The first Godzilla movie, Gojira, is re-released in America, dubbed into English with additional scenes starring actor Raymond Burr, as Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! Despite the quite noticeable differences between old footage and new, the movie proves popular, and sparks the western world’s obsession with Toho Studios’ signature creation. It is also just the first of several attempts to westernize the Godzilla mythos (chiefly for American audiences). 
The 29th episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan. Russ Conway guest stars.
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The 97th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Geoffrey Horne stars in an episode written by Serling.
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ABC airs the 31st episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Robert Duvall stars.
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The 31st episode of Batman airs on ABC. Frank Gorshin guest stars as the Riddler.
The 29th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. This episode wraps up the first season, and is the final episode of Lost In Space to be broadcast in black & white.
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The 204th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Cybermen and the introduction of Wendy Padbury as the Doctor’s new companion, Zoe. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
The 375th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This a sequel to 1972’s The Curse Of Peladon, with many cast members returning to reprise their roles. This episode marks the final appearance of the Ice Warriors in the original series; they don’t reappear on TV until 2013’s Cold War.
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The 35th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Gary Lockwood (The Lieutenant, 2001: a space odyssey) guest stars in the second season finale.
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Writers Harlan Ellison and Ben Bova win a copyright infringement/breach of contract lawsuit against Paramount Television, ex-Paramount exec Terry Keegan, and ABC-TV over the short-lived 1976/77 TV series Future Cop, which they contend that the studio and network launched within months of an option lapsing on Brillo, an Ellison/Bova “robot cop” pilot script submitted in 1973. After a four-year wait to get the case into court, a jury takes only four weeks to find that the similarities between Brillo and Future Cop outweigh the differences, and award the writers $182,500 in compensatory damages and $154,500 in punitive damages, falling a bit short of the $3,000,000 sought. Ellison spends part of his proceeds from the suit to buy a billboard across from Paramount Pictures bearing the warning, “Writers, don’t let them steal from you!”
The ninth episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the show’s 30th episode) premieres on ABC. Dana Elcar, Bill Cort and Ned Romero guest star.
Better known for making jukeboxes and speakers, Rock-Ola makes one of its final attempts to break into the video game industry by releasing Eyes, a maze chase game created by Florida-based Digitrex Techstar. Since many arcades are already flooded with maze games, Eyes seems to disappear from most arcades in a blink; this is one of Rock-Ola’s final attempts to get into the game business.
The third episode of The Max Headroom Show premieres, starring Matt Frewer. (This is the music video/talk show series, not the American-made drama series featuring the same character.) Members of Duran Duran guest star.
The 19th episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, starring Bernard Behrens, Geordie Johnson, and Mia Kirshner.
The 19th episode of the superhero series The Flash, based on the DC Comics character, airs on CBS, starring John Wesley Shipp and Amanda Pays. David Cassidy (The Partridge Family) and Carolyn Seymour (Survivors, Quantum Leap) guest star.
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The 41st episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Musetta Vander guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 120th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Famke Janssen (X-Men) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the tenth episode of Babylon 5, from a script written by David Gerrold (Star Trek, The Martian Child).
The 67th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and Lisa Ryder.
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The 94th 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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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 66th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) guest stars.
The national syndication window opens for the 19th episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Star Trek) guest stars.
The 19th episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider airs in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 143rd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Louise Fletcher guest stars.
Epic Records releases Ben Folds Five’s third album, The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner, featuring the single “Army”.
Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 16th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Peter Firth guest stars.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 135th episode of The Outer Limits. Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks) guest stars.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 53rd episode of Stargate Atlantis. Robert Davi guest stars.
ABC airs the ninth episode of a modern-day remake of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). Lexa Doig (Andromeda) guest stars.
The 797th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 99th episode since the series’ revival). For the first time in the new series, much of this episode’s action takes place within the TARDIS itself.