May 5th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Pat Carroll | 1927 in Shreveport, LA | |
| Roger Rees | 1944 in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK | - Cheers |
TV Show Debuts
The Love Boat (1977)Forever Knight (1992)
TV Shows Ended
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1981)Hardcastle & McCormick (1986)
Quantum Leap (1993)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" | 1952 |
| The Rifleman | "The Woman" | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Shadow Play" | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Eyes of Love" | 1961 |
| Gunsmoke | "Cale" | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Big Bank Battle" | 1965 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "100 Terrible Hours" | 1965 |
| Batman | "Batman Makes the Scenes (2)" | 1966 |
| Bewitched | "Divided He Falls" | 1966 |
| Doctor Who | "Planet of the Daleks, Part Five" | 1973 |
| Columbo | "A Friend in Deed" | 1974 |
| The Bionic Woman | "Fly Jaime" | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Out, Out Damned Plout" | 1981 |
| Three's Company | "Dying to Meet You" | 1981 |
| Happy Days | "R. C. & L. B. Forever" | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | "Scavenger Hunt" | 1982 |
| The Tortellis | "Innocent As Charged" | 1987 |
| Moonlighting | "To Heiress Human" | 1987 |
| Punky Brewster | "Christmas Hero" | 1988 |
| Cheers | "Backseat Becky, Up Front" | 1988 |
| Night Court | "Mac's Millions" | 1988 |
| L.A. Law | "Chariots of Meyer" | 1988 |
| Dallas | "The Great Texas Waltz" | 1989 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Tainted Lady" | 1991 |
| L.A. Law | "How Am I Driving?" | 1994 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "What You Don't Know Can Kill You" | 1996 |
| Murphy Brown | "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow" | 1997 |