Capitol Records releases the Duran Duran compilation album Decade, marking ten years since the band’s formation with highlights from their first five albums. 
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NBC airs the 13th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
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The 692nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch and game show host Nicholas Parsons (in a rare dramatic role) guest star.
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The first novel based on the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, is published. Written by series creators and writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (under the collective pseudonym Grant Naylor), the book features familiar events and scenes, but is generally played out on a more expansive canvas than a BBC television studio would allow.
The 24th episode of Black Adder airs on BBC1, starring Rowan Atkinson. This is the final episode as a regular ongoing series. (more…)
The 31st episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The 28th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Mary Crosby guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 54th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5) guest stars in an episode written by future Farscape producer David Kemper. (more…)
Fox Network premieres the eighth episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. Annabelle Gurwitch (The X-Files) guest stars; this episode’s cliffhanger ending is not resolved until the post-series TV movie Dark Horizon. (more…)
NBC airs the 14th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement) and Chubby Checker guest star.
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The 693rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch and game show host Nicholas Parsons (in a rare dramatic role) guest star.
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The 32nd episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The 29th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 55th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Dan Shor (Tron) and Kevin Peter Hall (Misfits Of Science, Harry And The Hendersons) guest star. (more…)
Fox Network airs the ninth episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. Alan Scarfe guest stars. (more…)
The 13th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2, kicking off the third season. Robert Llewellyn joins the cast as Kryten, and Hattie Hayridge replaces Norman Lovett as Holly. (more…)
NBC airs the 15th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Russ Tamblyn (West Side Story, Twin Peaks) guest stars.
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The 694th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch and game show host Nicholas Parsons (in a rare dramatic role) guest star.
This is the final Doctor Who television story to use the show’s traditional format of four 25-minute episodes.
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The second episode of the rebooted-for-cable Mystery Science Theater 3000 airs on the Comedy Channel, starring Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, and Josh Weinstein. Though this was the second cable episode produced, it was aired first. (more…)
The 33rd episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The 30th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 56th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (more…)
Fox Network airs the tenth episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5) guest stars. (more…)
Reprise Records releases the Chicago compilation album Greatest Hits, 1982-1989, gathering the band’s most popular 1980s radio hits. (more…)
The 14th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. (more…)
NBC airs the 16th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
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The 695th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Julian Holloway guest stars; Anthony Ainley makes his final appearance as the Master in the original series. (more…)
The first episode of the rebooted-for-cable Mystery Science Theater 3000 airs on the Comedy Channel, starring Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, and Josh Weinstein. (more…)
The 34th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Michael J. Pollard and Richard Kiel guest star in an episode co-written by comics writer Denny O’Neil.
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The Soviet Union launches the third Mir space station module, Kvant-2, to rendezvous and dock with Mir under automated control. With an airlock to make spacewalks easier, and additional living space and life support, Kvant also includes bathing facilities, water storage and reclamation systems (including a system to collect, detoxify and recycle human urine), and additional scientific equipment.
The 31st episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Rick Dano and Sherman Howard guest star.
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Fox Network airs the 11th episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. Ted Raimi (Xena: Warrior Princess, seaQuest DSV) makes an early TV appearances in this episode. (more…)
Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off on 1989’s fifth and final shuttle launch, delivering a classified Defense Department payload into orbit on a five-day mission. Aboard Discovery are Commander Frederick Gregory, Pilot John Blaha, and mission specialists Story Musgrave, Manley Carter, and Kathryn Thornton.
The 15th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Frances Barber guest stars. (more…)
NBC airs the 17th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Tyra Ferrell (Boyz n The Hood) guest stars.
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