October 10th in TV History
TV History Events
10/10/1950 : In 1950, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission approves CBS's color television system.10/10/1964 : In 1964, NBC, in the United States, airs the 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite Syncom 3.
10/10/1983 : In 1983 "Adam", a TV-movie about the mysterious disappearance of Adam Walsh, makes its world premiere on NBC.
Births
Dana Elcar (1927, Ferndale, MI) - MacGyver, Black Sheep SquadronPeter Coyote (1941, New York City, NY) - Narrator
Julia Sweeney (1959, Spokane, WA) - Saturday Night Live
Deaths
Orson Welles (1985 in Hollywood, CA)Teresa Graves (2002 in Los Angeles, CA) - Get Christie Love! and Laugh-In
TV Show Debuts
Zorro (1957)77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Poet" (1952) |
| I Love Lucy "Lucy and John Wayne" (1955) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Captain Salty and the Submarine" (1956) |
| 77 Sunset Strip "Girl on the Run" (1958) |
| Gunsmoke "Tail to the Wind" (1959) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "The Manhunt" (1960) |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show "My Blonde-Haired Brunette" (1961) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "Meanwhile, Back at the Cabin" (1962) |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show "The Attempted Marriage" (1962) |
| Gilligan's Island "Voodoo Something To Me" (1964) |
| Gunsmoke "Old Man" (1964) |
| The Big Valley "Pursuit" (1966) |
| Gilligan's Island "Voodoo" (1966) |
| I Dream of Jeannie "My Wild Eyed Master" (1966) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "Aunt Bee's Crowning Glory" (1966) |
| I Dream of Jeannie "My Master, the Weakling" (1967) |
| Bewitched "Samantha on the Keyboard" (1968) |
| Get Smart (1965) "Valerie of the Dolls" (1969) |
| Hogan's Heroes "The Klink Commandos" (1969) |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Divorce Isn't Everything" (1970) |
| Adam-12 "Log 45 -- Bright Boy" (1970) |
| Cannon "Murder by Proxy" (1973) |
| Adam-12 "Venice Division" (1973) |
| The Rockford Files "The Deep Blue Sleep" (1975) |
| Columbo "Fade in to Murder" (1976) |
| Kojak (1973) "Law Dance" (1976) |
| Laverne & Shirley "The Quiz Show" (1978) |
| Three's Company "Helen's Rendezvous" (1978) |
| Taxi "Come as You Aren't" (1978) |
| Happy Days "Kid Stuff" (1978) |
| The Fall Guy "Prisoner" (1984) |
| The Fall Guy "Femme Fatale" (1985) |
| The Cosby Show "Happy Anniversary" (1985) |
| L.A. Law "The House of the Rising Flan" (1986) |
| The A-Team "Firing Line" (1986) |
| Dallas "Once and Future King" (1986) |
| ALF "Stairway to Heaven" (1988) |
| Cheers "The Norm Who Came in from the Cold" (1991) |
| The Cosby Show "Pam Applies to College" (1991) |
| L.A. Law "Something Old, Something Nude" (1991) |
| Murphy Brown "Be Careful What You Wish For" (1994) |
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