September 26th

September 26th in TV History

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Births

Donna Douglas (1932, Pride, LA) - The Beverly Hillbillies
Kent McChord (1942, Los Angeles, CA) - Adam-12

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TV Show Debuts

The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Gilligan's Island (1964)
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Knight Rider (1982)
Matt Houston (1982)
J. J. Starbuck (1987)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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TV Episode Debuts

Gunsmoke "Horse Deal" (1959)

The Beverly Hillbillies "The Clampetts Strike Oil" (1962)

The Dick Van Dyke Show "Never Name a Duck" (1962)

Gilligan's Island "Two on a Raft" (1964)

Gunsmoke "Blue Heaven" (1964)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "Time Bomb" (1965)

The Big Valley "Legend of a General (2)" (1966)

Gilligan's Island "Pass the Vegetables, Please" (1966)

I Dream of Jeannie "My Master, the Rich Tycoon" (1966)

The Andy Griffith Show "The Barbershop Quartet" (1966)

I Dream of Jeannie "The Second Greatest Con Artist in the World" (1967)

Bewitched "Samantha's Wedding Present" (1968)

Get Smart (1965) "Pheasant Under Glass" (1969)

Hogan's Heroes "Hogan Goes Hollywood" (1969)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Today I Am a Ma'am" (1970)

Adam-12 "Log 35 -- Easy Bare Rider" (1970)

Cannon "Hounds of Hell" (1973)

Adam-12 "Foothill Division" (1973)

The Rockford Files "Gearjammers (1)" (1975)

Kojak (1973) "Birthday Party" (1976)

The Six Million Dollar Man "Nightmare in the Sky" (1976)

Laverne & Shirley "The Robbery" (1978)

Three's Company "The Love Diary" (1978)

Taxi "Blind Date" (1978)

Happy Days "Fonzie's Blindness" (1978)

Charlie's Angels "Avenging Angel" (1979)

The Fall Guy "Stranger Than Fiction" (1984)

The Fall Guy "Dead Ringer" (1985)

Cheers "Birth, Death, Love and Rice" (1985)

Night Court "Hello, Goodbye" (1985)

The Cosby Show "First Day of School" (1985)

Family Ties "The Real Thing (1)" (1985)

The A-Team "Dishpan Man" (1986)

Dallas "Return to Camelot (1)" (1986)

Dallas "Return to Camelot (2)" (1986)

227 "Men's Club" (1987)

Cheers "Get Your Kicks on Route 666" (1991)

The Cosby Show "There's No Place Like This Home" (1991)

Murder, She Wrote "For Whom the Ball Tolls" (1993)

Murphy Brown "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" (1994)