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December 17th

December 17th in TV History


Births

George Lindsey (1928, Fairfield, AL) - The Andy Griffith Show

Deaths

Dana Andrews (1992 in Los Alamitos, CA) - The Twilight Zone, Bright Promise
Alaina 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)
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