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April 1st

April 1st in TV History


Birthdays

ImageGrace Lee Whitney1930 in Ann Arbor, MI - Star Trek
ImageGordon Jump1932 in Dayton, OH - WKRP in Cincinnati

Deaths

ImageJohn Forsythe2010 in Santa Ynez, CA - Charlie's Angels, Dynasty, Bachelor Father
ImageSteven Bochco2018 in Pacific Palisades, CA - writer for Hill Street Blues
ImageJoe Flaherty2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - SCTV

TV Shows Ended

The Flintstones (1966)
The Andy Griffith Show (1968)
The Bob Newhart Show (1978)
She's the Sheriff (1989)

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"The Pajama Game"1955
I Love Lucy"Housewarming"1957
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Togetherness"1959
The Twilight Zone"Execution"1960
77 Sunset Strip"Publicity Brat"1960
The Avengers"Please Don't Feed the Animals"1961
Gunsmoke"Little Girl"1961
The Rifleman"Which Way'd They Go?"1963
The Andy Griffith Show"Barney's First Car"1963
The Beverly Hillbillies"Another Neighbor"1964
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"A Letter About Harriet"1964
The Dick Van Dyke Show"The Return of Edwin Carp"1964
Bewitched"There's No Witch Like an Old Witch"1965
The Munsters"Movie Star Munster"1965
The Addams Family (1964)"Lurch's Grand Romance"1966
Hogan's Heroes"I Look Better in Basic Black"1966
Get Smart (1965)"Pussycats Galore"1967
The Avengers"Epic"1967
Doctor Who"The Macra Terror, Part Four"1967
I Spy (US)"The Spy Business"1968
The Andy Griffith Show"Mayberry R.F.D."1968
Bewitched"Sam's Psychic Slip"1971
Adam-12"Log 88 -- Reason to Run"1971
Doctor Who"The Sea Devils, Part Six"1972
Gunsmoke"The Disciple"1974
Adam-12"Gus Corbin"1975
The Rockford Files"Dirty Money, Black Light"1977
Battlestar Galactica"Take the Celestra"1979
Battlestar Galactica"Take the Celestra"1979
Laverne & Shirley"Antonio, the Amazing"1980
Dallas"Tangled Web"1983
Moonlighting"Sleep Talkin' Guy"1986
The Tortellis"The Good Life"1987
Night Court"Jung and the Restless"1988
Dallas"Never Say Never"1988
227"Trial and Error"1989
Cheers"Look Before You Sleep"1993
L.A. Law"F.O.B."1993
3rd Rock From the Sun"My Daddy's Little Girl"1998
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