March 5th

March 5th in TV History

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Deaths

Jay Silverheels (1980 in Woodland Hills, CA) - Tonto on The Lone Ranger
John Belushi (1982 in Hollywood, CA) - Saturday Night Live

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TV Episode Debuts

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

I Love Lucy "Lucy Meets Charles Boyer" (1956)

The Phil Silvers Show "Rock 'n' Roll Rookie" (1957)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Practical Joker" (1958)

The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko the Art Lover" (1958)

Gunsmoke "Unwanted Deputy" (1960)

The Rifleman "The Debt" (1962)

The Andy Griffith Show "The Merchant of Mayberry" (1962)

The Addams Family (1964) "Thing is Missing" (1965)

12 O'Clock High "The Trap" (1965)

Get Smart (1965) "Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain" (1966)

I Dream of Jeannie "Permanent House Guest" (1966)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Rick's Assistant" (1966)

The Avengers "The House That Jack Built" (1966)

Gunsmoke "Honor Before Justice" (1966)

Doctor Who "The Steel Sky (The Ark, Part One)" (1966)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "The Wax Men" (1967)

I Dream of Jeannie "My Double-Crossing Master" (1968)

The Beverly Hillbillies "Sam Drucker's Visit" (1969)

The Avengers "Take Me to Your Leader" (1969)

Bewitched "The Generation Zap" (1970)

Gunsmoke "This Golden Land" (1973)

Happy Days "The Skin Game" (1974)

Adam-12 "Skywatch (2)" (1974)

Cannon "Lady on the Run" (1975)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Mary's Big Party" (1977)

All In The Family "Archie, the Liberal" (1977)

All In The Family "Mike's New Job" (1978)

Lou Grant "Convention" (1979)

Charlie's Angels "Nips and Tucks" (1980)

The Dukes of Hazzard "Bad Day in Hazzard" (1982)

Dallas "The Prodigal" (1982)

Moonlighting "Gunfight at the So-So Corral" (1985)

The A-Team "Waste 'Em!" (1985)

Cheers "Simon Says" (1987)

Family Ties "Keaton vs. Keaton" (1987)

Family Ties "Simon Says" (1989)

Murphy Brown "On the Road Again" (1990)