October 18th

October 18th in TV History

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Births

Bobby Troup (1918, Harrisburg, PA)
Dawn Wells (1938, Reno, NV) - Gilligan's Island

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TV Show Debuts

Roseanne (1988)

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TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "Lucy Cries Wolf" (1954)

The Phil Silvers Show "AWOL" (1955)

The Rifleman "The Safe Guard" (1958)

Gunsmoke "Thoroughbreds" (1958)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Rick and the Sculptress" (1962)

The Twilight Zone "A Kind of a Stopwatch" (1963)

77 Sunset Strip "5: Part 5" (1963)

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

The Andy Griffith Show "A Warning from Warren" (1965)

The Fugitive "Joshua's Kingdom" (1966)

Lost in Space "The Haunted Lighthouse" (1967)

The Beverly Hillbillies "The Army Game" (1967)

Star Trek "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (1968)

Adam-12 "Log 83 -- A Different Thing" (1969)

Hogan's Heroes "Lady Chitterly's Lover (2)" (1970)

Gunsmoke "The Legend" (1971)

Cannon "The Predators" (1972)

The Rockford Files "This Case is Closed (2)" (1974)

The Rockford Files "This Case is Closed (1)" (1974)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Mary's Aunt" (1975)

Lou Grant "Nazi" (1977)

Charlie's Angels "Winning is For Losers" (1978)

Laverne & Shirley "What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?" (1979)

Three's Company "The Money Machine" (1983)

The A-Team "Bad Time On The Border" (1983)

Happy Days "Where the Guys Are" (1983)

Cheers "I Call Your Name" (1984)

Night Court "Billie and the Cat" (1984)

The Cosby Show "A Shirt Story" (1984)

Family Ties "Keaton 'N Son" (1984)

Dallas "Saving Grace" (1985)

Family Ties "Super Mom" (1987)

Night Court "The Cop and the Lady" (1989)

Cheers "Ma Always Liked You Best" (1990)

The Cosby Show "It's All in the Game" (1990)

L.A. Law "The Bitch Is Back" (1990)

Murphy Brown "The Young & the Rest of Us" (1993)