January 18th

January 18th in TV History



Births

Kevin Costner (1955, Lynwood, CA)

Deaths

Bob May (2009 in Lancaster, CA) - Wore the costume for the Robot in Lost In Space

TV Show Debuts

The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
The Jeffersons (1975)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "Ricky Minds the Baby" (1954)
Gunsmoke "Kitty Caught" (1958)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Lost Briefcase" (1961)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Special Cake" (1962)
77 Sunset Strip "Scream Softly, Dear" (1963)
Doctor Who "The Expedition (The Daleks, Part Five)" (1964)
The Avengers "The Wringer" (1964)
Gunsmoke "Prairie Wolfer" (1964)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "Doomsday" (1965)
The Andy Griffith Show "The Rehabilitation of Otis" (1965)
The Fugitive "This'll Kill You" (1966)
Batman "The Penguin Declines (3)" (1967)
The Beverly Hillbillies "The Clampett Curse" (1967)
Batman "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club" (1968)
Get Smart (1965) "Tequila Mockingbird" (1969)
Hogan's Heroes "Operation Hannibal" (1969)
Adam-12 "Log 062: Grand Theft Horse?" (1969)
Doctor Who "The Krotons, Part Four" (1969)
Cannon "Blood on the Vine" (1972)
Columbo "Publish or Perish" (1974)
The Six Million Dollar Man "Population: Zero" (1974)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Phyllis Whips Inflation" (1975)
All In The Family "All's Fair" (1975)
Kojak (1973) "A Wind from Corsica" (1976)
The Six Million Dollar Man "Hocus-Pocus" (1976)
Kojak (1973) "When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead" (1977)
Laverne & Shirley "Guinea Pigs" (1977)
Happy Days "The Book of Records" (1977)
Charlie's Angels "Diamond in the Rough" (1978)
Mork & Mindy "Mork the Tolerant" (1979)
The Dukes of Hazzard "Follow that Still" (1980)
Dallas "Jenna's Return" (1980)
Laverne & Shirley "The Baby Show" (1983)
Three's Company "Bob & Carol & Larry & Terri" (1983)
Happy Days "Prisoner of Love" (1983)
The Fall Guy "Bite of the Wasp" (1984)
Night Court "The Former Harry Stone" (1984)
227 "A Young Man's Fancy" (1986)
Airwolf "Discovery" (1986)
Murder, She Wrote "The Corpse Flew First Class" (1987)
Night Court "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (1989)
Cheers "What is... Cliff Clavin?" (1990)
The Cosby Show "Denise Kendall: Singles Counselor" (1990)
L.A. Law "The Pay's Lousy, But the Tips Are Great" (1990)
Dallas "S is for Seduction" (1991)
Murphy Brown "Back to the Ball" (1993)