October 6th

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)