The 88th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.
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The 88th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.
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The 18th episode of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, based on Wells’ story, airs on ITV; this episode will air in October 1959 in the U.S. on CBS. John Harvey stars.
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ABC airs the 55th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Joan Fontaine and Warren Beatty guest star.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation airs the fifth episode of the science fiction series The Stranger, starring Ron Haddrick. Keith Alexander (Joe 90, UFO) guest stars.
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The 247th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Jane Sherwin, David Savile and Philip Madoc guest star. This is Patrick Troughton’s final story as the incumbent Doctor, the final Doctor Who story of the 1960s, and the final story made in black & white.
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The first episode of the children’s sci-fi series Phoenix Five premieres on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, starring Mike Dorsey, Damien Parker, and Patsy Trench (Science Report: Alternative 3), with Redmond Phillips as recurring villain Zodian.
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ITV broadcasts the fourth episode of Escape Into Night, adapted by Ruth Boswell from the Catherine Storr novel Marianne Dreams. Originally shown in color, the color master tapes are lost over time, and the series survives only in black & white recordings.
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The 401st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story marks the Cybermen’s first story since the Troughton era, and closes out both the series’ 12th season and the “Nerva” plotline.
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NBC premieres the pilot movie Gemini Man, a retooling of the concept of The Invisible Man series the network cancelled earlier in the year. The movie stars Ben Murphy, Katherine Crawford, and Richard Dysart (L.A. Law). A very brief series will premiere as part of NBC’s fall season.
ITV airs the 20th episode of Roald Dahl’s anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected, hosted by the author himself and adapted from his short stories. John Mills and Michael Gambon guest star.
ITV airs the 40th episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Eli Wallach guest stars.
The eighth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the science fiction blockbuster Star Wars airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Brock Peters stars as Darth Vader, and Keene Curtis stars as Grand Moff Tarkin.
Capitol Records releases the second Duran Duran album, Rio, featuring the singles “Rio”, “Hungry Like The Wolf”, “Save A Prayer” and “My Own Way”.
ITV airs the 75th episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Susan Penhaligon guest stars.
The 19th episode of Richard Carpenter’s fanciful retelling of the Robin Hood legend, Robin Of Sherwood, airs on ITV, starring Jason Connery, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, and Nickolas Grace. Brendan Price (Target) guest stars.
NBC airs the seventh episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Jason Priestly guest stars.
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The 99th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Stuart Whitman and Salome Jens guest star.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 147th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Whoopi Goldberg guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 15th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Michael John Anderson (Twin Peaks) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 38th episode of Babylon 5. Jeff Conaway (Grease, Taxi) and Ed Wasser guest star.
Fox airs the eighth episode of Sliders, Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series.
The 72nd 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 116th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Brian Markinson guest stars.
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Pay cable channel HBO airs the 11th episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. Sally Field directs and guest stars.
Pay cable channel HBO airs the 11th episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. Tom Hanks (Apollo 13), Daniel Hugh Kelly, and Jason Khoury guest star in the series finale.
The 43rd episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Lisa Howard, Von Flores, and Richard Chevolleau. Janet Kidder (Continuum, Star Trek: Discovery) guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 89th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Hudson Leick and Karl Urban guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 170th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode continues a tightly-serialized eight-episode run-up to the series finale. Robert O’Reilly makes his final guest starring appearance as Klingon leader Gowron, wrapping up a running Klingon storyline initiated on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1990.
Seth Sternberger releases his debut solo album, Unfortunate Brain Chemistry.
UPN airs the 143rd episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Dwight Schultz (The A-Team) and Marina Sirtis (Star Trek: TNG) guest star.