January 31st

January 31st in TV History

TV History Events


01/31/1949 : The Emmy Awards are presented and broadcast for the first time.

Births

Suzanne Pleshette (1937, New York City, NY) - The Bob Newhart Show
Stuart Margolin (1940, Davenport, IA) - The Rockford Files

TV Show Debuts

The Wonder Years (1988)

TV Episode Debuts

I Love Lucy "Ethel's Home Town" (1955)
The Phil Silvers Show "The Transfer" (1956)
The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko's Pigeons" (1958)
Gunsmoke "Jayhawkers" (1959)
The Rifleman "Face of Yesterday" (1961)
The Dick Van Dyke Show "The Talented Neighborhood" (1962)
The Twilight Zone "Mute" (1963)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Roadside Courtesy" (1963)
The Twilight Zone "Black Leather Jackets" (1964)
77 Sunset Strip "Dead as in Dude" (1964)
12 O'Clock High "The Outsider" (1966)
The Andy Griffith Show "Wyatt Earp Rides Again" (1966)
The Fugitive "The Breaking of the Habit" (1967)
Lost in Space "Fugitives in Space" (1968)
The Beverly Hillbillies "The Rass'lin' Clampetts" (1968)
Star Trek "The Lights of Zetar" (1969)
Adam-12 "Log 64 -- Bottom of the Bottle" (1970)
Doctor Who "The Silurians, Part One" (1970)
Hogan's Heroes "To Russia Without Love" (1971)
Gunsmoke "The Predators" (1972)
Cannon "Moving Target" (1973)
Adam-12 "The Beast" (1973)
The Rockford Files "Claire" (1975)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Murray Takes a Stand" (1976)
Laverne & Shirley "The Second Almost Annual Shotz Talent Show" (1978)
Three's Company "Jack in the Flower Shop" (1978)
Happy Days "Richie Almost Dies" (1978)
Charlie's Angels "Disco Angels" (1979)
Mork & Mindy "Jeanie Loves Mork" (1980)
Charlie's Angels "He Married an Angel" (1981)
Three's Company "Jack's Tattoo" (1984)
The A-Team "Pure-Dee Poison" (1984)
Happy Days "Social Studies" (1984)
Cheers "Teacher's Pet" (1985)
Night Court "The Gypsy" (1985)
The Cosby Show "Jitterbug Break" (1985)
Family Ties "Birth of a Keaton (2)" (1985)
The Fall Guy "In His Shadow" (1986)
Dallas "Shadow Games" (1986)
Cheers "Wedding Bell Blues (2)" (1991)
The Cosby Show "Total Control" (1991)
L.A. Law "Rest in Pieces" (1991)
Murphy Brown "Fjord Eyes Only" (1994)