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Television

The Next Step Beyond: Ghost Town

  • February 13, 1978

The Next Step BeyondThe week-long syndication window opens for the seventh episode of The Next Step Beyond, a revival of the 1950s/60s supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.

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Television X-Files

The X-Files: Closure

  • February 13, 2000

The X-FilesThe 150th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. William B. Davis guest stars.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Crush

  • February 13, 2001

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 92nd 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. Juliet Landau guest stars.

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Dark Angel: Rising

  • February 13, 2001

Dark AngelThe 12th episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. John Savage and Garry Chalk (Transformers) guest star.

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Special Unit 2: The Wish

  • February 13, 2002

Special Unit 2UPN broadcasts the 18th and final episode of the supernatural crime comedy series Special Unit 2, starring Michael Landes (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) and Alexondra Lee (Party Of Five). Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Ben Cotton (Stargate Atlantis, Mars), and Sam Whipple (Seven Days) guest star; this is Smulders’ TV debut.

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Deaths Matters of Life & Death

Andreas Katsulas, Babylon 5 actor, dies

  • February 13, 2006

Andreas Katsulas as G'KarActor Andreas Katsulas, known to SF fans as Babylon 5′s eloquent Ambassador G’Kar, dies of lung cancer at the age of 59. After making a mark with Star Trek fans as Next Generation’s feisty recurring Romulan, Commander Tomalok, he landed the part of Babylon 5′s resident Narn ambassador and stayed with it from the 1993 pilot movie through the most recent Babylon 5 project to date, the 2002 TV movie Legend Of The Rangers. He also made appearances in Max Headroom, Alien Nation, Star Trek: Enterprise, Millennium, NYPD Blue, and movies such as the big-screen adaptation of The Fugitive.

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Odyssey Video Games

White House honors Odyssey inventor

  • February 13, 2006

Ralph Baer with President BushRalph Baer, the inventor of home video games, receives the National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush. While working for defense contractor Sanders & Associates in the 1960s, Baer pioneered the concept of interactive television programming, eventually gathering a hand-picked team to create a prototype called the Brown Box. Baer and his employer licensed the technology to Magnavox, which repackaged it and marketed it as the world’s first home video game console, the Odyssey. Baer also created other key video game innovations, such as the first light gun.