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January 30th in TV History
Birthdays
 | David Wayne | 1914 in Traverse City, MI | |
| Dick Martin | 1922 in Battle Creek, MI | |
TV Show Debuts
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
TV Shows Ended
Columbo (2003)
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Rover Boys" | 1953 |
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy Meets the Queen" | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Like Father, Like Son" | 1957 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Dark Vengeance" | 1959 |
| Gunsmoke | "Hinka Do" | 1960 |
| The Rifleman | "Six Years and a Day" | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Alcohol and Old Lace" | 1961 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Elly's Animals" | 1963 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "I Was a Teenage Head Writer" | 1963 |
| Gilligan's Island | "X Marks the Spot" | 1965 |
| Doctor Who | "Conspiracy (The Romans, Part Three)" | 1965 |
| Gunsmoke | "Chief Joseph" | 1965 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "Graveyard of Fear" | 1966 |
| The Big Valley | "The Stallion" | 1967 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Our Vines Have Tender Apes" | 1967 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "One of Our Bottles is Missing" | 1967 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Andy's Old Girlfriend" | 1967 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie? (3)" | 1968 |
| Bewitched | "Samantha the Bard" | 1969 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "The Mess of Adrian Listenger" | 1970 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Gowns by Yvette" | 1970 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "We Closed in Minneapolis" | 1971 |
| Doctor Who | "The Mind of Evil, Part One" | 1971 |
| Kojak (1973) | "Death is Not a Passing Grade" | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | "Joey Blue Eyes" | 1976 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Fires of Hell" | 1977 |
| Columbo | "Murder under Glass" | 1978 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "The Lost Island" | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | "Renewal" | 1978 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "The Third Annual Shotz Talent Show" | 1979 |
| Three's Company | "Stanley's Hotline" | 1979 |
| Taxi | "Friends" | 1979 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Homes $weet Homes" | 1980 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "My Son, Bo Hogg" | 1981 |
| Dallas | "Making of a President" | 1981 |
| The A-Team | "Children of Jamestown" | 1983 |
| The Fall Guy | "Tailspin" | 1985 |
| Cheers | "Cliffie's Big Score" | 1986 |
| Night Court | "The Apartment" | 1986 |
| The Cosby Show | "Theo and Cockroach" | 1986 |
| Family Ties | "Checkmate" | 1986 |
| Airwolf | "Escape" | 1987 |
| Dallas | "Cat and Mouse" | 1987 |
| 227 | "Sweet Sixteen" | 1988 |
| Night Court | "Mama Was a Rollin' Stone" | 1991 |
| Cheers | "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't" | 1992 |
| The Cosby Show | "Eat, Drink and Be Wary" | 1992 |
| L.A. Law | "All About Sleaze" | 1992 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "Dick is from Mars, Sally is from Venus" | 1996 |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | "A Dick Replacement" | 2001 |
| Columbo | "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" | 2003 |
