Uhura and capt. Kirk give each other...

Uhura and Capt. Kirk give each other network television’s first interracial kiss in “Plato’s Stepchildren,” on Star Trek (Tuesday at midnight on KCOP). It takes Opie a while to warm up to

Aunt Bee in the “The New Housekeeper,” the first Andy Griffith Show (Friday at 5:30 a.m. on KTTV). When Peter Falk directed his only Columbo (Saturday at 11:30 p.m. on KTLA), he sought the

advice of his friend John Cassavetes-and a young director named Steven Spielberg. “A Blueprint for Murder,” starring Patrick O’Neal, aired in February, 1972. Lakers announcer Chick Hearn has

a bit as a TV newscaster in an early ‘60s Fugitive (Friday at noon on A&E;) in which Kimble is spotted in the background of a picture. Frankie Laine (who sang the “Rawhide” theme) makes

his acting debut as a comic in an offbeat Perry Mason (Wednesday at 7 p.m. on KDOC) about the beatnik scene. “Emergency” star Bobby Troup, a jazz musician, also guest stars. A twist upon a

twist is how The Twilight Zone ends in “Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?” (Tuesday at noon on KTLA). Tommy Lasorda plays himself again and again-on CHiPs (Wednesday at 9:05 a.m. on

TBS) and Silver Spoons (Friday at 8 a.m. on KTLA). Rev. Jim makes his first appearance on Taxi (Sunday at 11 p.m. on KTLA)-as an ordained minister of the Church of the Peaceful who performs

Latka’s marriage-of-convenience ceremony. It was before the producers decided to add him to the cast. Arnold has a personal reason for dogging a couple of bank robbers in Green Acres

(Thursday at 1:30 p.m. on KDOC). “It May Look Like a Walnut,” but Rob thinks it may steal his imagination-and his thumbs-in a classic Dick Van Dyke Show (Saturday at 9:30 p.m. on KDOC). MORE

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