Rainer Maria Rilke, on writing:

If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing ... then you are a writer.

- Rainer Maria Rilke.

Born on this day – Ethel Merman:

Ethel Merman

Actress

Singer

January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984

Credits:
 
Books:

Merman (1978); Who Could Ask for Anything More? (1955).

Albums:

An Earful of Music (1934); Dearie (1950); Eadie Was a Lady (1933); How Deep Is the Ocean? (1932); I Get a Kick Out of You (1935); I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers) (1950); If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake (1950); Move It Over (1943); Once Upon a Nickel (1951); They Say It's Wonderful (1946); You're Just in Love (1951); You're the Top (1934).

Movies and television:
 

A Salute to American Imagination (1978); A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); Airplane! (1980); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); All That Jazz (1979); All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); All-Star Inaugural Gala (1981); American Experience (2006–2023); American Masters (1990–2017); AMV Hell (2004); An Evening with Ethel Merman (1965); Annie Get Your Gun (1967); Answer the Call (1953); Anything Goes (1936); Around the World of Mike Todd (1967); Arrested Development (2005); At Long Last Cole (1975); Batman (1967); Batmania from Comics to Screen (1989); Be Like Me (1931); Behind the Music (1998); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1987–2001); Bones (2006); Broadway (1973); Broadway! A Special Salute (1982); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Call Me Madam (1953); Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Cilla (1973); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Designing Women (1991); Dinah! (1975–1976); Dinner with the President (1953); Discovery (1995); Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Evening at Pops (1976); Follow the Leader (1930); Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (1990); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); General Electric Theater (1956); Good Morning America (1979); Good Morning Britain (2019); Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show (2015); Great Performances (1981–2005); Gypsy (1967); Happy Landing (1938); Hee Haw (1980); Her Future (1930); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood (2020); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (1980); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); I'm Dying Up Here (2017); In & Out (1997); Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (1949); Ireno (1932); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point (2023); I've Got a Secret (1965); Joey (2004); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Kid Millions (1934); Kitty from Kansas City (1932); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1932); Little Voice (1998); Maggie Brown (1963); Marilyn (1963); Masquerade Party (1956); Match Game (1975–1978); Match Game PM (1976–1978); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014); Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (1985); Musical Comedy Tonight (1979); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); Old Man Blues (1931); On Broadway Tonight (1965); Our World (1987); Panama Hattie (1954); Parkinson (1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Paul Anka ... Music My Way (1977); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1963); Person to Person (1955); Personality (1967–1968); Reboot (2022); Roaming (1931); Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012); 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972); Saturday Night Live (1987); Screen Goddesses (2005); Sha Na Na (1977); Shower of Stars (1955); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002); Six by Sondheim (2013); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Song Shopping (1933); Special Collector's Edition (2010); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Startime (1959–1960); Steve & Eydie: From This Moment On... Cole Porter (1977); Straight Place and Show (1938); Strike Me Pink (1936); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); Super Night at Forest Hills (1977); Tarzan (1967); Telescope (1963); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Terms of Endearment (1983); Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night (1982); That Girl (1967–1968); That's Life (1968); The 1976 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1976); The 19th Annual Tony Awards (1965); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The Art of Love (1965); The Arthur Murray Party (1956–1960); The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope (1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960–1964); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Best of the Royal Variety (2006); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Bob Hope Show (1962); The Bobby Vinton Show (1976); The Carol Burnett Show (1969); The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993); The Cave Club (1930); The Chevy Show (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953–1954); The David Steinberg Show (1977); The Dean Martin Show (1965–1968); The Delegate (2006); The Devil Sea (1931); The Dick Cavett Show (1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1971); The Eddie Fisher Show (1958); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Factor (2008–2014); The First 100 Years of Recorded Music (1981); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Hollywood Palace (1966–1982); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1975–1976); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1969); The Joy of Disco (2012); The Judy Garland Show (1963–1964); The Late Shift (1995); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Love Boat (1979–1982); The Lucy Show (1964); The Match Game (1965–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Muppet Show (1977); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Next Best Thing (2000); The People's Command Performance (1978); The Red Skelton Hour (1963); The Royal Variety Performance 1982 (1982); The Secret Disco Revolution (2012); The Sugarcube Critic (2014); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1992); The Wonder Years (1989); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Show Business (1950); This Is Your Life (1971); Time on My Hands (1932); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1984); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1964); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Welcome to the Basement (2015); We're Not Dressing (1934); What's My Line? (1963–1972); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008); You Try Somebody Else (1932); You're Gonna Love It Here (1977); Zeit.geschichte (2018).

