Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday February 22, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] National Geographic Special: Men Of The Serengeti [special]
The third of this season's new NGS specials explores the world and thoughts of Samuel Ole Saitoto, an educated young Masai who is struggling to bridge the gap between the 20th century and his 400-year-old African warrior heritage. Filmed in and around the magnificent Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania, Saitoto tells the story of the Masai in transition, and of the Serengeti itself, illustrated by scenes of the bountiful wildlife and Masai family life.
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| [ABC 7:30] The Mod Squad [Reg]: Outside Position
Season 4, episode 22 W: S.S. Schweitzer D: Philip Leacock With Norman Alden (Shugo), Frank Marth (Fred Keller), Judy Strangis (Robin Keller), Bobby Sherman (Jimmy Dills), Vernon Weddle (Albert Cavelli), Rex Holman (Victor Boichek). An ex-convict stableboy finds his parole endangered by the men who framed his imprisonment on a narcotics charge.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Search For The Nile: Find Livingstone [special]
W: Michael Hastings D: Christopher Ralling With Keith Buckley, Michael Gough, Kenneth Haigh. British-born American journalist Henry Stanley marches across eastern Africa in search of missionary-explorer Dr. David Livingstone. Narration by James Mason.
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| [CBS 8:30] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Didn't We Meet At A Murder?
Season 4, episode 22 W: Jerome Coopersmith D: Paul Stanley With Kwan Hi Lim (Mr. Chang), Simon Oakland (Marty Mauritany), Joanna Barnes (Bonnie Soames), Bill Edwards (Wellman), Morgan Upton (Clem), Josie Over (Doris), John Hansen (Rick). A murder investigation leads McGarrett to an intricate blackmail scheme and a plan to rob a Hawaiian bank.
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| [ABC 8:30] Kung Fu [Reg]: The Way Of The Tiger, The Sign Of The Dragon
Season 0, episode 1 W: Ed Spielman, Howard Friedlander D: Jerry Thorpe With Barry Sullivan (Dillon), Albert Salmi (Raif), Wayne Maunder (McKay), Benson Fong (Han Fei), Richard Loo (Master Sun), Roy Jenson (Fuller), Robert Ito (Fong). In the 19th century, an orphan of a Chinese-American marriage is schooled at a Shaolin monastery in China, learning philosophy and self-defense. Later, he is forced to flee and comes to the American West with a price on his head from the Chinese government, and must face bounty hunters as well as agents of the Emperor who are determined to kill him. Pilot for the series.
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| [NBC 8:30] An Evening With The Harlem Globetrotters [special]
Meadowlark Lemon, the clown prince of basketball, leads the Harlem Globetrotters in a blend of basketball and comedy in their second entertainment special on NBC. The hour features an exhibition game with the Boston Shamrocks spotlighting celebrity "substitutes" Pat Boone, James Caan, Joseph Campanella, Jackie Cooper, David Hartman, Johnny Mathis and Johnny Brown, and comedy cameos by Foster Brooks, Red Buttons, Norm Crosby, referee Robert Goulet, Jean Stapleton, Alan Sues, Jo Anne Worley and the comedy team of Patchett and Tarses.
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| [CBS 9:30] Cannon [Reg]: A Flight Of Hawks
Season 1, episode 21 W: Stephen Kandel D: Charles S. Dubin With Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Cady Woodman), Martin Sheen (Jerry Warton), Joyce Van Patten (Kate Macklin), Percy Rodrigues (Robert Valmont). Cannon delves into the death of a flying mercenary and digs up a plot to overthrow an African nation.
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| [NBC 9:30] Nichols [Reg]: Fight Of The Century
Season 1, episode 21 W: Marion Hargrove D: William Wiard With Ray Young (Ernest Hagenstad), Ed Flanders (Harlan B. Flanders), H.B. Haggerty (Gentleman George), Luis Delgado (Luis), Richard Stahl (Doc Bernstein), Harvey Parry (Referee), Florence Lake (Old Lady). Nichols runs into problems when he helps a fast-talking promoter arrange a heavily-wagered boxing match between a clean-living farm boy and an itinerant professional pugilist.
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| [ABC 10:00] Marcus Welby, M.D. [Reg]: Don't Talk About Darkness
Season 3, episode 21 W: John Wilder D: David Alexander With Neville Brand (Kenny Carpenter), Barbara Rush (Dorothy Carpenter), James Doohan (Fred Baxter), Don 'Red' Barry (Al Karlovic), Allison McKay (Addie), Don Keefer (Dr. Hendrix), Tom Pace (Paul Welles). A past-40 man chooses to delay badly-needed eye surgery so he may see his soon-to-be-born first child.
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