January 29th in TV History
Births
John Forsythe (1918, Penn's Grove, NJ) - Charlie's Angels, Dynasty, Bachelor FatherDorothy Malone (1924, Chicago, IL) - Peyton Place
Tom Selleck (1945, Detroit, MI) - Magnum, PI, Blue Bloods
Ann Jillian (1950, Cambridge, MA) - It's a Living
Paul Fusco (1953, New Haven, CT) - ALF
Oprah Winfrey (1954, Kosciusko, MS) - The Oprah Winfrey Show
Deaths
John Larkin (1965 in Studio City, CA) - 12 O'Clock High, The Edge of NightJohn LaMotta (2014 in Los Angeles, CA) - ALF
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Incentive" (1954) |
| The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko Goes to Monte Carlo" (1957) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Harriet's Dancing Partner" (1958) |
| The Twilight Zone "The Fever" (1960) |
| 77 Sunset Strip "Ten Cents a Death" (1960) |
| The Rifleman "Sporting Chance" (1962) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "The Jinx" (1962) |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show "A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards" (1964) |
| The Addams Family (1964) "The Addams Family Splurges" (1965) |
| 12 O'Clock High "Faith, Hope and Sergeant Aronson" (1965) |
| Get Smart (1965) "Back to the Old Drawing Board" (1966) |
| I Dream of Jeannie "Never Try to Outsmart a Jeannie" (1966) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "An Honor for Ozzie" (1966) |
| The Avengers "The Thirteenth Hole" (1966) |
| Gunsmoke "The Raid (2)" (1966) |
| Doctor Who "Destruction of Time (The Daleks' Master Plan, Part Twelve)" (1966) |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "The Mermaid" (1967) |
| The Big Valley "Shadow of a Giant" (1968) |
| I Spy (US) "A Few Miles West of Nowhere" (1968) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting" (1968) |
| Gunsmoke "Hill Girl" (1968) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "Cousin Roy in Movieland" (1969) |
| The Avengers "The Morning After" (1969) |
| Bewitched "Tabitha's Very Own Samantha" (1970) |
| Bewitched "Samantha on Thin Ice" (1972) |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show "More Than Neighbors" (1972) |
| All in the Family "Archie Sees a Mugging" (1972) |
| Doctor Who "The Curse of Peladon, Part One" (1972) |
| Gunsmoke "A Quiet Day in Dodge" (1973) |
| Happy Days "Richie's Cup Runneth Over" (1974) |
| Adam-12 "Taking It Easy" (1974) |
| Cannon "Killer on the Hill" (1975) |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Sue Ann Gets the Ax" (1977) |
| All In The Family "Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye" (1977) |
| The Six Million Dollar Man "Return of the Deathprobe (2)" (1978) |
| Three's Company "Handcuffed" (1980) |
| Taxi "Shut It Down (1)" (1980) |
| Happy Days "The New Arnold's" (1980) |
| The Dukes of Hazzard "Miz Tisdale on the Lam" (1982) |
| Dallas "The Phoenix" (1982) |
| Taxi "Alex's Old Buddy" (1983) |
| The A-Team "Skins" (1985) |
| Cheers "Never Love a Goalie (1)" (1987) |
| Night Court "The Modest Proposal" (1987) |
| Family Ties "Architect's Apprentice" (1987) |
| Family Ties "Get Me to the Living Room on Time" (1989) |
| Murphy Brown "I Want My FYI" (1990) |
| ALF "Gimme That Old Time Religion" (1990) |
