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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 |