Born on this day – Dian Fossey:

Dian Fossey

Primatologist

Conservationist

Writer

Director

January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985

Credits:

Written work:

A Forest in the Clouds: My Year Among the Mountain Gorillas in the Remote Enclave of Dian Fossey (2018); An amiable giant: Fuertes's gorilla (1982); Gorillas in the Mist (1983); Living with Mountain Gorillas (1972); Mountain gorilla research, 1969–1970 (1978); Mountain gorilla research, 1971–1972 (1980); Mountain gorilla research, 1974 (1982); Observations on the home range of one group of mountain gorillas (1974); The Behaviour of the Mountain Gorilla (1976); Vocalizations of the mountain Gorilla (1972).

 

Movies and television:
 

30 Years of National Geographic Specials (1995); A Mother's Love: Rosamond Carr and a Lifetime in Rwanda (2010); All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011); Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (2017); Einstein (2020); Final Days of an Icon (2006); Fouloscopie (2019); Gorillas in the Mist (1988); Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1978–2007); National Geographic Specials (1971–2003); Nature (1986); Quest's World of Wonder (2021); Six femmes sur la planète des grands singes (2020); The American Sportsman (1980); The Emotional World of Farm Animals (2004); The Nature of Things (2019); The Real... (1998); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985); The World About Us (1976 / 1981); Universum (2004).

Born on this day – Lina Romay:

Lina Romay

Actress

January 16, 1919 – December 17, 2010

Credits:

Adventure (1945); Babes Behind Bars (2013); Bathing Beauty (1944); Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1951); Chesterfield Sound Off Time (1951); Cheyenne Cowboy (1949); Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1943); Embraceable You (1948); Entertaining the Troops (1988); Faces (2019); Flamingo Road (1949); Honeymoon (1947); Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Passport to Danger (1956); Public Prosecutor (1948); Señor Droopy (1949); Six-Gun Music (1949); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Star of the Family (1951); Summertime Revue (1951); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957); The Alan Young Show (1950–1951); The Big Wheel (1949); The Heat's On (1943); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949–1952); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Steve Allen Show (1951); This Time for Keeps (1947); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); We, the People (1949); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Born on this day – Micheline Luccioni:

Micheline Luccioni

Actress

January 16, 1930 – December 24, 1992

Credits:

À corps perdu (1970); Allô police (1967); Allô! Juliette (1972); An Idiot in Paris (1967); Au théâtre ce soir (1969–1981); Back to the Wall (1958); Baratin (1956); Belphégor ou le fantôme du Louvre (1965); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Cherchez l'erreur (1980); Children of Mata Hari (1970); Clarisse Fenigan (1959); Croquemitoufle (1959); Dis bonjour à la dame!.. (1977); Distracted (1970); Don Juan revient de guerre (1968); Églantine (1972); Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970); Fleur d'oseille (1967); Gervaise (1956); Guinguette (1959); Hello Beatrice (1984); Hôtel des neiges (1958); How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning / Segment: La Fermeture (1965); It Happened All Night (1960); Je vous ferai aimer la vie (1979); Jo (1971); La brune que voilà (1960); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1987); La dernière nuit (1981); La nuit des rois (1957); La petite vertu (1968); La sentinelle endormie (1966); L'académie des 9 (1982–1983); Le chemin des écoliers (1959); Le divan (1982); Le drapeau noir flotte sur la marmite (1971); Le majordome (1965); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1981); Le plus heureux des trois (1957); Le puits aux trois vérités (1961); Le tracassin ou Les plaisirs de la ville (1961); Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon (1974); L'école des femmes (1973); Les amours des années folles (1981); Les beaux yeux d'Agatha (1964); Les cinq dernières minutes (1959–1978); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1973); Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons (1973); Les livreurs (1961); Les pieds nickelés (1960); L'étiquette (1986); L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête (1962–1963); Lovers of Paris (1957); Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959); Max le débonnaire (1967); Maxime (1958); Messieurs les jurés (1977); Midi Trente (1973–1974); Numéro un (1975); On n'est pas sérieux quand on a 17 ans (1974); Pacôme... toujours (1971); Pauvre Eros (1983); Prends ta rolls et va pointer (1981); Rêves d'amour (1962); Samantha (1981); Soirée Courteline / Segment: Gros chagrins (1974); Tête folle (1960); The One Man Band (1970); The Tattoo (1968); Un mariage sous Louis XV (1961); Un siècle d'écrivains (1999); Vive la sociale! (1983); Vogue la galère (1973); Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis (1975); Witness in the City (1959).

