The first episode of The Adventures Of Superman premieres in syndication on TV stations across the United States, based on the comic by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, and Jack Larson star. Robert Rockwell guest stars as Jor-El in a retelling of Superman’s origin story.
The second episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, based on the comic by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, and Jack Larson star.
The fifth episode of the syndicated series Mr. District Attorney, starring David Brian, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Defense Plant Gambling, is the first television script sold by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who is moonlighting as a novice TV writer while still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley. Though no longer commercially available, the original film prints are held by the University of Wisconsin at Madison. 
The 28th episode of the syndicated series Mr. District Attorney, starring David Brian, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Wife Killer, is future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry‘s second television script sale. Roddenberry is moonlighting as a novice TV writer while still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley. Though no longer commercially available, the original film prints are held by the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
The first episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre premieres on stations across the U.S. Unusually for its day, the series is filmed in color (Ziv’s way of future-proofing the show with the widespread adoption of color TV roughly a decade away). The episode stars William Lundigan, the future star of another Ziv-produced science fiction series, Men Into Space.
The 46th episode of the syndicated series Mr. District Attorney, starring David Brian, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Police Brutality, is future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry‘s sixth television script sale. Roddenberry, still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also the show’s “technical advisor” on police procedure; this is his final Mr. District Attorney script before moving on to another Ziv Television show, Highway Patrol. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley. Though no longer commercially available, the original film prints are held by the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
The ninth episode of the syndicated series Highway Patrol, starring Broderick Crawford, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Reformed Criminal, is an early TV script written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry, still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also the show’s “technical advisor” on police procedure. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley.
The 22nd episode of the syndicated series Highway Patrol, starring Broderick Crawford, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Human Bomb, is an early TV script written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry, still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also the show’s “technical advisor” on police procedure. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley.
The TV anthology series Stage 7 presents the first produced science fiction television script written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, The Secret Weapon Of 117. Ricardo Montalban stars as one of a pair of aliens trying to assess whether or not Earth has the technology to retaliate against infiltration and invasion by their species. Drawing from his past police work, Roddenberry has already sold scripts to Ziv Television Programs for Mr. District Attorney and Highway Patrol, and pitched an ultimately unsold script to Ziv’s Science Fiction Theatre series; this is his first genre work to make it to the screen. Sadly, no recordings still seem to exist of this self-contained story.
The 28th episode of the syndicated series Highway Patrol, starring Broderick Crawford, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Mental Patient, is an early TV script written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry, still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also the show’s “technical advisor” on police procedure. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley.
The 38th episode of the syndicated series Highway Patrol, starring Broderick Crawford, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Prospector, is an early TV script written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry, still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also the show’s “technical advisor” on police procedure. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley.
The 48th episode of the syndicated series Highway Patrol, starring Broderick Crawford, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Prospector, is an early TV script written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who has just retired from the Los Angeles Police Department, is also the show’s “technical advisor” on police procedure. This is the only Highway Patrol credited to Roddenberry’s real name instead of his Robert Wesley pseudonym.
The first episode of the syndicated western series Boots and Saddles is broadcast in the United States, starring John Pickard. This episode is written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
The fifth episode of the syndicated western series Boots and Saddles is broadcast in the United States, starring John Pickard. This episode is written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
The 14th episode of the syndicated western series Boots and Saddles is broadcast in the United States, starring John Pickard. This episode is written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and guest stars future Star Trek series regular DeForest Kelley, the first of many collaborations with Roddenberry.
The 14th episode of the syndicated western series Boots and Saddles is broadcast in the United States, starring John Pickard. This episode is written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, whose working title for the story was “The Pushcart Brigade”.
After months of preparation and contentious saber-rattling by series creator Harlan Ellison, who demands to have his name replaced with a pseudonym after quitting the series he devised, The Starlost premieres in Canada and the United States with the episode Voyage Of Discovery, showcasing an intriguing (but ultimately under-utilized) series premise with a shockingly low-budget, shot-on-video look. It’s the first science fiction series produced in Canada with the intention of broadcast in the United States, which would become a common practice in the 21st century. It runs for only a single, truncated season, and for many years is much-maligned as “the worst TV sci-fi series ever”; Ellison’s complaints about the treatment of his own creation in the years to come do little to dispel this perception.
The second episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Lazarus From The Mist, premieres.Cast:
The third episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Goddess Calabra, premieres. John Colicos (Battlestar Galactica) and Barry Morse (Space: 1999) guest star.
The fourth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Pisces, premieres.
The fifth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Children Of Methuselah, premieres.
The sixth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, …And Only Man Is Vile, premieres.
The seventh episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Circuit Of Death, premieres.
The eighth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Gallery Of Fear, premieres.
The ninth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Mr. Smith Of Manchester, premieres.
The tenth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Alien Oro, premieres. Walter Koenig guest stars.
The 11th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Astro Medics, premieres.
The 12th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Implant People, premieres. Donnelly Rhodes guest stars.
The 13th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Return Of Oro, premieres. Walter Koenig guest stars.
The 14th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Farthing’s Comet, premieres.