Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 44th episode of Stargate SG-1, kicking off the show’s third season. 
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Sci-Fi Channel premieres the tenth episode of Farscape. (Early episodes of this series are aired out of the producers’ preferred story order or, for that matter, production order.) Grant Magee guest stars as Jothee. (more…)
Zang Tung Tumb releases the Art Of Noise‘s fifth album, The Seduction of Claude Debussy, the first new material from the pioneering electronic group in a decade. Among the many guest appearances are rapper Rakim, film composer Henry Jackman, Sally Bradshaw, and actor John Hurt (!). (more…)
Volcano Records releases the Weird Al Yankovic album Running With Scissors, featuring the Star Wars Episode I-inspired single “The Saga Begins”. (more…)
TNT airs the fourth episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade. Gary Graham (Alien Nation) guest stars. (more…)
Showtime airs the 102nd episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Torri Higginson (TekWar, Stargate Atlantis) guest stars.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 45th episode of Stargate SG-1. (more…)
TNT airs the 
Pete Conrad, the Apollo 12 commander who was the third human to walk on the moon, dies at the age of 69 from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Conrad went to the moon in November 1969, and flew two earlier Gemini missions, one of which was a new human endurance record at the time. Conrad later went on to set a new record for time spent by a human in space (28 days, unprecedented at the time) in 1973 as a member of the first Skylab crew. Conrad and fellow Skylab astronaut Joseph Kerwin performed an extended and very hazardous spacewalk to repair the station, which had been heavily damaged during launch a few weeks before its crew arrived.
The paranoid thriller Arlington Road is released, starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, and Joan Cusack. (more…)
Showtime airs the 103rd episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Kevin Nealon (Saturday Night Live) and Ronny Cox (Robocop, Total Recall) guest star.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 73rd episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 46th episode of Stargate SG-1. (more…)
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 11th episode of Farscape. (Early episodes of this series are aired out of the producers’ preferred story order or, for that matter, production order.) (more…)
The 55th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Alexis Denisof (Angel), Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse), and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star in the third season finale. This is David Boreanaz’ final episode as a series regular before his character is spun off to his own series.
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TNT airs the Showtime airs the 103rd episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. This is a remake of a two-part episode from the 1960s series.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 74th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 47th episode of Stargate SG-1. (more…)
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 12th episode of Farscape. At this point, episodes begin airing more or less in order of production. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the first Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range (though the range is not yet monthly, a frequency that will be determined by sheer audience demand). Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy reprise their respective versions of the Doctor in a story written, directed and scored by Nicholas Briggs. (more…)
A day short of exactly 38 years since the capsule flew its suborbital flight and then sank as it took on water upon splashdown, Liberty Bell 7, the Mercury capsule flown by Gus Grissom in 1961, is raised from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean from a depth of almost 16,000 feet. The recovery, requiring specialized deep sea equipment, is bankrolled by the Discovery Channel, which gains exclusive broadcast rights to the event. The capsule itself is cleaned up, restored, and put on display at the Kansas Cosmosphere space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas.
TNT airs the seventh episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade. This episode sees the Excalibur visiting Babylon 5. (more…)
Showtime airs the 104th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Jessica Steen (Captain Power) and Daphne Zuniga (Spaceballs) guest star.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 75th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke.
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Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on a five-day mission to deploy the Chanda X-Ray Observatory satellite. The first American space mission with a woman in the commander’s seat, this flight also includes some ultraviolet astronomy experiments, and sees the first test of HDTV equipment in space. Aboard Columbia for her 26th mission are Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jeff Ashby, and mission specialists Steven Hawley, Catherine Coleman and Michel Tognini. After landing, Columbia is removed from the orbiter rotation with the intention of permanent retirement, though a demanding launch schedule convinces NASA to upgrade Columbia and return the flagship of the shuttle fleet to service in 2002.
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 48th episode of Stargate SG-1. (more…)
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 13th episode of Farscape. Grant Magee guest stars as Jothee. (more…)
TNT airs the eighth episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade. This was the last episode produced, though not the last to air. (more…)
Showtime airs the 105th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 76th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke. Eric Pierpoint (Alien Nation) guest stars; Maggie Egan, who played a news reporter on Babylon 5, plays… a news reporter.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 49th episode of Stargate SG-1. (more…)
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 14th episode of Farscape. Natalie Mendoza guest stars. (more…)
Renaissance Records releases the Bill Mumy album In The Current. (more…)
TNT airs the ninth episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade. This was intended to be the first episode shown, though TNT nixed the original running order. 