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October 26th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Jackie Coogan | 1914 in Los Angeles, CA | - The Addams Family |
| Jaclyn Smith | 1945 in Houston, TX | - Charlie's Angels |
| Pat Sajak | 1946 in Chicago, IL | - Wheel of Fortune |
| Lauren Tewes | 1953 in Braddock, PA | - The Love Boat |
Deaths
| Hoyt Axton | 1999 in Victor, MT | |
| Richard Moll | 2023 in Big Bear, CA | - Bull on Night Court |
TV Show Debuts
St. Elsewhere (1982)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Equal Rights" | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | "Mavis McCloud" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "David Gets a Raise" | 1960 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "David Goes Back to Work" | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Terror in a Small Town" | 1962 |
| The Avengers | "Death of a Batman" | 1963 |
| Gunsmoke | "Easy Come" | 1963 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "Turn Back the Clock" | 1964 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Barney's Bloodhound" | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | "All the Scared Rabbits" | 1965 |
| Lost in Space | "The Android Machine" | 1966 |
| Batman | "The Devil's Fingers (1)" | 1966 |
| I Spy (US) | "Sparrowhawk" | 1966 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Come Back, Little Herby" | 1966 |
| Batman | "Louie the Lilac" | 1967 |
| Bewitched | "A Safe and Sane Halloween" | 1967 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "The Worst Best Man" | 1968 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "To the Gestapo with Love" | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married!" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "Snow Train (2)" | 1970 |
| Cannon | "Girl in the Electric Coffin" | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "A New Sue Ann" | 1974 |
| All In The Family | "Gloria's Shock" | 1974 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death" | 1975 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Target in the Sky" | 1975 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Excuse Me, May I Cut In?" | 1976 |
| Happy Days | "Fonzie's Hero" | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Angel in Love" | 1977 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "The Ghost of General Lee" | 1979 |
| The Rockford Files | "Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die (2)" | 1979 |
| Dallas | "The Dove Hunt" | 1979 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Lost in Spacesuits" | 1982 |
| Three's Company | "Extra, Extra" | 1982 |
| Happy Days | "A Night at the Circus" | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | "The Last Drive" | 1983 |
| Family Ties | "This Year's Model" | 1983 |
| Dallas | "Family" | 1984 |
| 227 | "Pilot" | 1985 |
| Airwolf | "Crossover" | 1985 |
| ALF | "Some Enchanted Evening" | 1987 |
| Night Court | "Danny Got His Gun (2)" | 1988 |
| Night Court | "Danny Got His Gun (3)" | 1988 |
| Cheers | "The Two Faces of Norm" | 1989 |
| The Cosby Show | "Denise Kendall: Babysitter" | 1989 |
| Night Court | "Death Takes a Halloween" | 1990 |
| Murphy Brown | "Night of Living News" | 1992 |
