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December 26th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Chuck Hicks | 1927 in Stockton, CA | |
Deaths
| Jack Benny | 1974 in Holmby Hills, CA | |
| Elsa Lanchester | 1986 in Woodland Hills, CA | |
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Late Christmas Gift" | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Day After Christmas" | 1956 |
| The Rifleman | "New Orleans Menace" | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Court Martial of Johnny Murdo" | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | "Thick 'n' Thin" | 1959 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Stranger in Town" | 1960 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?" | 1961 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "No Place Like Home" | 1962 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra" | 1962 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Three Million Dollars More or Less" | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | "Flashpoint (The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Part Six)" | 1964 |
| Gunsmoke | "Hammerhead" | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "Terror on Dinosaur Island" | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | "Day of the Comet" | 1966 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho" | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "My Master, the Author" | 1966 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "A New Doctor in Town" | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Jeannie Goes Honolulu" | 1967 |
| Bewitched | "Instant Courtesy" | 1968 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "At Last-Schultz Knows Something" | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 85 -- Sign of the Twins" | 1970 |