Born on this day – Michael Pataki:

Michael Pataki

Actor

Producer

Director

January 16, 1938 – April 15, 2010

Credits:

Cans Without Labels (2019); Biography (2011); Trim (2010); Chthonic (2008); Out of Jimmy's Head (2007); Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005); Edge of Nowhere (2003); The Looking Glass (2003); Behind the Mask (2003); Death Man's Bluff (2003); Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon' (2003); My Life with Buk (2002); Tachyon: The Fringe (2000); Tourist Traps (2000); Weekend Pussy Hunt (2000); Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999); The Goddamn George Liquor Program (1997); Dexter's Laboratory (1996–1997); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996); What-a-Mess (1995); The Ren & Stimpy Show (1992–1995); 2 Stupid Dogs (1995); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal (1990); Death House (1988); Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988); Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988); The Highwayman (1988); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); The Under Achievers (1987); St. Elsewhere (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1987); Private Eye (1987); Airwolf (1987); Heart of the City (1987); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985–1986); American Anthem (1986); Rocky IV (1985); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); R.S.V.P. (1984); The Cowboy and the Ballerina (1984); Lottery! (1984); The Fall Guy (1982–1984); Automan (1983); Cowboy (1983); The Jeffersons (1983); Laverne & Shirley (1983); Sweet Sixteen (1983); Night Shift (1982); Terror at Alcatraz (1982); T.J. Hooker (1982); One Day at a Time (1982); WKRP in Cincinnati (1980–1982); Father Murphy (1982); One More Chance (1981); Dead & Buried (1981); Insight (1967–1981); Nero Wolfe (1981); Graduation Day (1981); Pippin: His Life and Times (1981); High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980); Beyond Westworld (1980); Raise the Titanic (1980); Phyl & Mikhy (1980); Charlie's Angels (1980); B.J. and the Bear (1980); The Farmer's Other Daughter (1979); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Eischied (1979); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Marciano (1979); The Last Word (1979); Little House on the Prairie (1977–1979); The Glove (1979); The Onion Field (1979); Survival of Dana (1979); Samurai (1979); Love at First Bite (1979); The White Shadow (1979); The Pirate (1978); Alice (1978); The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1978); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Barney Miller (1978); Superdome (1978); Auditions (1978); Cinderella (1977); The Tony Randall Show (1977); Jailbait Babysitter (1977); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Dracula's Dog (1977); The Chopped Liver Brothers (1977); Airport '77 (1977); All in the Family (1973–1977); Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977); McCloud (1974–1976); Happy Days (1976); The Call of the Wild (1976); Good Heavens (1976); Baretta (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Harry O (1976); Mansion of the Doomed (1976); The Invisible Man (1975); Get Christie Love! (1975); A Touch of Sex (1975); Delinquent School Girls (1975); Friends and Lovers (1974–1975); Amy Prentiss (1974); Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers (1974); Kung Fu (1974); The F.B.I. (1974); The Bat People (1974); Indict and Convict (1974); Last Foxtrot in Burbank (1973); Shaft (1973); Heterosexualis (1973); Little Cigars (1973); Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973); Search (1973); The Baby (1973); Cannon (1973); The All American Hustler (1972); The Rookies (1972); The Black Bunch (1972); The Dirt Gang (1972); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); A Man for Hanging (1972); Columbo (1972); Grave of the Vampire (1972); The Sixth Sense (1972); Bonanza (1972); Cade's County (1972); They Call It Murder (1971); Pink Angels (1971); Brute Corps (1971); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); The Cut-Throats (1971); The Andromeda Strain (1971); Dan August (1971); Dream No Evil (1970); The Young Lawyers (1970); The Silent Force (1970); The Flying Nun (1967–1970); Five the Hard Way (1969); Easy Rider (1969); Crazy World, Crazy People (1968); Mannix (1968); Star Trek (1967); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Garrison's Gorillas (1967); Mr. Terrific (1967); Mission: Impossible (1967); Run for Your Life (1967); The Felony Squad (1967); Batman (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965); Ben Casey (1963–1965); Broadside (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); My Favorite Martian (1965); Slattery's People (1965); Espionage Target: You (1964); Rawhide (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); The Lieutenant (1963–1964); Rockabye the Infantry (1963); Combat! (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962); Ripcord (1961); The Twilight Zone (1961); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Not for Hire (1960); The Loretta Young Show (1959); M Squad (1958); Ten North Frederick (1958); The Young Lions (1958).

Born on this day – Pat Colbert:

Pat Colbert

Actress

January 16, 1947 – June 23, 2024

Credits:

A Death in California (1985); Benson (1982); Capitol (1982-1987); Dallas (1983–1991); Eischied (1979); Flamingo Road (1980–1981); Hysterical (1982); If Not for His Grace (2015); Knots Landing (1983); Leonard Part 6 (1987); S.O.B. (1981); Sisters (1991); The Fall Guy (1982); Thom & Dusty Go to Mexico: The Lost Treasure (2014); True Colors (1991).

