Saturday, February 14, 2026

On this day in television history - Justified (2012):


Justified

Season 3. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Thick as Mud.
Released February 14, 2012.
Directed by Adam Arkin.
Written by Graham Yost, Jon Worley, Benjamin Cavell, Elmore Leonard, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda and Ryan Farley.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, Clayne Crawford, Demetrius Grosse, Damon Herriman, Maggie Lawson, David Meunier, Todd Stashwick, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, Randolph Adams, Newell Alexander, Michael Scott Allen, Tasha Ames, Tate Ammons, Steve Bean, Valerie Brandy, Stephanie Cleough, Adrian Flowers, Nick Hoffa, Jesse Luken, Jeffrey Markle, Brendan McCarthy, Alison White.

On this day in music history:

Dreamboat Annie by Heart (1976)
Bébé le Strange by Heart (1980)
Sleepless Empire by Lacuna Coil (2025)
Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn (2013)


Dreamboat Annie
Album by Heart,
released February 14, 1976.
Track list: Magic Man; Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child); Crazy on You; Soul of the Sea; Dreamboat Annie; White Lightning and Wine; (Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song; Sing Child; How Deep It Goes; Dreamboat Annie.


Bébé le Strange
Album by Heart,
Released February 14, 1980.
Track list: Bebe Le Strange; Down On Me; Silver Wheels; Break; Rockin' Heaven Down; Even It Up; Strange Night; Raised On You; Pilot; Sweet Darlin'; Jackleg Man; Break.


Sleepless Empire
Album by Lacuna Coil,
released February 14, 2025.
Track list: The Siege; Oxygen; Scarecrow; Gravity; I Wish You Were Dead; Hosting the Shadow (feat. Randy Blythe); In Nomine Patris; Sleepless Empire; Sleep Paralysis; In The Mean Time (feat. Ash Costello); Never Dawn.


Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn
Documentary directed and written by Ramin Niami.
Released in the United States on February 14, 2013.
Cast: Ray Bailey, Andrea Balestra, Shawn Barry, Bobby Bryan, Mickey Champion, Charlie Chan, Chu Chu, Grant Cihlar, George Dezz, Ken Frizzelle, Takahiro Fukuda, Eric Garcia, Lady Gigi, Laura Mae Gross, Tony Ibarra, Alvon Johnson, Deacon Jones, Dennis Jones, Richard Martin-Ross, Johnny Mastro, Tokyo Mississippi, Keb’ Mo’, Barbara Morrison, Oklahoma Ollie, Sherry Pruitt, Jeff Ross, Southside Slim, Mike Stoller, Suzanne Thomas, Peter Tork, Ferekiea White, Earl Williams, Gregg Wright.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1969)
Star Trek: Voyager (2001)
Star Trek: Discovery (2019)


Star Trek
Season 3. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Requiem for Methuselah.
Released February 14, 1969.
Directed by Murray Golden.
Written by Jerome Bixby, Arthur H. Singer.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, James Daly, Louise Sorel, Bill Blackburn, John Buonomo, Roger Holloway, Naomi Newman, Sally Yarnell.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 14.
Episode entitled: The Void.
Released February 14, 2001.
Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Raf Green, James Kahn, Kenneth Biller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Robin Sachs, Paul Willson, Scott Lawrence, Jonathan Del Arco, Michael Shamus Wiles, Michael Bailous, Tarik Ergin, Louis Ortiz, Stephen Pisani, Michael Satterfield.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 2. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Saints of Imperfection.
Released February 14, 2019.
Directed by David Barrett.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif, Wilson Cruz, Anson Mount, Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, Alan Van Sprang, Rachael Ancheril, Bahia Watson, Hannah Cheesman, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Julianne Grossman.

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


M Squad

Season 1. Episode 21.
Episode entitled: Lover’s Lane Killing.
Released February 14, 1958.
Directed by Robert Altman.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Stanley Wilson.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Kent Smith, Ruta Lee, John Doucette, Angela Greene, Leonard Bremen, Douglas Rader.

Born on this day – Richard M. Cohen:


Richard M. Cohen


Writer

Television producer

February 14, 1948 – December 24, 2024

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1973.

Credits:

Books:

Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir (2004); I Want to Kill the Dog (2012); Strong At The Broken Places (2008).

Born on this day – Gregory Hines:


Gregory Hines

Actor

Dancer

Choreographer

Singer

February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003

Born on this day – Alan Parker:


Alan Parker

Director

February 14, 1944 – July 31, 2020