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March 5th in TV History
Deaths
 | Jay Silverheels | 1980 in Woodland Hills, CA | - Tonto on The Lone Ranger |
 | John Belushi | 1982 in Hollywood, CA | - Saturday Night Live |
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Initiation" | 1954 |
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy Meets Charles Boyer" | 1956 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Rock 'n' Roll Rookie" | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Practical Joker" | 1958 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko the Art Lover" | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | "Unwanted Deputy" | 1960 |
| The Rifleman | "The Debt" | 1962 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "The Merchant of Mayberry" | 1962 |
| The Addams Family (1964) | "Thing is Missing" | 1965 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "The Trap" | 1965 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain" | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Permanent House Guest" | 1966 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Rick's Assistant" | 1966 |
| The Avengers | "The House That Jack Built" | 1966 |
| Gunsmoke | "Honor Before Justice" | 1966 |
| Doctor Who | "The Steel Sky (The Ark, Part One)" | 1966 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Wax Men" | 1967 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "My Double-Crossing Master" | 1968 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Sam Drucker's Visit" | 1969 |
| The Avengers | "Take Me to Your Leader" | 1969 |
| Bewitched | "The Generation Zap" | 1970 |
| Gunsmoke | "This Golden Land" | 1973 |
| Happy Days | "The Skin Game" | 1974 |
| Adam-12 | "Skywatch (2)" | 1974 |
| Cannon | "Lady on the Run" | 1975 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Mary's Big Party" | 1977 |
| All In The Family | "Archie, the Liberal" | 1977 |
| All In The Family | "Mike's New Job" | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | "Convention" | 1979 |
| Charlie's Angels | "Nips and Tucks" | 1980 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Bad Day in Hazzard" | 1982 |
| Dallas | "The Prodigal" | 1982 |
| Moonlighting | "Gunfight at the So-So Corral" | 1985 |
| The A-Team | "Waste 'Em!" | 1985 |
| Cheers | "Simon Says" | 1987 |
| Family Ties | "Keaton vs. Keaton" | 1987 |
| Family Ties | "Simon Says" | 1989 |
| Murphy Brown | "On the Road Again" | 1990 |
