January 6th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Danny Thomas | 1912 in Deerfield, MI | - Make Room For Daddy, Founder of St. Jude's Children Hospital |
 | Earl Scruggs | 1924 in Shelby, NC | |
| Vic Tayback | 1930 in New York City, NY | - Alice |
| Bonnie Franklin | 1944 in Santa Monica, CA | - One Day at a Time |
 | Rowan Atkinson | 1955 in Consett, County Durham, England, UK | - Mr. Bean |
Deaths
| Pat Harrington, Jr. | 2016 in Los Angeles, CA | - One Day at a Time, Make Room For Daddy |
| Greta Thyssen | 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, NY | - Perry Mason, Dragnet |
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Gadget" | 1956 |
| The Rifleman | "The Pet" | 1959 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Ozzie Keeps a Secret" | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Dust" | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Hamlet Caper" | 1961 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Do-Badder" | 1962 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Barney and the Cave Rescue" | 1964 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Clampett General Hospital" | 1965 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Petition" | 1965 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Brother, Can You Spare $2500?" | 1965 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Not Guilty" | 1966 |
| Bewitched | "Maid to Order" | 1966 |
| The Munsters | "Herman Picks a Winner" | 1966 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "A Long Time Dead" | 1966 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "The General Swap" | 1967 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "The King Lives?" | 1968 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Is There a Doctor in the House?" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Twisted Heritage" | 1968 |
| Doctor Who | "The Enemy of the World, Part Three" | 1968 |
| The Big Valley | "Top of the Stairs" | 1969 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "The Case of My Vanishing Master (1)" | 1969 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Please Don't Give My Genie No More Wine" | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | "Make Me Laugh" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "Clean Kills and Other Trophies" | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Lou's Place" | 1973 |
| All In The Family | "Archie in the Hospital" | 1973 |
| Doctor Who | "The Three Doctors, Part Two" | 1973 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Squaw" | 1975 |
| Happy Days | "Dance Contest" | 1976 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Attractive Nuisance" | 1978 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Other Woman" | 1981 |
| Three's Company | "Jack to the Rescue" | 1981 |
| Happy Days | "If You Knew Rosa" | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | "No Way Out" | 1982 |
| Cheers | "Now Pitching, Sam Malone" | 1983 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Heiress Daisy Duke" | 1984 |
| Dallas | "Peter's Principles" | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Capitol Offense" | 1985 |
| Moonlighting | "The Straight Poop" | 1987 |
| Dallas | "Deception" | 1989 |
| 227 | "Where Do We Go from Here?" | 1990 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Family Doctor" | 1991 |
| Murphy Brown | "Anchor Rancor" | 1992 |
| Murphy Brown | "The Big Thaw" | 1997 |