Events The Selling of the Pentagon documentary airs on CBS. September 4 - The Lawrence Welk Show airs its last show. September 7 - The last new episode of The Beverly Hillbillies is aired (the first episode debuted on September 26, 1962). Debuts January 10 - Masterpiece Theatre debuts on PBS (1971-present) January 12 - All in the Family premieres (1971-1979) New Dick Van Dyke Show premieres (1971-1974) The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour premieres (1971-1974) Popular Television Shows All in the Family (1971-1979) All My Children (1970-present) Bonanza (1959-1973) The Brady Bunch (1969-1974) The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978) Dr Who (1963-1989) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971) The Flip Wilson Show (1970-1974) Gunsmoke (1955-1975) Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980) Here's Lucy (1968-1974) Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971) Ironside (1967-1975) Johnny Cash Show (1969-1971) Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982) Marcus Welby, M.D (1968-1973) Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) Mayberry R.F.D (1968-1971) The Mod Squad (1968-1973) Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-1974) My Three Sons (1960-1972) The Newlywed Game (1966-1974) The Partridge Family (1970-1974) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-1973) Sesame Street (1969-present) That Girl (1966-1971) The Tonight Show (1954-present) The Wonderful World of Disney (1954-1983) Births November 25 - Christina Applegate. March 9 - Emmanuel Lewis. Deaths March 15 - Bebe Daniels