The 62nd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars June Lockhart (Lost In Space).
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ABC airs the 27th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Fred Beir and Ann McCrea guest star.
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The 71st episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Peter Falk (Columbo) stars in an episode written by Serling.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 30th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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The sixth episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
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The seventh episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Ted Cassidy (The Addams Family) and Andrea Jackson guest star. 
The 35th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. In one of the series’ most critically-acclaimed episodes, the Enterprise goes up against a monstrous device designed to devour entire worlds, and Commodore Matt Decker goes nuts.
ABC airs the fourth episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. John Abbott and Lance LeGault guest star.
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The Soviet Union launches Zond 8, the final Zond flight and the final flight of the Soyuz 7K-L1 capsule which was intended to be the command & service module of the Soviet manned lunar effort. Again, the vehicle orbits the moon and returns to Earth unmanned after a week in space. For only the second time, the 7K-L1 vehicle performs every phase of the flight flawlessly – though the Soviet Union, trying to downplay the space race, now retroactively denies that it was ever interested in sending men to the moon.
NBC airs the 11th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. David McCallum, David Carradine, and Linda Marsh guest star; one story is narrated by Orson Welles.
ABC airs the seventh episode of the DC animated series Super Friends, starring the voices of Norman Alden, Casey Kasem, Ted Knight, and Olan Soule.
The seventh episode of the animated Star Trek series premieres on NBC, written by original series cast member Walter “Chekov” Koenig, who is not reprising his role for the animated series.
The fifth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Children Of Methuselah, premieres.
The second TV movie in the Six Million Dollar Man series premieres on ABC, starring Lee Majors, Richard Anderson and Britt Ekland. David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, The Invisible Man) and Earl Holliman guest star.
NBC airs the sixth episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens. David Opatoshu guest stars.
The 18th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Martin E. Brooks (The Six Million Dollar Man), Doc Severinsen (The Tonight Show), and Hoyt Axton (Gremlins) guest star.
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The eighth episode of the British-German science fiction series Star Maidens premieres on ITV in the UK. (Not all regional ITV affiliates carry the show at a specific time; this episode guide reflects the dates for the broadcast premieres of each episode on Scottish TV.)
NASA’s Viking 2 orbiter closes to within 40 miles of Mars’ small outermost moon, Deimos, the first spacecraft to visit the tiny moon up close. Deimos is found to be cratered and irregularly shaped, confirming the likelihood that it is an asteroid that once strayed close enough to Mars to fall into orbit.
NASA announces that Voyagers 1 and 2 may be in a unique position to study the newly-discovered Comet Kohler 1977 XIV, discovered just days before Voyager 1’s launch. Both Voyagers are expected to pass Comet Kohler at a distance of a little over 1 astronomical unit (AU), equivalent to the distance between Earth and the Sun, in November, and the possibility of examining the comet with their onboard instruments is proposed. This plan is eventually abandoned, since the comet will track near the sun, direct exposure to which could harm the television tube cameras installed aboard each Voyager. The exploration of comets with robotic spacecraft will have to wait until the 1980s.
The 40th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Paul Sand and Wolfman Jack guest star.
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The 17th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Sandy McPeak and Sally Kirkland guest star.
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The 513th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Co-written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and producer Graham Williams under a pseudonym, this time-twisting story guest stars Julian Glover, Catherine Schell (Space: 1999) and Tom Chadbon, and features extensive location filming in Paris, a first for the series.
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The album Fighting Clowns is released by radio comedy troupe Firesign Theatre, a collection of comedy pieces (many recorded in concert) that are more musical than verbal, and rooted in political issues surrounding the 1980 presidential campaign.
The 52nd episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, airs in syndication across the U.S., bringing the show’s second season and the Comet Empire storyline to a close. This season will now join the first in a repeating cycle in daily syndication.
The third episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Kelly Reno (The Black Stallion) stars.
The 29th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Charles Durning and Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager) guest star.
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The fourth episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, based very loosely on Bram Stoker’s literary vampire lore, starring Bernard Behrens (NPR’s Star Wars radio series), Geordie Johnson (Largo Winch, Copper), and Mia Kirshner (The L Word, Star Trek: Discovery, Defiance).
The 55th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The 81st episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Jay Underwood (The Boy Who Could Fly) guest stars in an episode written by Mike Carlin and Andy Helfer.
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The 26th 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).
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