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May 22nd

May 22nd in TV History

TV History Events


05/22/1992 : Johnny Carson hosted his last episode of The Tonight Show.

Birthdays

ImagePaul Winfield1939 in Dallas, TX

Deaths

ImageWhitman Mayo2001 in Atlanta, GA - Sanford and Son

TV Shows Ended

Perry Mason (1966)
Hart To Hart (1984)
Kate & Allie (1989)
3rd Rock From the Sun (2001)

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"A Door Key for David"1953
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"David's Date with Miss Universe"1957
77 Sunset Strip"Mr. Paradise"1959
The Andy Griffith Show"Bringing Up Opie"1961
The Beverly Hillbillies"Elly Becomes a Secretary"1963
The Twilight Zone"Come Wander with Me"1964
Gilligan's Island"Goodbye, Old Paint"1965
Gunsmoke"The New Society"1965
Doctor Who"The Executioners (The Chase, Part One)"1965
Doctor Who"The Dæmons, Part One"1971
Columbo"The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case"1977
Taxi"Memories of Cab 804 (1)"1979
Airwolf"On the Double"1987
Murphy Brown"The Morning Show"1989
Murder, She Wrote"Wheel of Death"1994
Murphy Brown"Retrospective (1)"1995
Murphy Brown"Retrospective (2)"1995
3rd Rock From the Sun"The Thing That Wouldn't Die: Part 1"2001
3rd Rock From the Sun"The Thing That Wouldn't Die: Part 2"2001
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