May 17th

May 17th in TV History


Births

Bob Saget (1956, Philadelphia, PA) - Full House, stand-up comedy

Deaths

Frank Gorshin (2005 in Burbank, CA) - The Riddler on Batman, Star Trek

TV Shows Ended

Forever Knight (1996)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "The Golf Game" (1954)
Gunsmoke "Chester's Hanging" (1958)
The Rifleman "Meeting at Midnight" (1960)
77 Sunset Strip "Lady in the Sun" (1963)
Doctor Who "The War Games, Part Five" (1969)
Angie "The Check Up" (1979)
Lou Grant "Suspect" (1982)
Dallas "Swan Song" (1985)
Punky Brewster "No No, We Won't Go" (1988)
L.A. Law "The Last Gasp" (1990)
Murder, She Wrote "Murder On Madison Avenue" (1992)
Murphy Brown "One" (1993)