October 8th

October 8th in TV History


Deaths

Fernando Lamas (1982 in Los Angeles, CA) - Run For Your Life

TV Show Debuts

Cagney & Lacey (1981)
Empty Nest (1988)

TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Wedding Anniversary" (1954)
Gunsmoke "Home Surgery" (1955)
I Love Lucy "Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums" (1956)
The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko's Valentine" (1957)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "David Becomes a Football Coach" (1958)
The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko's De Luxe Tours" (1958)
Gunsmoke "Shooting Stopover" (1960)
The Rifleman "Waste (2)" (1962)
The Andy Griffith Show "Andy's Rich Girlfriend" (1962)
The Fugitive "Never Wave Goodbye (1)" (1963)
Bewitched "Mother Meet's What's His Name" (1964)
The Munsters "A Walk on the Mild Side" (1964)
The Addams Family (1964) "Morticia Meets Royalty" (1965)
Get Smart (1965) "The Only Way to Die" (1966)
Gunsmoke "The Mission" (1966)
Doctor Who "The Tenth Planet, Part One" (1966)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "Cave of the Dead" (1967)
The Beverly Hillbillies "Silver Dollar City Fair" (1969)
Bewitched "The Salem Saga (1)" (1970)
Gunsmoke "The Widow-Maker" (1973)
Happy Days "R.O.T.C." (1974)
Adam-12 "Team Work" (1974)
Cannon "The Victim" (1975)
The Rockford Files "The Family Hour" (1976)
Battlestar Galactica "The Lost Warrior" (1978)
All In The Family "Reunion on Hauser Street" (1978)
Mork & Mindy "Limited Engagement (1)" (1981)
Taxi "Jim the Psychic" (1981)
The Dukes of Hazzard "Lawman of the Year" (1982)
Dallas "Where There's a Will" (1982)
Moonlighting "Money Talks-- Maddie Walks" (1985)
The Cosby Show "It's Not Easy Being Green" (1987)
227 "The Whiz Kid" (1988)
Murder, She Wrote "The Grand Old Lady" (1989)
Cheers "The King of Beers" (1992)
Murphy Brown "A Butcher, A Faker a Bummed-Out Promo Maker" (1997)
3rd Rock From the Sun "Tricky Dick" (1997)
Columbo "Ashes to Ashes" (1998)