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April 27th in TV History
TV History Events
04/27/1986 : "Captain Midnight" (satellite dealer James MacDougall) jammed HBO's signal with a message protesting HBO's move to scramble their signal and charge $12.95 a month for access. For the stunt, MacDougall received a $5000 fine and 1 year of probation.
Birthdays
 | Judy Carne | 1939 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK | - The "Sock It To Me" Girl on Laugh-In |
Deaths
 | Stanley Adams | 1977 in Santa Monica, CA | |
| Paul Junger Witt | 2018 in Los Angeles, CA | - Film and TV Producer |
TV Shows Ended
The Danny Thomas Show (1964)
The Patty Duke Show (1966)
Green Acres (1971)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy Hires a Maid" | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | "What the Whiskey Drummer Heard" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Bad Day at Blueberry Rock" | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | "The Gift" | 1962 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Disappearance" | 1962 |
| Gunsmoke | "Quint-Cident" | 1963 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "The Rumor" | 1964 |
| Lost in Space | "Follow the Leader" | 1966 |
| Batman | "Death in Slow Motion (1)" | 1966 |
| The Big Valley | "Last Train to the Fair" | 1966 |
| I Spy (US) | "One Thousand Fine" | 1966 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Granny Tonics a Birdwatcher" | 1966 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "You Ought to Be in Pictures" | 1966 |
| Bewitched | "Nobody But a Frog Knows How to Live" | 1967 |
| Doctor Who | "The Wheel in Space, Part One" | 1968 |
| Columbo | "A Deadly State of Mind" | 1975 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Steve Austin, Fugitive" | 1975 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Hi, Neighbor" | 1976 |
| Punky Brewster | "The Nun's Story" | 1988 |
| Cheers | "Sisterly Love" | 1989 |
| The Cosby Show | "What He Did for Love" | 1989 |
| L.A. Law | "His Suit Is Hirsute" | 1989 |
| Dallas | "The Southfork Wedding Jinx" | 1990 |
| Murphy Brown | "He-Ho, He-Ho, It's Off to Lamaze We Go" | 1992 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Sensitive Dick" | 1997 |
| Murphy Brown | "A Man and a Woman" | 1998 |
