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May 17:

Film releases

• 1971 - La Noche de Walpurgis, a Spanish horror movie starring Paul Naschy
• 1991 - Mannequin Two: On the Move, a romantic comedy film and a partial sequel to the 1987 film Mannequin

Television series

• 1977 - Man from Atlantis: The Killer Spores, a television film leading up to the American science fiction television series, premieres on NBC
• 1978 - Spider-Man, a Japanese superhero television series based on Marvel's popular Spider-Man character and produced by Toei Company, begins airing on Tokyo Channel 12
• 1987 - The Six Million Dollar Man TV movie, The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman, airs on ABC
• 1999 - Night Man, an American Action-adventure science fiction television program, finishes airing on WGN Superstation