On this day in movie and book history - The Bedroom Window (1987) and The Witnesses (1971)

The Bedroom Window

directed and written by Curtis Hanson,

based on the novel The Witnesses by Anne Holden,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1987.

Music by Michael Shrieve and Patrick Gleeson.

Cast:

Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar, Carl Lumbly, Wallace Shawn, Frederick Coffin, Brad Greenquist, Robert Schenkkan, Maury Chaykin, Sara Carlson, Mark Margolis, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Penelope Allen, Myvanwy Jenn, Francis V. Guinan Jr., Kevin O'Rourke, Sydney Conrad Shapiro, Wendy Womble, Libra Marrian, Scott Colson, Carl Whitney, Richard McGough, Jodi Long, Richard K. Olsen, Leon Rippy, John Patrick Maloney, Kerry Lang, J. Michael Hunter, Joyce Flick Wendl, Joyce Greer, Winston Hemingway, Michael Burgess, J. Rich Leonard, Craig Jahelka, Tobi Marsh, Michael Bard Bayer, Rick Sawaya, Denise Season Leigh Stone, Gary Wheeler.

Recommended reading:

 

The Witnesses

by Anne Holden.
 
Filmed as The Bedroom Window (1987), directed by Curtis Hanson.
 
Hardcover.
Published 1971.
Published by Macmillan.

ISBN 13: 9780333126486
ISBN 10: 0333126483
ASIN: 0333126483
 
Description:
 
A Joan Kahn-Harper novel of suspense.
A married woman visiting her lover witnesses a crime outside the window.
She couldn't possibly go to the police, could she?
But then ...
This is a tense, highly suspenseful, compelling tale.
Don't start to read it if you have an appointment you have to keep before you finish.

On this day in movie history - Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

directed by Gary Sherman,

written by Michael Patrick Goodman, Brian Taggert and Gary Sherman,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1987.

Music by Joe Renzetti.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris, William Russ, Susan MacDonald, Jerry Hardin, Hugh Gillin, Robert Harper, Eli Danker, Joseph Nasser, Suzanne Wouk, Gerald Papasian, Nick Faltas, Hammam Shafie, Tyler Tyhurst, Ted White, Neil Summers, Dennis Burkley, DeeDee Rescher, Jesse Aragon, Shere Thu Thuy, Tu Ban Nguyen, Garry Scott, Tiiu Leek, Bill Smith, R.J. Miller, Charles Shapiro, David Boyle, Jeffrey Josephson, Patrick Puccinelli, James Edgcomb, Buddy Farmer, Gary Werntz, Rif Hutton, Richard Partlow, Rick Goldman, George Shannon, Ed Brodow, Patrick Gorman, Hubie Kerns Jr., Danny Costa, Greg Wayne Elam, John-Clay Scott, Jerry Gatlin, Sam Longoria.

On this day in movie history - Garden State (2004)

Garden State

directed and written by Zach Braff,

was released in the United States on January 16, 2004.

Music by Chad Fischer.

Cast:

Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Rob Leibman, Jean Smart, Jim Parsons, Ian Holm, Kenneth Graymez, George C. Wolfe, Austin Lysy, Gary Gilbert, Jill Flint, Peter Sarsgaard, Alex Burns, Jackie Hoffman, Michael Weston, Christopher Carley, Amy Ferguson, Trisha LaFache, Yvette Mercedes, Jayne Houdyshell, Ann Dowd.

On this day in movie history - Brooklyn’s Finest (2009)

Brooklyn’s Finest

directed by Antoine Fuqua,

written by Michael C. Martin,

was released in the United States on January 16, 2009.

Music by Marcelo Zarvos.

Cast:

Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Will Patton, Lili Taylor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Brían F. O'Byrne, Shannon Kane, Ellen Barkin, Robert John Burke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wass Stevens, Armando Riesco, Wade Allain-Marcus, Logan Marshall-Green, Jesse Williams, Hassan Johnson, Jas Anderson, John D'Leo, Georgie DeNoto, Alison Cordaro, Frencesca Carchia, Raquel Castro, Stella Maeve, Reilly Brooke Stith, Joshua Thompson, Bruce MacVittie, Jerry Speziale, Sarah Thompson, Rodney 'Bear' Jackson, Cle Sloan, Michael Pemberton, Zaire Paige, Greg Young, Randy Eastman, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Alain Lauture, Joseph Adams, Alok Tewari, Matlok, Zachary Fuqua, Lela Rochon, Ed Moran, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Leonid Citer, Nicoye Banks, Tobias Truvillion, Tawny Cypress, Jeanine Ramirez, Rosalyn Coleman, Paul Diomede, Diana Bologna.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1977)

Space 1999
Season 2. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: The Lambda Factor.

