The first episode of the western series Wrangler is broadcast on NBC in the United States, starring Jason Evers as Pitcairn and guest starring Susan Oliver. The episode is written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who also created the series, his first to get past the pilot stage. Wrangler also boasts another historic first, being the first western to be shot on videotape instead of film. As of 2024, it is uncertain if the episode has been preserved in its entirety, though a videotape of unedited footage is held in UCLA’s archives. 
British broadcaster ABC airs the sixth episode of science fiction anthology series Out Of This World. Adapted by Julian Bond from a story by Robert Moore Williams, the story stars Raymond Adamson and Jacqueline Hill (Doctor Who), and is introduced by Boris Karloff (in much the same way that Rod Serling introduced episodes of The Twilight Zone). This episode no longer exists in the archives.
The sixth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. John Le Mesurier guest stars.
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With game play similar to the coin-op hit Defender (but more detailed, colorful graphics), Universal introduces the minor arcade hit 
ITV airs the 94th episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Sondra Locke and Frank Converse guest star.
CBS airs the 55th and final episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Ron Perlman, Jo Anderson, and Roy Dotrice. David Graf and Armin Shimerman guest star in the series finale.
CBS airs the seventh episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Ellen Dubin (Lexx) guest stars.
Premium cable channel Showtime airs the 43rd episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) guest stars in the second season finale.
Sierra and Sonic Images Records release 
Sci-Fi Channel (in the U.S.) and YTV (in Canada) air the 
TNT airs the 
Pocket Books releases the non-fiction behind-the-scenes book 
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 71st episode of Stargate SG-1.
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 
La-La Land Records releases a 50th anniversary CD of Akira Ifukube’s 
Sci-Fi Channel airs 
The first episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series Masters Of Science Fiction, drawing on the genre’s literary greats and hosted by Professor Stephen Hawking, premieres. Judy Davis (Barton Fink, Naked Lunch) and Sam Waterston (Law & Order) star in Sam Egan’s adaptation of a John Kessel short story. Robert Moloney (K-9) guest stars.
In a live half-hour reality-show-style special broadcast simultaneously around the world, the BBC reveals that actor Peter Capaldi will be the twelfth incarnation of the last Time Lord in Doctor Who. Capaldi has already appeared in the series once (in 2008’s 
Blue Origin launches the New Shepard suborbital flight NS-22, the vehicle’s sixth crewed flight. Passengers on this flight are Coby Cotton, Mário Ferreira, Vanessa O’Brien, Clint Kelly III, Sara Sabry, and Steve Young.