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December 9th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Margaret Hamilton | 1902 in Cleveland, OH | - Wizard of Oz |
| Chuck Hamilton | 1903 in Vallejo, CA | |
Deaths
| Vincent Gardenia | 1992 in Philadelphia, PA | - All in the Family, LA Law |
TV Shows Ended
Rhoda (1978)
Eerie, Indiana (1993)
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Gay Blade" | 1955 |
| The Rifleman | "The Apprentice Sheriff" | 1958 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Happy Anniversary" | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | "The Trouble with Templeton" | 1960 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Affairs of Adam Gallante" | 1960 |
| The Avengers | "Dead of Winter" | 1961 |
| Gunsmoke | "Apprentice Doc" | 1961 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Boarder" | 1964 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Exotic Housemother" | 1964 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Death of the Party" | 1964 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Don't Bug the Mosquitoes" | 1965 |
| Bewitched | "My Boss the Teddy Bear" | 1965 |
| The Munsters | "Underground Munster" | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Don't Forget to Write" | 1966 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "The Ace" | 1966 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "The Mild Ones" | 1967 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Everybody Loves a Snowman" | 1967 |
| Doctor Who | "The Ice Warriors, Part Five" | 1967 |
| The Big Valley | "A Stranger Everywhere" | 1968 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "How To Marry an Astronaut" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "Waco" | 1968 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "My Sister, the Homewrecker" | 1969 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Operation: Lou" | 1972 |
| All In The Family | "Edith's Winning Ticket" | 1972 |
| Gunsmoke | "Island in the Desert (2)" | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | "Forced Retirement" | 1977 |
| Mork & Mindy | "The Mork Syndrome" | 1979 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Grand Opening" | 1980 |
| Three's Company | "Room at the Bottom" | 1980 |
| Happy Days | "Joanie Gets Wheels" | 1980 |
| The Fall Guy | "The Human Torch" | 1981 |
| Cheers | "One for the Book" | 1982 |
| Taxi | "Zena's Honeymoon" | 1982 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "High Flyin' Dukes" | 1983 |
| Dallas | "To Catch a Sly" | 1983 |
| Punky Brewster | "Bye Bye, My" | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "We're Off To Kill the Wizard" | 1984 |
| Punky Brewster | "Open Door, Broken Heart (2)" | 1987 |
| Dallas | "War and Love and the Whole Damned Thing" | 1988 |
| 227 | "War is Heck" | 1989 |
| Columbo | "Columbo Goes to College" | 1990 |
| Murphy Brown | "Be it Ever So Humboldt" | 1991 |
| L.A. Law | "Eli's Gumming" | 1993 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Indecent Dick" | 1998 |
