CBS airs the 26th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) and Lukas Haas star in an episode comprised of two short stories, J. Michael Straczynski’s What Are Friends For? and Aqua Vita.
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The 646th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban and Brian Blessed guest star. 
The 27th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. M. Emmet Walsh (Blade Runner) guest stars in an episode written by Richard Christian Matheson.
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The 14th episode of Chocky airs on Thames Television.
The third episode of ALF airs on NBC, centering around Paul Fusco’s puppet creation of a furry, wisecracking alien marooned on Earth.
Paramount’s television division makes an announcement that sparks geek wars for years to come: Star Trek is coming back to television, but with a new cast and set in a different century, as Star Trek: The Next Generation. With Gene Roddenberry at the wheel once more, the new show – which will circumvent the network system completely by being sold directly to stations in syndication – will be set further in the future than the original series, with a new Enterprise and a budget of over one million dollars per episode. Paramount has decided on the risky syndication route after overtures to the three major networks provoke little enthusiasm; the new Fox network is more interested, but is unwilling to risk money on an order of more than a dozen episodes.
CBS airs the 27th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Glynnis O’Connor and Lisa Eilbacher star in an episode comprised of two short stories, Rockne S. O’Bannon’s The Storyteller and Nightsong.
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The 647th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban and Brian Blessed guest star.
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The 28th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC.
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CBS airs the 28th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Terry Farrell (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and George Wendt (Cheers) star in an episode comprised of three short stories, The After Hours (a remake of a classic Twilight Zone episode), Lost And Found, and The World Next Door.
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The 648th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban and Brian Blessed guest star.
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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 649th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban and Brian Blessed guest star. Nicola Bryant makes her last appearance as the Doctor’s companion, Peri.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 52nd episode of George A. Romero’s Tales From The Darkside anthology series. Craig Wasson (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3) guest stars.
Virgin Records releases the XTC album Skylarking.
ABC premieres the sixth episode of Starman, a series based upon and continuing the story of John Carpenter’s 1984 movie of the same name. Robert Hays, C.B. Barnes, and Michael Kavanaugh star.