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January 3rd in TV History
Birthdays
 | Ray Milland | 1907 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK | |
| William Boyett | 1927 in Akron, OH | - Adam-12, Emergency! |
 | Robert Loggia | 1930 in Staten Island, NY | - Mancuso, F.B.I. |
| Dabney Coleman | 1932 in Austin, TX | |
 | Glen Larson | 1937 in Long Beach, CA | - Writer & Producer |
 | Victoria Principal | 1950 in Fukuoka, Japan | - Dallas |
| Danica McKellar | 1975 in La Jolla, CA | - The Wonder Years |
Deaths
| Howard McNear | 1969 in San Fernando Valley, CA | - The Andy Griffith Show |
| Pat Hingle | 2009 in Carolina Beach, NC | |
TV Show Debuts
Riptide (1984)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy Learns to Drive" | 1955 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Hollywood" | 1956 |
| Gunsmoke | "Young Love" | 1959 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Where Did I Come From?" | 1962 |
| The Twilight Zone | "In His Image" | 1963 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Rick and the Boat Model" | 1963 |
| The Twilight Zone | "You Drive" | 1964 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Lovers' Lane" | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "Falling Star" | 1966 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Otis the Artist" | 1966 |
| The Fugitive | "Run the Man Down" | 1967 |
| Lost in Space | "Target Earth" | 1968 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Housekeeper" | 1968 |
| Star Trek | "Whom Gods Destroy" | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | "Log 43 -- Hostage" | 1970 |
| Doctor Who | "Spearhead from Space, Part One" | 1970 |
| Gunsmoke | "No Tomorrow" | 1972 |
| Cannon | "Hard Rock Roller Coaster" | 1973 |
| Adam-12 | "O'Brien's Stand" | 1973 |
| The Rockford Files | "Aura Lee, Farewell" | 1975 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Not With My Wife, I Don't" | 1976 |
| Lou Grant | "Airliner" | 1978 |
| Three's Company | "The Gift" | 1978 |
| Happy Days | "Grandpa's Visit" | 1978 |
| Mork & Mindy | "A Mommy for Mindy" | 1980 |
| Doctor Who | "Warriors' Gate, Part One" | 1981 |
| Three's Company | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | 1983 |
| The A-Team | "In Plane Sight" | 1984 |
| Cheers | "Whodunit?" | 1985 |
| Night Court | "The Birthday Visitor" | 1985 |
| Family Ties | "Oh Donna" | 1985 |
| Dallas | "The Missing Link" | 1986 |
| 227 | "Matchmakers" | 1987 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?" | 1988 |
| Night Court | "Amore or Less" | 1990 |
| Cheers | "Honor Thy Mother" | 1991 |
| The Cosby Show | "Theo's Final Final" | 1991 |
| L.A. Law | "Splatoon" | 1991 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "The Sound of Murder" | 1993 |
| Murphy Brown | "A Piece of the Auction" | 1994 |
