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May 17th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Bob Saget | 1956 in Philadelphia, PA | - Full House, stand-up comedy |
Deaths
| Frank Gorshin | 2005 in Burbank, CA | - The Riddler on Batman, Star Trek |
TV Shows Ended
Forever Knight (1996)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "The Golf Game" | 1954 |
| Gunsmoke | "Chester's Hanging" | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | "Meeting at Midnight" | 1960 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Lady in the Sun" | 1963 |
| Doctor Who | "The War Games, Part Five" | 1969 |
| Angie | "The Check Up" | 1979 |
| Lou Grant | "Suspect" | 1982 |
| Dallas | "Swan Song" | 1985 |
| Punky Brewster | "No No, We Won't Go" | 1988 |
| L.A. Law | "The Last Gasp" | 1990 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Murder On Madison Avenue" | 1992 |
| Murphy Brown | "One" | 1993 |
