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February 2nd in TV History
Birthdays
 | Sheila Allen | 1929 in New York City, NY | - widow of Irwin Allen, Lost In Space, The Poseidon Adventure |
| Robert Mandan | 1932 in Clever, MO | - Soap, Three's a Crowd |
| Tommy Smothers | 1937 in New York City, NY | |
| Farrah Fawcett | 1947 in Corpus Christi, TX | - Charlie's Angels |
 | Brent Spiner | 1949 in Houston, TX | - Star Trek: The Next Generation |
Deaths
| Donald Pleasence | 1995 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France | |
TV Show Debuts
What's My Line? (1950)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "The Inferiority Complex" | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | "Executioner" | 1957 |
| The Rifleman | "The Hero" | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Showdown with Rance McGrew" | 1962 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Bridal Trail Caper" | 1962 |
| The Avengers | "The Golden Eggs" | 1963 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Cousin" | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | "Scapegoat" | 1965 |
| Lost in Space | "Ghost in Space" | 1966 |
| Batman | "Instant Freeze (1)" | 1966 |
| The Big Valley | "Teacher of Outlaws" | 1966 |
| I Spy (US) | "Court of the Lion" | 1966 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Big Chicken" | 1966 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Curse of the Petrie People" | 1966 |
| Batman | "Penguin's Disastrous End (3)" | 1967 |
| Bewitched | "The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara" | 1967 |
| Star Trek | "Court Martial" | 1967 |
| Star Trek | "A Private Little War" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Badge" | 1970 |
| All in the Family | "Archie Gives Blood" | 1971 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Teahouse of Jed Clampett" | 1971 |
| Adam-12 | "Adoption" | 1972 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Better Late ... That's a Pun ... Than Never" | 1974 |
| All In The Family | "Gloria's Boyfriend" | 1974 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard" | 1975 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Taneha" | 1975 |
| All In The Family | "Mike's Move" | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Dirty Business" | 1977 |
| The Bionic Woman | "Deadly Ringer (1)" | 1977 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Daisy's Song" | 1979 |
| Happy Days | "Stolen Melodies" | 1979 |
| Dallas | "The Red File (1)" | 1979 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Star Peepers" | 1982 |
| Three's Company | "Hearts and Flowers" | 1982 |
| Happy Days | "A Touch of Classical" | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | "Death Boat" | 1983 |
| Cheers | "Fortune and Men's Weight" | 1984 |
| Family Ties | "Ladies' Man" | 1984 |
| Airwolf | "Santini's Millions" | 1985 |
| Punky Brewster | "Changes (1)" | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | "Gather Ye Acorns" | 1986 |
| ALF | "I've Got a New Attitude" | 1987 |
| Amazing Stories | "The 21 Inch Sun" | 1987 |
| Moonlighting | "Tracks of My Tears" | 1988 |
| Cheers | "Please Mr. Postman" | 1989 |
| The Cosby Show | "The Lost Weekend" | 1989 |
| Dallas | "I Dream of Jeannie" | 1990 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "The Monte Carlo Murders" | 1992 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Guilty as Dick" | 1997 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Dick and Taxes" | 1999 |
