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December 31st in TV History
Birthdays
 | Bebe Neuwirth | 1958 in Newark, NJ | - Cheers |
Deaths
| Ricky Nelson | 1985 in De Kalb, TX | - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| Betty White | 2021 in Brentwood, CA | - Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls |
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "The Adagio" | 1951 |
| Gunsmoke | "Reed Survives" | 1955 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko and the Flying saucers" | 1957 |
| Gunsmoke | "Brother Love" | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "One-Punch Opie" | 1962 |
| The Munsters | "Herman's Rival" | 1964 |
| The Addams Family (1964) | "Uncle Fester, Tycoon" | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13" | 1965 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Kiss of Death" | 1966 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Hanging" | 1966 |
| Doctor Who | "The Highlanders, Part Three" | 1966 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Return of Blackbeard" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Buzz Bodine, Boy General" | 1969 |
| Dallas | "Mama Dearest" | 1982 |
