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.
Birthdays
| Dana Elcar | 1927 in Ferndale, MI | - MacGyver, Black Sheep Squadron | |
| Peter Coyote | 1941 in New York City, NY | - Narrator | |
| Julia Sweeney | 1959 in 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 |