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December 8th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Jean Porter | 1922 in Cisco, TX | |
| David Carradine | 1936 in Hollywood, CA | - Kung Fu |
| James MacArthur | 1937 in Los Angeles, CA | - Hawaii Five-O |
Deaths
| Rene Auberjonois | 2019 in Los Angeles, CA | |
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy is Enceinte" | 1952 |
| Gunsmoke | "No Indians" | 1956 |
| The Rifleman | "The Legacy" | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Reserved for Mr. Bailey" | 1961 |
| The Avengers | "Traitor in Zebra" | 1962 |
| Gunsmoke | "Us Haggens" | 1962 |
| The Fugitive | "Detour on a Road Going Nowhere" | 1964 |
| Lost in Space | "One of Our Dogs Is Missing" | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | "The Guilt of Matt Bentell" | 1965 |
| I Spy (US) | "Three Hours on a Sunday Night" | 1965 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Mr. Farquhar Stays On" | 1965 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Ghost Town" | 1965 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write" | 1965 |
| Batman | "The Bird's Last Jest (2)" | 1966 |
| Bewitched | "My Friend Ben" | 1966 |
| Star Trek | "The Conscience of the King" | 1966 |
| Star Trek | "The Deadly Years" | 1967 |
| Gunsmoke | "MacGraw" | 1969 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Welcome to the Family" | 1970 |
| Bewitched | "The Eight-Year Witch" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "Cool Air" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "Camera Obscura" | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | "Quoth the Raven" | 1971 |
| Adam-12 | "Assassination" | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "I Gave at the Office" | 1973 |
| All In The Family | "The Taxi Caper" | 1973 |
| All In The Family | "Gloria is Nervous" | 1975 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Consenting Adults" | 1976 |
| The Rockford Files | "Local Man Eaten by Newspaper" | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | "Libel" | 1980 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Moving In" | 1981 |
| Three's Company | "Dates of Wrath" | 1981 |
| Happy Days | "Baby, It's Cold Inside" | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | "Hell On Wheels" | 1982 |
| Family Ties | "Have Gun, Will Unravel" | 1982 |
| Cheers | "How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back" | 1983 |
| Airwolf | "Random Target" | 1984 |
| Amazing Stories | "Remote Control Man" | 1985 |
| ALF | "On the Road Again" | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | "What If...?" | 1986 |
| Punky Brewster | "Open Door, Broken Heart (1)" | 1987 |
| Cheers | "Norm, is That You?" | 1988 |
| The Cosby Show | "If the Dress Fits, Wear It" | 1988 |
| L.A. Law | "Princess and the Pee" | 1988 |
| Dallas | "Cally on a Hot Tin Roof" | 1989 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Dick Jokes" | 1996 |
