October 1st in TV History
TV History Events
10/01/1962 : In 1962, Johnny Carson began hosting The Tonight Show.
Birthdays
 | James Whitmore, Sr. | 1921 in White Plains, NY | - The Law and Mr. Jones, My Friend Tony, The New Temperatures Rising Show |
 | Tom Bosley | 1927 in Chicago, IL | - Happy Days |
 | George Peppard | 1928 in Detroit, MI | - Banacek, The A-Team |
 | Stella Stevens | 1938 in Yazoo City, MS | - Ben Casey, Flamingo Road, The Love Boat |
 | Shaaron Claridge | 1938 in Los Angeles, CA | - Adam-12 |
| Mihaly "Michu" Meszaros | 1939 in Budapest, Hungary | - ALF |
 | Stephen Collins | 1948 in Des Moines, IA | - Tales of the Gold Monkey, Tattinger’s, 7th Heaven |
 | Randy Quaid | 1950 in Houston, TX | - Saturday Night Live |
Deaths
 | Joe Devlin | 1973 in Burbank, CA | - Dick Tracy |
TV Show Debuts
This Is Your Life (1952)Death Valley Days (1952)
The Honeymooners (1955)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
The Lucy Show (1962)
Centennial (1978) *miniseries
Remington Steele (1982)
TV Shows Ended
Kraft Television Theatre (1958)TV Episode Debuts
| Gunsmoke | "Word of Honor" | 1955 |
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy and Bob Hope" | 1956 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Hillbilly Whiz" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "David Loses His Poise" | 1958 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko's Vampire" | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | "Say Uncle" | 1960 |
| The Rifleman | "Waste (1)" | 1962 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Mr. McBeevee" | 1962 |
| The Fugitive | "The Other Side of the Mountain" | 1963 |
| Bewitched | "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog" | 1964 |
| The Munsters | "My Fair Munster" | 1964 |
| The Addams Family (1964) | "Morticia's Romance (2)" | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Kommandant of the Year" | 1965 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "A Spy for a Spy" | 1966 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Jailer" | 1966 |
| Doctor Who | "The Smugglers, Part Four" | 1966 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Deadly Dolls" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Hills of Home" | 1969 |
| Bewitched | "Salem, Here We Come (2)" | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" | 1972 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Boy and the Sinner" | 1973 |
| Happy Days | "You Go to My Head" | 1974 |
| Adam-12 | "Camp (2)" | 1974 |
| Cannon | "The Iceman" | 1975 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit" | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | "Fembots in Las Vegas (2)" | 1977 |
| Battlestar Galactica | "Lost Planet of the Gods: Part 2" | 1978 |
| All In The Family | "End in Sight" | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | "Slammer" | 1979 |
| 240-Robert | "Bank Job" | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Dukes Strike it Rich" | 1982 |
| Dallas | "Changing of the Guard" | 1982 |
| Moonlighting | "The Lady in the Iron Mask" | 1985 |
| The A-Team | "Where is the Monster When You Need Him?" | 1985 |
| Cheers | "'I' on Sports" | 1987 |
| The Cosby Show | "Theogate" | 1987 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Seal of the Confessional" | 1989 |
| Murphy Brown | "Loco Hero" | 1990 |
| Cheers | "The Beer is Always Greener" | 1992 |
| Murphy Brown | "Murphy Redux" | 1997 |
