January 5th in TV History
Births
George Dolenz (1908, Trieste, Austria-Hungary) - The Count of Monte Cristo, father of Monkee Micky DolenzHugh Brannum (1910, Sandwich, IL)
George Reeves (1914, Woolstock, IA) - Adventures of Superman
Jane Wyman (1917, St. Joseph, MO) - Falcon Crest, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
Robert Duvall (1931, San Diego, CA) - Lonesome Dove, The Godfather Saga
Cliff Potts (1942, Glendale, CA)
Ted Lange (1948, Oakland, CA) - The Love Boat
Pamela Sue Martin (1953, Westport, CT) - The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dynasty
Deaths
Hans Conried (1982 in Burbank, CA) - Make Room For Daddy, voice of Snidely WhiplashHarvey 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) |
