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October 21st in TV History
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Carnation Perfume" | 1955 |
| The Rifleman | "The Marshal" | 1958 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "David, the Law Clerk" | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Negotiable Blonde" | 1960 |
| Gunsmoke | "Harper's Blood" | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "The Sermon for Today" | 1963 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Doctor Jed Clampett" | 1964 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Kris Goes to College" | 1964 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Man from Emperor" | 1964 |
| Bewitched | "Take Two Aspirin and Half a Pint of Porpoise Milk" | 1965 |
| The Munsters | "Happy 100th Anniversary" | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "The Rise and Fall of Sergeant Schultz" | 1966 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" | 1967 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "How to Win Friends and Influence Nazis" | 1967 |
| The Avengers | "Dead Man's Treasure" | 1967 |
| Doctor Who | "The Abominable Snowmen, Part Four" | 1967 |
| The Big Valley | "Run of the Cat" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "Slocum" | 1968 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Jeannie and the Bachelor Party" | 1969 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Rhoda the Beautiful" | 1972 |
| All In The Family | "Edith Flips Her Wig" | 1972 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Iron Men" | 1974 |
| Happy Days | "Jailhouse Rock" | 1975 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Dog and Pony Show" | 1977 |
| Dallas | "Double Wedding" | 1978 |
| Mork & Mindy | "Mork Gets Mindy-itis" | 1979 |
| Cheers | "Sam at Eleven" | 1982 |
| Taxi | "Scenskees from a Marriage (1)" | 1982 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "The Boar's Nest Bears" | 1983 |
| Dallas | "My Brother's Keeper" | 1983 |
| Punky Brewster | "Take Me out to the Ballgame" | 1984 |
| 227 | "The Fight of the Century" | 1989 |
| L.A. Law | "How Much Is That Bentley in the Window?" | 1993 |
| Murphy Brown | "Phil's Dead - Long Live Phil's" | 1996 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Collect Call for Dick" | 1998 |
