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September 20th

September 20th in TV History


Birthdays

ImageAnne Meara1929 in Brooklyn, NY - Archie Bunker's Place, King of Queens
ImageKristen Johnston1967 in

TV Show Debuts

The Phil Silvers Show (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Lou Grant (1977)
The Cosby Show (1984)
Who's the Boss? (1984)
Spenser: For Hire (1985)

TV Episode Debuts

The Phil Silvers Show"New Recruits"1955
Gunsmoke"The Patsy"1958
77 Sunset Strip"5: Part 1"1963
12 O'Clock High"R/X for a Sick Bird"1965
The Andy Griffith Show"Andy's Rival"1965
The Fugitive"Death Is the Door Prize"1966
Lost in Space"Kidnapped in Space"1967
The Beverly Hillbillies"Clampett Castle"1967
Star Trek"Spock's Brain"1968
Adam-12"Log 15 -- Exactly One Hundred Yards"1969
Hogan's Heroes"Cuisine à la Stalag 13"1970
Gunsmoke"Phoenix"1971
Cannon"Sky Above, Death Below"1972
Adam-12"The Late Baby"1972
The Rockford Files"The Dark and Bloody Ground"1974
The Six Million Dollar Man"The Pioneers"1974
The Mary Tyler Moore Show"Mary Moves Out"1975
Lou Grant"Cophouse"1977
Laverne & Shirley"Airport '59"1977
Three's Company"Jack Looks For a Job"1977
Happy Days"Hollywood (3)"1977
Charlie's Angels"Angel Come Home"1978
Laverne & Shirley"One Heckuva Note"1979
The A-Team"Diamonds 'n Dust"1983
The Cosby Show"Theo's Economic Lesson"1984
Family Ties"The Gambler"1984
Murder, She Wrote"A Fashionable Way to Die"1987
Family Ties"Dear Mallory"1987
Cheers"Love is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing"1990
The Cosby Show"Same Time Next Year"1990
Murder, She Wrote"Murder in Milan"1992
Murphy Brown"The More Things Change"1993