Sci-Fi 5

He is best known for playing T'Challa in "The Black Panther," but in a short career, Chadwick Boseman left an indelible impression in many breakthrough roles. On what would have been his 45th birthday, we celebrate Boseman's career and legacy.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

It was the crossover event that excited yet baffled fans. Learn how multiple Doctors Who teamed up with the cast of long-running British soap-opera "EastEnders" in support of the Children in Need charity on this day in 1993 with "Dimensions in Time."

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Written and hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

Babylon 5's serialized storytelling is legendary, and the producers had the good fortune of planning ahead - way ahead. The series finale, "Sleeping in Light," was filmed entirely before airing the final season. That's the topic of today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

Music by Devin Curry

It was on this day in 1988 that viewers got their first glimpse of the Satellite of Love. Mystery Science Theatre 3000 aired on KTMA in Minneapolis and launched a long-running series that has gone through many permutations since. Get the story on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Written and hosted by Ryan Myers

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Captain America might have found success in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the road to get him to the screen was paved with difficulty. Today, a look at the second attempt to get Cap on the air with CBS' "Death Too Soon" which aired today in 1979.

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Written and hosted by Earl Green

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Star Trek pushed social boundaries through sci-fi storytelling and broke a prime-time taboo on November 22, 1968 with the episode "Plato's Stepchildren." What was the story behind the first scripted interracial kiss on American TV, and what were the repercussions? Find out on today's show.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Ryan Myers

Music by Devin Curry

Robert Beltran worked extensively in Shakespeare before joining the crew of the USS Voyager. Hear his story on today's Sci-Fi 5 as we wish "happy birthday" to Chakotay.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

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It was a long road, getting from the first Space Shuttle glide tests in 1977 to an early retirement in 1985.  Today's show explains why the shuttle Enterprise never went into orbit, and where you can see it today.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

Music by Devin Curry

Happy Life Day, one and all! We come not to bash The Star Wars Holiday Special (aired on this day in 1978) but rather to put it in the proper context among variety shows of the 1970s. Even though those had fewer wookies.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Ryan Myers

Music by Devin Curry

On this day in 1997, The X-Files episode "Unusual Suspects" first aired. The fallout from that one episode is enormous, with dozens of popular TV shows wiped out of existence... theoretically, anyway.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

Music by Devin Curry