January 27th

January 27th in TV History

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Births

Howard McNear (1905, Los Angeles, CA) - The Andy Griffith Show
Donna Reed (1921, Denison, IA)

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Deaths

Claude Akins (1994 in Altadena, CA) - Sheriff Lobo

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TV Show Debuts

Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Galactica 1980 (1980)

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TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Car Mix-Up" (1956)

The Rifleman "The Photographer" (1959)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Circus" (1960)

The Twilight Zone "The Invaders" (1961)

77 Sunset Strip "Mr. Goldilocks" (1961)

Gunsmoke "Old Dan" (1962)

The Andy Griffith Show "Barney's Sidecar" (1964)

The Beverly Hillbillies "Dash Riprock, You Cad" (1965)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Big Dog" (1965)

The Dick Van Dyke Show "Stacey Petrie (2)" (1965)

Batman "Batman Is Riled (2)" (1966)

Gilligan's Island "Seer Gilligan" (1966)

Bewitched "Samantha Meets the Folks" (1966)

The Munsters "The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World" (1966)

Hogan's Heroes "Hogan and the Lady Doctor" (1967)

Get Smart (1965) "The Little Black Book (1)" (1968)

Hogan's Heroes "War Takes a Holiday" (1968)

Doctor Who "The Enemy of the World, Part Six" (1968)

The Big Valley "The Secret" (1969)

I Dream of Jeannie "Ride 'Em Astronaut" (1969)

Gunsmoke "Gold Town" (1969)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Romeo and Mary" (1973)

All In The Family "Archie Goes Too Far" (1973)

Doctor Who "Carnival of Monsters, Part One" (1973)

Gunsmoke "The Fires of Ignorance" (1975)

Laverne & Shirley "The Society Party" (1976)

Happy Days "Fonzie the Superstar" (1976)

The Rockford Files "Dwarf in a Helium Hat" (1978)

Laverne & Shirley "Born Too Late" (1981)

Three's Company "Make Room for Daddy" (1981)

Happy Days "It Only Hurts When I Smile" (1981)

The Fall Guy "Goin' for It!" (1982)

Cheers "The Boys in the Bar" (1983)

The Dukes of Hazzard "Play it Again, Luke" (1984)

Dallas "Eye of the Beholder" (1984)

Punky Brewster "Henry Falls in Love (1)" (1985)

Dallas "The Two Mrs. Ewings" (1989)

227 "Knock It Off" (1990)