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1993
Quantum Leap: Dr. Ruth

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 87th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Dr. Ruth Westheimer appears as herself.

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Time Trax: A Stranger In Time

Time TraxThe national syndication window opens for the two-hour premiere of Time Trax, co-created by Star Trek movie producer Harve Bennett, and starring Dale Midkiff. Mia Sara, Henry Darrow, and Peter Donat also star. The series, filmed entirely in Australia, is one of the premiere offerings of the Warner Bros./Chris-Craft Television joint venture PTEN (Prime Time Entertainment Network), an attempt to create an ad-hoc “fifth network” out of independent and Fox stations. Read More Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

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NASA posthumously honors Star Trek creator

Gene RoddenberryAt a ceremony at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, NASA presents Majel Barrett Roddenberry with the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal honoring her late husband, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991. Roddenberry is lauded by NASA administrator Dan Goldin for “presenting the exploration of space as an exciting frontier” in both Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Space Rangers: Death Before Dishonor

Space RangersCBS airs the third episode of Pen Densham’s sci-fi series Space Rangers starring Jeff Kaake, Marjorie Monaghan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Linda Hunt. Claudia Christian (Babylon 5) guest stars. Read more (more…)

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Soyuz TM-16: getting Mir ready for company

Soyuz TM-16Cosmonauts Gennadi Manakov and Alexander Poleshchuk lift off aboard Soyuz TM-16, on a course for Russian space station Mir. In preparation for the upcoming joint international missions that will see American space shuttles docking with Mir, Soyuz TM-16 carries a new type of docking mechanism designed to test the docking port that will be used by visiting shuttles. Manakov and Poleshchuk remain aboard Mir for 179 days, returning to Earth in July 1993 with French spationaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré.

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ship In A Bottle

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 137th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Dwight Schultz (The A-Team), Daniel Davis (The Nanny) and Stephanie Beacham (seaQuest DSV) guest star. Read more (more…)

Space Rangers: Fort Hope

Space RangersCBS airs the fourth and final episode of Pen Densham’s sci-fi series Space Rangers starring Jeff Kaake, Marjorie Monaghan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Linda Hunt. Pat Morita (The Karate Kid), Wings Hauser, and Sally Elise Richardson guest star in the show’s pilot episode, inexplicably aired last. The series is cancelled with two episodes left unaired. Read more (more…)

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Q-Less

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the sixth episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. John de Lancie guest stars in Q’s only Deep Space Nine appearance. Read more (more…)

Crowded House: Together Alone

Crowded HouseCrowded House releases Together Alone, the final studio album featuring its original lineup (though no one is aware of this at the time), in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Europe. Produced by Neil Finn and Youth (a departure from the group’s “producer in residence” Mitchell Froom, who oversaw the first three albums), the album has a unique sound in the band’s catalogue. Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Mark Hart formally joins the group’s studio lineup, having toured with them since 1989. In America, the album is ensnared by a change of label management and remains unissued for almost a full year as a result. Read more (more…)

Ralf Illenberger: Soleil

Ralf IllenbergerThe Ralf Illenberger album Soleil is released, featuring the single “You And I”. Read more (more…)

Time Trax: To Kill A Billionaire

Time TraxThe national syndication window opens for the second episode of Time Trax, co-created by Star Trek movie producer Harve Bennett, and starring Dale Midkiff. Jerry Hardin (The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest stars. Read More (more…)

Highlander: See No Evil

HighlanderThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 12th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.

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Forever Knight: If Looks Could Kill

Forever KnightCBS airs the 19th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Jennifer Dale (X-Men, Once A Thief) guest stars.

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Quantum Leap: Blood Moon

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 88th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.

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Jellyfish: Spilt Milk

Peter GabrielPower pop supergroup Jellyfish releases its debut album Spilt Milk through Charisma Records. Though generally considered to be an even stronger album than Bellybutton, Spilt Milk marks the end of Jellyfish’s studio career; the band splinters after it is released. Read more (more…)

Highlander: Band Of Brothers

HighlanderThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 13th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.

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Forever Knight: Fatal Mistake

Forever KnightCBS airs the 20th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Cynthia Belliveau (E.N.G.) guest stars.

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Highlander: For Evil’s Sake

HighlanderThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 14th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.

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Babylon 5: The Gathering

Babylon 5The week-long national syndication window opens for the pilot movie of Babylon 5, The Gathering. The movie’s completely computer-generated effects – a first for television science fiction – win an Emmy Award. Despite favorable ratings from the movie’s initial broadcast, months pass before Warner Bros. orders the first full season, to premiere in 1994. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast (more…)

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Birthright Part I

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 141st episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the only major TNG crossover episode with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, guest starring Siddig El Fadil as Dr. Bashir. Read more (more…)

Forever Knight: 1966

Forever KnightCBS airs the 21st episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Cali Timmins guest stars.

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Quantum Leap: Return Of The Evil Leaper

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 89th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Renee Coleman (A League Of Their Own), Carolyn Seymour (Survivors), and Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser M.D.) guest star.

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Quantum Leap: Revenge Of The Evil Leaper

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 90th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Renee Coleman (A League Of Their Own) and Carolyn Seymour (Survivors) guest star.

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Highlander: For Tomorrow We Die

HighlanderThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 15th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name. Roland Gift (lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals) guest stars.

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