The 51st episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, airs in syndication across the U.S. 
The 51st episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, airs in syndication across the U.S.
The 52nd episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, airs in syndication across the U.S., bringing the show’s second season and the Comet Empire storyline to a close. This season will now join the first in a repeating cycle in daily syndication.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the seventh episode of George A. Romero’s Tales From The Darkside anthology series. Nile Lanning and Eric Jason guest star.
The first episode of the young-adult-audience science fiction series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future premieres in syndication, starring Tim Dunigan, Maurice Dean Wint (Robocop: Prime Directive), Jessica Steen, and Sven-Ole Thorsen. The series is launched alongside a Mattel toy line whose vehicles are intended to interact with visual cues built into episodes of the show, an idea that works better in theory than it does in execution. Bruce Gray guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the first episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Gordon Michael Woolvett (Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda) guest stars. The series has no story connections to the movie franchise of the same name, and was originally developed under the title The 13th Hour.
The national syndication window opens for the two-hour premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Encounter At Farpoint. Written by Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and original series story editor D.C. Fontana, this episode introduces the fan favorite nemesis Q, as played by John de Lancie. Though it’s not tied to any network, some of the stations carrying TNG in syndication – including major-market stations – air TNG in prime-time in place of their usual network programming.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the second episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Colin Fox (Psi Factor: Chronicles Of The Paranormal) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the second episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode becomes an immediate lightning rod of criticism since it almost duplicates a popular episode of the original Star Trek (and even points this out in the course of its story). Data also shows Lt. Yar that he is fully functional.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the third episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Denis Forest (War Of The Worlds: The Series) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the third episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the only episode of any of the Star Trek spinoffs whose soundtrack was composed by a veteran of the original series’ music department (in this case, composer Fred Steiner).
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fourth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Hilary Shepherd (Power Rangers) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fourth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the first episode featuring a new alien race devised by Gene Roddenberry, the scheming, money-hungry Ferengi.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fifth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. R.G. Armstrong guest stars as Uncle Lewis Ventredi.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fifth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Where No One Has Gone Before. This is the first episode featuring the Traveler, as well as Wesley Crusher’s ascension to acting ensign.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the sixth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the sixth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the first episode after Encounter At Farpoint to feature future Star Trek: Deep Space Nine regular Colm Meaney as a yet-to-be-named crewman.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the seventh episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the seventh episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the eighth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the second Ferengi episode, and the first episode to delve into Captain Picard’s previous command, the U.S.S. Stargazer.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the eighth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Philip Akin (War Of The Worlds: The Series, Highlander: The Series) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the ninth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the second appearance of Q, and the first TNG glimpse of a female Klingon.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the ninth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Barclay Hope (Doctor Who, Stargate SG-1) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the tenth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who played the recurring role of Nurse Chapel in the original Star Trek, makes the first of many appearances as Lwaxana Troi. This is actually one of the earliest episodes filmed.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 11th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode, the first to take place almost entirely within the holodeck aboard the Enterprise, goes on to win a Peabody Award.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 12th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode introduces Data’s “brother” Lore, also played by Brent Spiner, and establishes an origin story for both.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 13th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the tenth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian) and David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis) guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 14th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 15th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 16th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.