December 26th

December 26th in TV History


Births

Chuck Hicks (1927, 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)