If you're assuming that the TV series Automan, which premiered on this day in 1983, was inspired by Tron, you're not wrong. Today's Sci-Fi 5 takes a cursory glance at both that inspiration and the making of Automan!

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

Music by Devin Curry