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Police Squad: A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)

ABC premieres the first episode of the cop show spoof Police Squad, in color, starring Leslie Nielsen and created by the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker team behind the hit movie Airplane! Despite the same team’s success on the big screen (with the same star), ABC seems to have little idea how to promote the series, which eschews such prime-time comedy conventions as laugh tracks, and Police Squad proves short-lived, though it will inspire a more successful movie franchise, The Naked Gun, also starring Nielsen.

Police Squad: Ring Of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)

ABC airs the second episode of the cop show spoof Police Squad, in color, starring Leslie Nielsen and created by the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker team behind the hit movie Airplane!

Police Squad: The Butler Did It (A Bird In The Hand)

ABC airs the third episode of the cop show spoof Police Squad, in color, starring Leslie Nielsen and created by the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker team behind the hit movie Airplane! Robert Goulet and Tommy LaSorda guest star.

Police Squad: Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)

ABC airs the fourth episode of the cop show spoof Police Squad, in color, starring Leslie Nielsen and created by the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker team behind the hit movie Airplane! William Shatner (Barbary Coast, T.J. Hooker) and Dr. Joyce Brothers guest star. The series is cancelled after this episode’s broadcast, leaving two episodes to be shown in July.

Police Squad: Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror In The Neighborhood)

ABC airs the fifth episode of the cop show spoof Police Squad, in color, starring Leslie Nielsen and created by the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker team behind the hit movie Airplane! Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch) guest stars.

Police Squad: Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don’t Laugh)

ABC airs the sixth episode of the cop show spoof Police Squad, in color, starring Leslie Nielsen and created by the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker team behind the hit movie Airplane! William Conrad, Dick Clark, and Dick Miller guest star in the final episode of the series.

Automan: Pilot

Doctor Who The first episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Automan airs on ABC, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner. Inspired by the 1982 movie Tron, Automan involves a hologram of an intelligent computer program who fights crime alongside a nerdy police computer technician. Patrick Macnee (The Avengers, Battlestar Galactica) and Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command) guest star. The series lasts less than a full season.

Automan: Staying Alive While Running A High Flashdance Fever

Automan The second episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Automan airs on ABC, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner, taking at least a little bit of inspiration from the 1982 movie Tron. William Windom guest stars.

Automan: The Great Pretender

Automan The third episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Automan airs on ABC, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner, taking at least a little bit of inspiration from the 1982 movie Tron. Clu Gulager guest stars.

Automan: Ships In The Night

Automan The fourth episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Automan airs on ABC, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner, taking at least a little bit of inspiration from the 1982 movie Tron. Frank Aletter (It’s About Time) guest stars.

The Ewok Adventure

ABC airs the Lucasfilm TV movie The Ewok Adventure, starring Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, and Aubree Miller. Written by veteran animation writer Bob Carrau and directed by John Korty (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman), this is the first live-action TV set in the Star Wars universe since the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. The movie will become known by the alternate title Ewoks: Caravan of Courage outside of the United States.

Droids: The White Witch

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.

Droids: Escape Into Terror

ABC broadcasts the second episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.

Droids: The Trigon Unleashed

ABC broadcasts the third episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.

Droids: A Race To The Finish

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.

Droids: The Lost Prince

ABC broadcasts the fifth episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.

Droids: The New King

ABC broadcasts the sixth episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.

Ewoks: The Battle For Endor

ABC airs the Lucasfilm TV movie Ewoks: The Battle For Endor, starring Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, and Aubree Miller. Written and directed by the Wheat Brothers (The Fly II, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick), the movie quickly dispenses with all but one of the human family around which the first Ewok TV movie centered and then embarks on an adventure that’s more fantasy than science fiction.

Starman: Secrets

Starman 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.

Ewoks: The Season Scepter

ABC premieres the 26th episode of Star Wars: Ewoks, an animated series based upon George Lucas’ furry primitive (and very marketable) characters from the 1983 film Return Of The Jedi.

The Real Ghostbusters: When Halloween Was Forever

ABC premieres the eighth episode of The Real Ghostbusters, an animated series based upon the hit 1984 movie and featuring the voices of Arsenio Hall, Maurice LeMarche, and Lorenzo Music. This episode, timed to coincide with Halloween, is written by J. Michael Straczynski.

Max Headroom: Blipverts

The first episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) Charles Rocket (Saturday Night Live) guest stars.

Max Headroom: Rakers

The second episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) Howard Sherman and Wortham Krimmer guest star.

Max Headroom: Body Banks

The third episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) W. Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei guest star.

Max Headroom: Security Systems

The fourth episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) W. Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei guest star.

Max Headroom: War

The fifth episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) Robert O’Reilly guest stars.

Max Headroom: Blanks

The sixth episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) W. Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei guest star. This is the last episode aired until fall 1987.

Max Headroom: The Academy

The seventh episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) W. Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei guest star.

Max Headroom: Deities

The eighth episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) Rosalind Chao guest stars.

Max Headroom: Grossberg’s Return

The ninth episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) Charles Rocket (Saturday Night Live) and Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5) guest star.