December 25th

December 25th in TV History


Births

Barton MacLane (1902, Columbia, SC) - Outlaws, I Dream of Jeannie
Rod Serling (1924, Syracuse, NY) - creator and writer of Twilight Zone and Night Gallery
Paul Willson (1945, Fairmont, MN)

Deaths

Jason Wingreen (2015 in Los Angeles, CA) - All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Miracle" (1953)
The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko Gets Some Sleep" (1956)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Ricky Goes on TV" (1957)
The Twilight Zone "What You Need" (1959)
77 Sunset Strip "The Jukebox Caper" (1959)
The Rifleman "A Friend in Need" (1961)
The Andy Griffith Show "Sheriff Barney" (1961)
The Beverly Hillbillies "Christmas at the Clampetts" (1963)
12 O'Clock High "An Act of War" (1964)
Get Smart (1965) "Survival of the Fattest" (1965)
I Dream of Jeannie "Too Many Tonys" (1965)
The Avengers "Too Many Christmas Trees" (1965)
Gunsmoke "Gold Mine" (1965)
Doctor Who "The Feast of Steven (The Daleks' Master Plan, Part Seven)" (1965)
The Big Valley "The Buffalo Man" (1967)
I Spy (US) "An American Empress" (1967)
The Andy Griffith Show "Goober the Executive" (1967)
Gunsmoke "Baker's Dozen" (1967)
The Beverly Hillbillies "Christmas in Hooterville" (1968)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Look at Us, We're Walking" (1976)
All In The Family "The Draft Dodger" (1976)
All In The Family "Edith's Crisis of Faith (1)" (1977)
All In The Family "Edith's Crisis of Faith (2)" (1977)
Taxi "The Reluctant Fighter" (1979)