April 2nd

April 2nd in TV History

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Births

Buddy Ebsen (1908, Belleville, IL) - The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones
Dabbs Greer (1917, Fairview, MO) - Little House on the Prairie, Gunsmoke
Jack Webb (1920, Santa Monica, CA) - Dragnet
Gloria Henry (1923, New Orleans, LA) - Dennis The Menace
Ron Palillo (1949, New Haven, CT) - Welcome Back, Kotter
Debralee Scott (1953, Elizabeth, NJ) - Angie, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

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TV Show Debuts

Dallas (1978)

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TV Shows Ended

Zorro (1961)
It's About Time (1967)
Dark Shadows (1971)
ER (2009)

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TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "David Writes a Column" (1954)

The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko Goes Around the World" (1957)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Top Gun" (1958)

Gunsmoke "Colleen So Green" (1960)

The Rifleman "Guilty Conscience" (1962)

The Andy Griffith Show "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee" (1962)

The Addams Family (1964) "The Addams Family and the Spacemen" (1965)

12 O'Clock High "The Mission" (1965)

Get Smart (1965) "Ship of Spies (1)" (1966)

I Dream of Jeannie "My Master, the Thief" (1966)

Doctor Who "The Celestial Toyroom (The Celestial Toymaker, Part One)" (1966)

The Avengers "Thingumajig" (1969)

Bewitched "Mona Sammi" (1970)

Happy Days "Because She's There" (1974)

Cannon "Search and Destroy" (1975)

Dallas "Digger's Daughter" (1978)

Lou Grant "Skids" (1979)

Charlie's Angels "Toni's Boys" (1980)

The Dukes of Hazzard "Dukes in Danger" (1982)

Dallas "Acceptance" (1982)

Moonlighting "The Murder's in the Mail" (1985)

The A-Team "Bounty" (1985)

Cheers "Cheers: the Motion Picture" (1987)

The Cosby Show "Andalusian Flu" (1987)

L.A. Law "Oy Vey! Wilderness!" (1987)

Murder, She Wrote "Truck Stop" (1989)

Moonlighting "Those Lips, Those Lies" (1989)

Family Ties "They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)" (1989)

3rd Rock From the Sun "Angry Dick" (1996)