October 20th

October 20th in TV History


Births

Barney Phillips (1913, St. Louis, MO) - The Twilight Zone
George Wyner (1945, Boston, MA) - Hill Street Blues

TV Episode Debuts

Gunsmoke "Young Man with a Gun" (1956)
The Rifleman "Obituary" (1959)
The Twilight Zone "The Mirror" (1961)
77 Sunset Strip "The Lady Has the Answers" (1961)
The Avengers "Bullseye" (1962)
Gunsmoke "Collie's Free" (1962)
The Fugitive "Tiger Left, Tiger Right" (1964)
Lost in Space "Welcome Stranger" (1965)
The Big Valley "Heritage" (1965)
I Spy (US) "The Loser" (1965)
The Beverly Hillbillies "The Possum Day Parade" (1965)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Nelsons Revisited" (1965)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "Draw Me a Pear" (1965)
Batman "The Yegg Foes in Gotham (2)" (1966)
Bewitched "Endora Moves In for a Spell" (1966)
Star Trek "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" (1966)
Star Trek "The Doomsday Machine" (1967)
Gunsmoke "Hawk" (1969)
Bewitched "Paris, Witches' Style" (1971)
Night Gallery "The Phantom Farmhouse" (1971)
Night Gallery "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" (1971)
Adam-12 "The Search" (1971)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Father's Day" (1973)
All In The Family "Henry's Farewell" (1973)
Kojak (1973) "Nursemaid" (1974)
All In The Family "Chain Letter" (1975)
Charlie's Angels "Angels in Chains" (1976)
The Bionic Woman "Road to Nashville" (1976)
All In The Family "Archie's Operation (1)" (1976)
The Rockford Files "White on White and Nearly Perfect" (1978)
Cheers "Personal Business" (1983)
Airwolf "The Hunted" (1984)
Punky Brewster "The Perils of Punky (1)" (1985)
Punky Brewster "The Perils of Punky (2)" (1985)
Murder, She Wrote "School for Scandal" (1985)
Amazing Stories "Alamo Jobe" (1985)
ALF "Keepin' the Faith" (1986)
Amazing Stories "You Gotta Believe Me" (1986)
The Cosby Show "Rudy's All-Nighter" (1988)
Dallas "Pride and Prejudice" (1989)