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December 25th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Barton MacLane | 1902 in Columbia, SC | - Outlaws, I Dream of Jeannie |
| Rod Serling | 1924 in Syracuse, NY | - creator and writer of Twilight Zone and Night Gallery |
| Paul Willson | 1945 in Fairmont, MN | |
Deaths
| Jason Wingreen | 2015 in Los Angeles, CA | - All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place |
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Miracle" | 1953 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko Gets Some Sleep" | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Ricky Goes on TV" | 1957 |
| The Twilight Zone | "What You Need" | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Jukebox Caper" | 1959 |
| The Rifleman | "A Friend in Need" | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Sheriff Barney" | 1961 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Christmas at the Clampetts" | 1963 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "An Act of War" | 1964 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Survival of the Fattest" | 1965 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Too Many Tonys" | 1965 |
| The Avengers | "Too Many Christmas Trees" | 1965 |
| Gunsmoke | "Gold Mine" | 1965 |
| Doctor Who | "The Feast of Steven (The Daleks' Master Plan, Part Seven)" | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | "The Buffalo Man" | 1967 |
| I Spy (US) | "An American Empress" | 1967 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Goober the Executive" | 1967 |
| Gunsmoke | "Baker's Dozen" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Christmas in Hooterville" | 1968 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Look at Us, We're Walking" | 1976 |
| All In The Family | "The Draft Dodger" | 1976 |
| All In The Family | "Edith's Crisis of Faith (1)" | 1977 |
| All In The Family | "Edith's Crisis of Faith (2)" | 1977 |
| Taxi | "The Reluctant Fighter" | 1979 |
