January 5th

January 5th in TV History

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Births

George Dolenz (1908, Trieste, Austria-Hungary) - The Count of Monte Cristo, father of Monkee Micky Dolenz
Hugh Brannum (1910, Sandwich, IL)
George Reeves (1914, Woolstock, IA) - Adventures of Superman
Jane Wyman (1917, St. Joseph, MO) - Falcon Crest, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
Robert Duvall (1931, San Diego, CA) - Lonesome Dove, The Godfather Saga
Cliff Potts (1942, Glendale, CA)
Ted Lange (1948, Oakland, CA) - The Love Boat
Pamela Sue Martin (1953, Westport, CT) - The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dynasty

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Deaths

Hans Conried (1982 in Burbank, CA) - Make Room For Daddy, voice of Snidely Whiplash
Harvey Lembeck (1982 in Los Angeles, CA) - The Phil Silvers Show, Ensign O'Toole
Sonny Bono (1998 in South Lake Tahoe, CA)
Jerry Van Dyke (2018 in Hot Springs, AR) - My Mother the Car, Coach, younger brother of Dick Van Dyke

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TV Show Debuts

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)

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TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "Ricky Has Labor Pains" (1953)

Gunsmoke "Pucket's New Year" (1957)

The Rifleman "Day of the Hunter" (1960)

The Twilight Zone "Nothing in the Dark" (1962)

77 Sunset Strip "The Down Under Caper" (1962)

The Avengers "Intercrime" (1963)

Gunsmoke "Louie Pheeters" (1963)

The Fugitive "Brass Ring" (1965)

The Big Valley "By Fires Unseen" (1966)

I Spy (US) "The Tiger" (1966)

The Beverly Hillbillies "The Richest Woman" (1966)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Kris, the Little Helper" (1966)

The Dick Van Dyke Show "Who Stole My Watch?" (1966)

Batman "The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul (2)" (1967)

Bewitched "Sam in the Moon" (1967)

Star Trek "The Galileo Seven" (1967)

Star Trek "The Gamesters of Triskelion" (1968)

Gunsmoke "The War Priest" (1970)

The Beverly Hillbillies "The Grunion Invasion" (1971)

Bewitched "Samantha's Magic Sitter" (1972)

Night Gallery "The Tune in Dan's Cafe" (1972)

Night Gallery "Green Fingers" (1972)

Night Gallery "The Funeral" (1972)

Adam-12 "Citizens All" (1972)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "WJM Tries Harder" (1974)

All In The Family "Mike and Gloria Mix It Up" (1974)

Kojak (1973) "Close Cover Before Killing" (1975)

All In The Family "New Year's Wedding" (1976)

Charlie's Angels "Angel Trap" (1977)

The Rockford Files "With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?" (1979)

Lou Grant "Catch" (1981)

Laverne & Shirley "I Do, I Don't" (1982)

Three's Company "Strangers in the Night" (1982)

Happy Days "To Beanie or Not to Beanie" (1982)

The Fall Guy "Win One for the Gipper?" (1983)

Cheers "Battle of the Exes" (1984)

Family Ties "Birthday Boy" (1984)

Airwolf "Condemned" (1985)

Punky Brewster "Urban Fear" (1986)

Murder, She Wrote "Murder By Appointment Only" (1986)

Amazing Stories "The Sitter" (1986)

Moonlighting "Los Dos DiPestos" (1988)

Cheers "Send in the Crane" (1989)

The Cosby Show "Truth or Consequences" (1989)

L.A. Law "To Live and Diet in L.A." (1989)

Dallas "Tale of Two Cities" (1990)

Murder, She Wrote "Danse Diabolique" (1992)

3rd Rock From the Sun "Proud Dick" (1997)

3rd Rock From the Sun "Two-Faced Dick" (1999)