Released January 16, 1977.

Directed by Charles Crichton.

Written by Terrance Dicks.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Deborah Fallender, Jess Conrad, Anthony Stamboulieh, Michael Walker, Gregory de Polnay, Lydia Lisle, Lucinda Curtis, Dallas Adams, Glenda Allen, Jenny Cresswell, Harry Fielder, Quentin Pierre, Robert Reeves, Shane Rimmer, Pam Rose. 

On this day in television history - Star Trek: Voyager (1995 - 2001)

Star Trek: Voyager

created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1995,

and ran for seven seasons until May 23, 2001.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Jeri Ryan, Garrett Wang, Simon Billig, Josh Clark, Anthony De Longis, John de Lancie, Christine Delgado, Brad Dourif, Susan Patterson, Alexander Enberg, Tarik Ergin, Martha Hackett, Richard Herd, Nancy Hower, Manu Intiraymi, Marley S. McClean, Derek McGrath, Zoe McLellan, Scarlett Pomers, John Rhys-Davies, Raphael Sbarge, Martin Rayner, Dwight Schultz, Marina Sirtis, John Tampoya, Susanna Thompson, Cody Wetherill, Kurt Wetherill.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation (1988), Voyager (1995), Caretaker (1995), Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Datalore.

Released January 16, 1988.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Robert Lewin, Gene Roddenberry, Maurice Hurley.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Biff Yeager, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Lorine Mendell.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Caretaker.

Released January 16, 1995.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Basil Langton, Gavan O'Herlihy, Angela Paton, Armin Shimerman, Alicia Coppola, Bruce French, Jennifer Parsons, David Selburg, Jeff McCarthy, Stan Ivar, Scott MacDonald, Josh Clark, Richard Poe, Keely Sims, Eric David Johnson, Majel Barrett, Derek Anthony, Scott Barry, Renna Bartlett, Jasmin Bischoff, Ryan Black, Margaret Blanchard, Cindy Bohling, Randall Bosley, Cullen G. Chambers, Terrell Clayton, Tracee Cocco, Mitchell R. Danton, Scott De Roy, Tarik Ergin, Gunnel Eriksson, Pablo Espinosa, Heather Ferguson, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Scott Jaeck, Julie Jiang, Jana Karson, Diane Lee, Ken Lesco, David B. Levinson, Dennis Madalone, Coleman McClary, Jordan Monheim, Mary Newport, Mike Nyman, Tami Peterson, Jerry L. Quinn, J. Suzanne Rampe, Irving Ross, Susan Sanders, Garret Sato, Daunette Saunders, Mark Allen Shepherd, Lou Slaughter, Simon Stotler, John Alex Tampoya, Ondar Tarlow, Dian Van Patten, Eric Whitmore, Peter Wick, Helen Wilson.

 

Star Trek Voyager: Caretaker

by L.A. Graf, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Mass Market Paperback.
Published 1995.
Published by Pocket Books.

ISBN-10: 067151914X
ISBN-13: 978-0671519148

Description:

More than any other television show, more than any other motion picture series, Star Trek has for nearly thirty years been the most popular space adventures of all time. Now Star Trek: Voyager joins Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the newest star in the ever-expanding Star Trek universe. Pocket Books is proud to present the novelization of "Caretaker", the premiere episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This is the story of Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the Starship USS Voyager. Transported by the alien technology to the other side of the galaxy, years away from the Federation and everything they call home, their voyage back will be a fantastic odyssey that will take them through uncharted space, into dangers as they travel where no one has gone before.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Silent Enemy.

Released January 16, 2002.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André 

Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jane Carr, Guy Siner, Paula Malcomson, John Rosenfeld, Robert Mammana, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Evan English, Lindley Gardner, Peter Godoy, Jack Guzman, Bryan Heiberg, Amina Julianna, Bobby Pappas, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022)

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Clair de Lune.

Released January 16, 2022.

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, Alessia Cara, Wes Bentley, Josh Duhamel, Barkhad Abdi, Gregg Henry, Peyton List, Zehra Fazal, Chris Jai Alex, Shinshû Fuji, Takayuki Kinba, Takehito Koyasu, Taiten Kusunoki, Tony Nakajima, Akio Nojima, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Arisa Shida, Masane Tsukayama.