January 6th in TV History
Births
Danny Thomas (1912, Deerfield, MI) - Make Room For Daddy, Founder of St. Jude's Children HospitalEarl Scruggs (1924, Shelby, NC)
Vic Tayback (1930, New York City, NY) - Alice
Bonnie Franklin (1944, Santa Monica, CA) - One Day at a Time
Rowan Atkinson (1955, Consett, County Durham, England, UK) - Mr. Bean
Deaths
Pat Harrington, Jr. (2016 in Los Angeles, CA) - One Day at a Time, Make Room For DaddyGreta Thyssen (2018 in Manhattan, New York City, NY) - Perry Mason, Dragnet
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Gadget" (1956) |
| The Rifleman "The Pet" (1959) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Ozzie Keeps a Secret" (1960) |
| The Twilight Zone "Dust" (1961) |
| 77 Sunset Strip "The Hamlet Caper" (1961) |
| Gunsmoke "The Do-Badder" (1962) |
| The Andy Griffith Show "Barney and the Cave Rescue" (1964) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies "Clampett General Hospital" (1965) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Petition" (1965) |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show "Brother, Can You Spare $2500?" (1965) |
| Gilligan's Island "Not Guilty" (1966) |
| Bewitched "Maid to Order" (1966) |
| The Munsters "Herman Picks a Winner" (1966) |
| 12 O'Clock High "A Long Time Dead" (1966) |
| Hogan's Heroes "The General Swap" (1967) |
| Get Smart (1965) "The King Lives?" (1968) |
| Hogan's Heroes "Is There a Doctor in the House?" (1968) |
| Gunsmoke "The Twisted Heritage" (1968) |
| Doctor Who "The Enemy of the World, Part Three" (1968) |
| The Big Valley "Top of the Stairs" (1969) |
| I Dream of Jeannie "The Case of My Vanishing Master (1)" (1969) |
| I Dream of Jeannie "Please Don't Give My Genie No More Wine" (1970) |
| Night Gallery "Make Me Laugh" (1971) |
| Night Gallery "Clean Kills and Other Trophies" (1971) |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Lou's Place" (1973) |
| All In The Family "Archie in the Hospital" (1973) |
| Doctor Who "The Three Doctors, Part Two" (1973) |
| Gunsmoke "The Squaw" (1975) |
| Happy Days "Dance Contest" (1976) |
| The Rockford Files "The Attractive Nuisance" (1978) |
| Laverne & Shirley "The Other Woman" (1981) |
| Three's Company "Jack to the Rescue" (1981) |
| Happy Days "If You Knew Rosa" (1981) |
| The Fall Guy "No Way Out" (1982) |
| Cheers "Now Pitching, Sam Malone" (1983) |
| The Dukes of Hazzard "Heiress Daisy Duke" (1984) |
| Dallas "Peter's Principles" (1984) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Capitol Offense" (1985) |
| Moonlighting "The Straight Poop" (1987) |
| Dallas "Deception" (1989) |
| 227 "Where Do We Go from Here?" (1990) |
| Murder, She Wrote "Family Doctor" (1991) |
| Murphy Brown "Anchor Rancor" (1992) |
| Murphy Brown "The Big Thaw" (1997) |
