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April 4th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Bea Benaderet | 1906 in New York City, NY | - Petticoat Junction |
| David White | 1916 in Denver, CO | - Bewitched |
Deaths
 | Soon-Tek Oh | 2018 in Los Angeles, CA | |
TV Shows Ended
Petticoat Junction (1970)
Hogan's Heroes (1971)
Knight Rider (1986)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Hollywood Anniversary" | 1955 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "The Colonel's Inheritance" | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | "Fawn" | 1959 |
| The Rifleman | "The Clarence Bibs Story" | 1961 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Bad Old Days" | 1962 |
| The Twilight Zone | "The New Exhibit" | 1963 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Women's Club Bazaar" | 1963 |
| Doctor Who | "Assassin at Peking (Marco Polo, Part Seven)" | 1964 |
| Gunsmoke | "Owney Tupper Had a Daughter" | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "Siren Voices" | 1966 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "The Battle of Mayberry" | 1966 |
| The Fugitive | "The Walls of Night" | 1967 |
| Bewitched | "I Confess" | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 134 -- Child Stealer" | 1970 |
| Doctor Who | "The Ambassadors of Death, Part Three" | 1970 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Rockets or Romance" | 1971 |
| Family Ties | "Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)" | 1983 |
| The Fall Guy | "Tag Team" | 1986 |
| Dallas | "J.R. Rising" | 1986 |
| Night Court | "Still Another Day in the Life" | 1990 |
| Cheers | "Rat Girl" | 1991 |
| The Cosby Show | "There's Still No Joy in Mudville" | 1991 |
| L.A. Law | "As God Is My Co-Defendant" | 1991 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Lone Witness" | 1993 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Southern Double-Cross" | 1996 |
