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October 9th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Jason Wingreen | 1920 in Brooklyn, NY | - All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place |
 | Shera Danese | 1948 in Hartsdale, NY | - Columbo, married to Peter Falk |
Deaths
 | Louis Nye | 2005 in Los Angeles, CA | |
TV Episode Debuts
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Window Pane" | 1953 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | "The Girl from Italy" | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "The Man Without a Family" | 1957 |
| The Twilight Zone | "One for the Angels" | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "The Kookie Caper" | 1959 |
| The Rifleman | "First Wages" | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Barney's Replacement" | 1961 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Granny's Garden" | 1963 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | "Rick's Wedding Ring" | 1963 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Laura's Little Lie" | 1963 |
| The Addams Family (1964) | "Gomez, the Politician" | 1964 |
| Get Smart (1965) | "Our Man in Toyland" | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | "The Late Inspector General" | 1965 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "The Marriage Caper" | 1965 |
| The Avengers | "The Gravediggers" | 1965 |
| Gunsmoke | "Ten Little Indians" | 1965 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "Night of Terror" | 1966 |
| The Big Valley | "Night in a Small Town" | 1967 |
| I Spy (US) | "Philotimo" | 1967 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | "Opie Steps Up in Class" | 1967 |
| Gunsmoke | "Vengeance (2)" | 1967 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "War of the Roses" | 1968 |
| The Avengers | "Super Secret Cypher Snatch" | 1968 |
| Bewitched | "Samantha's Curious Cravings" | 1969 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Room 223" | 1971 |
| All in the Family | "Edith Writes a Song" | 1971 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Drummer" | 1972 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Sue Ann's Sister" | 1976 |
| Kojak (1973) | "A Strange Kind of Love" | 1977 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | "Bigfoot V" | 1977 |
| All In The Family | "Cousin Liz" | 1977 |
| Three's Company | "Jack the Ripper" | 1979 |
| Happy Days | "Richie's Job" | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | "Mrs. Daisy Hogg" | 1981 |
| Dallas | "Missing Heir" | 1981 |
| Cheers | "Money Dearest" | 1986 |
| Night Court | "Giving Thanks" | 1986 |
| The Cosby Show | "Golden Anniversary" | 1986 |
| Family Ties | "The Freshman and the Senior" | 1986 |
| Dallas | "Gone with the Wind" | 1987 |
| ALF | "We're in the Money" | 1989 |
| Night Court | "Puppy Love" | 1991 |
| Murder, She Wrote | "To Kill a Legend" | 1994 |
| Murphy Brown | "Murphy's Law" | 1995 |
