user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: Who are all writers with original air date of October 23, 1996?
Columns: ['No. in series', 'No. in season', 'Title', 'Directed by', 'Written by:', 'Original air date']
Types: ['real', 'real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [135.0, 1.0, '"Causa Mortis"', 'Ed Sherin', 'René Balcer', 'September 18, 1996']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Written by:" FROM "Table" WHERE "Original air date" = 'October 23, 1996';