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February 13th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1919 in Bristol, TN | |
| Frank Buxton | 1930 in Wellesley, MA | - writer for The Odd Couple, Happy Days, and Mork & Mindy |
| Kim Novak | 1933 in Chicago, IL | - Falcon Crest |
Deaths
| Ralph Waite | 2014 in Palm Desert, CA | |
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Valentine Show" | 1953 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Hot-Dog Stand" | 1957 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Eyewitness" | 1959 |
| Gunsmoke | "Moo Moo Raid" | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Mayberry on Record" | 1961 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Jed Plays Solomon" | 1963 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "My Husband is a Check-Grabber" | 1963 |
| Gilligan's Island | "St. Gilligan and the Dragon" | 1965 |
| Gunsmoke | "Song for Dying" | 1965 |
| Doctor Who | "The Web Planet (The Web Planet, Part One)" | 1965 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "Dead Men's Doubloons" | 1966 |
| The Big Valley | "Price of Victory" | 1967 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Floyd's Barbershop" | 1967 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Please Don't Feed the Astronauts" | 1968 |
| Bewitched | "Mrs. Stephens, Where are You?" | 1969 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "How Green Was My Valet" | 1970 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "One Army at a Time" | 1970 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "The Boss Isn't Coming to Dinner" | 1971 |
| Doctor Who | "The Mind of Evil, Part Three" | 1971 |
| Cannon | "Death of a Hunter" | 1974 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Deliver Us Some Evil" | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Italian Bird Fiasco" | 1976 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Carnival of Spies" | 1977 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Dead Ringer" | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | "Scandal" | 1978 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Lenny's Crush" | 1979 |
| Three's Company | "The Best Laid Plans" | 1979 |
| Taxi | "Elaine and the Lame Duck" | 1979 |
| Happy Days | "Marion, Fairy Godmother" | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Along Came a Duke" | 1981 |
| Dallas | "The Quest" | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | "Rockabye Baby" | 1985 |
| Cheers | "The Peterson Principle" | 1986 |
| The Cosby Show | "Play It Again, Russell" | 1986 |
| Family Ties | "A Word to the Wise (1)" | 1986 |
| Family Ties | "A Word to the Wise (2)" | 1986 |
| Airwolf | "Salvage" | 1987 |
| Dallas | "Olio" | 1987 |
| 227 | "The Big Deal" | 1988 |
| Murphy Brown | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" | 1989 |
| ALF | "Running Scared" | 1989 |
| Night Court | "Alone Again, Naturally" | 1991 |
| Cheers | "License to Hill" | 1992 |
| The Cosby Show | "Cliff and Theo Come Clean" | 1992 |
| L.A. Law | "I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz" | 1992 |
| Murphy Brown | "A Rat's Tale" | 1995 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Green-Eyed Dick" | 1996 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "You Don't Know Dick" | 2001 |
