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May 20th

May 20th in TV History


Birthdays

ImageDavid Hedison1927 in Providence, RI - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Deaths

ImageIngrid Hafner1994 in Berkshire, England, UK

TV Shows Ended

Adam-12 (1975)
The Slap Maxwell Story (1988)
Small Wonder (1989)
Cheers (1993)
Roseanne (1997)

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"The Buckingham"1959
The Phil Silvers Show"Bilko's Casino"1959
The Twilight Zone"A Passage for Trumpet"1960
77 Sunset Strip"Perfect Setup"1960
Gunsmoke"Chester's Dilemma"1961
The Beverly Hillbillies"Granny Learns to Drive"1964
Bewitched"Remember the Main"1965
The Munsters"Herman's Happy Valley"1965
Doctor Who"The Evil of the Daleks, Part One"1967
Doctor Who"The Time Monster, Part One"1972
Night Gallery"The Doll of Death"1973
Adam-12"Something Worth Dying For (2)"1975
Mork & Mindy"Gotta Run (3)"1982
Murder, She Wrote"The Sicilian Encounter"1990
Murphy Brown"Uh-Oh (1)"1991
Cheers"One for the Road (1)"1993
Cheers"One for the Road (2)"1993
Cheers"One for the Road (3)"1993
Murphy Brown"Miles Away (2)"1996
3rd Rock From the Sun"The Tooth Harry"1998
3rd Rock From the Sun"Eat, Drink, Mary: Part 1"1998
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