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Day: November 17, 1997
The national syndication window opens for the
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: What’s My Line? Part 1
The 21st 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, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. James Marsters, Juliet Landau, and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.
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Xena: The King Of Assassins
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 54th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, and Gina Torres (Firefly) guest star.
Every generation has a legend…
Receiving more fanfare than any movie preview in the history of cinema, the first teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace premieres nationwide, appearing before the Pixar computer-animated family film A Bug’s Life. So eager are Star Wars fans to catch their first glimpse of the new prequel that many reportedly pay full ticket price to simply watch the preview and leave before the movie with which it’s packaged. Lucasfilm’s official Star Wars web site posts the trailer on the web – though the size of the file and the still-mostly-dial-up shape of the internet at the time makes watching it online a challenge.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Revelations
The 41st 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, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) guest stars.
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Voyager: One Small Step
UPN airs the 127th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Phil Morris (Love Boat: The Next Wave) guest stars in an episode directed by series regular Robert Picardo.
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Star Trek: Voyager now streaming on Paramount Plus
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Level 9: Reboot
UPN broadcasts the fourth episode of the near-future sci-fi series Level 9, starring Fabrizio Filippo (Queer As Folk, Delilah & Julis), Kate Hodge (She-Wolf Of London), and Michael Kelly (House Of Cards).
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The Clone Wars: Chapter 7
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the seventh mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
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Poe: More Tales Of Mystery & Imagination
The Eric Woolfson concept album, Poe: More Tales Of Mystery & Imagination, is released, based upon the works of Edgar Allan Poe (and forming the musical backbone for a stage musical still in the works).
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Battlestar Galactica: Hero
Sci-Fi channel airs the 41st episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Carl Lumbly (Alias) and Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) guest star.
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Battlestar Galactica now streaming on Amazon Prime
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Doctor Who Series 4 soundtrack
Silva Screen Records releases a CD of Murray Gold’s soundtrack music from the fourth season of new Doctor Who. Also included is music from the 2007 Christmas special, Voyage Of The Damned.
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The Prisoner: Night 3
American cable channel AMC broadcasts the fifth and sixth episodes of its six-part remake of The Prisoner, starring Jim Caviziel as Number Six and Sir Ian McKellen as Number Two. This concludes the planned six-episode miniseries run of the remake, which proves to be controversial with fans of the original 1960s Prisoner.
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Star Wars: Rebels: Empire Day
Cable channel Disney XD premieres the seventh episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga. Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Peter MacNicol (Ghostbusters II) guest star.
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The Flash: Gorilla Warfare
The 30th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW.
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Legends Of Tomorrow: Outlaw Country
The CW airs the 22nd episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz and Victor Garber. Johnathon Schaech guest stars as Jonah Hex.
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Chasing New Horizons
Picador publishes the non-fiction book Chasing New Horizons: Inside The Epic First Mission To Pluto by scientists Alan Stern and David Grinspoon, retelling the story of Dr. Stern’s lengthy involvement in a movement to send a space probe to distant Pluto, and his eventual success as the principal investigator of the 21st century New Horizons mission, the first spacecraft to go there.
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Batwoman: Tell Me The Truth
The CW airs the seventh episode of Batwoman, starring Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten.
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Batwoman: How Does Your Garden Grow?
The CW airs the 44th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.
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Legends Of Tomorrow: Deux Ex Latrina
The CW airs the 103rd episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann.
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