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March 31st in TV History
Birthdays
 | Peggy Rea | 1921 in Los Angeles, CA | |
 | Rhea Perlman | 1948 in Brooklyn, NY | |
Deaths
 | Jerry Paris | 1986 in Los Angeles, CA | - The Dick Van Dyke Show |
TV Show Debuts
Max Headroom (1987)
TV Shows Ended
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1968)
Gunsmoke (1975)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Pioneer Women" | 1952 |
| Gunsmoke | "Indian Scout" | 1956 |
| The Rifleman | "The Wrong Man" | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Long Distance Call" | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Old Card Sharps Never Die" | 1961 |
| Gunsmoke | "Durham Bull" | 1962 |
| The Fugitive | "Never Stop Running" | 1964 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Flatt, Clampett, and Scruggs" | 1965 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "A Bedtime Story" | 1965 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Never Bathe on Saturday" | 1965 |
| Batman | "Give 'em the Axe (2)" | 1966 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Allergy Time" | 1966 |
| The Munsters | "Herman, the Tire-Kicker" | 1966 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "The Top Secret Top Coat" | 1967 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "No Way Back" | 1968 |
| The Big Valley | "The Other Face of Justice" | 1969 |
| Doctor Who | "Frontier in Space, Part Six" | 1973 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Sharecroppers" | 1975 |
| Three's Company | "Roper's Niece" | 1977 |
| Cheers | "Showdown (2)" | 1983 |
| Airwolf | "And They are Us" | 1984 |
| Punky Brewster | "Fenster Hall (1)" | 1985 |
| Punky Brewster | "Fenster Hall (2)" | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Armed Response" | 1985 |
| Moonlighting | "I Am Curious... Maddie (4)" | 1987 |
| Cheers | "Bar Wars" | 1988 |
| Dallas | "April Showers" | 1989 |
| Columbo | "Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo" | 1990 |
