January 26th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Zara Cully | 1892 in Worcester, MA | - The Jeffersons |
| Vito Scotti | 1918 in San Francisco, CA | - character actor, Columbo, Gilligan's Island |
Deaths
| Cloris Leachman | 2021 in Encinitas, CA | - Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein |
TV Show Debuts
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Sales Resistance" | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | "Kick Me" | 1957 |
| The Rifleman | "The Visitors" | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | "The Hunt" | 1962 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Diplomatic Caper" | 1962 |
| The Avengers | "Warlock" | 1963 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Bad One" | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | "Fun and Games and Party Favors" | 1965 |
| Lost in Space | "The Sky Pirate" | 1966 |
| Batman | "The Joker Is Wild (1)" | 1966 |
| I Spy (US) | "Always Say Goodbye" | 1966 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Cat Burglar" | 1966 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Making of a Councilman" | 1966 |
| Batman | "Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend (1)" | 1967 |
| Bewitched | "The Corn is as High as a Guernsey's Eye" | 1967 |
| Star Trek | "Tomorrow is Yesterday" | 1967 |
| Gunsmoke | "Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D." | 1970 |
| All in the Family | "Archie's Aching Back" | 1971 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Women's Lib" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "The Waiting Room" | 1972 |
| Night Gallery | "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" | 1972 |
| Adam-12 | "The Parole Violator" | 1972 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Best of Enemies" | 1974 |
| All In The Family | "Et Tu, Archie?" | 1974 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Night of the Piraeus" | 1975 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Return of the Robot Maker" | 1975 |
| All In The Family | "Archie Finds a Friend" | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | "Doomsday Is Tomorrow (2)" | 1977 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "One Armed Bandits" | 1979 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Deuce" | 1979 |
| Dallas | "Julie's Return" | 1979 |
| Lou Grant | "Generations" | 1981 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Rocky Ragu" | 1982 |
| Three's Company | "Maid to Order" | 1982 |
| Happy Days | "Poobah Doo Dah" | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | "The Further Adventures of Ozzie and Harold" | 1983 |
| Family Ties | "The Fugitive (2)" | 1983 |
| Cheers | "Cliff's Rocky Moment" | 1984 |
| Family Ties | "Say Uncle" | 1984 |
| Airwolf | "Inn at the End of the Road" | 1985 |
| The Cosby Show | "Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten" | 1989 |