The X-Files: This Is Not Happening

The X-FilesThe 175th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and Robert Patrick. David Duchovny appears as Agent Mulder; future series regular Annabeth Gish makes her first appearance as Agent Monica Reyes.

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Rosetta at Mars

Rosetta at MarsESA’s unmanned Rosetta space probe, carrying the Philae lander bound for a 2014 rendezvous with Comet 67/P Churyumov–Gerasimenko, makes a gravity-assist flyby of planet Mars to alter its trajectory. As Rosetta will be only 160 miles from the Martian surface at its closest approach, the spacecraft is put into a safe mode for this critical part of its trip, and emerges unscathed. Its next gravity assist will come from Earth itself later in the year.

Arrow: Nanda Parbat

ArrowThe 61st episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Katrina Law (Spartacus), and Marc Singer (V) guest star.

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Star Wars: Rebels: Through Imperial Eyes

Star Wars: RebelsCable channel Disney XD airs the 51st episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen (House Of Cards, Sherlock) and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Steven Universe, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex) guest star. Read more

Legends Of Tomorrow: Mortal Khanbat

ArrowThe CW airs the 73rd episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe. Terry Chen (Jessica Jones, The Exapnse) and Robin Atkin Downes (Babylon 5) guest star.

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Rob Grant, writer and Red Dwarf co-creator, dies

Rob GrantWriter Rob Grant, best known for creating the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf with his former writing partner Doug Naylor, dies at the age of 70. Embarking on a career writing comedy first for radio and then for TV in 1979, Grant and Naylor found an easy working rapport and, after a series of rejections, broke into radio comedy with the sketch series Son Of Cliche, which included a recurring comedic sci-fi storyline about a spaceman stranded with his talking computer. That idea, expanded greatly, became the unlikely pitch for Red Dwarf. Rejected at first by the BBC, Red Dwarf emerged as a fast favorite with audiences upon its premiere in 1988, by which time Grant and his collaborator were also the head writers on the puppet-based sketch satire Spitting Image. Grant remained with the show for its first six seasons, co-writing every episode with Naylor, until the working relationship deteriorated and Grant left the show. Grant had enough clout as co-creator of Red Dwarf to launch a few ventures of his own, including the 2000 sci-fi comedy The Strangerers, though his post-Red-Dwarf projects remained somewhat obscure. At the time of his death, he had completed a Red Dwarf prequel novel with Andrew Marshall, which was mere months away from being published.