Monday, February 9, 2026

On this day in movie history - Wizards (1977):


Wizards

directed and written by Ralph Bakshi,
was released in the United States on February 9, 1977.
Narrated by Susan Tyrrell.
Music by Andrew Belling.

Cast:

Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Steve Gravers, James Connell, Mark Hamill, Susan Tyrrell, Ralph Bakshi, Angelo Grisanti.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 23.
Episode entitled: The Testament of Arkadia.
Released February 9, 1976.
Directed by David Tomblin.
Written by Johnny Byrne.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Barry Gray.
Cast: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Orso Maria Guerrini, Lisa Harrow, Nick Tate, Tony Allyn, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton, Andy Dempsey, Ann Maj-Brit, Quentin Pierre, Robert Rietty, Shane Rimmer, Suzanne Roquette, Michael Stevens.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967 & 1968)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)
Star Trek: Voyager (2000)


Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 21.
Episode entitled: The Return of the Archons.
Released February 9, 1967.
Directed by Joseph Pevney.
Written by Boris Sobelman, Gene Roddenberry.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Harry Townes, Torin Thatcher, Brioni Farrell, Sid Haig, Charles Macaulay, Jon Lormer, Morgan Farley, Karl Held / Christopher Held, Sean Morgan, Lev Mailer / Ralph Maurer, David L. Ross, Bill Blackburn, Bobby Clark, Frank da Vinci, Lars Hensen, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto, Barbara Webber.

Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Return to Tomorrow.
Released February 9, 1968.
Directed by Ralph Senensky.
Written by John T. Dugan / John Kingsbridge.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage, George Duning.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Diana Muldaur, Cindy Lou, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Roger Holloway, Jeannie Malone, John Hugh McKnight, Eddie Paskey.


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 14.
Episode entitled: Clues.
Released February 9, 1991.
Directed by Les Landau.
Written by Bruce D. Arthurs, Joe Menosky, Bruce D. Arthurs, Ronald D. Moore, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Colm Meaney, Pamela Winslow Kashani, Rhonda Aldrich, Whoopi Goldberg, Patti Yasutake, Tom Knickerbocker, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Debbie David, Elliot Durant III, Margaret Rose Flores, Kathy Hammers, Randy James, Kraig Kishi, Lorine Mendell, Joyce Robinson.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: Tsunkatse.
Released February 9, 2000.
Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Robert Doherty, Gannon Kenney, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jeffrey Combs, J.G. Hertzler, Dwayne Johnson/The Rock, Michael Bailous, Tarik Ergin, Peter Scott Harmyk, Joyce Lasley, Nichole McAuley, Tom Miller, Robin Morselli, Keith Rayve, Joey Sakata, Pablo Soriano.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):


M Squad

Season 3. Episode 21.
Episode entitled: The Man with Frank’s Face.
Released February 9, 1960.
Directed by Don Taylor.
Written by Stuart Jerome.
Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert Bailey, Herbert Ellis, John Harmon, Wolfe Barzell, Tom Reese, Greta Thyssen, Jim Hayward.

Born on this day – Zoë Lund:


Zoë Lund


Composer

Musician

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 9, 1962 – April 16, 1999

Credits:

Dreamland (1997); Hand Gun (1994); Hot Ticket (1993); Bad Lieutenant (1992); The Houseguest (1989); Exquisite Corpses (1989); Hothouse (1988); Miami Vice (1985); Special Effects (1984); Ms .45 (1981); Times Square (1980).

Born on this day – Kathryn Grayson:


Kathryn Grayson


Actress

Singer

February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010

Credits:

Murder, She Wrote (1987–1989); Baretta (1978); Lux Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); The Vagabond King (1956); Kiss Me Kate (1953); So This Is Love (1953); The Desert Song (1953); Lovely to Look At (1952); Show Boat (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); That Midnight Kiss (1949); The Kissing Bandit (1948); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Thousands Cheer (1943); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Rio Rita (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941).

Born on this day – Amy Lowell:


Amy Lowell


Writer

February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925

Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.

Credits:

A Critical Fable (1922); A Dome of Many-Colored Glass (1912); Amy Lowell (1925); Amy Lowell: A Chronicle, With Extracts from her Correspondence (1935); Ballads for Sale (1927); Can Grande's Castle (1919); Complete Poetical Works and Selected Writings in 6 vols; East Wind (1926); Fireworks: The Atlantic Monthly (1915); Fir-Flower Tablets (1921); Legends (1921); Men, Women and Ghosts (1916); Pictures of the Floating World (1919); Selected Poems of Amy Lowell (2002); Some imagist poets (1917); Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914); The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell (1955); The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell (1955); The Touch of You Amy Lowell's Poems of Love and Beauty (1972); What's O'Clock (1925).