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December 16th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Terry Carter | 1928 in Brooklyn, NY | |
| Steven Bochco | 1943 in New York City, NY | - writer for Hill Street Blues |
| Deborah Pratt | 1951 in Chicago, IL | |
TV Show Debuts
Dragnet (1951) (1951)
One Day at a Time (1975)
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Eclipse" | 1955 |
| The Rifleman | "Young Englishman" | 1958 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Rick Gets Even" | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | "A Most Unusual Camera" | 1960 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Valley Caper" | 1960 |
| The Avengers | "The Deadly Air" | 1961 |
| Gunsmoke | "Nina's Revenge" | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Citizen's Arrest" | 1963 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "The Boarder Stays" | 1964 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Chess Set" | 1964 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "My Two Show-Offs and Me" | 1964 |
| Gilligan's Island | "Gilligan Gets Bugged" | 1965 |
| Bewitched | "Speak the Truth" | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Klink's Rocket" | 1966 |
| 12 O'Clock High | "Six Feet Under" | 1966 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "The Hostage" | 1967 |
| Doctor Who | "The Ice Warriors, Part Six" | 1967 |
| The Big Valley | "The Prize" | 1968 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Dr. Bellows Goes Sane" | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | "Lobo" | 1968 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "Jeannie, the Matchmaker" | 1969 |
| Night Gallery | "The Dead Man" | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | "The Housekeeper" | 1970 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York" | 1972 |
| All In The Family | "Archie and the Bowling Team" | 1972 |
| Columbo | "Double Exposure" | 1973 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Colonel" | 1974 |
| Happy Days | "Tell It to the Marines" | 1975 |
| The Rockford Files | "The Queen of Peru" | 1977 |
| Mork & Mindy | "Exidor's Wedding" | 1979 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Candy is Dandy" | 1980 |
| Three's Company | "Chrissy's Cousin" | 1980 |
| Happy Days | "White Christmas" | 1980 |
| The Fall Guy | "Japanese Connection" | 1982 |
| Cheers | "The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One" | 1982 |
| Taxi | "Get Me Through the Holidays" | 1982 |
| Dallas | "Barbecue Four" | 1983 |
| Punky Brewster | "Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus (1)" | 1984 |
| Punky Brewster | "Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus (2)" | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Death Takes a Curtain Call" | 1984 |
| Moonlighting | "It's a Wonderful Job" | 1986 |
| Family Ties | "Anniversary Waltz" | 1987 |
| Dallas | "Showdown at the Ewing Corral" | 1988 |
| 227 | "Guess Who's Not Coming to Christmas" | 1989 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Murder in F Sharp" | 1990 |
| Murphy Brown | "Love is Blonde" | 1991 |
| L.A. Law | "Rhyme and Punishment" | 1993 |
| Murphy Brown | "Montezuma's Retreat" | 1996 |
