May 24th

May 24th in TV History


Births

Gary Burghoff (1943, Bristol, CT) - M*A*S*H

Deaths

Edward Mulhare (1997 in Los Angeles, CA) - The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Knight Rider
Dick Martin (2008 in Santa Monica, CA)
Jerry Maren (2018 in San Diego, CA) - Wizard of Oz Munchkin

TV Shows Ended

Joanie Loves Chachi (1983)
Designing Women (1993)
Mad About You (1999)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "The Sublease" (1954)
Gunsmoke "Carmen" (1958)
The Rifleman "Nora" (1960)
77 Sunset Strip "Our Man in Switzerland" (1963)
Doctor Who "The War Games, Part Six" (1969)
Lou Grant "Beachhead" (1982)
Punky Brewster "One Plus Tutor is Three" (1988)