October 1st in TV History
TV History Events
10/01/1962 : In 1962, Johnny Carson began hosting The Tonight Show.
Births
James Whitmore, Sr. (1921, White Plains, NY) - The Law and Mr. Jones, My Friend Tony, The New Temperatures Rising ShowTom Bosley (1927, Chicago, IL) - Happy Days
George Peppard (1928, Detroit, MI) - Banacek, The A-Team
Stella Stevens (1938, Yazoo City, MS) - Ben Casey, Flamingo Road, The Love Boat
Shaaron Claridge (1938, Los Angeles, CA) - Adam-12
Mihaly "Michu" Meszaros (1939, Budapest, Hungary) - ALF
Stephen Collins (1948, Des Moines, IA) - Tales of the Gold Monkey, Tattinger’s, 7th Heaven
Randy Quaid (1950, Houston, TX) - Saturday Night Live
Deaths
Joe Devlin (1973 in Burbank, CA) - Dick TracyTV Show Debuts
This Is Your Life (1952)Death Valley Days (1952)
The Honeymooners (1955)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
The Lucy Show (1962)
Centennial (1978) *miniseries
Remington Steele (1982)
TV Shows Ended
Kraft Television Theatre (1958)TV Episode Debuts
| Gunsmoke "Word of Honor" (1955) |
| I Love Lucy "Lucy and Bob Hope" (1956) |
| The Phil Silvers Show "Hillbilly Whiz" (1957) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "David Loses His Poise" (1958) |
| The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko's Vampire" (1958) |
| Gunsmoke "Say Uncle" (1960) |
| The Rifleman "Waste (1)" (1962) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "Mr. McBeevee" (1962) |
| The Fugitive "The Other Side of the Mountain" (1963) |
| Bewitched "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog" (1964) |
| The Munsters "My Fair Munster" (1964) |
| The Addams Family (1964) "Morticia's Romance (2)" (1965) |
| Hogan's Heroes "Kommandant of the Year" (1965) |
| Get Smart (1965) "A Spy for a Spy" (1966) |
| Gunsmoke "The Jailer" (1966) |
| Doctor Who "The Smugglers, Part Four" (1966) |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "The Deadly Dolls" (1967) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "The Hills of Home" (1969) |
| Bewitched "Salem, Here We Come (2)" (1970) |
| Night Gallery "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" (1972) |
| Gunsmoke "The Boy and the Sinner" (1973) |
| Happy Days "You Go to My Head" (1974) |
| Adam-12 "Camp (2)" (1974) |
| Cannon "The Iceman" (1975) |
| The Rockford Files "The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit" (1976) |
| The Bionic Woman "Fembots in Las Vegas (2)" (1977) |
| Battlestar Galactica "Lost Planet of the Gods: Part 2" (1978) |
| All In The Family "End in Sight" (1978) |
| Lou Grant "Slammer" (1979) |
| 240-Robert "Bank Job" (1979) |
| The Dukes of Hazzard "Dukes Strike it Rich" (1982) |
| Dallas "Changing of the Guard" (1982) |
| Moonlighting "The Lady in the Iron Mask" (1985) |
| The A-Team "Where is the Monster When You Need Him?" (1985) |
| Cheers "'I' on Sports" (1987) |
| The Cosby Show "Theogate" (1987) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Seal of the Confessional" (1989) |
| Murphy Brown "Loco Hero" (1990) |
| Cheers "The Beer is Always Greener" (1992) |
| Murphy Brown "Murphy Redux" (1997) |
