the seventh album by the band since the addition of Justin Hayward and John Lodge in the 1960s). The album includes the singles “Isn’t Life Strange” and “I’m Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band”.
British broadcaster Thames Television airs the 131st episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson.
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The 62nd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Henry Jones guest stars.
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