In a specially shot trailer aired after BBC1’s live coverage of the Wimbledon men’s tennis finals, the first female Doctor Who is unveiled in the form of actress Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch, Black Mirror, Attack The Block). Her first appearance in the role proper will presumably take place at the end of outgoing star Peter Capaldi’s final episode, to be aired on Christmas Day 2017. The transition to a new Doctor also includes the transition to new showrunner Chris Chibnall, whose first season will be broadcast in 2018. 
Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau, a fixture of genre TV and movies since the late 1950s, dies at the age of 89. The star of such series as Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999, Landau was also a renowned acting teacher, and was in demand both before and after his TV heyday with roles in North By Northwest, Crimes And Misdemeanors, and Ed Wood, in which his portrayal of Bela Lugosi in his waning years brought him an Academy Award. He worked steadily through his eighties, in both on-screen roles and voice roles, with some projects yet to be released at the time of his death.
Pioneering horror film director George A. Romero dies at the age of 77 after a battle with lung cancer. In 1968, his low-budget shocker Night Of The Living Dead all but gave birth to the zombie horror genre. Some of his later films attempted to tackle different subject matter, meeting with box office indifference until he returned to the zombie genre with Dawn Of The Dead (1976), which earned back more than 100 times its production budget. High-profile works after that included the Stephen King-written Creepshow (1982), Monkey Shines (1988), and a third film in his zombie cycle, Day Of The Dead (1985). Sticking this time with his connection to the genre, Romero continued to be involved in spinoffs for comics, internet shorts, and further films, including Road Of The Dead, a movie he promoted shortly before his death. His movies remain immensely influential in the horror genre.
Actress Deborah Watling, best known for her 1960s stint as Victoria Waterfield, an orphaned girl taken aboard the TARDIS as a companion in Doctor Who, dies at the age of 69 from lung cancer, only six weeks after being diagnosed. Joining the show in the pivotal Evil Of The Daleks serial in 1967, and remaining through the end of the six-part Fury From The Deep in 1968, Watling was technically a series regular for only a year, though that time coincided with a run of stories now widely regarded as classics, pitting the TARDIS team again Cybermen, Ice Warriors and Yeti. She also appeared in Out Of The Unknown and Danger UXB, and reprised the role of Victoria in later Doctor Who projects such as Dimensions In Time (1993) and Downtime (1995).
8-Bit Weapon releases the album Class Apples, renditions of classical music played entirely on vintage Apple II computers. 
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The non-fiction book Fallen Down: Heartache & Compassion in Undertale by Joel Couture is published as party of a StoryBundle release. (more…)
Streaming service Amazon Prime Video premieres the second episode of the second live-action adaptation of Ben Edlund’s comic The Tick, starring Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman (Gravity) and Jackie Earle Haley (The Bad News Bears, Preacher), as part of the first season (all dropped on the same day). The new episodes make up only the first half of the first season, the rest of which will be released in 2018. (more…)
Streaming service Amazon Prime Video releases the third episode of the second live-action adaptation of Ben Edlund’s comic The Tick, starring Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman (Gravity) and Jackie Earle Haley (The Bad News Bears, Preacher), as part of the first season (all dropped on the same day). (more…)
Fox premieres the first episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane. A number of Star Trek veterans participate both in front of and behind the cameras, and in a rarity for 21st century filmmaking (especially on a TV budget), the Orville itself is a physical model. Brian George (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Victor Garber (Alias, Legends Of Tomorrow) guest star. (more…)
Intrada Records releases the second volume of Alan Silvestri’s music from the documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey on CD (following an earlier digital release with fewer tracks). There will be two further volumes in the series. (more…)
Fox airs the second episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane. Jeffrey Tambor (Max Headroom), J.D. Cullum (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Ron Canada guest star. (more…)
Composer Dominic Glynn releases, via his No Bones Records label, Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol Remixes, an EP of remixes of Glynn’s score from the 1988 Doctor Who story The Happiness Patrol. (more…)
Fox airs the third episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane. Deobia Oparei and Rena Owen guest star. (more…)
CBS premieres the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery, the first new Star Trek TV series in 12 years, starring Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) and Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Marco Polo). The second episode also premieres on this date, but instead of airing on CBS, it streams on CBS’ fledgling CBS All Access paid streaming service. Despite the unusual distribution arrangement for a two-parter, the premiere is watched by over nine million viewers. (more…)
