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November 15th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Ed Asner | 1929 in Kansas City, MO | - The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant |
 | Whitman Mayo | 1930 in New York City, NY | - Sanford and Son |
 | Yaphet Kotto | 1939 in New York City, NY | |
 | Sam Waterston | 1940 in Cambridge, MA | - Law & Order |
Deaths
| Sheila Allen | 2013 in Malibu, CA | - widow of Irwin Allen, Lost In Space, The Poseidon Adventure |
| Roy Clark | 2018 in Tulsa, OK | - Hee Haw, country music |
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Ricky's Screen Test" | 1954 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "The Eating Contest" | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | "Lynching Man" | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | "Miss Milly" | 1960 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Rick Sends a Picture" | 1962 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Uncle Simon" | 1963 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "By His Own Verdict" | 1963 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "Grant Me No Favor" | 1965 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Aunt Bee on TV" | 1965 |
| The Fugitive | "Approach with Care" | 1966 |
| Lost in Space | "Space Creature" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Jethro's Military Career" | 1967 |
| Star Trek | "The Tholian Web" | 1968 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "The Big Record" | 1970 |
| Gunsmoke | "My Brother's Keeper" | 1971 |
| Cannon | "Child of Fear" | 1972 |
| Adam-12 | "The Surprise" | 1972 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Dexter Crisis" | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "The Midas Touch" | 1974 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Lou Douses an Old Flame" | 1975 |
| Lou Grant | "Judge" | 1977 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Cruise (2)" | 1977 |
| Three's Company | "Chrissy's Night Out" | 1977 |
| Happy Days | "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (2)" | 1977 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Mother Angel" | 1978 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "You're in the Army, Now (1)" | 1979 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "You're in the Army, Now (2)" | 1979 |
| The A-Team | "There's Always a Catch" | 1983 |
| Cheers | "Coach in Love (2)" | 1984 |
| Night Court | "Harry on Trial" | 1984 |
| The Cosby Show | "How Ugly Is He?" | 1984 |
| Family Ties | "Best Man" | 1984 |
| Dallas | "Close Encounters" | 1985 |
| 227 | "The Temptations" | 1986 |
| Doctor Who | "The Trial of a Time Lord, Part Eleven (Terror of the Vervoids)" | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Steal Me a Story" | 1987 |
| Family Ties | "Mister Sister" | 1987 |
| ALF | "Turkey in the Straw: Part 2" | 1988 |
| Night Court | "Auntie Maim" | 1989 |
| Cheers | "Bad Neighbor Sam" | 1990 |
| The Cosby Show | "You Can Go Home Again" | 1990 |
| L.A. Law | "Smoke Gets in Your Thighs" | 1990 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "The Dead File" | 1992 |
| Murphy Brown | "Bah Humboldt" | 1993 |
