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The Man With Nine Lives - January 28, 1979

Jan 28, 2022

A mid-season episode of a glitzy disco-era sci-fi series seems like the last place you'd expect to find Hollywood royalty, and yet it was on this day in 1979 that Fred Astaire guest starred on Battlestar Galactica. Find out why he took on this series in today's Sci-Fi 5.

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