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October 31st in TV History
Birthdays
 | David Ogden Stiers | 1942 in Peoria, IL | - Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III (M*A*S*H) and Cogsworth (Beauty & the Beast) |
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Halloween Party" | 1952 |
| I Love Lucy | "The Great Train Robbery" | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Banjo Player" | 1956 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Casualty" | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | "Saludos" | 1959 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Irresistible Andy" | 1960 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced" | 1961 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Trick or Treat" | 1962 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "My Husband is Not a Drunk" | 1962 |
| Gilligan's Island | "President Gilligan" | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | "Planet of Giants (Planet of Giants, Part One)" | 1964 |
| Gunsmoke | "Take Her, She's Cheap" | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Left-Handed Man" | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | "Target" | 1966 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "How to Be a Genie in 10 Easy Lessons" | 1966 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Mind Over Matter" | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Everybody's a Movie Star" | 1967 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Smart Fell on Alabama" | 1969 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "The Kommandant Dies at Dawn" | 1969 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Toulousse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" | 1970 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 55 -- Missing Child" | 1970 |
| Cannon | "Perfect Alibi" | 1973 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Web of Death" | 1973 |
| Adam-12 | "Van Nuys Division" | 1973 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Real Easy Red Dog" | 1975 |
| Kojak (1973) | "An Unfair Trade" | 1976 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Kill Oscar (2)" | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Bully Show" | 1978 |
| Three's Company | "Larry's Bride" | 1978 |
| Taxi | "Paper Marriage" | 1978 |
| Happy Days | "The Evil Eye" | 1978 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Caged Angel" | 1979 |
| The Fall Guy | "October the 31st" | 1984 |
| Cheers | "Diane's Nightmare" | 1985 |
| Night Court | "Halloween, Too" | 1985 |
| The Cosby Show | "Halloween" | 1985 |
| Family Ties | "Don't Go Changin'" | 1985 |
| L.A. Law | "Slum Enchanted Evening" | 1986 |
| The A-Team | "The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair" | 1986 |
| Dallas | "Territorial Imperative" | 1986 |
| 227 | "Bull's Eye" | 1987 |
| ALF | "Promises, Promises" | 1988 |
| Cheers | "Bar Wars V: the Final Judgement" | 1991 |
| The Cosby Show | "The Iceman Bricketh" | 1991 |
| L.A. Law | "Do the Spike Thing" | 1991 |
| Columbo | "It's All in the Game" | 1993 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "A Virtual Murder" | 1993 |
| Murphy Brown | "Frank Cuts Loose" | 1994 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Fear and Loathing in Rutherford" | 2000 |
