February 26th

February 26th in TV History


Births

William Frawley (1887, Burlington, IA) - I Love Lucy
Michele Carey (1943, Annapolis, MD) - Wild Wild West, A Man Called Sloane
Marta Kristen (1945, Oslo, Norway) - Lost In Space

Deaths

David Doyle (1997 in Los Angeles, CA) - Charlie's Angels

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "An Old Fashioned Remedy" (1954)
The Phil Silvers Show "The Son of Bilko" (1957)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Old Band Pavilion" (1958)
The Twilight Zone "Mirror Image" (1960)
77 Sunset Strip "The Starlet" (1960)
The Rifleman "Deadly Image" (1962)
The Andy Griffith Show "Guest of Honor" (1962)
The Beverly Hillbillies "The Clampetts Go Fishing" (1964)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Wally's TV Set" (1964)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "My Part-Time Wife" (1964)
12 O'Clock High "The Ticket" (1965)
Get Smart (1965) "I'm Only Human" (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie "Watch the Birdie" (1966)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Waiting for Joe" (1966)
The Avengers "What the Butler Saw" (1966)
Gunsmoke "Sanctuary" (1966)
Doctor Who "Bell of Doom (The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Part Four)" (1966)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "Doomsday Island" (1967)
The Big Valley "Bounty on a Barkley" (1968)
I Spy (US) "Happy Birthday... Everybody" (1968)
The Andy Griffith Show "Emmett's Anniversary" (1968)
Gunsmoke "Mr. Sam'l" (1968)
The Beverly Hillbillies "The Happy Bank" (1969)
The Avengers "Stay Tuned" (1969)
Bewitched "Just a Kid Again" (1970)
Bewitched "George Washington Zapped Here (2)" (1972)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda" (1972)
All in the Family "Edith, the Judge" (1972)
Doctor Who "The Sea Devils, Part One" (1972)
Gunsmoke "Talbot" (1973)
Happy Days "Fonzie Drops In" (1974)
Adam-12 "Skywatch (1)" (1974)
Cannon "The Investigator" (1975)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Mary's Three Husbands" (1977)
All In The Family "Mike and Gloria Split" (1977)
All In The Family "The Brother" (1978)
Lou Grant "Home" (1979)
Laverne & Shirley "Murder on the Moosejaw Express (1)" (1980)
Three's Company "Lee Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1980)
Taxi "Alex Jumps out of an Airplane" (1980)
Happy Days "Fools Rush In" (1980)
Mork & Mindy "Mindy, Mindy, Mindy" (1981)
Taxi "Elaine's Old Friend" (1981)
The Dukes of Hazzard "Birds Gotta Fly" (1982)
Dallas "The Maelstrom" (1982)
The A-Team "Knights of the Road" (1985)
Cheers "Dinner at Eight-ish" (1987)
Night Court "Caught Red Handed" (1987)
The Cosby Show "The Shower" (1987)
Family Ties "Band on the Run" (1987)
L.A. Law "The Grace of Wrath" (1987)
Dallas "Malice in Dallas" (1988)
Murder, She Wrote "From Russia ... With Blood" (1989)
Family Ties "'Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away" (1989)
Murphy Brown "Heart of Gold" (1990)
ALF "Stayin' Alive" (1990)
Night Court "To Sir With ... Ah, What the Heck ... Love" (1992)
Murder, She Wrote "Murder a la Mode" (1995)
Murphy Brown "Trick or Retreat" (1996)