Catacombs International Guide
Space 1999 In The US

UNITED STATES

Los Angeles

Thanks to David Bobzien.

The Los Angeles market was served by multiple stations. All three network affiliates, KNXT, KNBC abd KABC, were owned and operated by networks, and were in a strong position against the four independents, including KHJ-TV (Channel 9).

KHJ-TV premiered Breakaway on Saturday 23 August 1975 7pm, announced in a full page ad in the Los Angeles Times declaring "World Television Premiere" (although it was after the Australia premiere). From October 1975, they created a Space: 1999 display with the California Museum of Science and Industry, running for eight weeks. See also TV Guide adverts.

The Saturday 7pm timeslot was identical to KRON in San Francisco, and so were the first twelve episodes, but afterwards the broadcast order diverged, with KHJ showing more reruns.

A January 9, 1976 Los Angeles Times article quotes ratings (a 9.4 average, " a respectable if not spectacular score") for the first eight episodes. Then there were 5 weeks in a row of reruns, during which the ratings dropped to a "dismal" 4.0.

Production Order	Episode	Original broadcast	Notes
1	Breakaway	Sat, 23 August 1975 7:00PM
1	Breakaway	Sat, 13 September 1975 7:00PM	"Special Repeat", after 2 week break
23	Dragon's Domain	Sat, 20 September 1975 7:00PM
14	Death's Other Dominion	Sat, 27 September 1975 7:00PM
13	Collision Course	Sat, 04 October 1975 7:00PM
9	Force of Life	Sat, 11 October 1975 7:00PM
10	Alpha Child	Sat, 18 October 1975 7:00PM
8	Guardian of Piri	Sat, 25 October 1975 7:00PM
17	War Games	Sat, 01 November 1975 7:00PM
22	Mission of the Darians	Sat, 08 November 1975 7:00PM
3	Black Sun	Sat, 15 November 1975 7:00PM
16	End of Eternity	Sat, 22 November 1975 7:00PM
12	Voyager's Return	Sat, 29 November 1975 7:00PM
	Re-runs	December 1975
2	Matter of Life and Death	Sat, 10 January 1976 7:00PM

Broadcast details in 1976 not known.

Production Order	Episode	Original broadcast	Notes
15	The Full Circle
4	Ring Around the Moon
24	The Testament of Arkadia
18	The Last Enemy
7	Missing Link
11	The Last Sunset
20	Space Brain
19	The Troubled Spirit
5	Earthbound
6	Another Time, Another Place
21	The Infernal Machine

1976 Year Two

Year 2 continued in the same slot, Saturdays 7pm, starting 25 September 1976. Episode order and dates not known. At some point in 1977 it moved to Sundays 4pm.

Production Order	Episode	Original broadcast	Notes
25	The Metamorph
26	The Exiles
29	Journey To Where
30	The Taybor
34	New Adam New Eve
32	The Mark of Archanon
31	The Rules of Luton
33	Brian the Brain
35	The AB Chrysalis
36	Catacombs of the Moon
37	Seed of Destruction
40	Space Warp
39	A Matter of Balance
38	The Beta Cloud
27	One Moment of Humanity
28	All That Glisters
43	The Lambda Factor
41	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1
42	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2
44	The Seance Spectre
45	Dorzak
47	The Immunity Syndrome
46	Devil's Planet
48	The Dorcons