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October 6th in TV History
TV Show Debuts
Dear John (1988)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "The Handcuffs" | 1952 |
| The Rifleman | "Bloodlines" | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | "The Passersby" | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Man in the Crowd" | 1961 |
| The Avengers | "Propellant 23" | 1962 |
| Gunsmoke | "Root Down" | 1962 |
| The Fugitive | "When the Bough Breaks" | 1964 |
| Lost in Space | "There Were Giants in the Earth" | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | "Young Marauders" | 1965 |
| I Spy (US) | "Chrysanthemum" | 1965 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Private Eye" | 1965 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Ugliest Dog in the World" | 1965 |
| Batman | "Ma Parker (2)" | 1966 |
| Bewitched | "Accidental Twins" | 1966 |
| Star Trek | "The Enemy Within" | 1966 |
| Star Trek | "Mirror, Mirror" | 1967 |
| Gunsmoke | "Coreyville" | 1969 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Mark Templeton Arrives" | 1970 |
| Columbo | "Death Lends a Hand" | 1971 |
| Bewitched | "Samantha's Not-So-Leaning Tower of Pisa" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "A Fear of Spiders" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "Junior" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "Marmalade Wine" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "The Academy" | 1971 |
| Adam-12 | "The Radical" | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "The Lou and Edie Story" | 1973 |
| All In The Family | "Archie and the Kiss" | 1973 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Wall Street Gunslinger" | 1974 |
| All In The Family | "Mike's Pains" | 1975 |
| The Bionic Woman | "Assault on the Princess" | 1976 |
| All In The Family | "The Unemployment Story (1)" | 1976 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Jersey Bounce" | 1978 |
| Three's Company | "Jack Bares All (a.k.a. Oh, Nurse) (1)" | 1981 |
| Three's Company | "Jack Bares All (a.k.a. Oh, Nurse) (2)" | 1981 |
| Happy Days | "Home Movies (1)" | 1981 |
| Happy Days | "Home Movies (2)" | 1981 |
| Family Ties | "I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend" | 1982 |
| Airwolf | "Moffett's Ghost" | 1984 |
| Punky Brewster | "Baby Buddies, Inc" | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly" | 1985 |
| Amazing Stories | "The Main Attraction" | 1985 |
| ALF | "Looking for Lucky" | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | "Magic Saturday" | 1986 |
| Moonlighting | "Come Back Little Shiksa" | 1987 |
| The Cosby Show | "Together Again and Again" | 1988 |
| Dallas | "Ka-Booooom!" | 1989 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Thicker Than Water" | 1991 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Big Angry Virgin from Outer Space" | 1996 |
