Prime-time network TV listings for Monday January 17, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Gunsmoke [Reg]: Tara
Season 17, episode 18 W: William Kelley D: Bernard McEveety With L.Q. Jones (Gecko Ridley), Ken Swofford (Dirk), Ken Mayer (Pudge), Sarah Selby (Ma Smalley), Charles Seel (Barney), Howard Culver (Howie), Larry Delaney (Roy Hutson), Michele Carey (Tara Hutson), James McCallion (Mr. Fletcher). Newly O'Brien is attracted to vivacious Tara Huston, unaware that she has a crimson past. When her past catches up with her, she calls on Newly for protection.
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| [ABC 8:00] Robinson Crusoe Ice Spectacle [special]
Andy Griffith is host and storyteller of the Wembley Ice Show's re-enactment of Robinson Crusoe. Produced in London, the hour features skating star Reg Park as Crusoe.
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| [NBC 8:00] Bell System Family Theater: 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin [special]
With Fred Astaire, Leslie Uggams, Ethel Merman, Larry Kert, Peter Nero, Linda Bennett, Robert Guillaume. Jack Lemmon hosts a tribute to the music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin.
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| [CBS 9:00] Here's Lucy [Reg]: Lucy's Replacement
Season 4, episode 19 W: Fred S. Fox D: Coby Ruskin With R.G. Brown (Office Manager), Phil Vandervort (Joe Hackley). Fed up with Lucy's incompetence, Uncle Harry gets fed up and replaces her with a fantastic computer.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: In Harm's Way (1965), part two
W: Wendell Mayes D: Otto Preminger With John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss. A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Doris Day Show [Reg]: The Blessed Event
Season 4, episode 18 W: Arthur Julian D: Bruce Bilson With Kaye Ballard (Angie Pallucci), Bernie Kopell (Louie Pallucci), Henry Hunter (Randolph Chandler), Paula Victor (Nina), Joan Lemmo (Stella Nordimi). Doris discovers that Angie is expecting and hurriedly organizes a surprise baby shower. What Doris didn't discover is that what Angie is expecting is a litter of pups.
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| [NBC 9:30] Bob Hope Christmas Show [special]
With Jim Nabors, Don Ho, Sunday's Child, Vida Blue, Charlie Pride, The Hollywood Deb Sisters. Bob Hope's 21st Christmas tour overseas -- his eighth in Vietnam -- covers stops in Hawaii, Okinawa, Thailand, Vietnam and Spanish and Cuban bases. Highlights include Nabors' version of "The Impossible Dream"; Rear Adm. Alan Shepard demonstrating his moon golf club at the Caribbean base; Don Ho singing in Hawaii; Charlie Pride doing "Me And Bobby McGee" during the Cuba show; Hope and Jill St. John's duet of "That's Love, That's Love". Also there are bits on the Hollywood Deb Stars and the Blue Streak roller skaters.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour [Reg]: Show 10
Season 1, episode 10 With Kate Smith. Smith sings "If You Walked Into My Life" and joins the cast in comedy. Cher solos "How Long Has This Been Going On". Sonny encounters an ecology-minded gas station.
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