PTEN in pieces

Babylon 5With many of the Chris-Craft television stations that formed its backbone now allied to Paramount’s UPN network, fledgeling network PTEN is in a precarious position – especially when many of those stations bail out or only show PTEN programming in late-night time slots. PTEN parent company Warner Brothers announces that the network’s two most popular shows, Babylon 5 and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, will be renewed for the fall season, but also reveals that PTEN is giving up its ambitions to become the next Fox: in order to keep stations from ditching PTEN entirely, Warner is basically keeping the PTEN brand afloat only as a syndication package for those two shows. The action series Pointman is cancelled, with its remaining episodes to be “burned off” during the summer months prior to the fall season premieres of the two surviving shows.

The X-Files: F. Emasculata

The X-FilesThe 46th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Charles Martin Smith (Starman, The Untouchables) and William B. Davis guest star.

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Space Precinct: Deathwatch – Part 2

Space PrecinctThe week-long American syndication window opens for the 24th and final episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi police series Space Precinct. With the series’ continuation dependent upon its American ratings, Space Precinct is not renewed for a second season after it fails to carve out a niche in a very crowded genre field in syndication. The series will air later in the UK.

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VR.5: The Many Faces Of Alex

VR.5The ninth episode of the science fiction series VR.5 airs on Fox, starring Lori Singer (Fame), Michael Easton (Total Recall 2070), and Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer). Markie Post (Night Court) guest stars.

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The X-Files: Soft Light

The X-FilesThe 47th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Tony Shalhoub (Galaxy Quest, Monk) guest stars.

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The LogBook… on the web!

LogBookPreviously distributed between computer bulletin board systems and FidoNet BBS nodes as a series of text files, theLogBook makes its debut on the world wide web, on a slice of web space borrowed from the University of Arkansas. In most cases, the episode guides previously distributed via BBS are simply the text files posted on the web, though conversion into HTML documents gradually takes place. The gigantic full-screen graphical menu overwhelms many a dial-up web surfer and is quickly replaced with a simpler, text-based menu.

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The Outer Limits: Living Hell

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the eighth episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Elizabeth Peña and Don S. Davis (Stargate SG-1) guest star.

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VR.5: Reunion

VR.5The tenth episode of the science fiction series VR.5 airs on Fox, starring Lori Singer (Fame), Michael Easton (Total Recall 2070), and Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer). David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, The Invisible Man, NCIS), Louise Fletcher (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and Turhan Bey guest star in the final episode shown by Fox prior to cancelling the series. Three other episodes (Sisters, Send Me An Angel, and Parallel Lives) remain unaired, not seen until either European broadcasters or the Sci-Fi Channel include them in repeats of the series. As of 2023, the series has only ever been released on VHS videotape.

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The X-Files: Our Town

The X-FilesThe 48th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Caroline Kava and John Milford (The Lieutenant) guest star.

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