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December 17th in TV History
Birthdays
 | George Lindsey | 1928 in Fairfield, AL | - The Andy Griffith Show |
Deaths
| Dana Andrews | 1992 in Los Alamitos, CA | - The Twilight Zone, Bright Promise |
 | Alaina Reed-Hall | 2009 in Santa Monica, CA | |
| Penny Marshall | 2018 in Hollywood Hills, CA | - Laverne & Shirley |
TV Shows Ended
Cheyenne (1962)
Space Academy (1977)
Manimal (1983)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy is Jealous of Girl Singer" | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "A Matter of Inches" | 1954 |
| I Love Lucy | "Little Ricky's School Pageant" | 1956 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko at Bay" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Helpful Neighbor" | 1958 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko's Giveaway" | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Cook" | 1960 |
| The Rifleman | "The Anvil Chorus" | 1962 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "The Bed Jacket" | 1962 |
| The Fugitive | "Terror at High Point" | 1963 |
| Bewitched | "Samantha Meets the Folks" | 1964 |
| The Munsters | "Family Portrait" | 1964 |
| The Addams Family (1964) | "Morticia's Dilemma" | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Oil for the Lamps of Hogan" | 1965 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Moonstone" | 1966 |
| Doctor Who | "The Highlanders, Part One" | 1966 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "Deadly Amphibians" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Hero" | 1969 |
| Bewitched | "Samantha's Magic Potion" | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | "Finnegan's Flight" | 1972 |
| Battlestar Galactica | "Fire in Space" | 1973 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Deadly Innocent" | 1973 |
| Happy Days | "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas" | 1974 |
| Adam-12 | "Credit Risk" | 1974 |
| Cannon | "The Games Children Play" | 1975 |
| The Rockford Files | "Piece Work" | 1976 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Case Without a File" | 1977 |
| The Bionic Woman | "Over the Hill Spy" | 1977 |
| All In The Family | "California, Here We Are (1)" | 1978 |
| All In The Family | "California, Here We Are (2)" | 1978 |
| Dallas | "Kidnapped" | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | "Hollywood" | 1979 |
| Taxi | "Going Home" | 1980 |
| Mork & Mindy | "P.S. 2001" | 1981 |
| Taxi | "Louie Goes Too Far" | 1981 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "The Revenge of Hughie Hogg" | 1982 |
| Dallas | "Barbecue Three" | 1982 |
| Moonlighting | "Twas the Episode Before Christmas" | 1985 |
| The A-Team | "Uncle Buckle-Up" | 1985 |
| Cheers | "Christmas Cheers" | 1987 |
| Night Court | "Let It Snow" | 1987 |
| The Cosby Show | "The Show Must Go On" | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | "Divorce with Extreme Prejudice" | 1987 |
| Murphy's Law (US) | "Do Someone a Favor and It Becomes Your Job" | 1988 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Town Father" | 1989 |
| Murphy Brown | "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" | 1990 |
| Cheers | "Love Me, Love My Car" | 1992 |
| L.A. Law | "Christmas Stalking" | 1992 |
| Murphy Brown | "From the Terrace" | 1997 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Jailhouse Dick" | 1997 |
