January 27th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Howard McNear | 1905 in Los Angeles, CA | - The Andy Griffith Show |
| Donna Reed | 1921 in Denison, IA |
Deaths
| Claude Akins | 1994 in Altadena, CA | - Sheriff Lobo |
TV Show Debuts
Laverne & Shirley (1976)Galactica 1980 (1980)
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Car Mix-Up" | 1956 |
| The Rifleman | "The Photographer" | 1959 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Circus" | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | "The Invaders" | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Mr. Goldilocks" | 1961 |
| Gunsmoke | "Old Dan" | 1962 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Barney's Sidecar" | 1964 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Dash Riprock, You Cad" | 1965 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Big Dog" | 1965 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Stacey Petrie (2)" | 1965 |
| Batman | "Batman Is Riled (2)" | 1966 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Seer Gilligan" | 1966 |
| Bewitched | "Samantha Meets the Folks" | 1966 |
| The Munsters | "The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World" | 1966 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Hogan and the Lady Doctor" | 1967 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "The Little Black Book (1)" | 1968 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "War Takes a Holiday" | 1968 |
| Doctor Who | "The Enemy of the World, Part Six" | 1968 |
| The Big Valley | "The Secret" | 1969 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Ride 'Em Astronaut" | 1969 |
| Gunsmoke | "Gold Town" | 1969 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Romeo and Mary" | 1973 |
| All In The Family | "Archie Goes Too Far" | 1973 |
| Doctor Who | "Carnival of Monsters, Part One" | 1973 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Fires of Ignorance" | 1975 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Society Party" | 1976 |
| Happy Days | "Fonzie the Superstar" | 1976 |
| The Rockford Files | "Dwarf in a Helium Hat" | 1978 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Born Too Late" | 1981 |
| Three's Company | "Make Room for Daddy" | 1981 |
| Happy Days | "It Only Hurts When I Smile" | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | "Goin' for It!" | 1982 |
| Cheers | "The Boys in the Bar" | 1983 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Play it Again, Luke" | 1984 |
| Dallas | "Eye of the Beholder" | 1984 |
| Punky Brewster | "Henry Falls in Love (1)" | 1985 |
| Dallas | "The Two Mrs. Ewings" | 1989 |
| 227 | "Knock It Off" | 1990 |