Prime-time network TV listings for Friday January 28, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] O'Hara, U.S. Treasury [Reg]: Operation: White Fire
Season 1, episode 17 W: David H. Vowell D: Alan Crosland With John Abbott (Stephen Ravazian), Linda Marsh (Rebecca Kent), Joseph Wiseman (Armand Pringle), Robert DoQui (Paul Stoddard), Hari Rhodes (Rouchinet), Joe E. Tata (Ted Wilson), Nate Esformes (Schiller), Jay Robinson (George Cadlin), Jess Barker (Harold Stoneman). While he accompanies a diamond broker to Africa in order to investigate what the man claims is a diamond-smuggling plot in which he is an unwilling accomplice, O'Hara is nagged by the suspicion that the broker is setting him up.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: The Big Bet
Season 3, episode 18 W: Elroy Schwartz D: Earl Bellamy With Hope Sherwood (Rachel). Bobby and Greg make a bet, with the loser having to do everything the winner says for a week.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Here Comes The Bride, There Goes The Bride
Season 1, episode 3 W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin With Alvin Childress (Minister), Paulene Myers (Mother), Royce Wallace (Aunt Rosetta), Lance Taylor Sr. (Uncle Edgar), Lillian Randolph (Aunt Hazel), Carol Speed (Crystal), Bardu Ali (Father). Fred protests loudly as his son Lamont is about to get married, and when the youth steps to the altar, his bride-to-be has a surprise for him.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: I Am Curious, Partridge
Season 2, episode 18 W: Bob Rodgers D: Lou Antonio With Maxine Stuart (Mrs. Damion), Mitzi Hoag (Mrs. Ferguson). Danny writes an article for the local newspaper alleging that Keith loves women with black garters, has a hidden rose tattoo and also has a crush on his teacher.
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| [NBC 8:30] Chronolog
NBC's monthly magazine examines dangers of lead poisoning and reports on movie sex goddesses Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Cardinale. The two European actresses were working on location in Spain. The movie is a spoof on American westerns, and in it the two beauties describe their "fight of the century", with Brigitte playing Steve McQueen and Claudia playing John Wayne. The report also includes an interview with Michael J. Pollard, who plays the town marshal in the film. Garrick Utley anchors.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: She Waits (1972)
W: Art Wallace D: Delbert Mann With Patty Duke, David McCallum, Lew Ayres, Dorothy McGuire, James Callahan, Beulah Bondi. A new bride discovers a disturbing change coming over her as she and her husband move into his family mansion.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: We Hold These Truths. . .
Season 3, episode 18 W: Joyce Perry, Stephen Kandel D: Leslie H. Martinson With Fritz Weaver, Harry Holcombe, Mike De Anda, Sacha Berger, Jane Actman, Sandy McPeak, Ta-Tanisha (Pam). Am overzealous candidate for citizenship destroys the political artwork of one of Alice's students because he feels it degrades the United States.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Where's Grandpa?
Season 2, episode 18 W: Albert E. Lewin D: Jack Donohue With Larry Gelman (Vinnie), Garry Walberg (Speed), Ann Doran (Loretta Spoon), Madge Kennedy (Mimi). Felix's grandfather, tossed out by his wife because of his insane jealousy, arrives at his grandson's apartment. In a dual role, Tony Randall plays both Felix and his grandpa.
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Anxious Mama W: Harvey Bullock, R.S. Allen D: Coby Ruskin With Dick Curtis (Henry), Benny Rubin (Papa), Renata Vanni (Mama), Deborah Walley (Nina), Lennie Weinrib (Julio), George Lindsey. A determined mother causes havoc at a dinner by trying to get an overly cautious man to propose to her daughter. 2. Love And The Boomerang With Anita Gillette, Arte Johnson, Dick Patterson. A man who has been going steady for years decides to take the advice of his swinging friend and step out for awhile. 3. Love And The Private Eye With Richard Dawson (Melvin Danger), Cynthia Adler, Mitzi McCall (Tangerine Glick), Bob Holt (Williams). In an animated segment, a private eye who is a master of disguises and believes he's irresistable to women, delivers a large payroll to an industrial tycoon and loses both payroll and tycoon.
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| [CBS 10:30] The Don Rickles Show [Reg]: The Mercy Of The Court
Season 1, episode 3 Don becomes his own defense attorney in court when he pleads guilty to stealing a TV set and bases his defense on a "terrible explanation".
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