January 4th in TV History
Births
Sterling Holloway (1905, Cedartown, GA) - The voice of Winnie the Pooh, The Twilight ZoneBarbara Rush (1927, Denver, CO) - Peyton Place
Sorrell Booke (1930, Buffalo, NY) - The Dukes of Hazzard
Richard Stahl (1932, Detroit, MI) - It's a Living
Dyan Cannon (1937, Tacoma, WA)
John Bennett Perry (1941, )
Matt Frewer (1958, Washington, D.C.) - Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor
Dave Foley (1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - Kids in the Hall, News Radio
Lindsay Kennedy (1969, ) - Little House on the Prairie, Galactica 80
Jeremy Licht (1971, Los Angeles, CA) - Valerie
Deaths
Iron Eyes Cody (1999 in Los Angeles, CA)Tanya Roberts (2021 in Los Angeles, CA) - Charlie's Angels
Gregory Sierra (2021 in Laguna Woods, CA) - Sanford and Son, Barney Miller
TV Show Debuts
Sea Hunt (1958)Mister Ed (1961)
Night Court (1984)
TV Episode Debuts
| Gunsmoke "Joe Phy" (1958) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Girl Who Loses Things" (1961) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Fraternity Pin" (1962) |
| 77 Sunset Strip "Falling Stars" (1963) |
| Doctor Who "The Escape (The Daleks, Part Three)" (1964) |
| The Avengers "The White Elephant" (1964) |
| Gunsmoke "The Glory and the Mud" (1964) |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "The Last Battle" (1965) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "Barney Fife, Realtor" (1965) |
| The Fugitive "Not with a Whimper" (1966) |
| F Troop "Our Hero, What's His Name?" (1966) |
| Lost in Space "The Girl from the Green Dimension" (1967) |
| Batman "The Contaminated Cowl (1)" (1967) |
| I Spy (US) "Tonia" (1967) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "The Mayor of Bug Tussle" (1967) |
| Batman "The Joke's on Catwoman (2)" (1968) |
| Bewitched "Once in a Vial" (1968) |
| Get Smart (1965) "Hurray for Hollywood" (1969) |
| Hogan's Heroes "The Missing Klink" (1969) |
| Adam-12 "Log 081: The Long Walk" (1969) |
| Doctor Who "The Krotons, Part Two" (1969) |
| Gunsmoke "Captain Sligo" (1971) |
| Cannon "Devil's Playground" (1972) |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Mary Richards: Producer" (1975) |
| All In The Family "Prisoner in the House" (1975) |
| Kojak (1973) "The Forgotten Room" (1976) |
| Kojak (1973) "The Godson" (1977) |
| Laverne & Shirley "Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent" (1977) |
| Happy Days "Fonzie's Old Lady" (1977) |
| Charlie's Angels "Game, Set, Death" (1978) |
| The Dukes of Hazzard "Duke of Duke" (1980) |
| Dallas "Power Play" (1980) |
| Charlie's Angels "Waikiki Angels" (1981) |
| Lou Grant "Jazz" (1982) |
| Laverne & Shirley "The Monastery Show" (1983) |
| Happy Days "Hello, Pfisters" (1983) |
| The Fall Guy "Cool Hand Colt" (1984) |
| Night Court "All You Need Is Love" (1984) |
| Three's Company "Janet Shapes Up" (1984) |
| The Dukes of Hazzard "The Haunting of J.D. Hogg" (1985) |
| Dallas "Lockup in Laredo" (1985) |
| The Fall Guy "No Rms Ocean Vu" (1986) |
| 227 "A Bed of Rose's" (1986) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Night of the Headless Horseman" (1987) |
| ALF "The Boy Next Door" (1988) |
| Cheers "Sammy and the Professor" (1990) |
| The Cosby Show "Elvin Pays for Dinner" (1990) |
| L.A. Law "The Good Human Bar" (1990) |
| Night Court "Bringing Down Baby" (1991) |
| Dallas "Sail On" (1991) |
| Murphy Brown "Games Mother Play" (1993) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Kendo Kill" (1996) |
