Deaths
- January 7 — Don Sullivan
- January 16 — Bradford Dillman
- January 19 — Dorothy Malone
- January 23 — Robert Dowdell
- January 27 — Cliff Wenger
- February 7 — Mickey Jones
- February 26 — Benjamin Melniker
- March — Lew Luton
- March 8 — Frank Ray Perilli
- March 9 — Don Eitner
- March 19 — Sue England
- April 1 — Steven Bochco
- April 4 — Soon-Tek Oh
- April 5 — Tim O'Connor
- April 21 — Desmond Saunders
- April 22 — Demeter Bitenc
- April 28 — Bruce J. Mitchell
- May 16 — Joseph Campanella
- May 24 — Tony Travis
- May 31 — Michael Ford
- June 18 — Maria Rohm
- June 27 — Ivan J. Rado
- July 25 — Patrick Williams
- July 26 — Sally Frei
- August 6 — Jimmy il Fenomeno
- August 24 — Stanley Morgan
- September 14 — Zienia Merton
- September 25 — Rich Valliere
- October 9 — Venantino Venantini
- October 23 — James Karen
- October 26 — David Moessinger
- October 27 — Kyoko Enami
- November 23 — Nathan O'Neil Smith
- November 29 — John D.F. Black
Episode Premieres
- November 22 — Mac and Me
- November 22 — Atlantic Rim
- November 22 — Lords of the Deep
- November 22 — The Day Time Ended
- November 22 — Killer Fish
- November 22 — Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Special Premieres
Home Media Releases
- February 13 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Volume VII
- April 17 — Season 11: Standard Edition
- May 22 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Singles Collection
- September 25 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Lost and Found Collection
- November 27 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Volume VIII
Events
- March 8 — Mark Hamill receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Blvd.
- June 14 — RiffTrax Live presents Space Mutiny (previously Experiment #820).
- September 12 — Issue 1 of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic is released.
- October 9 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live - 30th Anniversary Tour premieres at the State Theatre in Portland, Maine.
- October 24 — Issue 2 of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic is released.
- November 22 — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declares the day to be Mystery Science Theater 3000 Day in the city.
- December 12 — Issue 3 of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic is released.
- December 29 — You Can't Call Me Al is released.
