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Monster Squad: Music Man

Monster SquadNBC airs the fifth episode of Monster Squad, a live-action Saturday morning comedy starring Fred Grandy. Marty Allen guest stars as “Lorenzo Musica”, a joking reference to actor Lorenzo Music. Series creator Stanley Ralph Ross (Wonder Woman) also makes a brief on-screen appearance in an episode written by Chuck McCann (Far Out Space Nuts).

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Soyuz 23: Soviet surprise splashdown!

Soyuz 23The Soviet Union’s Soyuz 23 mission lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, intended for a stay of up to three months at the Salyut 5 space station. A serious malfunction of the automatic rendezvous gear forces an abort of the docking with the station, and cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov and Valery Rozhdestvensky are recalled to Earth, ending their orbit after just two days. But blizzard conditions near the landing site blow the Soyuz crew capsule off-course, resulting in the first-ever splashdown of the normally land-locked Soviet space program as Soyuz 23 plunges through the frozen surface of a lake. With their vehicle intact and functioning, the cosmonauts have to wait nine hours underwater for rescuers to bring the capsule to dry land.

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Electric Light Orchestra: New World Record

ELOElectric Light Orchestra‘s sixth album, A New World Record, is released, featuring the singles “Livin’ Thing”, “Telephone Line” and “Rockaria!”; the record goes gold and then platinum by the end of the year. This is the group’s first album to sport artwork with the now-familiar ELO logo, created from a mirrored image of the upper part of a Wurlitzer jukebox; following the post-Star Wars science fiction revival, future albums render this logo as a flying saucer.

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Beasts: Special Offer

BeastsITV premieres the first episode of horror anthology Beasts, created and written by Nigel Kneale (Quatermass). Geoffrey Bateman (Versailles) stars.

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The Bionic Woman: Road To Nashville

The Bionic WomanThe 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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Beasts: During Barty’s Party

BeastsITV broadcasts the second episode of horror anthology Beasts, created and written by Nigel Kneale (Quatermass). Elizabeth Sellars and Anthony Bate (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) star, with John Rhys-Davies (Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Sliders) making an early career appearance.

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The Bionic Woman: Kill Oscar Part 1

The Bionic WomanThe 19th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Lee Majors, Martin E. Brooks, John Houseman (The Paper Chase), and Jack Colvin (The Incredible Hulk) guest star in the first part of another crossover event with The Six Million Dollar Man.

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