The 44th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Gene Lockhart.
This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
The 72nd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.
More about The Adventures Of Superman in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
Adventures of Superman now streaming on Amazon Prime
ABC airs the 16th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Olive Deering and Luana Anders guest star.
More about One Step Beyond in theLogBook.com Store
One Step Beyond now streaming on Amazon Prime
CBS broadcasts the fifth episode of the anthology series ‘Way Out, hosted by author Roald Dahl. Daniel Petrie (Cocoon: The Return) directs.
This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
The 62nd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Dennis Weaver and Harry Townes star in an episode written by Charles Beaumont.
This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
More about The Twilight Zone in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
The Twilight Zone now streaming on Paramount Plus
Alan B. Shepard, aboard the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, becomes the first American in space when he is launched on a fifteen-minute suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. The Mercury spacecraft offers its pilot more maneuverability than the Soviet Vostok vehicle, which is almost entirely controlled from the ground.
At the 1962 Open House held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a student programming project is unveiled on the school’s new DEC PCP-1 computer. In an attempt to demonstrate the machine’s real-time processing power in a context that can be understood by the general public, Steve Russell and his cohorts allow visitors to play the first computer game, Spacewar. The product of months of design and hundreds of man-hours of coding, Spacewar allows two players to navigate their way around the gravity of a sun while trying to blow each other to bits (as displayed on a round oscilloscope). Never patented or copyrighted, Spacewar goes on to “inspire” countless copies, including one of the earliest coin-operated arcade video games, Computer Space.
The 34th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Burgess Meredith guest stars as the Penguin in the final episode of the show’s wildly successful first season.
More about Batman in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
Batman now streaming on Amazon Prime
The 348th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Prentis Hancock (Space: 1999) guest stars.
More about Doctor Who in the LogBook
Order VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store
The fifth 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 11th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Christopher Stone, Spencer Milligan (Land Of The Lost), and Martin E. Brooks (The Six Million Dollar Man) guest star.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
A group of veteran session musicians working under producer Alan Parsons and songwriter Eric Woolfson releases its debut album, The Alan Parsons Project – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe. The “group” becomes known, somewhat unintentionally, as the Alan Parsons Project, though that was intended to be part of the album title. Themed around the works of Poe, the album becomes a prog rock cult classic and sells well enough that Parsons and Woolfson begin planning a more futuristic project…
ITV airs the seventh episode of Roald Dahl’s anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected, hosted by the author himself and adapted from his short stories. Wendy Hiller, Joseph Cotten, and Phil Brown (Star Wars) guest star.
More about Tales Of The Unexpected in theLogBook.com Store
Tales Of The Unexpected now streaming on Amazon Prime
Mere weeks before Return Of The Jedi arrives in theaters, Atari releases the arcade game Star Wars in the United States, in both upright (standing) and cocktail (sit-down) models, complete with almost-intelligible sample voices from the movie of the same name. Players strafe the Death Star at lightning speeds (thanks to vector graphics, which can draw faster than full-screen raster graphics) after fending off TIE fighters. The Force is with us… for 25 cents.
More about Star Wars video games in Phosphor Dot Fossils
Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast
The third episode of Richard Carpenter’s fanciful retelling of the Robin Hood legend, Robin Of Sherwood, airs on ITV, starring Michael Praed, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, and Nickolas Grace. John Abineri (Doctor Who, Blake’s 7) guest stars as Herne the Hunter.
More about Robin Of Sherwood in theLogBook.com Store
Robin Of Sherwood now streaming on Amazon Prime
The sixth 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. This is the last episode aired until fall 1987.
More about Max Headroom in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
Max Headroom now streaming on Amazon Prime
CBS airs the 41st episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Brian Bloom guest stars.
More about Beauty and the Beast in theLogBook.com Store
Beauty & The Beast now streaming on Paramount Plus
The 50th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Gilbert Gottfried guest stars in the framing story for a clip show.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
The 42nd 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).
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
CBS premieres the first episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher (X-Men, War Of The Worlds), Nigel Bennett (Lexx), and John Kapelos, involving a police detective who lives a double life as a vampire. The concept was previously piloted in 1989 as Nick Knight with Rick Springfield in the lead role. Nicole de Boer (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars. The series airs as part of a late-night “Crime Time After Prime Time” programming block.
More about Forever Knight in theLogBook.com Store
Forever Knight now streaming on Amazon Prime
NBC airs the 95th and final episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Bruce McGill, Susan Diol, and W. Morgan Sheppard (Max Headroom) guest star in the series finale, for which alternate endings were filmed in the event that the series was picked up for a sixth season. Some in the show’s fanbase are unsatisfied with the ending imposed by NBC on the show. A follow-up series would premiere in 2022, but without the participation of Bakula or Stockwell (who died in 2021). Susan Diol does, however, reprise the role of Beth Calavicci in the 2022 series.
This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
Premium cable channel Showtime airs the seventh episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Josh Brolin and David Warner guest star.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
The ninth 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). Markie Post (Night Court) guest stars.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
The 47th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Tony Shalhoub (Galaxy Quest, Monk) guest stars.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
Premium cable channel Showtime airs the 35th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Costas Mandylor and Colm Feore guest star.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
The 64th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Justine Bateman guest stars.
More about Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman in theLogBook.com Store
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman now streaming on Amazon Prime
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 78th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
More about Babylon 5 in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
Babylon 5 now streaming on Amazon Prime
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 118th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
More about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine now streaming on Paramount Plus
The ninth 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. Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
The 19th episode of The Cape airs in syndication in North America, starring Corbin Bernsen and Adam Baldwin, presenting a fictionalized version of NASA’s shuttle program.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.
