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January 4th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Sterling Holloway | 1905 in Cedartown, GA | - The voice of Winnie the Pooh, The Twilight Zone |
| Barbara Rush | 1927 in Denver, CO | - Peyton Place |
| Sorrell Booke | 1930 in Buffalo, NY | - The Dukes of Hazzard |
| Richard Stahl | 1932 in Detroit, MI | - It's a Living |
| Dyan Cannon | 1937 in Tacoma, WA | |
| John Bennett Perry | 1941 in | |
| Matt Frewer | 1958 in Washington, D.C. | - Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor |
| Dave Foley | 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | - Kids in the Hall, News Radio |
| Lindsay Kennedy | 1969 in | - Little House on the Prairie, Galactica 80 |
| Jeremy Licht | 1971 in Los Angeles, CA | - Valerie |
Deaths
| Iron Eyes Cody | 1999 in Los Angeles, CA | |
| Tanya Roberts | 2021 in Los Angeles, CA | - Charlie's Angels |
| Gregory Sierra | 2021 in Laguna Woods, CA | - Sanford and Son, Barney Miller |
TV Show Debuts
Sea Hunt (1958)
Mister Ed (1961)
Night Court (1984)
TV Episode Debuts
| Gunsmoke | "Joe Phy" | 1958 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Girl Who Loses Things" | 1961 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Fraternity Pin" | 1962 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Falling Stars" | 1963 |
| Doctor Who | "The Escape (The Daleks, Part Three)" | 1964 |
| The Avengers | "The White Elephant" | 1964 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Glory and the Mud" | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Last Battle" | 1965 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Barney Fife, Realtor" | 1965 |
| The Fugitive | "Not with a Whimper" | 1966 |
| F Troop | "Our Hero, What's His Name?" | 1966 |
| Lost in Space | "The Girl from the Green Dimension" | 1967 |
| Batman | "The Contaminated Cowl (1)" | 1967 |
| I Spy (US) | "Tonia" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Mayor of Bug Tussle" | 1967 |
| Batman | "The Joke's on Catwoman (2)" | 1968 |
| Bewitched | "Once in a Vial" | 1968 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Hurray for Hollywood" | 1969 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "The Missing Klink" | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 081: The Long Walk" | 1969 |
| Doctor Who | "The Krotons, Part Two" | 1969 |
| Gunsmoke | "Captain Sligo" | 1971 |
| Cannon | "Devil's Playground" | 1972 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Mary Richards: Producer" | 1975 |
| All In The Family | "Prisoner in the House" | 1975 |
| Kojak (1973) | "The Forgotten Room" | 1976 |
| Kojak (1973) | "The Godson" | 1977 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent" | 1977 |
| Happy Days | "Fonzie's Old Lady" | 1977 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Game, Set, Death" | 1978 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Duke of Duke" | 1980 |
| Dallas | "Power Play" | 1980 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Waikiki Angels" | 1981 |
| Lou Grant | "Jazz" | 1982 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Monastery Show" | 1983 |
| Happy Days | "Hello, Pfisters" | 1983 |
| The Fall Guy | "Cool Hand Colt" | 1984 |
| Night Court | "All You Need Is Love" | 1984 |
| Three's Company | "Janet Shapes Up" | 1984 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "The Haunting of J.D. Hogg" | 1985 |
| Dallas | "Lockup in Laredo" | 1985 |
| The Fall Guy | "No Rms Ocean Vu" | 1986 |
| 227 | "A Bed of Rose's" | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Night of the Headless Horseman" | 1987 |
| ALF | "The Boy Next Door" | 1988 |
| Cheers | "Sammy and the Professor" | 1990 |
| The Cosby Show | "Elvin Pays for Dinner" | 1990 |
| L.A. Law | "The Good Human Bar" | 1990 |
| Night Court | "Bringing Down Baby" | 1991 |
| Dallas | "Sail On" | 1991 |
| Murphy Brown | "Games Mother Play" | 1993 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Kendo Kill" | 1996 |