Streaming service CBS All Access releases the second episode of Star Trek: Discovery, starring Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) and Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Marco Polo). This episode drops immediately after the conclusion of the first episode’s broadcast premiere on CBS. (more…)
Schiffer publishes David L. Craddock’s non-fictional collection of essays on the stories and creators behind Apple II computer games, “Break Out: How The Apple II Launched The PC Gaming Revolution “. The book profiles the creators and the stories behind such popular titles as Ultima, The Oregon Trail, Pinball Construction Set, Wizardry, Zork, Lode Runner, and more. (more…)
French streaming service OCS releases the first episode of the sci-fi series Missions, created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe. The series’ first season will debut, with English subtitles, on the American streaming service Shudder later in the year. (more…)
French streaming service OCS releases the second episode of the sci-fi series Missions, created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe. The series’ first season will debut, with English subtitles, on the American streaming service Shudder later in the year. (more…)
French streaming service OCS releases the third episode of the sci-fi series Missions, created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe. The series’ first season will debut, with English subtitles, on the American streaming service Shudder later in the year. (more…)
French streaming service OCS releases the fourth episode of the sci-fi series Missions, created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe. The series’ first season will debut, with English subtitles, on the American streaming service Shudder later in the year. (more…)
French streaming service OCS releases the fifth episode of the sci-fi series Missions, created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe. The series’ first season will debut, with English subtitles, on the American streaming service Shudder later in the year. (more…)
Fox airs the fourth episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane. James Morrison (Space: Above And Beyond) guest stars, and Liam Neeson (Star Wars Episode I) makes an unannounced, uncredited cameo appearance. (more…)
ABC airs the first episode of the Marvel series Inhumans, starring Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) and Serinda Swan (Reacher, Coroner). This series is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
ABC airs the second episode of the Marvel series Inhumans, starring Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) and Serinda Swan (Reacher, Coroner). This series is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (more…)
Streaming service CBS All Access premieres the third episode of Star Trek: Discovery, starring Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) and Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter movies’ Lucius Malfoy). Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica) guest stars. (more…)
Fox premieres the first episode of the Marvel superhero series The Gifted, a series set in the universe of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies. Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Amy Acker (Angel) and Coby Bell (Burn Notice) star in an episode directed by Bryan Singer (X-Men). (more…)
Fox airs the fifth episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane. Oscar winner Charlize Theron guest stars. (more…)
ABC airs the third episode of the Marvel series Inhumans, starring Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) and Serinda Swan (Reacher, Coroner). Henry Ian Cusick (Lost) guest stars. This series is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (more…)
Streaming service CBS All Access premieres The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not For The Lamb’s Cry, the fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, starring Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) and Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter movies’ Lucius Malfoy). Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica) guest stars. (more…)
Fox airs the second episode of the Marvel superhero series The Gifted, a series set in the universe of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies. Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) guest stars. (more…)
The CW airs the 34th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Brandon Routh, Franz Drameh, and Victor Garber. Arthur Darvill guest stars in the third season premiere.
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The CW airs the 70th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. This is the fourth season premiere.
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The 116th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. This is the premiere of the series’ sixth season.
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Fox airs the sixth episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane. Kelly Hu (X2: X-Men United, The 100) and James Horan (Star Trek: Enterprise) guest star. (more…)
The 68th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on UK cable/satellite comedy channel Dave. This is the first episode of Red Dwarf XII, shot almost back-to-back with Red Dwarf XI. (more…)