Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Ship

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 98th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This is heavily promoted as the series’ 100th episode (again following Paramount’s policy of counting two-hour episodes as two separate episodes). Read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials And Tribble-ations

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 102nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Though this is DS9’s heavily-publicized tribute to the original Star Trek, the fifth season’s start date occurred well after the actual anniversary (September 8th), so the episode is saved for the all-important November ratings sweeps. Charlie Brill is the sole cast member of the original Trouble With Tribbles episode, whose footage the DS9 episode uses and alters extensively, to shoot new scenes. Read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rapture

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 106th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Louise Fletcher guest stars. This is the first episode of DS9 to feature the new uniform style introduced in the movie Star Trek: First Contact. Read more

Babylon 5: Into The Fire

Babylon 5The week-long national syndication window opens for the 72nd episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. This episode concludes the main Shadow War storyline with a philosophical discussion; some fans expecting a special effects firefight make their disappointment known. Read more