April 27th in TV History
TV History Events
04/27/1986 : "Captain Midnight" (satellite dealer James MacDougall) jammed HBO's signal with a message protesting HBO's move to scramble their signal and charge $12.95 a month for access. For the stunt, MacDougall received a $5000 fine and 1 year of probation.Births
Judy Carne (1939, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK) - The "Sock It To Me" Girl on Laugh-InDeaths
Stanley Adams (1977 in Santa Monica, CA)Paul Junger Witt (2018 in Los Angeles, CA) - Film and TV Producer
TV Shows Ended
The Danny Thomas Show (1964)The Patty Duke Show (1966)
Green Acres (1971)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy "Lucy Hires a Maid" (1953) |
| Gunsmoke "What the Whiskey Drummer Heard" (1957) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Bad Day at Blueberry Rock" (1960) |
| The Twilight Zone "The Gift" (1962) |
| 77 Sunset Strip "The Disappearance" (1962) |
| Gunsmoke "Quint-Cident" (1963) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "The Rumor" (1964) |
| Lost in Space "Follow the Leader" (1966) |
| Batman "Death in Slow Motion (1)" (1966) |
| The Big Valley "Last Train to the Fair" (1966) |
| I Spy (US) "One Thousand Fine" (1966) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "Granny Tonics a Birdwatcher" (1966) |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show "You Ought to Be in Pictures" (1966) |
| Bewitched "Nobody But a Frog Knows How to Live" (1967) |
| Doctor Who "The Wheel in Space, Part One" (1968) |
| Columbo "A Deadly State of Mind" (1975) |
| The Six Million Dollar Man "Steve Austin, Fugitive" (1975) |
| Laverne & Shirley "Hi, Neighbor" (1976) |
| Punky Brewster "The Nun's Story" (1988) |
| Cheers "Sisterly Love" (1989) |
| The Cosby Show "What He Did for Love" (1989) |
| L.A. Law "His Suit Is Hirsute" (1989) |
| Dallas "The Southfork Wedding Jinx" (1990) |
| Murphy Brown "He-Ho, He-Ho, It's Off to Lamaze We Go" (1992) |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun "Sensitive Dick" (1997) |
| Murphy Brown "A Man and a Woman" (1998) |
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