January 3rd in TV History
Births
Ray Milland (1907, Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK)William Boyett (1927, Akron, OH) - Adam-12, Emergency!
Robert Loggia (1930, Staten Island, NY) - Mancuso, F.B.I.
Dabney Coleman (1932, Austin, TX)
Glen Larson (1937, Long Beach, CA) - Writer & Producer
Victoria Principal (1950, Fukuoka, Japan) - Dallas
Danica McKellar (1975, La Jolla, CA) - The Wonder Years
Deaths
Howard McNear (1969 in San Fernando Valley, CA) - The Andy Griffith ShowPat Hingle (2009 in Carolina Beach, NC)
TV Show Debuts
Riptide (1984)TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy "Lucy Learns to Drive" (1955) |
| The Phil Silvers Show "Hollywood" (1956) |
| Gunsmoke "Young Love" (1959) |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show "Where Did I Come From?" (1962) |
| The Twilight Zone "In His Image" (1963) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Rick and the Boat Model" (1963) |
| The Twilight Zone "You Drive" (1964) |
| 77 Sunset Strip "Lovers' Lane" (1964) |
| 12 O'Clock High "Falling Star" (1966) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "Otis the Artist" (1966) |
| The Fugitive "Run the Man Down" (1967) |
| Lost in Space "Target Earth" (1968) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "The Housekeeper" (1968) |
| Star Trek "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969) |
| Adam-12 "Log 43 -- Hostage" (1970) |
| Doctor Who "Spearhead from Space, Part One" (1970) |
| Gunsmoke "No Tomorrow" (1972) |
| Cannon "Hard Rock Roller Coaster" (1973) |
| Adam-12 "O'Brien's Stand" (1973) |
| The Rockford Files "Aura Lee, Farewell" (1975) |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Not With My Wife, I Don't" (1976) |
| Lou Grant "Airliner" (1978) |
| Three's Company "The Gift" (1978) |
| Happy Days "Grandpa's Visit" (1978) |
| Mork & Mindy "A Mommy for Mindy" (1980) |
| Doctor Who "Warriors' Gate, Part One" (1981) |
| Three's Company "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1983) |
| The A-Team "In Plane Sight" (1984) |
| Cheers "Whodunit?" (1985) |
| Night Court "The Birthday Visitor" (1985) |
| Family Ties "Oh Donna" (1985) |
| Dallas "The Missing Link" (1986) |
| 227 "Matchmakers" (1987) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?" (1988) |
| Night Court "Amore or Less" (1990) |
| Cheers "Honor Thy Mother" (1991) |
| The Cosby Show "Theo's Final Final" (1991) |
| L.A. Law "Splatoon" (1991) |
| Murder, She Wrote "The Sound of Murder" (1993) |
| Murphy Brown "A Piece of the Auction" (1994) |
