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January 20th

January 20th in TV History


Birthdays

ImageGeorge Burns1896 in New York City, NY - comedy act with wife Gracie Allen
ImageDeForest Kelley1920 in Toccoa, GA - Dr. McCoy on Star Trek
ImageLorenzo Lamas1958 in Santa Monica, CA - Falcon Crest, Renegade

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Volunteer Firemen"1956
The Rifleman"The Retired Gun"1959
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"David's Car Payments"1960
The Twilight Zone"The Whole Truth"1961
77 Sunset Strip"The College Caper"1961
Gunsmoke"Cody's Code"1962
The Andy Griffith Show"Aunt Bee the Crusader"1964
The Beverly Hillbillies"Elly in the Movies"1965
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"Rick Grows a Beard"1965
The Dick Van Dyke Show"Stacey Petrie (1)"1965
Batman"The Penguin's a Jinx (2)"1966
Gilligan's Island"The Postman Cometh"1966
Bewitched"My Baby the Tycoon"1966
The Munsters"Big Heap Herman"1966
Hogan's Heroes"Praise the Führer and Pass the Ammunition"1967
Hogan's Heroes"Sticky Wicket Newkirk"1968
Doctor Who"The Enemy of the World, Part Five"1968
The Big Valley"Joshua Watson"1969
Gunsmoke"Mannon"1969
I Dream of Jeannie"The Solid Gold Jeannie"1970
Night Gallery"The Last Laurel"1971
Night Gallery"They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar"1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show"The Georgette Story"1973
All In The Family"Oh Say Can You See"1973
Doctor Who"The Three Doctors, Part Four"1973
Gunsmoke"Larkin"1975
Happy Days"Football Frolics"1976
The Rockford Files"The Paper Palace"1978
Three's Company"Jack's Other Mother"1981
The Fall Guy"License to Kill (2)"1982
Cheers"Father Knows Last"1983
The Dukes of Hazzard"Dead and Alive"1984
Dallas"Some Do... Some Don't"1984
Punky Brewster"Play It Again, Punky"1985
Dallas"The Sting"1989
Columbo"Columbo Cries Wolf"1990
Murder, She Wrote"Suspicion of Murder"1991
Murphy Brown"Lovesick"1992
Murphy Brown"You Don't Know Jackal"1997
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