NBC airs the pilot episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Jeanette Nolan and Sam Jaffe guest star in a script by Richard Matheson (Twilight Zone, The Omega Man). The pilot gets enough attention for production to be greenlit on a series to premiere in the fall of 1972. (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.) 
NBC airs the 29th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Victor Buono (Batman) guest stars in the second season closer, and the first instance of a Night Gallery episode telling a single story in a half-hour time slot, which will become the show’s new format in its third season.
NBC premieres the first episode of Search, a “spy-fi” series created by Leslie Stevens (The Outer Limits) and starring Hugh O’Brian and Burgess Meredith. Maurice Evans (Planet Of The Apes) guest stars. The series pilot aired earlier in 1972 under the title PROBE.
NBC airs the second episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Jason Robards and Stella Stevens guest star in a script written by Robert Specht (The Immortal, Ark II). (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.)
The second episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search airs on NBC, starring Tony Franciosa and Burgess Meredith. Stefanie Powers (Hart To Hart) and Larry Linville (M*A*S*H) guest star.
NBC airs the third episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Gena Rowlands guest stars in a script based on a short story by Elizabeth Walter, and directed by future Superman movie director Richard Donner. (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.)
NBC airs the 30th episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Vincent Price and Bill Bixby guest star in the third season opener; the series has now been cut down to a half-hour time slot.
The third episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search airs on NBC, starring Doug McClure and Burgess Meredith. Jeff Corey guest stars.
NBC airs the 31st episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. James Farentino, John Astin, and Joanna Pettet guest star.
The fourth episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search airs on NBC, starring Hugh O’Brian and Burgess Meredith. Jo Ann Pflug guest stars.
The fifth episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search airs on NBC, starring Tony Franciosa and Burgess Meredith. Louise Sorel guest stars.
NBC airs the 32nd episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Mickey Rooney guest stars.
The sixth episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search airs on NBC, starring Tony Franciosa and Burgess Meredith. Edward Mulhare (Knight Rider) guest stars.
NBC airs the 33rd episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Sandra Dee guest stars.
The seventh episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search airs on NBC, starring Hugh O’Brian and Burgess Meredith. Malachi Throne and Ina Balin guest star.
NBC airs the 34th episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Gary Lockwood (2001: a space odyssey, The Lieutenant) guest stars.
The eighth episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search airs on NBC, starring Doug McClure and Burgess Meredith. Barbara Feldon (Get Smart) guest stars.
NBC airs the 35th episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman) guest star in a rare instance of a half-hour third season episode containing multiple stories.
The ninth episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search airs on NBC, starring Hugh O’Brian and Burgess Meredith. Bill Bixby (The Incredible Hulk) and Deanna Lund (Land Of The Giants) guest star.
NBC airs the 36th episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Ross Martin and Burl Ives guest star.
NBC premieres the 37th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Stuart Whitman (Night Of The Lepus), Barbara Anderson (Star Trek, Ironside), and Ellen Corby (The Waltons) guest star.
NBC airs the 13th episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Angie Dickinson and Madlyn Rhue guest star.
NBC airs the 38th episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Burgess Meredith guest stars.
NBC airs the 39th episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) guest stars.
NBC airs the 40th episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Geraldine Page and Leif Erickson guest star.
NBC airs the 41st episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Lesley Ann Warren guest stars in Leonard Nimoy’s directorial debut.
NBC airs the 20th episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search, starring Doug McClure and Burgess Meredith. Patrick O’Neal guest stars.
NBC airs the 42nd episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Dean Stockwell and Sally Field guest star.
NBC airs the 43rd and final episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Susan Strasberg guest stars. The series will resurface in syndication, but cut down to half-hour form, often severely truncating or even omitting story segments from the earlier hour-long episodes and, bizarrely, incorporating equally significantly edited-down episodes of the hour-long Gary Collins series The Sixth Sense (also produced by Universal) with new Rod Serling intros to pad out the syndication package.
After years of denying that Star Trek had ever been a “kids show” like its prime-time rival Lost In Space, Gene Roddenberry agrees to NBC’s offer to restart the science fiction cult classic as an animated series, premiering on the seventh anniversary of the live-action show’s debut with the episode Beyond The Farthest Star. In the end, this series becomes the only iteration of the Star Trek franchise to win an Emmy Award for a non-technical (i.e. music, hairstyling, special effects) category.