December 17th in TV History
Births
George Lindsey (1928, Fairfield, AL) - The Andy Griffith ShowDeaths
Dana Andrews (1992 in Los Alamitos, CA) - The Twilight Zone, Bright PromiseAlaina Reed-Hall (2009 in Santa Monica, CA)
Penny Marshall (2018 in Hollywood Hills, CA) - Laverne & Shirley
TV Shows Ended
Cheyenne (1962)Space Academy (1977)
Manimal (1983)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy "Lucy is Jealous of Girl Singer" (1951) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "A Matter of Inches" (1954) |
| I Love Lucy "Little Ricky's School Pageant" (1956) |
| The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko at Bay" (1957) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Helpful Neighbor" (1958) |
| The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko's Giveaway" (1958) |
| Gunsmoke "The Cook" (1960) |
| The Rifleman "The Anvil Chorus" (1962) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "The Bed Jacket" (1962) |
| The Fugitive "Terror at High Point" (1963) |
| Bewitched "Samantha Meets the Folks" (1964) |
| The Munsters "Family Portrait" (1964) |
| The Addams Family (1964) "Morticia's Dilemma" (1965) |
| Hogan's Heroes "Oil for the Lamps of Hogan" (1965) |
| Gunsmoke "The Moonstone" (1966) |
| Doctor Who "The Highlanders, Part One" (1966) |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "Deadly Amphibians" (1967) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "The Hero" (1969) |
| Bewitched "Samantha's Magic Potion" (1970) |
| Night Gallery "Finnegan's Flight" (1972) |
| Battlestar Galactica "Fire in Space" (1973) |
| Gunsmoke "The Deadly Innocent" (1973) |
| Happy Days "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas" (1974) |
| Adam-12 "Credit Risk" (1974) |
| Cannon "The Games Children Play" (1975) |
| The Rockford Files "Piece Work" (1976) |
| Kojak (1973) "Case Without a File" (1977) |
| The Bionic Woman "Over the Hill Spy" (1977) |
| All In The Family "California, Here We Are (1)" (1978) |
| All In The Family "California, Here We Are (2)" (1978) |
| Dallas "Kidnapped" (1978) |
| Lou Grant "Hollywood" (1979) |
| Taxi "Going Home" (1980) |
| Mork & Mindy "P.S. 2001" (1981) |
| Taxi "Louie Goes Too Far" (1981) |
| The Dukes of Hazzard "The Revenge of Hughie Hogg" (1982) |
| Dallas "Barbecue Three" (1982) |
| Moonlighting "Twas the Episode Before Christmas" (1985) |
| The A-Team "Uncle Buckle-Up" (1985) |
| Cheers "Christmas Cheers" (1987) |
| Night Court "Let It Snow" (1987) |
| The Cosby Show "The Show Must Go On" (1987) |
| L.A. Law "Divorce with Extreme Prejudice" (1987) |
| Murphy's Law (US) "Do Someone a Favor and It Becomes Your Job" (1988) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Town Father" (1989) |
| Murphy Brown "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" (1990) |
| Cheers "Love Me, Love My Car" (1992) |
| L.A. Law "Christmas Stalking" (1992) |
| Murphy Brown "From the Terrace" (1997) |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun "Jailhouse Dick" (1997) |
