April 26th

April 26th in TV History


Births

Stafford Repp (1918, San Francisco, CA) - Batman '66
Russell Nype (1920, Zion, IL)

Deaths

Irene Ryan (1973 in Santa Monica, CA) - The Beverly Hillbillies
Lucille Ball (1989 in Beverly Hills, CA) - I Love Lucy

TV Shows Ended

Kung Fu (1975)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "The Diner" (1954)
Gunsmoke "Innocent Broad" (1958)
The Rifleman "The Prodigal" (1960)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "E.S.P." (1961)
77 Sunset Strip "The Left Field Caper" (1963)
The Andy Griffith Show "Opie and the Carnival" (1965)
The Fugitive "Coralee" (1966)
F Troop "Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center" (1966)
Lost in Space "The Galaxy Gift" (1967)
Doctor Who "The War Games, Part Two" (1969)
The Six Million Dollar Man "Run, Steve, Run" (1974)
Angie "The First Fight" (1979)
Night Court "Not My Type" (1989)
Cheers "Cry Hard (1)" (1990)
The Cosby Show "Live and Learn" (1990)
L.A. Law "Bang... Zoom... Zap" (1990)
Dallas "The Decline and Fall of the Ewing Empire" (1991)
Murder, She Wrote "Day of the Dead" (1992)