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March 20th

March 20th in TV History


Birthdays

ImageOzzie Nelson1906 in Jersey City, NJ - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
ImageCarl Reiner1922 in Bronx, NY - The Dick Van Dyke Show
ImagePaul Junger Witt1943 in New York, NY - Film and TV Producer

TV Show Debuts

Police Story (1973)

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Brother Beesley's Philosophy"1953
The Phil Silvers Show"The Big Uranium Strike"1956
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Ozzie and Harriet Go to Washington"1957
77 Sunset Strip"Hong Kong Caper"1959
The Beverly Hillbillies"Jed Cuts the Family Tree"1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show"The Square Triangle"1963
The Twilight Zone"The Masks"1964
Gilligan's Island"The Matchmaker"1965
Gunsmoke"Bank Baby"1965
Doctor Who"The Centre (The Web Planet, Part Six)"1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"The Return of the Phantom"1966
The Big Valley"Turn of a Card"1967
Gilligan's Island"Slave Girl"1967
I Dream of Jeannie"A Secretary Is Not a Toy"1967
The Andy Griffith Show"Howard the Comedian"1967
The Beverly Hillbillies"The Crystal Gazers"1968
Bewitched"Samantha's Power Failure"1969
Hogan's Heroes"Crittendon's Commandos"1970
Doctor Who"The Claws of Axos, Part Two"1971
Cannon"The Stalker"1974
Kojak (1973)"Down a Long and Lonely River"1974
Lou Grant"Physical"1978
Mork & Mindy"Invasion of the Mork Snatchers"1980
Cheers"Diane Chambers Day"1986
The Cosby Show"An Early Spring"1986
Family Ties""D" is for Date"1987
Airwolf"Stavograd: Part 1"1987
Amazing Stories"Such Interesting Neighbors"1987
Dallas"Some Good, Some Bad"1987
Family Ties"Return of the Native"1988
Murphy Brown"My Dinner with Einstein"1989
ALF"Funeral for a Friend"1989
Night Court"Mac Takes a Vocation"1991
Murphy Brown"FYI of the Hurricane"1995
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