January 29th

January 29th in TV History

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Births

John Forsythe (1918, Penn's Grove, NJ) - Charlie's Angels, Dynasty, Bachelor Father
Dorothy Malone (1924, Chicago, IL) - Peyton Place
Tom Selleck (1945, Detroit, MI) - Magnum, PI, Blue Bloods
Ann Jillian (1950, Cambridge, MA) - It's a Living
Paul Fusco (1953, New Haven, CT) - ALF
Oprah Winfrey (1954, Kosciusko, MS) - The Oprah Winfrey Show

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Deaths

John Larkin (1965 in Studio City, CA) - 12 O'Clock High, The Edge of Night
John LaMotta (2014 in Los Angeles, CA) - ALF

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TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Incentive" (1954)

The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko Goes to Monte Carlo" (1957)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Harriet's Dancing Partner" (1958)

The Twilight Zone "The Fever" (1960)

77 Sunset Strip "Ten Cents a Death" (1960)

The Rifleman "Sporting Chance" (1962)

The Andy Griffith Show "The Jinx" (1962)

The Dick Van Dyke Show "A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards" (1964)

The Addams Family (1964) "The Addams Family Splurges" (1965)

12 O'Clock High "Faith, Hope and Sergeant Aronson" (1965)

Get Smart (1965) "Back to the Old Drawing Board" (1966)

I Dream of Jeannie "Never Try to Outsmart a Jeannie" (1966)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "An Honor for Ozzie" (1966)

The Avengers "The Thirteenth Hole" (1966)

Gunsmoke "The Raid (2)" (1966)

Doctor Who "Destruction of Time (The Daleks' Master Plan, Part Twelve)" (1966)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "The Mermaid" (1967)

The Big Valley "Shadow of a Giant" (1968)

I Spy (US) "A Few Miles West of Nowhere" (1968)

The Andy Griffith Show "Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting" (1968)

Gunsmoke "Hill Girl" (1968)

The Beverly Hillbillies "Cousin Roy in Movieland" (1969)

The Avengers "The Morning After" (1969)

Bewitched "Tabitha's Very Own Samantha" (1970)

Bewitched "Samantha on Thin Ice" (1972)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "More Than Neighbors" (1972)

All in the Family "Archie Sees a Mugging" (1972)

Doctor Who "The Curse of Peladon, Part One" (1972)

Gunsmoke "A Quiet Day in Dodge" (1973)

Happy Days "Richie's Cup Runneth Over" (1974)

Adam-12 "Taking It Easy" (1974)

Cannon "Killer on the Hill" (1975)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Sue Ann Gets the Ax" (1977)

All In The Family "Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye" (1977)

The Six Million Dollar Man "Return of the Deathprobe (2)" (1978)

Three's Company "Handcuffed" (1980)

Taxi "Shut It Down (1)" (1980)

Happy Days "The New Arnold's" (1980)

The Dukes of Hazzard "Miz Tisdale on the Lam" (1982)

Dallas "The Phoenix" (1982)

Taxi "Alex's Old Buddy" (1983)

The A-Team "Skins" (1985)

Cheers "Never Love a Goalie (1)" (1987)

Night Court "The Modest Proposal" (1987)

Family Ties "Architect's Apprentice" (1987)

Family Ties "Get Me to the Living Room on Time" (1989)

Murphy Brown "I Want My FYI" (1990)

ALF "Gimme That Old Time Religion" (1990)