May 4th

May 4th in TV History


Deaths

Dom DeLuise (2009 in Santa Monica, CA)
Chuck Hicks (2021 in Las Vegas, NV)

TV Shows Ended

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976)
Galactica 1980 (1980)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "The Indian Show" (1953)
Gunsmoke "Cheap Labor" (1957)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Dave and the Schoolteacher" (1960)
The Twilight Zone "The Dummy" (1962)
77 Sunset Strip "The Lovely American" (1962)
Gunsmoke "Old York" (1963)
The Andy Griffith Show "Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt" (1964)
Batman "Fine Finny Fiends (1)" (1966)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "Love Thy Other Neighbor" (1966)
Bewitched "There's Gold in Them Thar Pills" (1967)
Doctor Who "The Wheel in Space, Part Two" (1968)
Laverne & Shirley "How Do You Say 'Are You Dead' in German?" (1976)
Charlie's Angels "The Blue Angels" (1977)
The Bionic Woman "Once A Thief" (1977)
The Dukes of Hazzard "Route 7-11" (1979)
Lou Grant "Stroke" (1981)
Laverne & Shirley "Crime Isn't Pretty" (1982)
Three's Company "Up in the Air" (1982)
The Fall Guy "Just a Small Circle of Friends" (1983)
Dallas "Love Stories" (1984)
Amazing Stories "The Doll" (1986)
ALF "La Cuckaracha" (1987)
Punky Brewster "Passed Away at Punky's Place" (1988)
Cheers "The Visiting Lecher" (1989)
The Cosby Show "Day of the Locusts" (1989)
L.A. Law "America the Beautiful" (1989)
Dallas "Three, Three, Three (1)" (1990)
Murphy Brown "On the Rocks" (1992)
3rd Rock From the Sun "Will Work for Dick" (1997)
Murphy Brown "Dial and Substance" (1998)
3rd Rock From the Sun "Alien Hunter" (1999)