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May 2nd

May 2nd in TV History


Birthdays

ImageRoscoe Lee Browne1922 in Woodbury, NJ
ImageLance LeGault1935 in Chicago, IL

Deaths

ImageEfrem Zimbalist, Jr.2014 in Solvang, CA

TV Shows Ended

Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (1969)
The Fall Guy (1986)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy"The Dancing Star"1955
Gunsmoke"Buffalo Hunter"1959
The Rifleman"The Lonesome Bride"1961
The Twilight Zone"On Thursday We Leave For Home"1963
Doctor Who"The Snows of Terror (The Keys of Marinus, Part Four)"1964
Gunsmoke"Trip West"1964
Bewitched"Man of the Year"1968
Doctor Who"The Ambassadors of Death, Part Seven"1970
Charlie's Angels"Rosemary, for Remembrance"1979
Charlie's Angels"Rosemary, for Remembrance"1979
The Fall Guy"Old Heroes Never Die"1984
Cheers"The Belles of St. Clete's"1985
Night Court"World War III"1985
The Cosby Show"Mr. Quiet"1985
The Fall Guy"The Bigger They Are"1986
Dallas"Thrice in a Lifetime"1986
ALF"We Are Family"1988
Punky Brewster"Poor Margaux"1988
Night Court"The Blues of the Birth"1990
Cheers"Uncle Sam Wants You"1991
The Cosby Show"Theo and the Kids (2)"1991
L.A. Law"There Goes the Judge"1991
Murder, She Wrote"Ship of Thieves"1993
Columbo"Undercover"1994
Murphy Brown"It's Just Like Riding a Bike"1994
3rd Rock From the Sun"Dick and Harry Fall Down a Hole"2000
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