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December 14th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Frances Bavier | 1902 in New York City, NY | - The Andy Griffith Show |
| Morey Amsterdam | 1908 in Chicago, IL | - The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Hal Williams | 1938 in Columbus, OH | |
Deaths
 | Norman Fell | 1998 in Woodland Hills, CA | - Mr. Roper on Three's Company |
| Mike Evans | 2006 in Twentynine Palms, CA | - All In The Family |
| Bernard Fox | 2016 in Van Nuys, CA | - Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes |
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined" | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | "Doc's Reward" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Girl in the Emporium" | 1960 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Ricky the Milkman" | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Adventure in San Dede" | 1962 |
| Doctor Who | "The Firemaker (An Unearthly Child, Part Four)" | 1963 |
| The Avengers | "Don't Look Behind You" | 1963 |
| Gunsmoke | "Extradition (2)" | 1963 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Ghost of Moby Dick" | 1964 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Andy and Helen Have Their Day" | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | "The Good Guys and the Bad Guys" | 1965 |
| Lost in Space | "Wreck of the Robot" | 1966 |
| Batman | "The Cat's Meow (1)" | 1966 |
| I Spy (US) | "Little Boy Lost" | 1966 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Foggy Mountain Soap" | 1966 |
| Batman | "Catwoman's Dressed to Kill" | 1967 |
| Bewitched | "I Get Your Nanny, You Get My Goat" | 1967 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Temporarily Out of CONTROL" | 1968 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Will the Blue Baron Strike Again?" | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 061: The Runaway" | 1968 |
| Doctor Who | "The Invasion, Part Seven" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "Sergeant Holly" | 1970 |
| Cannon | "The Nowhere Man" | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "A Girl Like Mary" | 1974 |
| All In The Family | "Mike's Friend" | 1974 |
| Kojak (1973) | "A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves" | 1975 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Clark Templeton O'Flaherty" | 1975 |
| Mork & Mindy | "Mork's First Christmas" | 1978 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Arrest Jesse Duke" | 1979 |
| The Rockford Files | "Just a Coupla Guys" | 1979 |
| Dallas | "Mother of the Year" | 1979 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Island Angels" | 1980 |
| Lou Grant | "Drifters" | 1981 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Gymnast" | 1982 |
| Three's Company | "The Impossible Dream" | 1982 |
| Happy Days | "All I Want for Christmas" | 1982 |
| Family Ties | "A Keaton Christmas Carol" | 1983 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Sittin' Dukes" | 1984 |
| Dallas | "Do You Take This Woman ..." | 1984 |
| The Fall Guy | "Seavers, Dead Or Alive" | 1985 |
| 227 | "Mary's Christmas" | 1985 |
| Airwolf | "Where Have All the Children Gone?" | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Stage Struck" | 1986 |
| ALF | "ALF's Special Christmas: Part 2" | 1987 |
| ALF | "ALF's Special Christmas: Part 1" | 1987 |
| Night Court | "Night Court of the Living Dead" | 1988 |
| Cheers | "Sam Ahoy" | 1989 |
| The Cosby Show | "Getting to Know You" | 1989 |
| L.A. Law | "Placenta Claus Is Coming to Town" | 1989 |
| Night Court | "It's Just a Joke" | 1990 |
| Dallas | "The Fabulous Ewing Boys" | 1990 |
| Murphy Brown | "I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas" | 1992 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Unwilling Witness" | 1995 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Charitable Dick" | 1999 |
