Mystery Science Theater 3000/Season Nine

Season Nine
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Season Premiere	March 14, 1998
Season Finale	September 26, 1998
Episode Count	13 + 2 specials
Notable Episodes	9x03 - Puma Man 9x07 - Hobgoblins 9x10 - The Final Sacrifice
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Season Nine of Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on March 14, 1998. This season marked the beginning of the end for Mystery Science Theater 3000, as only thirteen episodes were ordered and the option for an additional nine episodes was not used. Shortly after the season ended, Sci-Fi Channel announced that the series had been cancelled and its tenth season would be its final one. The Best Brains crew didn't take the same measures they had used to save the show during the Comedy Central era and seemed content to let the show finally end. Best Brains gave a few final tours of their studios and began selling off props on eBAY after filming of the tenth season finished. The show celebrated its tenth anniversary on November 24, 1998.

In the ninth season, Mike and the Bots traveled through a worm hole with Pearl and her cronies in pursuit. This worm hole warped them all back to present day. The Satellite of Love stayed in orbit above the Earth while Pearl sent them bad movie from her base of operations in Castle Forrester. Season nine marks the first time a movie was ridiculed that was an acutal movie shown on the network and not one aquired specifically for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (9x13 - Quest of the Delta Knights). Leonard Maltin also showed up to defend his review of the movie Gorgo.

Episodes

#	#	Title			Airdate
172	1	The Projected Man			March 14, 1998
SP7	SP	Academy of Academy of Robots’ Choice Awards Special			March 19, 1998
173	2	The Phantom Planet			March 21, 1998
174	3	Puma Man			April 4, 1998
175	4	Werewolf			April 18, 1998
176	5	The Deadly Bees			May 9, 1998
177	6	The Space Children			June 13, 1998
178	7	Hobgoblins			June 27, 1998
179	8	The Touch of Satan			July 11, 1998
180	9	Gorgo			July 18, 1998
181	10	The Final Sacrifice			July 25, 1998
182	11	Devil Fish			August 15, 1998
183	12	The Screaming Skull			August 29, 1998
SP8	SP	Second Annual Summer Blockbuster Review			September 4, 1998
184	13	Quest of the Delta Knights			September 26, 1998