Prime-time network TV listings for Friday January 14, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] O'Hara, U.S. Treasury [Reg]: Operation: Lady Luck
Season 1, episode 15 W: Bill Rega D: Sam C. Freedle With Don Haggerty (Zig Halfer), H.M. Wynant (Arnie Press), Betty White (Herself), Allen Ludden (Himself), Francine York (Diane), Ricardo Montalban (Rick Morris), Lyle Talbot (Art Prescott), Barney Phillips (Al Reid), Colby Chester (Burt Hale), Henry Brandon (Ham Jason), Lyle Bettger, Marjorie Bennett (Agnes Howett). A compulsive gambler turned bumbling crook is both an essential ally and a calamitous hazard to agent O'Hara's attempt to corral a ring of bigtime counterfeiters.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: Dough Re Mi
Season 3, episode 16 W: Ben Starr D: Allen Baron With John Wheeler (Mr. Dimsdale). Greg dreams of getting rich with a song he wrote, but needs $150 to pay for the recording session.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Crossed Swords
Season 1, episode 1 W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin With William Lanteau (Clerk), Robert Mandan (Auctioneer). Series debut. An aging black Los Angeles junk dealer and his 32-year-old son provide the comedy ingredients in a series based on the long-running British series "Steptoe and Son". Redd Foxx makes his series debut in the lead role. In the first show (taped before a live audience) a porcelain figurine appears to be an object that could provide a windfall for the junk dealers.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: Fellini, Bergman And Partridge
Season 2, episode 16 W: Martin Cohan D: Jerome Courtland With Tony Ballen (Sam Greasley), Richard Stahl (Mr. Fenster), Gaye Nelson (Lynn). Keith, after seeing some experimental underground movies, sets out to make a better one.
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| [NBC 8:30] Movie: 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao (1964)
W: Charles Beaumont, Ben Hecht D: George Pal With Tony Randall, Arthur O'Connell, Barbara Eden, Lee Patrick, John Ericson, Noah Beery Jr. The performers in a circus owned by an elderly Chinese produce an evil effect among the citizens of a western town.
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| [CBS 9:00] Entertainer Of The Year Awards [special]
Second annual awards presentation by the American Guild of Variety Artists takes place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Jack Benny, Carol Burnett, Barbra Streisand, Flip Wilson, Lily Tomlin and the Carpenters will receive awards for their accomplishments.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: Where Is It Written?
Season 3, episode 16 W: Joanna Lee D: Charles R. Rondeau With Richard Kelton (Mike Holloway), Joy Bang (Judy Shore), John David Carson (Craig Evans), Aretha Franklin (Inez Jackson), Carol Green (Kim). A student wants to study for the ministry at Harvard when he graduates from Whitman High, but he hasn't the grades to qualify. Liz McIntyre tries to convince him that he can serve God without attending college.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Speak For Yourself
Season 2, episode 16 W: Peggy Elliott, Ed Scharlach D: Hal Cooper With Janis Hansen (Gloria Unger), Ronda Copland (Mitzi Ferguson). Oscar recounts the story of how he introduced Felix and Gloria and finally proposed for Felix, who was suffering from nervous laryngitis.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Don Rickles Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 1 With Frank Aletter (Dr. Hoyt), Parley Baer (Vanderpoole), George Tyne, Mary Wickes. Debut of a situation comedy series about an advertising executive and family man who is plagued by the annoyances and aggravations of the average man. In the first show, nervous tension causes a sudden illness, and Don's wife recalls a similar situation 10 years earlier.
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Happy Unhappy Couple W: Lila Garrett D: Coby Ruskin With Jo Anne Worley (Mrs. Stevens), Robert Q. Lewis (Henry), Louis Nye (Mr. Stevens). A husband and wife are quite content until they listen to advice from her psychiatrist. 2. Love And The Topless Policy W: Roy Kammerman D: Charles R. Rondeau With Dwayne Hickman (Ira), Susan Howard (Libby), Dave Madden (Howard), Elaine Shore (Gladys), Marcia Wallace (Bertha), Carol Worthington (Jenny), Marilyn Nix (Waitress). A cafe owner's fiancee has a few things to say about his trying to save the business. 3. Love And The Ski Lodge With Beth Brickell (Laura), Ron Harper, Victor Rogers. When a ski instructor and his bride go on their honeymoon, an important race threatens their idyll. 4. Love And The Security Building W: Les Colodny D: Charles R. Rondeau With Dick Gautier (Bill), Annabelle Garth (Joan), Sheila James (Agnes), Pat Paulsen (Fred). A man makes a mistake when he trusts a closed-circuit TV system's view of his blind date. 5. Love And The Big Surprise With Stefanie Powers, Soupy Sales, Jill Jaress (Wanda), Bob Hastings (Monty). A husband's gift for his wife's 30th birthday almost destroys their marriage.
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