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January 9th

January 9th in TV History



Birthdays

ImageFernando Lamas1915 in Buenos Aires, Argentina - Run For Your Life
ImageBob Denver1935 in New Rochelle, NY - Gilligan's Island, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
ImageKimberly Beck1956 in Glendale, CA - Peyton Place, Dynasty

Deaths

ImageDwayne Hickman2022 in Los Angeles, CA - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
ImageBob Saget2022 in Orlando, FL - Full House, stand-up comedy

TV Show Debuts

Rawhide (1959)
It Takes A Thief (1968)
3rd Rock From the Sun (1996)

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"The Basketball Players"1953
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"A Hairstyle for Harriet"1957
77 Sunset Strip"Not an Enemy in the World"1959
The Phil Silvers Show"Bilko's Hollywood Romance"1959
Gunsmoke"Big Tom"1960
The Andy Griffith Show"The Horse Trader"1961
The Beverly Hillbillies"Back to Californy"1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show"The Foul Weather Girl"1963
Gilligan's Island"So Sorry, My Island Now"1965
Doctor Who"Desperate Measures (The Rescue, Part Two)"1965
Gunsmoke"Run, Sheep, Run"1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"Deadly Creature Below!"1966
The Big Valley"Image of Yesterday"1967
Gilligan's Island"Court-Martial"1967
I Dream of Jeannie"Greatest Invention in the World"1967
The Andy Griffith Show"Dinner at Eight"1967
Bewitched"Serena Strikes Again (1)"1969
Get Smart (1965)"House of Wax (1)"1970
Hogan's Heroes"Get Fit or Go Fight"1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show"Party is Such Sweet Sorrow"1971
Adam-12"Log 115 -- Gang War"1971
Doctor Who"Terror of the Autons, Part Two"1971
Adam-12"The Sweet Smell..."1974
The Rockford Files"The Hammer of C Block"1976
The Six Million Dollar Man"Death Probe (1)"1977
Charlie's Angels"Angel's Child"1980
The Dukes of Hazzard"State of the County"1981
Dallas"Executive Wife"1981
The Fall Guy"Her Bodyguard"1985
Cheers"Take My Shirt, Please"1986
Night Court"Dan's Escort"1986
The Cosby Show"The Auction"1986
Family Ties"The Disciple"1986
Dallas"Tick, Tock"1987
227"Snowbound"1988
Murphy Brown"I Would Have Danced All Night"1989
ALF"Hide Away"1989
Cheers"No Rest For the Woody"1992
The Cosby Show"The Price Is Wrong"1992
L.A. Law"Guess Who's Coming To Murder?"1992
Murder, She Wrote"Proof In The Pudding"1994
Murphy Brown"Rumble in the Alley"1995
3rd Rock From the Sun"Brains and Eggs"1996
3rd Rock From the Sun"Dick Digs"2001
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