Deaths
- Vincenzo Mannino
- January 13 — Karl Lieffen
- January 21 — Susan Strasberg
- January 21 — Alfonso Corona Blake
- January 23 — David Hills
- February 25 — Bill Couch
- March 14 — Kirk Alyn
- March 17 — Paul Campbell
- April 3 — Howard R. Cohen
- April 4 — Faith Domergue
- April 14 — Aubrey Schenck
- April 15 — Al Nesor
- May 2 — Fernando Osés
- May 5 — Darwyn Swalve
- May 14 — Ronnie Rondell
- May 23 — Joel Lawrence
- May 25 — Hillary Brooke
- June 5 — Mel Torme
- June 25 — Robert Silliphant
- June 26 — Charles Collins
- June 29 — Declan Mulholland
- June 29 — Bert Shefter
- June 30 — Dean Fredericks
- July 1 — John W. Rogers
- July 3 — Yôko Tani
- October 17 — Franz Peter Wirth
- December — Norman Priggen
- December 4 — Barry Mahon
- December 13 — Maury Gertsman
- December 27 — David Duncan
- December 28 — Clayton Moore
Episode Premieres
- April 11 — Soultaker
- April 18 — Girl in Gold Boots
- April 25 — Future War
- May 2 — Blood Waters of Dr. Z
- May 9 — Boggy Creek II: and the Legend Continues…
- June 13 — Track of the Moon Beast
- June 20 — Final Justice
- June 27 — Hamlet
- July 18 — It Lives by Night
- July 25 — Horrors of Spider Island
- August 1 — Squirm
- August 8 — Diabolik
- September 18 — Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
Home Media Releases
- March 16 — The Crawling Hand
- March 16 — The Wild Wild World of Batwoman
- March 16 — Beginning of the End
- October 1 — Catalina Caper
- October 1 — The Skydivers
- October 1 — Shorts, Volume 2
Events
- February 24 — The Sci-Fi Channel announces they would be cancelling Mystery Science Theater 3000, following its then-upcoming 10th season.
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