May 5th

May 5th in TV History


Births

Pat Carroll (1927, Shreveport, LA)
Roger Rees (1944, 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)