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Streaming service Paramount+ debuts the 17th episode of Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Alison Pill, Evan Evagora, and Jeri Ryan. James Callis (Battlestar Galactica) and Ito Aghayere guest star. 
The CW airs the 11th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz and Victor Garber. Brent Stait (Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda) guest stars.
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Online streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the eighth and final episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu.
Online streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the seventh episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu.
Online streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the sixth episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu.
Online streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the fifth episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu.
Online streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the fourth episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu.
Online streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the third episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu.
Online streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the second episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu.
The 18th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Emily Bett Rickards (Arrow), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), and Amanda Pays (Max Headroom, The Flash) guest star.
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Online streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the first episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu. Though Other Space is popular with viewers, the Yahoo! Screen service closes within a year.
The 729th episode of Doctor Who (the 31st since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Ardal O’Hanlon and Georgine Anderson (Century Falls) guest star.
The 196th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, and Annabeth Gish.
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Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 27th episode of Farscape.
Showtime airs the 116th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Sean Patrick Flanery (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The Dead Zone) guest stars.
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The second wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fifth season episode The Ragged Edge, within days of the episode’s TV premiere.
The second wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fourth season episode The Face of the Enemy.
The second wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fourth season episode No Surrender, No Retreat.
The second wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the fourth season episode Into The Fire.
The second wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the third season episode Interludes and Examinations.
The second wave of “episodic” soundtracks from the series Babylon 5 is released by Sonic Images Records, including Christopher Franke’s complete score from the second season episode The Fall Of Night.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 42nd episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.
The seventh episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head and Alyson Hannigan also star; David Boreanaz guest stars.
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The 45th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi.
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The sixth episode of the science fiction series VR.5 airs on Fox, starring Lori Singer (Fame), Michael Easton (Total Recall 2070), and Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer). Neal McDonough (Legends Of Tomorrow, Star Trek: First Contact) guest stars.
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Premium cable channel Showtime airs the fourth episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. D.W. Moffett and Rae Dawn Chong guest star in an episode written by Alan Brennert.
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The 47th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Gilbert Gottfried guest stars.
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NBC airs the fourth episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Lance LeGault and Marshall Teague guest star.
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CBS airs the 38th episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice.
The third 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.
Warner Bros. Records releases the album Tango In The Night by Fleetwood Mac, featuring the singles “Big Love”, “Little Lies”, and “Seven Wonders”. This is the final studio album by the lineup that recorded Rumours and Tusk; Lindsey Buckingham goes his own way following this album.
Reprise Records releases Street Life: 20 Great Hits, a compilation album of highlights from the careers of Roxy Music and solo work by its lead singer, Bryan Ferry.
ABC airs the 29th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Barbara Hale (Perry Mason) guest stars.
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The first shuttle to return from space, Columbia touches down on the dry lake bed strip at Edwards Air Force Base in California, two days and six hours after liftoff (and after putting a cool million miles on the odometer). The aerodynamics involved in gliding after re-entry are found to be trickier than the previous test landings of the Enterprise. Inspection of the thermal tiles lining the shuttle’s belly reveals more damage than expected, and NASA begins working to refine the process of fitting the tiles to the shuttle.
The seventh episode of Supertrain airs on NBC, starring Edward Andrews and new cast member Joey Aresco. Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lyle Waggoner (Wonder Woman), Peter Lawford (The Thin Man, Ocean’s 11), Abe Vigoda (Barney Miller), and Sally Kirkland guest star.
ITV airs the fourth episode of Roald Dahl’s anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected, hosted by the author himself and adapted from his short stories. Susan George and Brian Blessed guest star.
The tenth episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Gary Collins (The Sixth Sense) guest stars.
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The second episode of the children’s science fiction series Sky airs on ITV, created and written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin (later the creators of K-9 for Doctor Who).
The 345th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Prentis Hancock (Space: 1999) guest stars.
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The 19th episode of Gerry Anderson’s live-action UFO series airs on ITV, starring Edward Bishop and Michael Billington. George Sewell and Gabrielle Drake guest star.
NASA launches the Nimbus 3 satellite, designed to observe weather patterns from orbit and test new weather and climate detection technologies. Nimbus 3 is the first Earth-orbiting spacecraft to test the SNAP-19 radioisotope thermoelectric generator system; devices similar to the SNAP-19 will become the primary power source for later deep space and outer solar system interplanetary missions. Nimbus 3 loses attitude control in 1970, but is kept online for engineering information-gathering purposes until 1972.
The 28th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Victor Buono guest stars as King Tut.
NASA’s massive Vehicle Assembly Building is completed at the spaceport rapidly taking shape on Cape Canaveral ahead of the Apollo lunar missions. Topped off at a total cost of $117,000,000, the VAB is where Saturn V rockets are assembled for the Apollo moonshots, and the huge, eight-acre building will later transition to the assembly of the Space Shuttle launch system elements and the Space Launch System boosters for the 21st century Orion program.
CBS broadcasts the third episode of the anthology series ‘Way Out, hosted by author Roald Dahl. Lois Smith (True Blood, Twister) stars.
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ABC airs the 13th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Robert Ellenstein and Olan Soule (Super Friends) guest star.
The 102nd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.
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At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Chicago, Ampex demonstrates the first commercially-available videotape deck, the Ampex VRX-1000 Quad VTR, using two-inch-wide open-reel videotape, in spools with a 14-inch diameter, to record and play back up to an hour of television programming. Over the next four days, Ampex receives orders from broadcasters totaling over two million dollars. CBS will give the VRX-1000 its first national on-air use in November, tape-delaying a newscast to its stations on the west coast, allowing the first broadcast of a single program at the same hour in different time zones. NBC will also have the VRX-1000 in use at the beginning of 1957. A newer model capable of recording and playing back programming in full color will become available in 1958. Though it does not record at the same resolution as film, the relative ease of use of videotape will see it replace kinescope film in most TV operations.
The 41st episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Dick Foran and John Doucette.
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