January 3rd

January 3rd in TV History

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Births

Ray Milland (1907, Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK)
William Boyett (1927, Akron, OH) - Adam-12, Emergency!
Robert Loggia (1930, Staten Island, NY) - Mancuso, F.B.I.
Dabney Coleman (1932, Austin, TX)
Glen Larson (1937, Long Beach, CA) - Writer & Producer
Victoria Principal (1950, Fukuoka, Japan) - Dallas
Danica McKellar (1975, La Jolla, CA) - The Wonder Years

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Deaths

Howard McNear (1969 in San Fernando Valley, CA) - The Andy Griffith Show
Pat Hingle (2009 in Carolina Beach, NC)

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TV Show Debuts

Riptide (1984)

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TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "Lucy Learns to Drive" (1955)

The Phil Silvers Show "Hollywood" (1956)

Gunsmoke "Young Love" (1959)

The Dick Van Dyke Show "Where Did I Come From?" (1962)

The Twilight Zone "In His Image" (1963)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Rick and the Boat Model" (1963)

The Twilight Zone "You Drive" (1964)

77 Sunset Strip "Lovers' Lane" (1964)

12 O'Clock High "Falling Star" (1966)

The Andy Griffith Show "Otis the Artist" (1966)

The Fugitive "Run the Man Down" (1967)

Lost in Space "Target Earth" (1968)

The Beverly Hillbillies "The Housekeeper" (1968)

Star Trek "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969)

Adam-12 "Log 43 -- Hostage" (1970)

Doctor Who "Spearhead from Space, Part One" (1970)

Gunsmoke "No Tomorrow" (1972)

Cannon "Hard Rock Roller Coaster" (1973)

Adam-12 "O'Brien's Stand" (1973)

The Rockford Files "Aura Lee, Farewell" (1975)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Not With My Wife, I Don't" (1976)

Lou Grant "Airliner" (1978)

Three's Company "The Gift" (1978)

Happy Days "Grandpa's Visit" (1978)

Mork & Mindy "A Mommy for Mindy" (1980)

Doctor Who "Warriors' Gate, Part One" (1981)

Three's Company "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1983)

The A-Team "In Plane Sight" (1984)

Cheers "Whodunit?" (1985)

Night Court "The Birthday Visitor" (1985)

Family Ties "Oh Donna" (1985)

Dallas "The Missing Link" (1986)

227 "Matchmakers" (1987)

Murder, She Wrote "Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?" (1988)

Night Court "Amore or Less" (1990)

Cheers "Honor Thy Mother" (1991)

The Cosby Show "Theo's Final Final" (1991)

L.A. Law "Splatoon" (1991)

Murder, She Wrote "The Sound of Murder" (1993)

Murphy Brown "A Piece of the Auction" (1994)