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January 29th in TV History
Birthdays
 | John Forsythe | 1918 in Penn's Grove, NJ | - Charlie's Angels, Dynasty, Bachelor Father |
| Dorothy Malone | 1924 in Chicago, IL | - Peyton Place |
 | Tom Selleck | 1945 in Detroit, MI | - Magnum, PI, Blue Bloods |
 | Ann Jillian | 1950 in Cambridge, MA | - It's a Living |
| Paul Fusco | 1953 in New Haven, CT | - ALF |
 | Oprah Winfrey | 1954 in Kosciusko, MS | - The Oprah Winfrey Show |
Deaths
| John Larkin | 1965 in Studio City, CA | - 12 O'Clock High, The Edge of Night |
| John LaMotta | 2014 in Los Angeles, CA | - ALF |
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Incentive" | 1954 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko Goes to Monte Carlo" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Harriet's Dancing Partner" | 1958 |
| The Twilight Zone | "The Fever" | 1960 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Ten Cents a Death" | 1960 |
| The Rifleman | "Sporting Chance" | 1962 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "The Jinx" | 1962 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards" | 1964 |
| The Addams Family (1964) | "The Addams Family Splurges" | 1965 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "Faith, Hope and Sergeant Aronson" | 1965 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Back to the Old Drawing Board" | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Never Try to Outsmart a Jeannie" | 1966 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "An Honor for Ozzie" | 1966 |
| The Avengers | "The Thirteenth Hole" | 1966 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Raid (2)" | 1966 |
| Doctor Who | "Destruction of Time (The Daleks' Master Plan, Part Twelve)" | 1966 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Mermaid" | 1967 |
| The Big Valley | "Shadow of a Giant" | 1968 |
| I Spy (US) | "A Few Miles West of Nowhere" | 1968 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "Hill Girl" | 1968 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Cousin Roy in Movieland" | 1969 |
| The Avengers | "The Morning After" | 1969 |
| Bewitched | "Tabitha's Very Own Samantha" | 1970 |
| Bewitched | "Samantha on Thin Ice" | 1972 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "More Than Neighbors" | 1972 |
| All in the Family | "Archie Sees a Mugging" | 1972 |
| Doctor Who | "The Curse of Peladon, Part One" | 1972 |
| Gunsmoke | "A Quiet Day in Dodge" | 1973 |
| Happy Days | "Richie's Cup Runneth Over" | 1974 |
| Adam-12 | "Taking It Easy" | 1974 |
| Cannon | "Killer on the Hill" | 1975 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Sue Ann Gets the Ax" | 1977 |
| All In The Family | "Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye" | 1977 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Return of the Deathprobe (2)" | 1978 |
| Three's Company | "Handcuffed" | 1980 |
| Taxi | "Shut It Down (1)" | 1980 |
| Happy Days | "The New Arnold's" | 1980 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Miz Tisdale on the Lam" | 1982 |
| Dallas | "The Phoenix" | 1982 |
| Taxi | "Alex's Old Buddy" | 1983 |
| The A-Team | "Skins" | 1985 |
| Cheers | "Never Love a Goalie (1)" | 1987 |
| Night Court | "The Modest Proposal" | 1987 |
| Family Ties | "Architect's Apprentice" | 1987 |
| Family Ties | "Get Me to the Living Room on Time" | 1989 |
| Murphy Brown | "I Want My FYI" | 1990 |
| ALF | "Gimme That Old Time Religion" | 1990 |
