October 4th in TV History
TV Show Debuts
Dennis the Menace (1959)The Rebel (1959)
The Saint (1962)
Misfits of Science (1985)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "The Business Manager" | 1954 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "The WAC" | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | "Monopoly" | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | "Woman From Hog Ridge" | 1960 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Mrs. Bradford's Recipe" | 1962 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Steel" | 1963 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "5: Part 3" | 1963 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "The Idolator" | 1965 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Aunt Bee, the Swinger" | 1965 |
| The Fugitive | "The Sharp Edge of Chivalry" | 1966 |
| Lost in Space | "The Space Primevals" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Robin Hood and the Sheriff" | 1967 |
| Star Trek | "The Paradise Syndrome" | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 52 -- Good Cop: Handle with Care" | 1969 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Klink's Masterpiece" | 1970 |
| Gunsmoke | "Waste (2)" | 1971 |
| Cannon | "That Was No Lady" | 1972 |
| Adam-12 | "Lost And Found" | 1972 |
| The Rockford Files | "Exit Prentiss Carr" | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "The Pal-Mir Escort" | 1974 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Murray In Love" | 1975 |
| Lou Grant | "Hoax" | 1977 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Pact" | 1977 |
| Three's Company | "Strange Bedfellows" | 1977 |
| Happy Days | "My Cousin, the Cheat" | 1977 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Upstairs, Downstairs" | 1979 |
| Three's Company | "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not" | 1983 |
| Happy Days | "The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi" | 1983 |
| Cheers | "Rebound (2)" | 1984 |
| Night Court | "Christine and Mac (a.k.a. Daddy for the Defense)" | 1984 |
| The Cosby Show | "Bad Dreams" | 1984 |
| Family Ties | "Little Man on Campus" | 1984 |
| Dallas | "Those Eyes" | 1985 |
| 227 | "The Wheel of Misfortune" | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Witness for the Defense" | 1987 |
| Family Ties | "Dream Date" | 1987 |
| Cheers | "Rebecca Redux" | 1990 |
| The Cosby Show | "The Last Barbecue" | 1990 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "The Mole" | 1992 |
| Murphy Brown | "Black and White and Read All Over" | 1993 |