TODAY IN TIME
Saturday September 19th, 2026
On this day in 1981,
season 2 of Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
episode 2: Kelp!
was first broadcast.
The Fonz (Henry Winkler) and the gang, along with the dog Mr. Cool, and a girl from the future, Cupcake continue to travel through history in a time machine.
Happy 39th Birthday Danielle Panabaker!
Danielle Panabaker, American actress, was born on this day in 1987.
Traveled in the film Time Lapse (2014) and the TV series The Flash (2016)
On this day in 2018,
season 2 of Danger Mouse
episode 27: Clash of the Odd-esey
was first broadcast.
Arriving in Ancient Greece with King Kong Brunel's Time Machine, Danger Mouse (Alexander Armstrong) befriends Zeus of Olympus and gains godlike powers.
On this day in 2002,
season 1 of Do Over
episode 1: Pilot
was first broadcast.
Joel (Penn Badgley) is thrust back 20 years into the past, where his first order of business is to survive algebra class and keep from being humiliated in the student council election.
On this day in 1950,
season 1 of Buck Rogers
episode 17: Episode 17
was first broadcast.
Buck Rogers (Robert Pastene) finds himself in the year 2430. Based in a secret lab in a cave behind Niagara Falls (the city of Niagara was now the capital of the world), Buck battles intergalactic troublemakers.
On this day in 1961,
season 2 of Popeye the Sailor
episode 45: Have Time Will Travel
was first broadcast.
Popeye (Jack Mercer), who is presumably bored of living in the 1960s, decides to build Olive a time machine; luckily the dinosaur populated prehistoric time they visit has plenty of spinach.
On this day in 2008,
Now and Before
first opened in theaters.
A lonely old man perceives the rapid changing nature of today's society in Japan and how he attempts to rediscover his place in it. Directed by Narimitsu Ozaki.
On this day in 1992,
season 2 of Back to the Future - The Animated Series
episode 1: Mac The Black
was first broadcast.
When Marty (David Kaufmann) lies to Jennifer about going to a concert, Verne immediately wants to get an earring but Clara and Doc object. With Marty in tow, Verne stows away to the Caribbean in the year 1697 to become a pirate and get an earring.
Happy 59th Birthday Mamoru Hosoda!
Mamoru Hosoda, Japanese film director and animator, was born on this day in 1967.
Directed the film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
On this day in 2002,
Do Over
premiered.
Thirty-four-year-old Joel Larsen (Penn Badgley) gets a second chance to get his life right, thanks to a freakish accident that catapults him back to 1981.
Happy 36th Birthday Jambareeqi!
Jambareeqi, English actor, voice artist, animator, film maker and writer, was born on this day in 1990.
Host of the TV series episode Jambareeqi Reviews: Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2013)
Happy 78th Birthday Jeremy Irons!
Jeremy Irons, English actor, was born on this day in 1948.
Traveled as H.G. Wells in the attraction short "From Time To Time" (1992), and in the films The Time Machine (2002) and Assassin's Creed (2016)
On this day in 1991,
season 1 of Darkwing Duck
episode 11: Paraducks
was first broadcast.
Darkwing (Jim Cummings) and Gosalyn use a SHUSH time machine to travel to prehistoric times... the 1950's!
Happy 93rd Birthday David McCallum!
David McCallum, Scottish actor and musician, was born on this day in 1933.
Traveled in the TV series The Outer Limits episode "The Forms of Things Unknown" (1964), Sapphire and Steel episodes "Escape Through A Crack In Time" and "The Railway Station" (1979), Ben 10: Alien Force episode "Time Heals" and Ben 10: Omniverse episode "Ben Again" (2013)
On this day in 1970,
season 1 of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
episode 18: A Witch In Time
was first broadcast.
Miss Della (Jane Webb) decides Sabrina(Jane Webb)'s aunts (Jane Webb) are far too kind to raise a witch properly.
Tanith Lee, British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer., was born on this day in 1947 (and sadly passed away in 2015.)
Wrote the short story "As Time Goes By" (1983)
On this day in 1999,
season 1 of Back to Sherwood
episode 10: Smoke and Mirrors
was first broadcast.
Continuing adventures of a teen descendent of Robin Hood who regularly travels back in time to help in the fight against her ancestor's enemies. Starring Aimee Castle as Robyn Hood.
Adam West, American film, television, character, voice, and stage actor, was born on this day in 1928 (and sadly passed away in 2017.)
Traveled in the TV series Batman episode "The Joker's Provokers" (1966), the film Time Warp (1981), Meet The Robinsons (2007), and Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion (2009), and the TV series Histeria!, Fairly OddParents "Channel Chasers" (2004), Family Guy (2001-13), and SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Back To The Past" (2010)
On this day in 1991,
Dragonriders of Pern: All the Weyrs of Pern
was released.
Message coming soon.
On this day in 1987,
season 3 of She-Ra: Princess of Power
episode 3: Brigis
was first broadcast.
The village of Brigis houses a great magic box and appears for one day every five hundred years. Hordak (George DiCenzo) attempts to break the spell...
