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Published On: October 27, 2017

Stranger ThingsNetflix releases the first episode of the second season of Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers (Wayward Pines, Hidden) and starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Paul Reiser and Sean Astin. The series continues its 1980s-set saga of a small Indiana town plagued by the supernatural side effects of experiments involving breaking into another dimension. Read more

Published On: October 27, 1997

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 18th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting 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. James Marsters, Juliet Landau, and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.

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Published On: October 27, 1997

Babylon 5The week-long national syndication window opens for the 88th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. This is actually the first episode produced for the fifth season, swapped out for the episode already filmed and intended to be the series finale, and features the message “Faith manages” at the end, signaling the end of Warner Bros.’ failed PTEN network venture and the end of the series’ syndicated run. The fifth season will be carried by cable network TNT in 1998. Read more

Published On: October 27, 1992

Alien NationNarada Records releases a CD of Star Trek: The Next Generation composer Jay Chattaways’s music from the PBS documentary series Space Age. Though more percussive than his Star Trek scores, the documentary soundtrack bears strong similarities to his work on the hit science fiction series. Read more

Published On: October 27, 1978

The Incredible HulkThe 18th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Mako guest stars.

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Published On: October 27, 1976

The Bionic WomanThe 19th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Lee Majors, Martin E. Brooks, John Houseman (The Paper Chase), and Jack Colvin (The Incredible Hulk) guest star in the first part of another crossover event with The Six Million Dollar Man.

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Published On: October 27, 1972

Mariner 9The unmanned NASA/JPL space probe Mariner 9 concludes its mission to map the surface of Mars. After spending more than a year as the first human spacecraft to orbit another planet in the solar system, Mariner 9’s fuel supply has run out, but not before it has obtained over 7,000 images of the surface of Mars, discovering gigantic volcanoes and huge canyons in the process. The detailed photography returned by Mariner 9 is a vitally important tool for scientists and mission planners already hard at work on a potential robotic landing mission to Mars, to be launched later in the 1970s. Though inactive, Mariner 9 remains in orbit of Mars.

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