Tag: NBC

The Martian Chronicles: The Settlers

The Martian ChroniclesNBC airs the second installment of the lavish three-part miniseries based on Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Adapted for TV by respected SF author Richard Matheson, the miniseries has already taken an embarrassing public beating by none other than Bradbury itself, inspiring NBC to yank the heavily-publicized off of the fall 1979 schedule and burn off the miniseries in January 1980 prior to the 1980 Winter Oympics. Rock Hudson, Darren McGavin, Fritz Weaver and Roddy McDowall star. The miniseries is a co-production between NBC and the BBC (who won’t air it until later in 1980). Read more

The Martian Chronicles: The Martians

The Martian ChroniclesNBC airs the third installment of the lavish three-part miniseries based on Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Adapted for TV by respected SF author Richard Matheson, the miniseries has already taken an embarrassing public beating by none other than Bradbury itself, inspiring NBC to yank the heavily-publicized off of the fall 1979 schedule and burn off the miniseries in January 1980 prior to the 1980 Winter Oympics. Rock Hudson, Barry Morse (Space: 1999) and Bernadette Peters star. The miniseries is a co-production between NBC and the BBC (who won’t air it until later in 1980). Read more

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: Flight Of The War Witch, Part 2

Buck RogersNBC airs the 22nd episode of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century. Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command), Pamela Hensley and Michael Ansara guest star. This concludes the series’ first season, and a significant rethink of the show’s premise and cast takes place before a second season begins filming. The series will return in 1981. Read more

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: Time Of The Hawk

Buck RogersNBC airs the 23rd episode of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, the first of the show’s second season, and the first to feature new series regulars Thom Christopher as Hawk and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Dr. Goodfellow. BarBara Luna and Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command) guest star. Read more

Knight Rider: Knight Of The Phoenix

Knight RiderThe first episode of Glen A. Larson’s Knight Rider premieres on NBC, starring David Hasselhoff and Edward Mulhare, with William Daniels as the voice of KITT. Richard Basehart (Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea), Lance LeGault (Werewolf), and Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Battlestar Galactica) guest star in the series premeire. Read more

Voyagers!: Agents Of Satan

Voyagers!NBC airs the fourth episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Michael Durrell (V) guest stars as Harry Houdini. A young Shannen Doherty (Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210) makes one of her earliest TV appearances.

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Voyagers!: Cleo And The Babe

Voyagers!NBC airs the sixth episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. William Lucking (Sons Of Anarchy, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars as Babe Ruth, and Andrea Marcovicci (Berrenger’s, Hill Street Blues) guest stars as Cleopatra.

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Voyagers!: The Day The Rebs Took Lincoln

Voyagers!NBC airs the seventh episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. John Anderson guest stars as Abraham Lincoln, and Alex Hyde-White (The Fantastic Four) guest stars as Charles Dickens.

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