October 31st

October 31st in TV History



Births

David Ogden Stiers (1942, Peoria, IL) - Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III (M*A*S*H) and Cogsworth (Beauty & the Beast)

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Halloween Party" (1952)
I Love Lucy "The Great Train Robbery" (1955)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Banjo Player" (1956)
77 Sunset Strip "Casualty" (1958)
Gunsmoke "Saludos" (1959)
The Andy Griffith Show "Irresistible Andy" (1960)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced" (1961)
The Beverly Hillbillies "Trick or Treat" (1962)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "My Husband is Not a Drunk" (1962)
Gilligan's Island "President Gilligan" (1964)
Doctor Who "Planet of Giants (Planet of Giants, Part One)" (1964)
Gunsmoke "Take Her, She's Cheap" (1964)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "The Left-Handed Man" (1965)
The Big Valley "Target" (1966)
Gilligan's Island "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie "How to Be a Genie in 10 Easy Lessons" (1966)
The Andy Griffith Show "Mind Over Matter" (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie "Everybody's a Movie Star" (1967)
Get Smart (1965) "Smart Fell on Alabama" (1969)
Hogan's Heroes "The Kommandant Dies at Dawn" (1969)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Toulousse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" (1970)
Adam-12 "Log 55 -- Missing Child" (1970)
Cannon "Perfect Alibi" (1973)
Kojak (1973) "Web of Death" (1973)
Adam-12 "Van Nuys Division" (1973)
The Rockford Files "The Real Easy Red Dog" (1975)
Kojak (1973) "An Unfair Trade" (1976)
The Six Million Dollar Man "Kill Oscar (2)" (1976)
Laverne & Shirley "The Bully Show" (1978)
Three's Company "Larry's Bride" (1978)
Taxi "Paper Marriage" (1978)
Happy Days "The Evil Eye" (1978)
Charlie's Angels "Caged Angel" (1979)
The Fall Guy "October the 31st" (1984)
Cheers "Diane's Nightmare" (1985)
Night Court "Halloween, Too" (1985)
The Cosby Show "Halloween" (1985)
Family Ties "Don't Go Changin'" (1985)
L.A. Law "Slum Enchanted Evening" (1986)
The A-Team "The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair" (1986)
Dallas "Territorial Imperative" (1986)
227 "Bull's Eye" (1987)
ALF "Promises, Promises" (1988)
Cheers "Bar Wars V: the Final Judgement" (1991)
The Cosby Show "The Iceman Bricketh" (1991)
L.A. Law "Do the Spike Thing" (1991)
Columbo "It's All in the Game" (1993)
Murder, She Wrote "A Virtual Murder" (1993)
Murphy Brown "Frank Cuts Loose" (1994)
3rd Rock From the Sun "Fear and Loathing in Rutherford" (2000)