April 2nd in TV History
Birthdays
 | Buddy Ebsen | 1908 in Belleville, IL | - The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones |
| Dabbs Greer | 1917 in Fairview, MO | - Little House on the Prairie, Gunsmoke |
| Jack Webb | 1920 in Santa Monica, CA | - Dragnet |
| Gloria Henry | 1923 in New Orleans, LA | - Dennis The Menace |
| Ron Palillo | 1949 in New Haven, CT | - Welcome Back, Kotter |
| Debralee Scott | 1953 in Elizabeth, NJ | - Angie, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
TV Show Debuts
Dallas (1978)TV Shows Ended
Zorro (1961)It's About Time (1967)
Dark Shadows (1971)
ER (2009)
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "David Writes a Column" | 1954 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko Goes Around the World" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Top Gun" | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | "Colleen So Green" | 1960 |
| The Rifleman | "Guilty Conscience" | 1962 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee" | 1962 |
| The Addams Family (1964) | "The Addams Family and the Spacemen" | 1965 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "The Mission" | 1965 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Ship of Spies (1)" | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "My Master, the Thief" | 1966 |
| Doctor Who | "The Celestial Toyroom (The Celestial Toymaker, Part One)" | 1966 |
| The Avengers | "Thingumajig" | 1969 |
| Bewitched | "Mona Sammi" | 1970 |
| Happy Days | "Because She's There" | 1974 |
| Cannon | "Search and Destroy" | 1975 |
| Dallas | "Digger's Daughter" | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | "Skids" | 1979 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Toni's Boys" | 1980 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Dukes in Danger" | 1982 |
| Dallas | "Acceptance" | 1982 |
| Moonlighting | "The Murder's in the Mail" | 1985 |
| The A-Team | "Bounty" | 1985 |
| Cheers | "Cheers: the Motion Picture" | 1987 |
| The Cosby Show | "Andalusian Flu" | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | "Oy Vey! Wilderness!" | 1987 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Truck Stop" | 1989 |
| Moonlighting | "Those Lips, Those Lies" | 1989 |
| Family Ties | "They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)" | 1989 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Angry Dick" | 1996 |