The first episode of The Max Headroom Show premieres, starring Matt Frewer. (This is the music video/talk show series, not the American-made drama series featuring the same character.) Sting guest stars. 
The first episode of The Max Headroom Show premieres, starring Matt Frewer. (This is the music video/talk show series, not the American-made drama series featuring the same character.) Sting guest stars.
The 13th episode of Richard Carpenter’s fanciful retelling of the Robin Hood legend, Robin Of Sherwood, airs on ITV, starring Michael Praed, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, and Nickolas Grace. Jeremy Bulloch (The Empire Strikes Back, Chocky) and John Abineri (Doctor Who, Blake’s 7) guest star in the second season finale. Due to scheduling conflicts with a role he has taken on Broadway, Michael Praed has opted to leave the show, hence the fatalistic ending, but showrunner Richard Carpenter weaves hints into this episode of a replacement for both the character and the lead actor.
The second episode of The Max Headroom Show premieres, starring Matt Frewer. (This is the music video/talk show series, not the American-made drama series featuring the same character.)
The third episode of The Max Headroom Show premieres, starring Matt Frewer. (This is the music video/talk show series, not the American-made drama series featuring the same character.) Members of Duran Duran guest star.
The fourth episode of The Max Headroom Show premieres, starring Matt Frewer. (This is the music video/talk show series, not the American-made drama series featuring the same character.) Roger Daltrey (The Who) guest stars.
The fifth episode of The Max Headroom Show premieres, starring Matt Frewer. (This is the music video/talk show series, not the American-made drama series featuring the same character.)
The sixth episode of The Max Headroom Show premieres, starring Matt Frewer. (This is the music video/talk show series, not the American-made drama series featuring the same character.) Boy George (Culture Club) guest stars. This concludes the show’s first season.
The first episode of the half-hour science fiction/fantasy anthology series Ray Bradbury Theater premieres on premium cable channel HBO, starring James Coco and Leslie Nielsen (Airplane!, Police Squad) in a script adapted by Ray Bradbury from one of his own short stories. 
NBC airs the 19th and final episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Marc Singer, Faye Grant, and Diane Badler. This episode, skipped early in the show’s running order, inexplicably appears months after the cancellation of the series.
The second episode of the half-hour science fiction/fantasy anthology series Ray Bradbury Theater premieres on premium cable channel HBO, starring William Shatner (Star Trek, T.J. Hooker) in a script adapted by Ray Bradbury from one of his own short stories.
The 13th and final episode of the Hammer Studios-produced horror anthology series Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense airs on ITV; the series will be shown later in the U.S. under the title Fox Mystery Theatre. Barbi Benton, Gareth Hunt (The New Avengers), and Peter Wyngarde (Flash Gordon, Department S) guest star.
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ITV airs the 101st episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Susan Strasberg guest stars.
ITV airs the 102nd episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Bud Cort guest stars.
ITV airs the 103rd episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Joan HAckett guest stars in the eighth season finale; the series will resume in late 1987.
ABC broadcasts the first episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO. The series chronicles the adventures of Threepio and R2-D2 in the years before the movie trilogy.
ABC broadcasts the second episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.
ABC broadcasts the third episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.
CBS airs the first episode of a modern revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Bruce Willis stars in an adaptation of a Harlan Ellison story, while Melinda Dillon stars in a second segment. Wes Craven (A Nightmare On Elm Street) directs both stories.
ABC broadcasts the fourth episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO. This episode marks the first appearance of a movie character other than the droids themselves.
The first episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. The name of the show is licensed from the publisher of Hugo Gernsback’s science fiction literary magazine, which has been in publication since the 1920s. Many of the episodes come from story sketches by Spielberg, assigned to other writers; this is one of only two to be directed by Spielberg as well. Lukas Haas and Roberts Blossom guest star.
The first episode of James D. Parriott’s lighthearted sci-fi series, Misfits Of Science, premieres on NBC, starring Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall (Predator, Harry And The Hendersons), and Courteney Cox (Friends, Scream, Cougar Town). Larry Linville (M*A*S*H) guest stars.
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CBS airs the second episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Annie Potts (Ghostbusters), Meg Foster, and Terry O’Quinn (Lost) star in three short stories; Wes Craven (A Nightmare On Elm Street) directs two of them.
ABC broadcasts the fifth episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.
The second episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. John Scott Clough (St. Elsewhere) stars.
CBS airs the third episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Eric Bogosian, Lorna Luft, and Jeffrey DeMunn star in three short stories.
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ABC broadcasts the sixth episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.
The second episode of James D. Parriott’s lighthearted sci-fi series, Misfits Of Science, airs on NBC, starring Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall (Predator, Harry And The Hendersons), and Courteney Cox (Friends, Scream, Cougar Town). Dean Devlin (future writer/producer of Stargate and Independence Day) guest stars.
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CBS airs the fourth episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Dee Wallace-Stone (E.T.) and Scott Grimes (The Orville) star in three short stories, including one directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist).
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The third episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Kelly Reno (The Black Stallion) stars.
The third episode of James D. Parriott’s lighthearted sci-fi series, Misfits Of Science, airs on NBC, starring Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall (Predator, Harry And The Hendersons), and Courteney Cox (Friends, Scream, Cougar Town). James Sloyan (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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