On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021):

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Pressure.
Released December 5, 2021.
Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.
Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.
Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.
Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast:

Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Brian Cox, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Josh Duhamel, Barkhad Abdi, Stephen Root, Peyton List, Zehra Fazal, Keith Ferguson, Sunil Malhotra, Shinshû Fuji, Takaya Hashi, Takako Honda, Takayuki Kinba, Takehito Koyasu, Taiten Kusunoki, Tony Nakajima, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Arisa Shida, Hôchû Ôtsuka.

On this day in music history - Sketches, by Michele McLaughlin (2020):

Sketches

Album by Michele McLaughlin,

released December 5, 2020.

Track list: At First Sight; Hope; One Life; Waiting; The Traveler; Farewell Little Love; Forever Yours; The Right Choice; The Long Night; Relief; Home at Last; Lost; Unshakeable.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Elementary, Dear Data.

Released December 5, 1988.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Brian Alan Lane, inspired by characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Diana Muldaur, Daniel Davis, Alan Shearman, Biff Manard, Diz White, Anne Elizabeth Ramsay, Richard Merson, Rosemarie Baio, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Jeffrey Deacon, Guy Vardaman, Mark Wilson.

On this day in movie history - Beverly Hills Cop (1984):

Beverly Hills Cop

directed by Martin Brest,

written by Daniel Petrie Jr.,

based on a story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr.,

was released in the United States on December 5, 1984.
Music by Harold Faltermeyer.

Cast:

Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, James Russo, Jonathan Banks, Stephen Elliott, Gilbert R. Hill, Art Kimbro, Joel Bailey, Bronson Pinchot, Paul Reiser, Michael Champion, Frank Pesce, Gene Borkan, Michael Gregory, Alice Cadogan, Philip Levien, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Gerald Berns, William Wallace, Israel Juarbe, Randy Vasquez, Damon Wayans, Chuck Adamson, Chip Heller, Rick Overton, Rex Ryon, Mike Pniewski, Douglas Warhit, Paul Drake, Tom Everett, Sally Kishbaugh, Barry Shade, Jack Heller, Michael Harrington, David Wells, Scott Murphy, Dennis Madden, John Achorn, John Pettis, Nicholas Shields, Carl Weintraub, Anthony De Fonte, Darwyn Carson, Mark E. Corry, Thomas J. Hageboeck, Martin Brest, Earl Jolly Brown, Donald Chaffin, Dan Cotter, Bob Davis, Peter Paul Eastman, Robert Hitchcock, David Patrick Kelly, Paul LeClair, Freeman Love, Farrell Mayer, Danny Nero, Walter Spear, Nico Stevens.

On this day in movie history - Serpico (1973 movie & book):

Serpico

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler,

based on the book by Peter Maas,

was released in the United States on December 5, 1973.
Music by Mikis Theodorakis.

Cast:

Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Eda-Young, Cornelia Sharpe, Edward Grover, Tony Roberts, Allan Rich, Albert Henderson, Joseph Bova, Woodie King Jr., James Tolkan, Bernard Barrow, Nathan George, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Beniades, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch.

Recommended reading:

Serpico

By Peter Maas.

First published 1973.

Published by Harper Perennial.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0060738189

ISBN-13: 978-0060738181

Description:

THE CLASSIC TRUE STORY OF THE COP WHO COULDN'T BE BOUGHT.

With an Afterword by Frank Serpico.

The 1960s was a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of New York City. A culture of corruption pervaded the New York Police Department, where payoffs, protection, and shakedowns of gambling rackets and drug dealers were common practice. The so-called blue code of silence protected the minority of crooked cops from the sanction of the majority.

Into this maelstrom came a working class, Brooklyn-born, Italian cop with long hair, a beard, and a taste for opera and ballet. Frank Serpico was a man who couldn't be silenced – or bought – and he refused to go along with the system. He had sworn an oath to uphold the law, even if the perpetrators happened to be other cops. For this unwavering commitment to justice, Serpico nearly paid with his life.

"I don't think anyone can come away from Serpico without admiration for one man's lonely integrity." – New York Times.

"A penetrating . . . exciting story." – San Francisco Chronicle.

"[A] raw and moving portrait." – Chicago Sun-Times.

"An absorbing story of what one angry, honest man can do." – Detroit News.

"Excellent." – Newsweek.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: The Executioner.
Released December 5, 1958.
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski.
Written by James Edmiston.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Dan Barton, Nan Leslie, Herschel Bernardi, Mary Munday, Wilton Graff, John Sebastian, Reid Hammond.

Born on this day – Adan Canto:

Adan Canto

Actor

December 5, 1981 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

The Cleaning Lady (2022); Agent Game (2022); Entertainment Tonight (2022); The Devil Below (2021); The Shot (2020); 2 Hearts (2020); Bruised (2020); The Hypnotist's Love Story (2019); Designated Survivor (2016–2019); The Marilyn Denis Show (2018); Amanda & Jack Go Glamping (2017); CTV's Big Fall Preview 2017 (2017); The Catch (2016); Second Chance (2016); Blood & Oil (2015); Narcos (2015); Before Tomorrow (2014); Pilot (2014); Almost Thirty (2014); Classification: M (2014); E! News (2014); Mixology (2014); X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014); Good Day L.A. (2013); The Following (2013); Al Ras (2012); Amar no es querer (2011); Santiago del otro lado (2011); Te presento a Laura (2010); Los Minondo (2010); Sin memoria (2010); Estado de Gracia (2009).