January 19th in TV History
Births
Jean Stapleton (1923, Manhattan, New York City, NY) - All in the FamilyNicholas Colasanto (1924, Providence, RI) - Cheers
Fritz Weaver (1926, Pittsburgh, PA)
Shelley Fabares (1944, Santa Monica, CA)
Desi Arnaz, Jr. (1953, Los Angeles, CA)
Katey Sagal (1954, Hollywood, CA) - Married With Children
Paul Rodriguez (1955, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico)
Taliesin Jaffe (1977, Los Angeles, CA)
Jodie Sweetin (1982, Los Angeles, CA) - Full House
Deaths
Byron Keith (1996 in Los Angeles, CA) - 77 Sunset StripSuzanne Pleshette (2008 in Los Angeles, CA) - The Bob Newhart Show
Miguel Ferrer (2017 in Los Angeles, CA)
Olivia Cole (2018 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico) - Roots
Dorothy Malone (2018 in Dallas, TX) - Peyton Place
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" (1953) |
| Gunsmoke "Sins of the Father" (1957) |
| The Rifleman "A Case of Identity" (1960) |
| The Twilight Zone "Dead Man's Shoes" (1962) |
| 77 Sunset Strip "Penthouse on Skid Row" (1962) |
| The Avengers "Box of Tricks" (1963) |
| Gunsmoke "Cotter's Girl" (1963) |
| The Fugitive "Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet" (1965) |
| Lost in Space "The Keeper (2)" (1966) |
| Batman "Fine Feathered Finks (1)" (1966) |
| The Big Valley "A Time to Kill" (1966) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "The Buggy" (1966) |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show "I Do Not Choose to Run" (1966) |
| Batman "That Darn Catwoman (1)" (1967) |
| Bewitched "Super Car" (1967) |
| Star Trek "Arena" (1967) |
| Star Trek "The Immunity Syndrome" (1968) |
| Gunsmoke "The Judas Gun" (1970) |
| All in the Family "Writing The President" (1971) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "The Grun Incident" (1971) |
| Columbo "Short Fuse" (1972) |
| Night Gallery "The Miracle at Camafeo" (1972) |
| Night Gallery "The Ghost of Sorworth Place" (1972) |
| Adam-12 "The Tip" (1972) |
| Columbo "Short Fuse" (1972) |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show "The Co-Producers" (1974) |
| Kojak (1973) "Queen of the Gypsies" (1975) |
| The Six Million Dollar Man "The Last Kamikaze" (1975) |
| Charlie's Angels "Angels on a String" (1977) |
| The Bionic Woman "Doomsday Is Tomorrow (1)" (1977) |
| The Rockford Files "Guilt" (1979) |
| Lou Grant "Boomerang" (1981) |
| Laverne & Shirley "Watch the Fur Fly" (1982) |
| Three's Company "The Holy Guest (a.k.a. Oh, Nun)" (1982) |
| Happy Days "Grandma Nussbaum" (1982) |
| The Fall Guy "Manhunter" (1983) |
| Family Ties "The Fugitive (1)" (1983) |
| Cheers "And Coachie Makes Three" (1984) |
| Family Ties ""M" is for the Many Things" (1984) |
| Punky Brewster "Cherie Lifesaver" (1986) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Keep the Home Fries Burning" (1986) |
| Amazing Stories "One for the Road" (1986) |
| ALF "A Little Bit of Soap" (1987) |
| Amazing Stories "Blue Man Down" (1987) |
| Moonlighting "Fetal Attraction" (1988) |
| Cheers "Adventures in Housesitting" (1989) |
| L.A. Law "Victor/Victorious" (1989) |
| Dallas "Unchain My Heart" (1990) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Incident in Lot 7" (1992) |
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