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October 5th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Larry Fine | 1902 in Philadelphia, PA | - The Three Stooges |
| John Hoyt | 1905 in Bronxville, NY | |
| Donald Pleasence | 1919 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK | |
| Skip Homeier | 1930 in Chicago, IL | |
Deaths
| Charles Napier | 2011 in Bakersfield, CA | |
TV Show Debuts
Zane Grey Theater (1956)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Ricky's Life Story" | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | "Kitty's Outlaw" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "David Gets Discouraged" | 1960 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The High Cost of Dating" | 1961 |
| The Avengers | "The Undertakers" | 1963 |
| Gunsmoke | "Lover Boy" | 1963 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Mist Of Silence" | 1964 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Family Visit" | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | "Trial by Fire" | 1965 |
| F Troop | "Corporal Agarn's Farewell to the Troops" | 1965 |
| Lost in Space | "Forbidden World" | 1966 |
| Batman | "The Greatest Mother of Them All (1)" | 1966 |
| I Spy (US) | "Vendetta" | 1966 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Badger Game" | 1966 |
| Batman | "The Sport of Penguins (1)" | 1967 |
| Bewitched | "Cheap, Cheap" | 1967 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Closely Watched Planes" | 1968 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Klink vs. the Gonculator" | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?" | 1968 |
| Doctor Who | "The Mind Robber, Part Four" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "Sam McTavish, M.D." | 1970 |
| Cannon | "Country Blues" | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Lou and That Woman" | 1974 |
| All In The Family | "The Bunkers and Inflation (4)" | 1974 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Be Careful What You Pray For" | 1975 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "The Song and Dance Spy" | 1975 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Angels of Mercy" | 1976 |
| Happy Days | "A Mind of His Own" | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Angel Flight" | 1977 |
| Mork & Mindy | "Mork in Love" | 1978 |
| Taxi | "Bobby's Acting Career" | 1978 |
| Happy Days | "Casanova Cunningham" | 1978 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "The Rustlers" | 1979 |
| Dallas | "The Silent Killer" | 1979 |
| The Fall Guy | "Pleasure Isle" | 1983 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Duke" | 1984 |
| Dallas | "Battle Lines" | 1984 |
| 227 | "The Refrigerator" | 1985 |
| Airwolf | "Airwolf II" | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Death Stalks the Big Top (2)" | 1986 |
| ALF | "Take a Look at Me Now" | 1987 |
| The Cosby Show | "I'm 'In' With the 'In' Crowd" | 1989 |
| Night Court | "A Family Affair (2)" | 1990 |
| Murphy Brown | "Black, White & Brown" | 1992 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "The Secret of Gila Junction" | 1995 |
