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January 18th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Kevin Costner | 1955 in Lynwood, CA | |
Deaths
| Al Waxman | 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | - Cagney & Lacey |
| Bob May | 2009 in Lancaster, CA | - Wore the costume for the Robot in Lost In Space |
TV Show Debuts
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
The Jeffersons (1975)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Ricky Minds the Baby" | 1954 |
| Gunsmoke | "Kitty Caught" | 1958 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Lost Briefcase" | 1961 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Special Cake" | 1962 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Scream Softly, Dear" | 1963 |
| Doctor Who | "The Expedition (The Daleks, Part Five)" | 1964 |
| The Avengers | "The Wringer" | 1964 |
| Gunsmoke | "Prairie Wolfer" | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "Doomsday" | 1965 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "The Rehabilitation of Otis" | 1965 |
| The Fugitive | "This'll Kill You" | 1966 |
| Batman | "The Penguin Declines (3)" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Clampett Curse" | 1967 |
| Batman | "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club" | 1968 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Tequila Mockingbird" | 1969 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Operation Hannibal" | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 062: Grand Theft Horse?" | 1969 |
| Doctor Who | "The Krotons, Part Four" | 1969 |
| Cannon | "Blood on the Vine" | 1972 |
| Columbo | "Publish or Perish" | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Population: Zero" | 1974 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Phyllis Whips Inflation" | 1975 |
| All In The Family | "All's Fair" | 1975 |
| Kojak (1973) | "A Wind from Corsica" | 1976 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Hocus-Pocus" | 1976 |
| Kojak (1973) | "When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead" | 1977 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Guinea Pigs" | 1977 |
| Happy Days | "The Book of Records" | 1977 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Diamond in the Rough" | 1978 |
| Mork & Mindy | "Mork the Tolerant" | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Follow that Still" | 1980 |
| Dallas | "Jenna's Return" | 1980 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Baby Show" | 1983 |
| Three's Company | "Bob & Carol & Larry & Terri" | 1983 |
| Happy Days | "Prisoner of Love" | 1983 |
| The Fall Guy | "Bite of the Wasp" | 1984 |
| Night Court | "The Former Harry Stone" | 1984 |
| 227 | "A Young Man's Fancy" | 1986 |
| Airwolf | "Discovery" | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "The Corpse Flew First Class" | 1987 |
| Night Court | "Rock-a-Bye Baby" | 1989 |
| Cheers | "What is... Cliff Clavin?" | 1990 |
| The Cosby Show | "Denise Kendall: Singles Counselor" | 1990 |
| L.A. Law | "The Pay's Lousy, But the Tips Are Great" | 1990 |
| Dallas | "S is for Seduction" | 1991 |
| Murphy Brown | "Back to the Ball" | 1993 |
