October 10th

October 10th in TV History

TV History Events

10/10/1950 : In 1950, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission approves CBS's color television system.
10/10/1964 : In 1964, NBC, in the United States, airs the 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite Syncom 3.
10/10/1983 : In 1983 "Adam", a TV-movie about the mysterious disappearance of Adam Walsh, makes its world premiere on NBC.

Births

Dana Elcar (1927, Ferndale, MI) - MacGyver, Black Sheep Squadron
Peter Coyote (1941, New York City, NY) - Narrator
Julia Sweeney (1959, Spokane, WA) - Saturday Night Live

Deaths

Orson Welles (1985 in Hollywood, CA)
Teresa Graves (2002 in Los Angeles, CA) - Get Christie Love! and Laugh-In

TV Show Debuts

Zorro (1957)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Poet" (1952)
I Love Lucy "Lucy and John Wayne" (1955)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Captain Salty and the Submarine" (1956)
77 Sunset Strip "Girl on the Run" (1958)
Gunsmoke "Tail to the Wind" (1959)
The Andy Griffith Show "The Manhunt" (1960)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "My Blonde-Haired Brunette" (1961)
The Beverly Hillbillies "Meanwhile, Back at the Cabin" (1962)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "The Attempted Marriage" (1962)
Gilligan's Island "Voodoo Something To Me" (1964)
Gunsmoke "Old Man" (1964)
The Big Valley "Pursuit" (1966)
Gilligan's Island "Voodoo" (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie "My Wild Eyed Master" (1966)
The Andy Griffith Show "Aunt Bee's Crowning Glory" (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie "My Master, the Weakling" (1967)
Bewitched "Samantha on the Keyboard" (1968)
Get Smart (1965) "Valerie of the Dolls" (1969)
Hogan's Heroes "The Klink Commandos" (1969)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Divorce Isn't Everything" (1970)
Adam-12 "Log 45 -- Bright Boy" (1970)
Cannon "Murder by Proxy" (1973)
Adam-12 "Venice Division" (1973)
The Rockford Files "The Deep Blue Sleep" (1975)
Columbo "Fade in to Murder" (1976)
Kojak (1973) "Law Dance" (1976)
Laverne & Shirley "The Quiz Show" (1978)
Three's Company "Helen's Rendezvous" (1978)
Taxi "Come as You Aren't" (1978)
Happy Days "Kid Stuff" (1978)
The Fall Guy "Prisoner" (1984)
The Fall Guy "Femme Fatale" (1985)
The Cosby Show "Happy Anniversary" (1985)
L.A. Law "The House of the Rising Flan" (1986)
The A-Team "Firing Line" (1986)
Dallas "Once and Future King" (1986)
ALF "Stairway to Heaven" (1988)
Cheers "The Norm Who Came in from the Cold" (1991)
The Cosby Show "Pam Applies to College" (1991)
L.A. Law "Something Old, Something Nude" (1991)
Murphy Brown "Be Careful What You Wish For" (1994)