November 15th in TV History
Births
Ed Asner (1929, Kansas City, MO) - The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou GrantWhitman Mayo (1930, New York City, NY) - Sanford and Son
Yaphet Kotto (1939, New York City, NY)
Sam Waterston (1940, Cambridge, MA) - Law & Order
Deaths
Sheila Allen (2013 in Malibu, CA) - widow of Irwin Allen, Lost In Space, The Poseidon AdventureRoy Clark (2018 in Tulsa, OK) - Hee Haw, country music
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy "Ricky's Screen Test" (1954) |
| The Phil Silvers Show "The Eating Contest" (1955) |
| Gunsmoke "Lynching Man" (1958) |
| The Rifleman "Miss Milly" (1960) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Rick Sends a Picture" (1962) |
| The Twilight Zone "Uncle Simon" (1963) |
| 77 Sunset Strip "By His Own Verdict" (1963) |
| 12 O'Clock High "Grant Me No Favor" (1965) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "Aunt Bee on TV" (1965) |
| The Fugitive "Approach with Care" (1966) |
| Lost in Space "Space Creature" (1967) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "Jethro's Military Career" (1967) |
| Star Trek "The Tholian Web" (1968) |
| Hogan's Heroes "The Big Record" (1970) |
| Gunsmoke "My Brother's Keeper" (1971) |
| Cannon "Child of Fear" (1972) |
| Adam-12 "The Surprise" (1972) |
| The Rockford Files "The Dexter Crisis" (1974) |
| The Six Million Dollar Man "The Midas Touch" (1974) |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Lou Douses an Old Flame" (1975) |
| Lou Grant "Judge" (1977) |
| Laverne & Shirley "Cruise (2)" (1977) |
| Three's Company "Chrissy's Night Out" (1977) |
| Happy Days "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (2)" (1977) |
| Charlie's Angels "Mother Angel" (1978) |
| Laverne & Shirley "You're in the Army, Now (1)" (1979) |
| Laverne & Shirley "You're in the Army, Now (2)" (1979) |
| The A-Team "There's Always a Catch" (1983) |
| Cheers "Coach in Love (2)" (1984) |
| Night Court "Harry on Trial" (1984) |
| The Cosby Show "How Ugly Is He?" (1984) |
| Family Ties "Best Man" (1984) |
| Dallas "Close Encounters" (1985) |
| 227 "The Temptations" (1986) |
| Doctor Who "The Trial of a Time Lord, Part Eleven (Terror of the Vervoids)" (1986) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Steal Me a Story" (1987) |
| Family Ties "Mister Sister" (1987) |
| ALF "Turkey in the Straw: Part 2" (1988) |
| Night Court "Auntie Maim" (1989) |
| Cheers "Bad Neighbor Sam" (1990) |
| The Cosby Show "You Can Go Home Again" (1990) |
| L.A. Law "Smoke Gets in Your Thighs" (1990) |
| Murder, She Wrote "The Dead File" (1992) |
| Murphy Brown "Bah Humboldt" (1993) |
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