December 24th

December 24th in TV History


Deaths

Chuck Hamilton (1978 in Vallejo, CA)
Ian Hendry (1984 in London, England, UK)
Charles Durning (2012 in Manhattan, New York City, NY)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "Drafted" (1951)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Lost Christmas Gift" (1954)
Gunsmoke "Magnus" (1955)
I Love Lucy "The "I Love Lucy" Christmas Episode" (1956)
The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko F.O.B. Detroit" (1957)
Gunsmoke "Old Fool" (1960)
The Rifleman "Conflict" (1962)
The Andy Griffith Show "The Bank Job" (1962)
The Fugitive "The Girl from Little Egypt" (1963)
Bewitched "A Vision of Sugar Plums" (1964)
The Munsters "Grandpa Leaves Home" (1964)
The Addams Family (1964) "Christmas with the Addams Family" (1965)
Hogan's Heroes "Reservations are Required" (1965)
Get Smart (1965) "The Whole Tooth and . . ." (1966)
Gunsmoke "Champion of the World" (1966)
Doctor Who "The Highlanders, Part Two" (1966)
The Beverly Hillbillies "Our Hero the Banker" (1969)
Bewitched "Sisters at Heart" (1970)
Night Gallery "She'll Be Company for You" (1972)
Gunsmoke "The Child Between" (1973)
Adam-12 "Christmas" (1974)
The Rockford Files "The Trouble with Warren" (1976)
Kojak (1973) "I Could Kill My Wife's Lawyer" (1977)
Lou Grant "Kids" (1979)