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January 5th in TV History
Birthdays
 | George Dolenz | 1908 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary | - The Count of Monte Cristo, father of Monkee Micky Dolenz |
| Hugh Brannum | 1910 in Sandwich, IL | |
| George Reeves | 1914 in Woolstock, IA | - Adventures of Superman |
| Jane Wyman | 1917 in St. Joseph, MO | - Falcon Crest, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre |
| Robert Duvall | 1931 in San Diego, CA | - Lonesome Dove, The Godfather Saga |
| Cliff Potts | 1942 in Glendale, CA | |
 | Ted Lange | 1948 in Oakland, CA | - The Love Boat |
 | Pamela Sue Martin | 1953 in Westport, CT | - The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dynasty |
Deaths
 | Hans Conried | 1982 in Burbank, CA | - Make Room For Daddy, voice of Snidely Whiplash |
| Harvey Lembeck | 1982 in Los Angeles, CA | - The Phil Silvers Show, Ensign O'Toole |
| Sonny Bono | 1998 in South Lake Tahoe, CA | |
| Jerry Van Dyke | 2018 in Hot Springs, AR | - My Mother the Car, Coach, younger brother of Dick Van Dyke |
TV Show Debuts
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Ricky Has Labor Pains" | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | "Pucket's New Year" | 1957 |
| The Rifleman | "Day of the Hunter" | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Nothing in the Dark" | 1962 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Down Under Caper" | 1962 |
| The Avengers | "Intercrime" | 1963 |
| Gunsmoke | "Louie Pheeters" | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | "Brass Ring" | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | "By Fires Unseen" | 1966 |
| I Spy (US) | "The Tiger" | 1966 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Richest Woman" | 1966 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Kris, the Little Helper" | 1966 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Who Stole My Watch?" | 1966 |
| Batman | "The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul (2)" | 1967 |
| Bewitched | "Sam in the Moon" | 1967 |
| Star Trek | "The Galileo Seven" | 1967 |
| Star Trek | "The Gamesters of Triskelion" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "The War Priest" | 1970 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Grunion Invasion" | 1971 |
| Bewitched | "Samantha's Magic Sitter" | 1972 |
| Night Gallery | "The Tune in Dan's Cafe" | 1972 |
| Night Gallery | "Green Fingers" | 1972 |
| Night Gallery | "The Funeral" | 1972 |
| Adam-12 | "Citizens All" | 1972 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "WJM Tries Harder" | 1974 |
| All In The Family | "Mike and Gloria Mix It Up" | 1974 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Close Cover Before Killing" | 1975 |
| All In The Family | "New Year's Wedding" | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Angel Trap" | 1977 |
| The Rockford Files | "With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?" | 1979 |
| Lou Grant | "Catch" | 1981 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "I Do, I Don't" | 1982 |
| Three's Company | "Strangers in the Night" | 1982 |
| Happy Days | "To Beanie or Not to Beanie" | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | "Win One for the Gipper?" | 1983 |
| Cheers | "Battle of the Exes" | 1984 |
| Family Ties | "Birthday Boy" | 1984 |
| Airwolf | "Condemned" | 1985 |
| Punky Brewster | "Urban Fear" | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Murder By Appointment Only" | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | "The Sitter" | 1986 |
| Moonlighting | "Los Dos DiPestos" | 1988 |
| Cheers | "Send in the Crane" | 1989 |
| The Cosby Show | "Truth or Consequences" | 1989 |
| L.A. Law | "To Live and Diet in L.A." | 1989 |
| Dallas | "Tale of Two Cities" | 1990 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Danse Diabolique" | 1992 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Proud Dick" | 1997 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Two-Faced Dick" | 1999 |
