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January 31st in TV History
TV History Events
01/31/1949 : The Emmy Awards are presented and broadcast for the first time.
Birthdays
 | Suzanne Pleshette | 1937 in New York City, NY | - The Bob Newhart Show |
| Stuart Margolin | 1940 in Davenport, IA | - The Rockford Files |
TV Show Debuts
The Wonder Years (1988)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Ethel's Home Town" | 1955 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "The Transfer" | 1956 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko's Pigeons" | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | "Jayhawkers" | 1959 |
| The Rifleman | "Face of Yesterday" | 1961 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Talented Neighborhood" | 1962 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Mute" | 1963 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Roadside Courtesy" | 1963 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Black Leather Jackets" | 1964 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Dead as in Dude" | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "The Outsider" | 1966 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Wyatt Earp Rides Again" | 1966 |
| The Fugitive | "The Breaking of the Habit" | 1967 |
| Lost in Space | "Fugitives in Space" | 1968 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Rass'lin' Clampetts" | 1968 |
| Star Trek | "The Lights of Zetar" | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 64 -- Bottom of the Bottle" | 1970 |
| Doctor Who | "The Silurians, Part One" | 1970 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "To Russia Without Love" | 1971 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Predators" | 1972 |
| Cannon | "Moving Target" | 1973 |
| Adam-12 | "The Beast" | 1973 |
| The Rockford Files | "Claire" | 1975 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Murray Takes a Stand" | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Second Almost Annual Shotz Talent Show" | 1978 |
| Three's Company | "Jack in the Flower Shop" | 1978 |
| Happy Days | "Richie Almost Dies" | 1978 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Disco Angels" | 1979 |
| Mork & Mindy | "Jeanie Loves Mork" | 1980 |
| Charlie's Angels | "He Married an Angel" | 1981 |
| Three's Company | "Jack's Tattoo" | 1984 |
| The A-Team | "Pure-Dee Poison" | 1984 |
| Happy Days | "Social Studies" | 1984 |
| Cheers | "Teacher's Pet" | 1985 |
| Night Court | "The Gypsy" | 1985 |
| The Cosby Show | "Jitterbug Break" | 1985 |
| Family Ties | "Birth of a Keaton (2)" | 1985 |
| The Fall Guy | "In His Shadow" | 1986 |
| Dallas | "Shadow Games" | 1986 |
| Cheers | "Wedding Bell Blues (2)" | 1991 |
| The Cosby Show | "Total Control" | 1991 |
| L.A. Law | "Rest in Pieces" | 1991 |
| Murphy Brown | "Fjord Eyes Only" | 1994 |
