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October 16th

October 16th in TV History


Birthdays

ImageAnn Morgan Guilbert1928 in Minneapolis, MN - The Dick Van Dyke Show
ImageSuzanne Somers1946 in San Bruno, CA - Three's Company

Deaths

ImageAudra Lindley1997 in Los Angeles, CA - Mrs. Roper on Three's Company

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"David's Pipe"1953
The Phil Silvers Show"The Face on the Recruiting Poster"1956
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Treasurer's Report"1957
The Twilight Zone"Mr. Denton on Doomsday"1959
77 Sunset Strip"Six Superior Skirts"1959
The Andy Griffith Show"Andy and the Woman Speeder"1961
The Beverly Hillbillies"Elly Starts to School"1963
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Getting Wally in Shape"1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show"Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice"1963
The Addams Family (1964)"The Addams Family Tree"1964
12 O'Clock High"The Sound of Distant Thunder"1964
Get Smart (1965)"Now You See Him... Now You Don't"1965
I Dream of Jeannie"G.I. Jeannie"1965
The Avengers"The Cybernauts"1965
Gunsmoke"Taps for Old Jeb"1965
Doctor Who"Temple of Secrets (The Myth Makers, Part One)"1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"The Terrible Toys"1966
The Big Valley"Ladykiller"1967
I Spy (US)"The Honorable Assassins"1967
The Andy Griffith Show"Howard's Main Event"1967
Gunsmoke"A Hat"1967
The Beverly Hillbillies"Coming Through the Rye"1968
The Avengers"You'll Catch Your Death"1968
Bewitched"...And Something Makes Four"1969
The Mary Tyler Moore Show"A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend"1971
All in the Family"Flashback: Mike Meets Archie"1971
Gunsmoke"Sarah"1972
Cannon"The Deadly Trail"1974
The Mary Tyler Moore Show"What's Wrong with Swimming?"1976
Kojak (1973)"Laid Off"1977
The Six Million Dollar Man"Killer Wind"1977
All In The Family"Edith's 50th Birthday (1)"1977
All In The Family"Edith's 50th Birthday (2)"1977
Lou Grant"Hooker"1978
Taxi"Wherefore Art Thou, Bobby?"1979
The Dukes of Hazzard"Double Dukes"1981
Dallas"Gone, But Not Forgotten"1981
The A-Team"Timber!"1984
Cheers"Abnormal Psychology"1986
Night Court"Author, Author"1986
The Cosby Show"Man Talk"1986
Family Ties"My Back Pages"1986
Dallas"The Lady Vanishes"1987
Murphy Brown"TV or Not TV"1989
ALF"Mind Games"1989
Night Court"Pop Goes the Question"1991
Gilligan's Island"Marooned"1992
Murder, She Wrote"Death in Hawaii"1994
Murphy Brown"Sex or Death"1995
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