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January 8th

January 8th in TV History



Birthdays

ImageWilliam Hartnell1908 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK - Doctor Who (the first doctor)
ImageLarry Storch1923 in New York City, NY - F-Troop, The Ghost Busters
ImageSoupy Sales1926 in Franklinton, NC - The Soupy Sales Show
ImageBob Eubanks1938 in Flint, MI - The Newlywed Game
ImageJohn LaMotta1939 in Brooklyn, NY - ALF

Deaths

ImageMatthew Beard, Jr.1981 in Los Angeles, CA - Stymie in Our Gang
ImageReta Shaw1982 in Encino, CA - The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
ImagePat Buttram1994 in Los Angeles, CA - Green Acres, The Gene Autry Show
ImageYvonne De Carlo2007 in Woodland Hills, CA - The Munsters
ImageDonnelly Rhodes2018 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Ozzie's Night Out"1954
The Phil Silvers Show"The Blue Blood of the Bilkos"1957
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Road Race"1958
The Twilight Zone"Third From the Sun"1960
77 Sunset Strip"Collector's Item"1960
The Rifleman"The Princess"1962
The Andy Griffith Show"Keeper of the Flame"1962
The Beverly Hillbillies"The Giant Jackrabbit"1964
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"The Swami"1964
The Dick Van Dyke Show"My Husband is the Best One"1964
The Addams Family (1964)"The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man"1965
12 O'Clock High"In Search of My Enemy"1965
Get Smart (1965)"Double Agent"1966
I Dream of Jeannie"Get Me to Mecca on Time"1966
The Avengers"Room Without a View"1966
Gunsmoke"Death Watch"1966
Doctor Who"Golden Death (The Daleks' Master Plan, Part Nine)"1966
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"Death from the Past"1967
The Big Valley"Days of Wrath"1968
I Spy (US)"Home to Judgement"1968
The Andy Griffith Show"Emmett's Brother-in-Law"1968
Gunsmoke"Deadman's Law"1968
The Beverly Hillbillies"Problem Bear"1969
The Avengers"The Rotters"1969
Bewitched"Samantha's Lost Weekend"1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show"Feeb"1972
All in the Family"Edith's Problem"1972
Doctor Who"Day of the Daleks, Part Two"1972
Gunsmoke"Homecoming"1973
The Mary Tyler Moore Show"The Critic"1977
All In The Family"The Boarder Patrol"1977
The Six Million Dollar Man"Just a Matter of Time"1978
All In The Family"The Commercial"1978
Lou Grant"Fire"1979
Three's Company"Larry Loves Janet"1980
Taxi"Tony and Brian"1980
Happy Days"Ah, Wilderness"1980
Mork & Mindy"Alas, Poor Mork, We Knew Him Well"1981
The Dukes of Hazzard"The Sound of Music - Hazzard Style"1982
Dallas"The Search"1982
The A-Team"Cup A' Joe"1985
Cheers"Chambers vs Malone"1987
Night Court"Murder"1987
The Cosby Show"Monster Man Huxtable"1987
Family Ties"O'Brother (1)"1987
L.A. Law"Prince Kuzak in a Can"1987
Dallas"It's Me Again"1988
Murder, She Wrote"Something Borrowed, Someone Blue"1989
Family Ties"Deja Vu"1989
Murphy Brown"Subpoena Envy"1990
ALF"Make 'em Laugh"1990
Night Court"Shave and a Haircut"1992
Murder, She Wrote"The Scent of Murder"1995
Murphy Brown"All in the Family"1996
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