Sci-Fi Channel airs the 30th episode of Stargate Atlantis. 
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Sci-Fi channel airs the 23rd episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Michelle Forbes (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest stars in an update of one of the original series’ most celebrated two-parters. (more…)
EMI Australia releases the 2-CD collection She Will Have Her Way: The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn, featuring a variety of women covering music written by the Finn brothers (founding members of Split Enz and Crowded House). Songs covered include “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, ” Six Months In A Leaky Boat”, and “Distant Sun”. (more…)
Varese Sarabande releases David Newman‘s soundtrack from the movie Serenity, a sequel to the TV series Firefly. (more…)
ABC airs the 26th episode of the J.J. Abrams-produced series Lost. Henry Ian Cusick, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Saul Rubinek guest star. (more…)
ABC premieres the second episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. Cirroc Lofton (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the 73rd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford, and Maggie Stables. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the 74th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. (more…)
Serenity, the feature film follow-up to Joss Whedon’s science fiction series Firefly, makes its theatrical premiere. Whedon writes and directs; the full cast of the series returns, and Chiwetel Ejiofor also stars. (more…)
The twelfth full-time crew of the International Space Station lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Soyuz TMA-7. Valery Tokarev and William McArthur take up residence on the ISS for 189 days. Arriving with them on the ISS for a nine-day stay is space tourist and entrepreneur Gregory Olsen, who personally funded his own trip aboard the Soyuz and returns to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-6 with the Expedition 11 crew.
RealWorld Records releases Afro-Celt Sound System‘s fifth album, Anatomic. (more…)
ABC airs the 27th episode of the J.J. Abrams-produced series Lost. Henry Ian Cusick, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Katey Sagal (Married With Children) guest star; this episode introduces the Dharma Initiative to the series’ mysterious backstory. (more…)
ABC premieres the third episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars. (more…)
ABC airs the second episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Tony Curran guest stars. (more…)
As part of its repeat of the entire series (which has now attained cult status), Sci-Fi Channel airs the 12th episode of Joss Whedon’s science fiction series Firefly, starring Nathan Fillion. (This is an episode left unaired from the series’ original run on Fox, not a newly produced episode.) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) guest stars. (more…)
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases the first-ever soundtrack from 2009 Planet Of The Apes: The Series, featuring music and the series title theme by Lalo Schifrin, and additional music by Earle Hagen. (more…)
China returns to Earth orbit with the launch of Shenzhou 6, which, unlike China’s previous manned space shot in 2003, is broadcast on live TV. Taikonauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng orbit Earth for five days. During this mission, the Shenzhou spacecraft displays a previously untested ability to change its orbit. According to some press accounts, the live broadcast of the launch – an unusual step for China’s space program – is accompanied by the sound of the original 1970s theme from Battlestar Galactica.
ABC airs the 28th episode of the J.J. Abrams-produced series Lost. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Cynthia Watros become series regulars; DJ Qualls guest stars. (more…)
ABC premieres the fourth episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. (more…)
Mute Records releases Depeche Mode‘s 11th album, Playing The Angel, featuring the singles “john The Revelator” and “Suffer Well”. (more…)
ABC airs the third episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). (more…)
As part of its repeat of the entire series (which has now attained cult status), Sci-Fi Channel airs the 13th episode of Joss Whedon’s science fiction series Firefly, starring Nathan Fillion. (This is an episode left unaired from the series’ original run on Fox, not a newly produced episode.) Richard Burgi (The Sentinel) guest stars. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the second Cyberman audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff. (more…)
ABC premieres the fifth episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. (more…)
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ABC airs the fourth episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). William Lucking guest stars. (more…)
As part of its repeat of the entire series (which has now attained cult status), Sci-Fi Channel airs the 14th and final episode of Joss Whedon’s science fiction series Firefly, starring Nathan Fillion. (This is an episode left unaired from the series’ original run on Fox, not a newly produced episode.) Richard Burgi (The Sentinel) guest stars. (more…)
ABC premieres the sixth episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. (more…)
ABC airs the fifth episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Tony Todd guest stars. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the 75th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher. (more…)
Meco Monardo releases the instrumental cover album Star Wars Party (which will be reissued under various other titles in the years to come). (more…)
Television writer and producer Michael Piller, credited by many for the success of the revived Star Trek franchise (and co-creator of spinoff series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager) dies at the age of 57 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Piller, who had previously been a producer on Simon & Simon and the SF series Probe, joined Star Trek: The Next Generation as the head of the writing staff for the third season in 1990, replacing Maurice Hurley. Piller was generally credited with bringing a more friendly vibe to the show’s writing sessions and with finding new talent, such as fan writer Ronald D. Moore. Piller also wrote the popular two-part episode The Best Of Both Worlds and many others, and went on to create Deep Space Nine with Rick Berman and Voyager with Berman and fellow Next Generation veteran Jeri Taylor. Piller created the short-lived series Legend for UPN, starring Richard Dean Anderson (pre-SG-1) and John de Lancie, and later formed a production company with his son Shawn, where he developed the recent version of The Dead Zone for TV, as well as ABC Family Channel’s Wildfire, starring DS9 alumnus Nana Visitor.
The first attempt to maneuver the unmanned space probe Hayabusa close enough to scoop up a sample of material from the surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa is aborted by ground controllers at the Japanese space agency, JAXA. The spacecraft’s navigational system finds it difficult to maintain a precise lock on the elongated asteroid, so its automatic safety systems abort the approach to preserve Hayabusa intact. Another attempt to bring Hayabusa close enough to gather material from Itokawa’s surface will be made a week later.
Greg Edmonson’s soundtrack to the series Firefly is released on Varese Sarabande Records. (more…)