1997
From MST3K
Episode Premieres
- February 1- Revenge of the Creature - First episode of Season 8, first Sci-Fi Channel episode, Bill Corbett's first appearance as Crow T. Robot, Kevin Murphy's first appearance as Professor Bobo.
- February 8- The Leech Woman
- February 15- The Mole People
- February 22- The Deadly Mantis
- March 1- The Thing That Couldn't Die - Bill Corbett's first appearance as Observer.
- March 8- The Undead
- March 15- Terror from the Year 5000
- April 5- The She-Creature
- April 19- I Was a Teenage Werewolf
- May 31- The Giant Spider Invasion
- June 7- Parts: The Clonus Horror
- July 12- Jack Frost
- July 14- The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
- July 19- Riding with Death
- August 2- Agent for H.A.R.M.
- August 16- Prince of Space
- September 6- The Horror of Party Beach
- October 4- Devil Doll
- October 11- Invasion of the Neptune Men
- November 8- Space Mutiny
- November 22- Time Chasers
- December 6- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank - Final episode of Season 8
Special Premieres
- August 15- The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Sci-Fi era making of special
- September 2- 1st Annual Summer Blockbuster Review
- November 27 to November 28- Thanksgiving Marathon - Unhosted Turkey Day-alike with 7 episodes, the Making of special and 2 Star Wars films.