On this day in 1966,
season 2 of I Dream of Jeannie
episode 2: Always On Sunday
was first broadcast.
When Jeannie (Barbara Eden) thinks that her master (Larry Hagman) needs more time to rest, she makes everyday Sunday.
On this day in 1961,
season 3 of The Bullwinkle Show
episode 3: Peabody's Improbable History - Scotland Yard
was first broadcast.
Sherman and Peabody (Bill Scott) go to the UK to help Scotland Yard find the Crown Jewels.
Happy 73rd Birthday Grazyna Szapolowska!
Grazyna Szapolowska, Polish film and theater actress, was born on this day in 1953.
Traveled in the film Besuch bei Van Gogh (1985)
On this day in 1965,
season 3 of My Favorite Martian
episode 2: Go West, Young Martian: Part 2
was first broadcast.
Martin and Tim (Bill Bixby) are behind bars in 1948. Before Martin breaks them out, he draws Tim a map of where the CCTBS (time machine) is located.
On this day in 1993,
season 2 of King Arthur and the Knights of Justice
episode 2: What The Key Unlocked
was first broadcast.
When Merlin (Jim Byrnes) is asked why Bog Lake is boiling, he learns that the key Lance can use to free Sir Lancelot is within.
On this day in 1964,
season 2 of The Outer Limits (1963-65)
episode 1: Soldier
was first broadcast.
A soldier (Michael Ansara) from the far future is accidentally teleported back to our present.
William Hickey, American actor, was born on this day in 1927 (and sadly passed away in 1997.)
Traveled as Stony Stevenson in the TV movie "Between Time and Timbuktu" (1972) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
On this day in 1992,
season 2 of Darkwing Duck
episode 2: Inherit The Wimp
was first broadcast.
Helping with Gosalyn's homework, Darkwing (Jim Cummings) shows her famous Mallards from history. She sneaks back into time with Quackerjack's timetop and brings them to the present.
On this day in 1987,
season 3 of She-Ra: Princess of Power
episode 2: The Time Transformer
was first broadcast.
Horde Professor Tempest (George DiCenzo) has invented a Time Transformer capable of rewriting history.
On this day in 1998,
season 1 of Wishbone
episode 23: Bark To The Future
was first broadcast.
Wishbone (Larry Brantley) as The Time Traveler in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, travels to the year 802701 A.D. and finds the human race has diminished all forms of intelligence.
On this day in 2004,
season 7 of Charmed
episode 2: The Bare Witch Project
was first broadcast.
Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) and her sisters must keep Lord Dyson from killing her before she can return to the past and complete her famous ride.
On this day in 1995,
season 3 of Aeon Flux
episode 7: Chronophasia
was first broadcast.
Aeon (Denise Poirier) encounters a mysterious boy on a mission to recover one of Trevor's test subjects.
On this day in 1987,
season 5 of Alvin and the Chipmunks
episode 2: My Pharaoh Lady
was first broadcast.
If the mummy of King Rooten Tooten does not rise from the dead and go to her home by midnight, Brittany must drop out of the race to be the school Carnival Queen. Starring Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. as Alvin.
On this day in 2012,
"Professor Jennifer Magda-Chichester's Time Machine"
was released.
Each time professor Magda-Chichester invents her time machine, it turns out that someone else has already beaten her to the punch. Written by Julian Mortimer Smith.
On this day in 2015,
season 9 of Doctor Who (2005- )
episode 1: The Magician's Apprentice (Part 1)
was first broadcast.
When the skies of Earth are frozen by a mysterious alien force, Clara needs her friend, the Doctor (Peter Capaldi). But where is he and what is he hiding from?
Frederic Brenton Fitch, American logician, the inventor of fitch-style calculus, and a Sterling professor emeritus at Yale University, died on this day in 1987 (and was born in 1908).
Authored the Fitch Paradox of Knowability in 1963.
On this day in 1992,
season 2 of Land of the Lost (1991-1992)
episode 2: Dream Maker
was first broadcast.
Following an earthquake, the Tom and Annie (Jenny Drugan) and the Porters stumble onto their old house through a clearing in the forest. The kids are elated, but Tom has a hunch that it's too good to be true.
On this day in 1992,
season 6 of Star Trek: The Next Generation
episode 1: Time's Arrow - Part II
was first broadcast.
Captain Picard and crew follow Data back to the late 1800s to get him back, only to find the suspected alien visitors killing people of that time. Featuring Jerry Hardin as Mark Twain.
John Winston, English actor, died on this day in 2019 (and was born in 1927).
Traveled in the TV series Time Tunnel episodes "Rendezvous With Yesterday" and "The Last Patrol" (1966), and the Star Trek episodes "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" and "City On The Edge of Forever" (1967)
On this day in 2013,
season 1 of Out of Time
episode 2: 5:55
was first broadcast.
His implant malfunctioning, Chris (Steve Kassan) must find Kari, the one person who can fix his implant.









































