March 31st

March 31st in TV History


Births

Peggy Rea (1921, Los Angeles, CA)
Rhea Perlman (1948, Brooklyn, NY)

Deaths

Jerry Paris (1986 in Los Angeles, CA) - The Dick Van Dyke Show

TV Show Debuts

Max Headroom (1987)

TV Shows Ended

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1968)
Gunsmoke (1975)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "Pioneer Women" (1952)
Gunsmoke "Indian Scout" (1956)
The Rifleman "The Wrong Man" (1959)
The Twilight Zone "Long Distance Call" (1961)
77 Sunset Strip "Old Card Sharps Never Die" (1961)
Gunsmoke "Durham Bull" (1962)
The Fugitive "Never Stop Running" (1964)
The Beverly Hillbillies "Flatt, Clampett, and Scruggs" (1965)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "A Bedtime Story" (1965)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "Never Bathe on Saturday" (1965)
Batman "Give 'em the Axe (2)" (1966)
Gilligan's Island "Allergy Time" (1966)
The Munsters "Herman, the Tire-Kicker" (1966)
Hogan's Heroes "The Top Secret Top Coat" (1967)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "No Way Back" (1968)
The Big Valley "The Other Face of Justice" (1969)
Doctor Who "Frontier in Space, Part Six" (1973)
Gunsmoke "The Sharecroppers" (1975)
Three's Company "Roper's Niece" (1977)
Cheers "Showdown (2)" (1983)
Airwolf "And They are Us" (1984)
Punky Brewster "Fenster Hall (1)" (1985)
Punky Brewster "Fenster Hall (2)" (1985)
Murder, She Wrote "Armed Response" (1985)
Moonlighting "I Am Curious... Maddie (4)" (1987)
Cheers "Bar Wars" (1988)
Dallas "April Showers" (1989)
Columbo "Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo" (1990)